Remote Monitoring

By Martin Holmgren While the recent COVID-19 pandemic brought an increased interest in remote monitoring solutions, this has been an issue in the construction industry...

Making Sense of Closed-cell and Open-cell Insulation

When choosing foam insulations, you’re likely to see manufacturers describe their product as either “closed-cell” or “open-cell,” but what does that mean and why...

Bidding/Estimating Tool

By Troy Dahlin Alloy Mechanical, a mechanical contractor based in Lansing, Illinois, prides themselves on being a single-source industrial contractor for all their client’s design-build...

Threats to Pavement Quality… and a Solution

The big challenge asphalt contractors face today is how to improve the quality performance of asphalt paving through production, laydown, and preservation. The expectations for...

Driver Accountability

Increasing profitability with GPS tracking By Ben VanAvery For any company with a fleet of light- or medium-duty vehicles, from service contractors to vendors and...
Construction Finance Professionals

How New Technology Can Help Construction Finance Professionals

Historically, the construction industry has been one of the slowest to adopt new technology, lagging only behind agriculture in digitalization. But that’s changing as...

Jobsite Connectivity

The vision is there. Wouldn’t it be great if the entire jobsite—the general contractor, subs, designers, owners, equipment vendors, and material suppliers—were all working...

Analyzing Site Conditions to Avoid Costly Downtime

Analyzing site conditions enhances safety and is the first step to eliminating many conditions which can lead to downtime. While some instances of downtime...

Virtual Learning

The email caught her attention. Curious, Wendi Smith clicked on the link—and stepped into an immersive virtual world of access equipment. Without leaving her desk,...

Soybean Oil

Colorbiotics has successfully completed the first 3-year test cycle of their soybean-derived polymer at the National Center for Asphalt Technology’s (NCAT) Test Track at...