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...
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...
Why Do We Constantly Get Pushback to Change?
It never fails. You go to roll out a new program or process and then you start to hear the grumblings about why it...
What to Expect in the New Year
With the New Year stretching before us, it is worth our time to look back at 2014, and see what we might learn about...
Virtual Modeling
When thinking about waste in the construction industry, several things may come to mind: labor hours, materials, time spent correcting design errors, etc. With...
Maintenance Operations
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has established several programs and policies to mitigate the safety and mobility impacts of work zones. One such policy...
Innovation Means Big Things for Contractors
When a major contractor needed to rehabilitate several miles of the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA’s) rapid transit tracks, he relied on a portable modular...
Tackling Wear and Tear
Equipment wears down and sometimes breaks—it’s a fact of doing business, but when it happens unexpectedly, it can lead to unnecessary downtime, costs, and...
Toolbox Talks
For safety to be an integral part of a company’s culture, it needs to be treated importantly every day. That’s means showcasing safety protocols...
Is Arbitration All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
In the late 1980s, early 1990s, alternative dispute resolution came on the scene and was all the rage as a means to effectively and...









