The Hole Picture
Downtime is a four-letter word in the road repair business, and whether you’re looking at hours or days rests largely on your concrete drill....
OSHA Forecast 2017
The dust has barely settled from the most contentious presidential election in history, and it is clear that big changes are in store for...
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...
Do More Than Dig
10 jobs for your compact excavator
It’s common knowledge that you can dig with your compact excavator, and thank goodness for that! Traditional trenching and...
Before the Dig
The recent discovery of long buried crypts during a routine water main replacement project in New York City’s Washington Square Park should serve as...
Masters of Compaction
Martin Marietta is the largest hot-mix asphalt (HMA) producer and paving contractor in Colorado. Kevin Sawyer, a quality control technician for Martin Marietta, has...
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...
Monitoring Machine Health and More
At ConExpo 2017, Caterpillar launched new Cat® Connect hardware and software to enable equipment managers to connect all of their assets—from the largest earthmover...
Strengthening the Jobsite Safety Climate
Management commitment is critical to improving the jobsite safety climate. Managers that “talk the talk” but do not “walk the talk” are poor safety...
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...