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Your Sustainability Efforts & Subcontractors

This Digging Deeper podcast episode features an interview with Tommy Linstroth of Green Badger, who discusses how contractors can prioritize sustainability efforts while working with subcontractors.

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FOMO Is Real: Why You Should Attend PAVE/X 2025

The number of open hours for you to get hands on with the equipment at the show has been greatly expanded, to make sure everyone has ample time to see what they want to see and talk to the manufacturers, getting all their questions answered.

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Business Services

How is Your Construction Company Helping Hurricane Helene Affected Areas?

In the wake of one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history, we're looking for ways in which people and companies in the construction industry are helping affected areas. Reach out to us and tell us your story.

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale.

Dealers, Service Centers

Milwaukee Tool Opens Factory in Mississippi

Milwaukee Tool Corp.

The new location will employ more than 800 people, marks Milwaukee’s eighth location in Mississippi, and is the company’s largest manufacturing facility in the United States to date.

Milwaukee Tool invested more than $60 million into the more than 500,000-square-foot facility.

Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other

Cat, Trimble Extend Grade Control Collab Agreement

Trimble's Scott Crozier talked to us about what this partnership means for heavy equipment grade control.

Officials from Caterpillar and Trimble announced on Oct. 2 their intention to continue a collaboration aimed at improving grade control technologies and interoperability, as well as availability of those technologies to end users and OEMs.

Safety Equipment - Other

Beat the Heat: The Importance of Worker Safety on Construction Sites

McCarthy Building Companies

By addressing heat-related risks through careful planning, proactive measures, and compliance with evolving regulations, the construction industry can better protect its workforce and maintain productivity during the hot-weather months.

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Financing, Insurance & Leasing

AccuWeather Puts Hurricane Helene Recovery at $225B-$250B

Buildings, roads, bridges and other infrastructure will need to be rebuilt after Hurricane Helene created catastrophic damage in nine states on the East Coast.

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Business Services

Economic Indicator Highest Since February 2023

Institute for Supply Management (ISM)

The Services PMI, which includes the construction industry, registered 54.9 percent, which is the highest reading since February 2023 and indicates sector expansion for the 49th time in 52 months.

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Safety Equipment - Other

When a Cybersecurity Breach Occurs, Preparation is Paramount

Bulk Construction Materials Initiative (BCMI)

The preparation phase is the last, but not least, step in securing your company’s data.

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Safety Equipment - Other

Driver Safety: A Core Transportation Industry Value

Coupled with advanced technology, fleets should continue to prioritize and revisit their driver training programs. The most successful fleets have many touch points for their safety training programs.

Inadequate signage, road construction, poorly maintained roadways and storms (rain, snow, ice, wind) all pose risks, especially for large, heavy vehicles that require more space for stopping and time to maneuver turns.

Labor & Workforce Development

Why Today’s Youth Are Embracing Skilled Trades Over Four-Year Colleges

Cavalry Construction

The shift toward trade schools has significantly impacted the construction industry in addressing one of the industry’s biggest challenges: a shortage of qualified, skilled workers.

Practical skills and the ability to perform skilled trades are now gaining more appreciation and respect.

Dealers, Service Centers

Stellantis to Invest Millions in Michigan EV, Hybrid Plants

Stellantis, parent company of Dodge and other brands, revealed it would invest more than $406 million in three facilities in Michigan to develop a platform that can be shared for both electric and hybrid vehicles.

With an investment of $235.5 million, SHAP will produce the company’s first-ever battery-electric 2025 Ram 1500 REV light-duty truck.

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