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Safety Recognition Safety Production Champion system is programmed to identify
With over 1,000 batteries on site, The 181 Fremont Street team two floors above and below where
the process of battery installation is was recently recognized for a fire is detected. The floor reads
a methodical one. The battery crew demonstrating continuous the temperature, the direction
at a large data center project used commitment to a safety workplace that elevators are traveling, and if
Presto lifts to minimize the amount culture and environment. The people are in the elevators. This
of manual handling and protect the Rosendin team reached 95,000 is the first building in the country
100 pound batteries from being man-hours that includes highly equipped with this technology. The
dropped. effective material handlers, field install of these complex and
experienced journeymen, and mid- relatively new systems undoubtedly
Once inside the cabinet, the battery level apprentices. All personnel presents potentially hazardous
posts were covered with 1000v advocate for the highest degree situations where Rosendin’s
rated electro shield insulation to of safety in their workplace and electricians performed a scope of
protect the workers while they were proactively notify appropriate work never done before.
pulling the breaker feeder into the leadership and safety personnel
cabinet. Since the batteries were to promptly address issues and The project team’s leadership
12v, they would install four whips provide solutions to the field. includes: Senior Project Manager,
to stay under 50v. Once ready, the Levi Cook; Site General Foreman,
crew suited up in 12cal suits and 181 Fremont is a unique 804 Bryan Morse; and Tan Radford.
used insulated tools to install the foot high rise, topping out at 56 The three have enabled work
last whip. Due to their attention to stories above grade and five to move smoothly and safely
detail, the battery crew was able to floors of basement. It is the first throughout all phases of operation.
successfully install all the batteries of it’s kind in several life aspects. Bryan and Tan have been
without incident. The elevators, in particularly, are instrumental in enabling a culture
specifically designed for occupancy where their employees speak up
evacuation in the event of a fire or for safety and question better and
other life safety situation. A series safer ways to complete the task-at-
of complicated control schemes hand. 181 Fremont encourages a
were developed to aid in a building better than best approach to safety,
evacuation. The building’s smart quality, and production which are
features alert firefighters where integral components of success.
a fire is located. The fire alarm
‘‘ At a premiere client’s project site in Chandler, AZ there was a rash of incidents, enough for our client to

have a stand-down. All construction was stopped for a week at the end of June and filled with mandatory
on-site training for everyone. Jon Jenkins, the on-site Rosendin Superintendent, had created a safety pledge for
a different job-site and it was brought to the attention of this client....the client embraced it! The Safety Team in
Arizona would like to recognize Jon for his time and ingenuity in creating the safety pledge, which is now part of
the training at our premiere client’s project site in Chandler.” - Ron Simonis, EHS Manager

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