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Roadside Safety Measures: Page 29

Concrete Pumps
For Safety's Sake
Large boom pumps quickly, smoothly and safely pump concrete in short time frame on intense air traffic control tower pours.
Three Putzmeister pumps – two 56Z-meters and a 58-meter – continuously placed concrete for the control tower base, as mixer trucks discharged two at a time into each hopper.
Asphalt
NAPA Announces Staff Promotions
National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
National Asphalt Pavement Association announces promotions for engineering team, government affairs and awards & marketing
Dr. Richard Willis will heads pp NAPA engineering efforts
Construction Safety
Caterpillar Brings Safety Training to a New Level with Virtual Reality
New VR Training Module provides in-depth training related to specific road construction hazards, the importance of following proper procedures and effective communication among workers can help to reduce safety incidents at the jobsite.
Cat Vr
Roadside Safety Measures
QVS Quiet Vehicle Sounder (AVAS)
Brigade Electronics Inc.
The QVS warns pedestrians and other vehicles that a quiet vehicle, like an electric model, is approaching
Brigade Quietvehiclesounder
Equipment
Study: Distracted Drivers 29 Times More Likely to Crash in Work Zones
Study could provide recommendations on “behavioral countermeasures” to state transportation agencies and the Federal Highway Administration to decrease injuries and fatalities in a highway work zone
The study uses data from the Transportation Research Board’s second Strategic Highway Research Program’s Naturalistic Driving Study. With this information, researchers reconstructed a driver’s actions and the surrounding environment prior to the crash from a firsthand account.
Concrete
Robots Accelerate Utah’s Largest Hydrodemolition Bridge Repair
Each robot removes 60 cu. yds. of concrete per day to a uniform depth with almost no risk of damage to rebar or structurally sound concrete
Crews direct Aqua Cutters to remove 4 inches of the 8-inch bridge deck concrete with 20,000 psi water jets, leaving one inch between the remaining concrete and the rebar.
Lifting Equipment
Genie Lift Guard Contact Alarm Now Available for Scissor and Vertical Mast Lifts
Genie - Terex AWP
Genie Lift Guard Contact Alarm system is now available for Genie GS slab scissor lifts and Genie GR and GRC vertical masts
Geniepressrelease Ara2019 Lift Guard Contact Alarm Grc
Construction Safety
Caterpillar Launches Virtual Reality Training Module at World of Asphalt
Customized for paving applications, the VR safety training solution immerses the trainee into a virtual four-lane rural highway construction site, so the employee learns to interact with coworkers and identify hazards in a safe and controlled environment
Huddle
Construction News
US DOT Allowing Review of Existing Guidance Regulations
In a rare occurrence, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced an agency-wide review of all guidance documents, allowing comments on changes to regulations that significantly impact the road building industry
Road Paving
Electric Tools & Accessories
NAPA Announces 2018 Award Winners
The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) announces the winners and finalists for their extensive awards program which covers excellence in the construction of an asphalt pavement in several different areas
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Business
It's Time to Focus on Wellness, Not Just Safety
A conversation with Teletrac Navman on the importance of construction worker wellness and how to incorporate wellness programs into your company
Wellness aims at preventing illness and injury and prolonging a healthy life as opposed to treating after the fact.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Daimler Trucks North America Introduces First SAE Level 2 Automated Truck in North America
Freightliner Trucks - Daimler Truck North America
Freightliner Cascadia truck is capable of both autonomous lateral (steering) and longitudinal (acceleration/deceleration) control.
Daimler Trucks North America introduces the first SAE Level 2 automated truck in series production in North America with the latest enhancements to the Freightliner new Cascadia.
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