Building

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...
JET FIGHTER

We Rise by Lifting Others

DAWES CRANE MOVES MEMORIAL PHANTOM F-4C JET FIGHTER A crane operator from Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental maneuvered the Link-Belt crane into place. The weight...
 IoT

Fundamentals of IoT for Construction

Probably the best definition of the Internet of Things (IoT) appears in a Forbes magazine article written by the futurist Jacob Morgan. According to...

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...

Eight Hundred, Ninety-Five Feet

Eight hundred, ninety-five feet—that was the distance Chicago-based contractor James McHugh Construction Company had to install 84-inch reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) as part of...

Road Projects Benefit from Mobile Barriers

Keeping workers safe and traffic moving in the Lone Star State It’s been an extraordinary spring for Mobile Barriers with orders for 10 new barriers...
construction schedule

Choreographed Collaboration

Teams that schedule every job perform better. Is your team taking advantage of scheduling to stay on track or are you avoiding the creation...

The True Cost of an Employee

In the construction industry, speed is of the essence. The faster you and your crew can successfully complete a job, the happier your clients,...

Increasing Veteran Opportunities

In 2001, after the events of September 11, David Huval joined the Army. He knew—and felt—that going into the Army was something he had...

OSHA’s Confined Space Rule Puts Pressure on Contractors

On May 4, 2015, OSHA released its long-pending 162-page final rule establishing a confined space standard for the construction industry. The rule, which takes...