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Construction Safety

First U.S. Test of Autonomous IPVs in Live Work Zones

Royal Truck & Equipment Inc.

Colorado DOT will conduct a pilot program using the autonomous technology for maintenance operations

CDOT is initiating a pilot program in live work zones to test the safety benefits of autonomous impact protection vehicles in road maintenance.

Trump Abandons Plan for Council on Infrastructure

The infrastructure council, which was still being formed, would have advised Trump on the plan he's promised to deliver in September for spending up to $1 trillion upgrading roads, bridges and other public works.

President Trump

US Housing Starts Disappoint in July

Fifth housing-starts drop in the past six months comes with multifamily construction’s 15.3% plunge and a slip in single-family starts. Permits also fell 4.1%

The pace of single-family housing construction starts in the U.S. was effectively flat in July from a strong, but downwardly revised, June rate. In contrast, the multifamily market continues to slow with a 17.1% plunge from June to July.

Construction Toolbox

More Online Used Construction Equipment Resources

Following a recent blog highlighting some new online resources for finding, buying and selling used construction equipment here are a few additional websites to check out

Machinery Marketplace's main goal is to have an open marketplace online where sellers can list new and used equipment for sale and buyers can search, get information about and purchase equipment.

Demolishing Seattle's Old Alaskan Way Viaduct

Rhine Demolition brought down the southern parts of the earthquake-damaged Alaskan Way Viaduct in 2011; now WSDOT is preparing to demolish the remainder

Demolition contractor Rhine Demolition used 30 excavators and other pieces of equipment to demolish nearly 3,000 feet of the original Alaskan Way Viaduct.

Majority of Americans Agree Infrastructure Investment is Essential

Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)

AEM poll finds 89% of adults believe that investments in infrastructure will strengthen the U.S. economy, including 86% percent of urban and 89% of rural Americans

Thirty percent of all Americans pointed to manufacturing as one of the three primary beneficiaries of increased spending on infrastructure, a figure that rises among Midwesterners (34%) and rural Americans (34%).

Single-family Home Builder Confidence Jumps in August

National Association of Home Builders

A four-point increase in home builder confidence reflects a return to healthy levels last saw in the spring

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose four points in August to a level of 68 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Construction to Start in September

The five-year construction project will add an additional two underwater lanes between Hampton Roads and the eastern shore

The proposed parallel tunnel will add two more underwater lanes in the Chesapeake Bay.

Fluor Enterprises, Lane Construction to Build Houston-Dallas Bullet Train

While financing and federal approvals still haven't been secured, Fluor and Lane Construction are set to be the primary design-builders of the Texas bullet train

Texas Central plans to use the Japanese N700 Series Shinkansen train for proposed the Houston-to-Dallas bullet train line.

Fleet Maintenance

Take a Formal Approach to Make Service Work for You

GB Financial Services, LLC

Improve ROI by managing your construction company's internal service program like a formal service department in a dealership or rental center.

Construction Safety

Fatality Study Aims to Improve Safety

New report from the AGC analyzes data from a three-year period and provides new recommendations to prevent workplace fatalities and injuries.

The highest number of fatalities occurred around noon (15%) and 52% of all fatalities occurred between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. This finding differs from existing literature. Analysis of fatality data from 1997 to 2000 revealed fatal incident occurrence was dominant around the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., and declined around noon (Huang and Hinze 2003).

Construction Safety Technology

ECCO EC4210B-K and EC500B-K Camera Kits for Reversing Safety

ECCO Safety Group

Provide high-quality images and are suited for most non-commercial applications

Ecco Ec4210 B K And Ec500 B K Camera Kits (1)

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