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]New Home Sales Maintain Momentum

Pending Sales Index up 45.8% year-over-year in October according to Zonda

Version 2.1 of the robot Spot was recently released.

Construction Site Mobility Robot Spot 2.1 Released

Boston Dynamics has released version 2.1 of its autonomous robot, Spot.

Professional-grade work gloves make the job more comfortable and protect your hands to keep you safer on the jobsite.

5 Tips for Choosing the Best Construction Gloves

Finding the right glove for the job is as important as matching any other tool of the trade to the task at hand.

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DuraXV Extreme Flip Phone

Kyocera’s newest flip phone launching spring 2020 with Verizon.

The main difference between Zello and Zello Work, which offers a variety of options for larger organizations, is the ability to access an administration console to manage users and channels centrally.

Zello offers push-to-talk voice communication app for contractors

Zello offers push-to-talk voice communication app for contractors

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[VIDEO] Large Construction Companies Using Zello Walkie Talkie App

Many companies use Zello for driver dispatch among other uses.

Telia, Ericsson and Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) have launched Sweden’s first 5G network for industrial use at Volvo CE’s facility in Eskilstuna. Volvo CE will then become one of the first in the world to use 5G technology to test remote-controlled machines and autonomous solutions.

5G Enables Advances in Machine Connectivity

Connectivity and automation benefit from the speed and reliability of the emerging 5G cellular network.

Verizon Connect’s Integrated Video Technology Aims to Improve Commercial Driver Safety

On this edition of The Digging Deeper Podcast, Kevin Aries discusses transportation management, combating unsafe driving habits and Verizon Connect’s new Integrated Video service.

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How to Motivate Employees Late in the Construction Season

Help re-energize your leadership and workers down the stretch with these eight “pump up” efforts to exercise at your company

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How to Motivate Employees Late in the Construction Season

Help re-energize your leadership and workers down the stretch with these eight “pump up” efforts to exercise at your company

The best customer service happens when employees understand how to use their own personality in customer interactions.

How to Build 'Natural' Customer Service

In order to achieve consistency in customer service, you need to set standards. These standards are guidelines that provide structure to important components of the customer interaction.

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Cat S48c Rugged Smartphone

The Cat S48c rugged smartphone is built for durability to withstand drops, dust, vibration and extreme temperatures

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New Cat S61 Smartphone Offers Rugged Features for Contractors

Caterpillar's upgrade to the Cat S60, the S61 features FLIR thermal imaging camera with improved image quality, temperature range and live streaming

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Construction managers need to motivate their employees to make sure they do not simply go through the motions but ensure that they want to get the job done well.

8 Ways Construction Managers Can Motivate Their Teams

A successful project manager must strongly grasp how to keep their employees motivated; here are eight tips directly from construction project managers

Advanced technology has made rugged mobile devices widely available to the masses, for both business and consumer use, at an affordable price and without compromising on features.

6 Reasons Construction Businesses Need Rugged Mobile Devices

Rugged devices are designed, inside and out, for complete reliability in environments that most mobile devices can’t handle

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[VIDEO] Caterpillar’s Smart Phone Combines Ruggedness and Features for Construction

[VIDEO] Caterpillar’s Smart Phone Combines Ruggedness and Features for Construction

The Cat S60’s durability specs respond to customer demand, and thermal imaging capability can be used as a machine-diagnostic tool

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3M Peltor WS ProTac XP Headsets

Active-hearing ear defender features Bluetooth technology to enable hands-free work while taking calls

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Sena Tufftalk Earmuff Bluetooth Headset

Tufftalk is an earmuff Bluetooth communication and intercom headset designed to meet the communication and connectivity needs of industrial applications

Brochure: Sena Tufftalk Headsets

Sena’s Tufftalk is an earmuff Bluetooth communication and intercom headset designed specifically to meet the communication and connectivity needs of industrial applications.

Closeout provides commercial and residential contractors with a platform to streamline communication between the general contractor and subcontractor teams.

[APP] Closeout Streamlines General and Subcontractor Communication

Manage all project work, punch lists and streamline contractor-to-contractor communication with the Closeout construction management mobile app

Construction contractors can use the iHandy Translator mobile app for quick translations of simple phrases on the jobsite.

[APP] iHandy Translator Helps Translate What You Want to Say into 52 Languages

Translate any sentence or phrase while on the jobsite or use the text-to-speech function to hear a native speaker's pronunciation

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New Technologies that Protect Construction Workers

Manufacturers are developing new equipment and technologies that help contractors keep their workers safe

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Caterpillar S60 Smartphone with Thermal Imaging

Thermal imaging can be used to detect heat loss around windows and doors, spot moisture leaks and missing insulation, identify over-heating electrical appliances and circuitry and see in complete darkness

A company cell phone policy should be written and posted in strategic points in both the office and in the field if possible.

Does Your Company Cell Phone Policy Need an Upgrade?

To prevent unsafe working conditions and loss of productivity construction contractors need to have a cell phone policy covering acceptable and unacceptable use while at work

Shonda Decker says Affordable Striping & Sealing crews are on the job seven days a week, 24 hours a day. “We try very hard to rotate days off but it’s not unusual for the sealcoating crew to work six or seven days in a row without being off because we can have that much work,” she says.

Affordable Striping & Sealing is in the “Yes” Business

managing jobs and employees in 24-hour Las Vegas

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Caterpillar Offers New S60 Smartphone with Built-in Thermal Imaging

Cat says this is the world’s first smartphone with an integrated thermal camera, as well as the world’s most waterproof unit.

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Kyocera DuraForce XD and DuraXE

Addition of large-screen Android smartphone and flip-style feature phone enable AT&T business and consumer customers to choose the right device for the task at hand

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3M Peltor MT Series Intrinsically Safe Two-way Communication Headset

Helps provide clear, reliable communication in hazardous environments

Lear uses platforms like Instagram and Twitter to communicate to more clients. Adding hashtags to these photos gives them an broader reach as potential customers find his business through these keywords.

Using the Internet to Grow Your Business

How one small striping company climbed to the top of Google, and their market, with the help of search engine optimization and social media.

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How Pavement Maintenance Can Be Fun and Successful

The Sealant Controversy at the Grass Roots