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Construction Safety

Key Bridge Efforts Continue Despite Storms

Trained crews, in conjunction with the Unified Command, are taking steps forward with operations and are conducting routine salvage assessments, while evaluating the safest and most effective routes.

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Construction Safety

Robots are Rewriting the Rules of Construction Safety

To make worksites safer for humans, we need a smarter approach to automation.

Many construction workers say they find it distracting to work alongside drones, and there’s evidence that even when drones are operating at a considerable distance from humans they often lead workers to look away from their tasks.

Labor & Workforce Development

Performance Construction to Focus on Contractor Community

Performance Construction Advisors (PCA)

With a shift to exclusively serving contractors, PCA’s Business Consulting services offer even more specialized guidance for its clients.

Whether it's support with succession planning or effective people management, its experts are uniquely positioned to skillfully guide contractors in harmonizing their personal, operational, and financial strategies.

Training & Education

ConstructReach Hosts "I built this!" Construction Learning Event

Students will be able to participate in work-based learning through a variety of activities led by general contractors and construction professionals.

In the past five years, ConstructReach has partnered with over 100 industry and education partners to host “I built this!”, introducing more than 2,000 high school students to career pathways.

Construction Safety

Alternate Temporary Channels Opening Around Key Bridge in Baltimore

A temporary, alternate channel on the northeast side of the main channel in the vicinity of the Key Bridge is being established for commercially essential vessels.

Demolition crews with the Unified Command begin cutting the top portion of the north side of the collapsed bridge into smaller sections for safe removal by crane in the Patapsco River, in Baltimore, Maryland, March 30, 2024. Salvage teams use exothermic cutting torch to systematically separate sections of the steel bridge, which will be taken to a disposal site.

AED Opposes California Rule on Internal Combustion Trucks

Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)

The ACF regulation requires fleet operators to phase out their internal combustion trucks and replace them with zero-emission trucks, starting in 2024.

Equipment dealers have expressed great concern with the rule, particularly as it relates to service and delivery trucks, as well as the cost increases and equipment delivery delays that will ensue.

Business Services

STANLEY Infrastructure Sale to Epiroc AB Complete

Stanley Black & Decker

Stanley Black & Decker announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of STANLEY Infrastructure to Epiroc AB for $760 million in cash.

Stanley Black & Decker announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of STANLEY Infrastructure to Epiroc AB for $760 million in cash.

Unlocking Success in Government Contracting

Companies that understand the public sector marketplace best are the most successful.

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How to Become a Trusted Leader

There is a continuum of leadership. At one end of the spectrum is the trusted leader who develops high-trust relationships and builds a high-trust atmosphere. At the other end there is the dictator, who uses fear to drive people.

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MCWPs: Safe Work in the Sky

For temporary work at height, mast climbing work platforms and aerial work platforms are some of the safest and most efficient types of equipment you could possibly use. Sadly, accidents can still occur when the best equipment is not used correctly.

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Everything We Saw At World of Asphalt 2024

Nashville was hardly big enough to contain everything that World of Asphalt 2024 had to offer, and whether you were there or not, there are plenty of things you might have missed!

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Labor & Workforce Development

Bullseye and Interplay Partner to Provide Professional Inspector Training

Interplay Learning

Learners progress at their own pace, with the program typically taking about four months to complete.

Continuing education is a crucial aspect of maintaining a license, and after the initial course, learners are required to complete 16 hours annually.

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