Acquiring Good Employees
Attracting good, smart employees is a challenge. In a way, the odds are against finding the best, because stereotypes persist. Ask any high school...
LEED Platinum-certified Tower at PNC Plaza
The 33-story LEED Platinum-certified Tower at PNC Plaza has been touted as the “world’s greenest office tower” and stands as the showpiece of PNC’s...
Below Grade Insulation is Outta Sight
Is insulation really needed on buried foundation walls and under concrete floor slabs? In short, “yes.”
Those of us who have been in the building...
Equipment Repair Evolution Revolution: Part 1
While the skilled technician gap continues to widen, the downtime and repair cost rates for equipment operators continues to climb. This is a constant...
A Winter Checklist for Your Compact Equipment
Whether you’re using your compact equipment during winter or putting it in storage for a few months, it is critical that your equipment is...
The Diesel Engine Oil of the Future: PC-11
The American Petroleum Institute (API), working with engine manufacturers and oil makers, is completely redesigning heavy-duty engine oil specifications. Nearly a decade has passed...
Monolithic Ready Mix, Race-Against-Time
The daunting challenge of laying a 49,000-square-foot by 3-foot-thick monolithic concrete foundation—within a record-setting 12 hours—was no easy task for leading ready-mix manufacturer Silvi...
Building a Circulatory System
A seven-story atrium, 650,000 square feet of classrooms and labs, and a whopping $375 million budget: The University at Buffalo’s new Jacobs School of Medicine...
Aerial Access Equipment
Apparently workers on scaffolding are tougher than most. For them, fall protection is not required by OSHA until 10 feet (pity the poor worker...
The Gears of Innovation
The construction industry is a pivotal and powerful part of the American economy. The noise at a jobsite is the sound of commerce, progress,...









