Smart Fueling

Norris Asphalt Paving Company has been building roads in southern Iowa for 70 years, winning national awards and thousands of loyal customers. Douds Stone,...
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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...
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Clearing Up Code Confusion on Fire Curtains

Contractors are frequently confused about codes, standards, and appropriate uses of smoke and fire curtains in commercial settings, and they are not alone. Architects,...

OSHA Expands “Reportable” Incidents in Final Rule

On September 18, 2014, OSHA published in the Federal Register a 60-page Final Rule changing requirements for Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting under...

The New Reality of Handling DEF

Over the past few years, refilling with Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) has become a part of regular maintenance on equipment that is 75 hp...

Prepared for Anything

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is in the midst of a multi-year program to replace the functionally obsolete and structurally deficient Innerbelt Bridge...
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Tested in Texas

As the athletic director in the Alvin Independent School District (ISD), with more than 24,000 students nestled along the Gulf Coast, Mike Bass knows...

How to Make a Bad Situation Worse

It is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. In a recent...

Tricks and Traps to Avoid With Factoring Companies

Factoring, as a form of commercial finance, has a long established history. It is, essentially, the business of buying accounts receivable at a discount—a...

The Power of Illumination

The Halo Light™ is a patented 360-degree personal active safety system (PASS) from Illumagear that attaches to almost any hard hat and produces a...