commercial flooring

Emerging Flooring Technologies

As time marches on, new technologies, processes, and techniques shape the way commercial flooring contractors operate. From lean construction and the prefabrication of materials...

Why are truckers installing on-board scales?

Electronic on-board scales are not new to the trucking industry. Introduced more than 30 years ago, electronic on-board scales were used in trucking applications...

Infrared & Visible Bridge Scoping

The Federal Highway Administration requires that bridges be inspected every 2 years. In the state of Michigan alone, 4,406 Trunkline bridges (40 percent of...

Break the Bottlenecks

Tech-driven workflow changes bring ROI for contractors By Kyle Slager Work smarter, not harder—a principle many strive to put into action, but how can commercial contractors...

Build Smart

The $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework is a boost for the construction industry and companies that win contracts and then repeat business will be...

Exploring Virtual Reality's Place in Construction

We’ve been hearing for a while that virtual reality (VR) is the wave of the future. I’m here to tell you the future is...

A Personalized Approach

Organizations with critical vehicle fleets find themselves at what I'd call a crossroads, though perhaps that's putting it too dramatically. Fleet managers everywhere seem...

Making the Equipment Part of Your Workforce

“Zrrrt, this is your pay loader. I need an oil change; do you want me to schedule it myself? ... P.S. I see Frank...
concrete p;roject

Hot Weather Concreting: Why Monitoring Concrete Temperatures is Essential

Placing concrete in hot weather necessitates extra precautions to ensure that the concrete sets properly and gains strength at a stable rate. Hot weather...
thermal bridging

Thermal Bridging: Insulating Penetrations Through Envelopes of Steel Buildings: Part 1...

While advanced materials, triple glazing, and air-tight envelopes have improved insulation efficiency, large amounts of heat energy continue to escape the building unimpeded through...