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Crane
A Recap on Recent Crane Collapses
It is not everyday a crane collapses, but when a crane does fall it can be a deadly event for those involved. Here is a recap on the latest crane collapses impacting the crane industry.
Profit Matters
Choosing the Right Wheel Loader Bucket In Three Easy Steps
Construction News Tracker
Construction News: President and Senators Agree on Infrastructure-Bill Scope as Construction Spending Slows
Pavement Maintenance
Material Shortages Have Contractors in Crisis Mode
Profit Matters
When It Pays to Be Picky: Jobs Not Worth Taking
Profit Matters
How To Weather Any Storm: Tips for Disaster Planning
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Asphalt Pavers
First All-Electric Asphalt Paver Launched in Germany
The first version is the blueprint of the production model that Dynapac will manufacture
Rental
Vital Lessons Learned from the Construction Industry’s Near-misses
IPAF’s updated accident reporting portal gathers specific information that can be used to help inform and update training courses and safety guidance. Analyzing this data is helping to make work at height safer.
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NEW ROUGH TERRAIN LINE
The new line of JLG Rough Terrain Scissors has an answer for every task. When we say upgrade, we mean business – yours.
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Profit Matters
The 4 Most Common Construction Injuries (And How To Prevent Them)
Despite increasing focus on construction safety, the latest numbers aren’t great. Here are the keys to avoiding the four main hazards that keep adding injuries
Pavement Maintenance
10 Must-Have Tools for Pavement Striping
Avoid unnecessary trips back to the shop with these essential tools contractors should keep stocked in their trailers.
Construction Grade
Falling Lumber Prices Offer Anti-Inflation Assurance, If Not (Yet) Lower Costs
Framing lumber prices down a third over the past month are still sky high and contractors aren’t dropping estimates yet, but the correction demonstrates encouraging dynamics on how the economy is emerging from COVID lockdown
Asphalt
Working Safely in the Heat
As a dangerous heat wave rolls across the country this summer, construction workers need to be extra careful on the job site. Prepare yourself and your crew for the taxing days ahead.
Construction Safety
United Rentals Shares 5 Toolbox Talk Topics on Trench Hazards and Safe Work Practices
Toolbox talk topics were compiled to help companies increase worker knowledge about trench hazards and safe work practices in trenching and excavation operations.
Economics
US Construction Spending Lifted Modestly by Tempered April Home-Building Growth
In the fifth straight month of declining nonresidential outlays, signs of a turnaround surface in office, commercial and lodging segments, backlogs, architecture billings and post-pandemic emergence
Sponsored
NEW ROUGH TERRAIN LINE
The new line of JLG Rough Terrain Scissors has an answer for every task. When we say upgrade, we mean business – yours.
Pavement Maintenance
Protecting Your Crew, Even While Driving
You must not only take care of yourself, you must be more focused to ensure that everything you and your crew do to complete work, including driving, is done with the highest level of safety possible.
Profit Matters
8 Simple Tips for Summer Safety
Warm weather and plenty of daylight make summer a busy season for construction. But with hotter temperatures and longer days come increased health and safety risks.
Profit Matters
Buy or Rent: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself
How to determine which of your construction equipment needs could be filled most cost effectively with rented machines
Concrete Thoughts
A Good Story is Not One to Waste - The Top 5 Concrete Stories of April 2021
The most popular stories concrete contractors found on ForConstructionPros.com/concrete from April 2021.
Labor & Workforce Development
Show Them the Money: Use High-paying Construction Jobs to Get Prospective Employees' Attention
A look at 15 high-pay construction jobs provides insight into the financial benefits of construction careers – and could be a useful tool to attract new hires.
Pavement Maintenance
Employee Appreciation Throughout the Busy Season
At the core of every good company, there is a team of employees that are powered by a great company culture.
Profit Matters
7 Site Hazards You Don't Want to Overlook
It's important to be vigilant about safe practices on the job. Here's seven site hazards that construction crews often overlook.
Concrete Thoughts
A Good Story is Not One to Waste - The Top 5 Concrete Stories of March 2021
The most popular stories concrete contractors found on ForConstructionPros.com/concrete from March 2021.
Concrete Thoughts
Three Things to Expect at WOC 2021
Looking forward, here a few things we anticipate seeing at the first major in-person tradeshow for the state of Nevada. Will we see you there?
Profit Matters
How to Find Great Subcontractors
A good subcontractor can be hard to find. Caterpillar's Jason Hurdis shares tips for finding reputable subcontractors in your area and how to vet them to make sure you get the expertise you want.
Asphalt
Enter to Win a Yeti Can Coozie
We're giving away one Yeti can coozie each week live during Hops & Highways, enter here and watch to see if you're a winner!
Sponsored
NEW ROUGH TERRAIN LINE
The new line of JLG Rough Terrain Scissors has an answer for every task. When we say upgrade, we mean business – yours.
Pavement Maintenance
Getting Back to Basics on Your Business Processes
From maintenance tips to safety of your essential workers, here is what you can expect in the March/April issue of Pavement.
Profit Matters
4 Technologies Made to Enhance Construction Productivity and Safety
No company can afford to increase productivity without working ‘smarter.’ Here are four machine technologies that can help boost your productivity AND safety performance.
Profit Matters
Spring Cleaning: 4 Steps to Prep for the Busy Months Ahead
If you’ve had equipment sitting idle for a while, now’s the time to prep it for the months ahead. These four tips will make sure you’re work-ready.
Concrete Thoughts
The Top Concrete Stories of February 2021
The most popular stories concrete contractors found on ForConstructionPros.com/concrete from February 2021.
Pavement Maintenance
10 Simple Tips for New Managers
Build your skills as a supervisor and prepare yourself for future leadership responsibilities with these tips.
Profit Matters
Clean Machine, Healthy Bottom Line
Simple tips for sanitizing equipment cabs in a couple minutes to keep your employees healthy and productive on the job
Concrete Thoughts
The Top Concrete Stories of January 2021
The most popular stories concrete contractors found on ForConstructionPros.com/concrete from January 2021.
Profit Matters
Coronavirus Pandemic Accelerates Construction’s Opioid Addiction Problem
The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption to daily life hit those with substance-use disorder hard, with deaths by opioid and methamphetamine overdoses increasing 38% and 35%. Construction is among three industries with the most abuse of the drugs
Infrastructure
Keystone XL Project Cancellation Leaves Pipeline Construction Workers' Future in Limbo
Workers in the pipeline construction industry face an uncertain future, not only on Keystone XL but longer term as jobs move to other energy sectors.
Concrete Thoughts
The 2021 Concrete Contractor Editorial Advisory Board
Members of the 2021 Concrete Contractor Editorial Advisory Board
Construction Grade
How Biden is Expected to Raise Taxes to Fight COVID-19 and Its Economic Battering
The 2017 tax act eroded US economic resources that are now necessary to rescue our economy from the impact of the pandemic's accompanying recession; here are some ways President Biden will propose to roll back some of its give-aways
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