The SAW Solution

The Capital City Machine Shop in Doraville, Georgia, specializes in welding and remachining large industrial machinery and equipment. The company has added equipment and...
thermal bridges

Helping Insulation Do Its Job

Which will keep you warmer when you’re working outside, a dry shirt or a damp shirt? All of us know from experience that damp clothing—from...
fire curtains

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,...

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...

The Evolution of Accuracy

An explosion of time-saving electronic devices for the construction industry has occurred in the last 30 years or so. These gadgets increase machine productivity...

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...

Bridging the Generational Gap

The construction industry is at a crossroads. Demand for new infrastructure and development is rising fast, but a severe labor shortage threatens to slow...

Milling Best Practices

The asphalt milling machine—also known as a cold planer, pavement planer, pavement recycler, or roto-mill—is a construction machine used to remove bituminous pavement or...

The Facts about Self-Healing Concrete

Every owner and facility manager knows the cycle: Concrete cures, concrete cracks, water and chlorides find their way in, reinforcing steel corrodes, and the...

Roof Insulation Simplified

EPS fan-fold insulation bundles are easy to carry and quickly unfold to cover up to 2 squares with a single bundle. Compared to other parts...