Utilizing Data Collection
When it came to the Sitka Airport Project, contractor Knik Construction Co., Inc. (Knik) was looking at some tough specifications: milling ½ inch off...
Excavating The Past
Chicago, Illinois-based Pan-Oceanic Construction is in the midst of upgrading the sanitary sewer system on the city’s Lower West Side along West Cermak Road...
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...
The Pneu Kid in Town: Part 1
As history has taught us, any time a new product enters the market, there will always be at least a few skeptics. So it...
Dispute Resolution Clauses Are Out of Control!
I am often called upon to review contract documents on behalf of my contractor clients. In doing so, I have noticed a trend lately for...
Disinfecting Equipment
In light of the novel coronavirus, the CDC recommends cleaning surfaces, spaces, and items. Mi-T-M Corporation is responding to the immediate need for disinfecting...
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...
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...
Tool Inventory Management
One of ToolHound’s clients is a construction firm with two branches: large commercial projects and small projects and maintenance. Between new construction, demolitions, interior...
Rising to the Challenge of Fall Prevention
During construction of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in the early 1900s, safety-conscious chief engineer, Joseph Strauss, was considered quite an innovator when he...