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Your Lube Room Should Include These Essentials

Whether your reorganizing your existing lube room or creating a new one, make sure you include these eight essential items on your shelves.

No matter your situation, look today to move your next vice president to a greater level of responsibility and accountability. The effort will benefit both the new vice president and just about everyone else with whom they come into contact!

The Making of a Leader: The Construction Vice President

The role of construction vice president has expanded to take on more-specific responsibilities, demanding an individual who is more skilled and schooled in ways to grow the company

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Latest Coronavirus Relief Package Excludes Funding for State DOTs

State departments of transportation across the country need an “immediate infusion” of at least $37 billion to prevent disruptions to planned transportation projects and keep workers employed but the Senate HEALS Act excludes funding for infrastructure

“ClearPath has improved our business by allowing us to easily track our entire fleet of work trucks. The GPS integration has also helped save us time and money. Running reports on our entire fleet or specific vehicles has never been easier,' Shane Springer, Ramsey Asphalt.

How to Successfully Implement GPS Tracking at your Asphalt Company

Ramsey Asphalt invests in GPS fleet management technology to manage their employees and their evolving equipment fleet

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[VIDEO] Three Ways Fleet Management Can Improve Construction Profitability

Telematics solutions can help construction contractors manage both their employees and an evolving equipment fleet. Here are three ways telematics boost your profitability.

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[VIDEO] Six Benefits to Bundling ELD & Telematic Solutions

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Tapplock one+ Smart Padlock

Swap keys and combinations for state-of-the-art capacitive fingerprint reader

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Safeguard Your Assets: 6 Steps to Secure Your Jobsite

Construction brings many opportunities but it can also attract thieves and vandals. These six best practices can help you secure your jobsite.

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3 Ways to Use Technology to Protect Your Construction Equipment

Telematics can help you manage and safeguard your assets by providing a direct connection with your heavy equipment.

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Master Lock 5401D Set-Your-Own Combination Wall-Mount Lock Box

Ideal for storing equipment keys on construction sites, set your own 4-digit combination for keyless convenience and increased security

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ProSeries 6321 Shrouded Laminated Steel Rekeyable Padlock

Ideal for use on perimeter gates and fences, the iron shroud protects the shackle from bolt cutters

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ProSeries 6840 Solid Brass Rekeyable Padlock

Ideal for use on perimeter gates and fences, a dual- ball locking mechanism resists pulling and prying and a high-security

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ProSeries 6271 Reinforced Zinc Die-Cast Hidden Shackle Rekeyable Padlock

High-security, rekeyable 6-pin cylinder with spool pins is virtually impossible to pick

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Master Lock 175 Resettable Combination Brass Padlock

The 4-digit dials allow you to set your own combination and reset to restrict/change allowed access

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ProSeries Weather Tough 6121 Laminated Steel Padlock

Ideal for perimeter gates and fences, the exclusive cover protects this Master Lock padlock from harsh elements

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Commercial Magnum M5STS Laminated Steel Padlock

Ideal for use on job boxes, Commercial Magnum offers a higher level of security for applications in outdoor, corrosive and caustic environments

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Eye Trax Predator Series

Eye Trax Solar-powered, Wireless, Motion-activated Camera Systems

Designed for security applications that require high-resolution images up to 12 MB of recorded events

[VIDEO] Preco’s sentry system sets perimeter to protect equipment

[VIDEO] Preco’s Sentry System Sets Perimeter to Protect Equipment

Tom Loutzenheiser from Preco Electronics talks about line of vision systems that enhance heavy-duty vehicle industries safety by combining active radar technology with camera/monitor systems. Construction equipment blind zones vary and durability is a maj

Towables were the most stolen equipment in 2015. These items are typically generators, air compressors, light towers, cement mixers and welders. Towables are often rented and have a high market value, even in the residential market. The average estimated replacement cost for towables is $19,933.24.

LoJack 2015 Construction Equipment Theft Study Reveals Trends in Heavy Equipment Theft

Towables top the list of most stolen types of equipment in 2015 while Bobcat equipment was the most common brand of equipment stolen last year

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Anti-theft Protection Helps Recover $60K Premier Water Pump

This equipment recovery highlights the importance of installing advanced tracking devices that go beyond the GPS capabilities offered with telematics

Paradise Asphalt Maintenance crews followed four days of milling with paving, then crews cleaned and cracksealed areas a day in advance to ready them for sealcoating. Striping was generally started the day after sealcoating an area, and as soon as it was halfway done and dried Adesa began moving cars back into the newly sealed and striped area.

Sealcoating among “Moving” Inventory

There are many ways that you can ensure tools and material goods are kept safe, from extra lighting around the jobsite to storing your tools in a lock tight storage box.

10 Tips to Guard Against Jobsite Tool Theft

These tips, which include using common sense, can help deter theft and vandalism on the construction jobsite

LoJack’s Construction Equipment Theft and Recovery in the United States study found that more than $7.7 million worth of construction equipment theft occurred in 2014 alone.

Four Tips to Minimize the Risk of Construction Theft

Focus on prevention in order to reduce the risk of construction equipment theft

The explosion of personal electronic devices, coupled with the data generated from telematics systems, mapping software and interconnected accounting and project management systems, is making the digital jobsite a reality.

Real-time Data Transforms the Construction Jobsite

A digital jobsite promises a seamless flow of information from the field to the back office.

Two key factors determine the type of equipment that thieves are most likely to steal: value and mobility. Value is the primary factor, except for items too large to move on a small trailer. For instance, large excavators are valuable but seldom stolen, as they’re difficult to move.

Mowers, Loaders and Tractors Top List of Heavy Equipment Theft in 2014

Heavy equipment theft in 2014 was up 1.2% from 2013 with mowers, loaders and tractors topping the list of equipment stolen last year

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Case Study: VERSA Real Estate Employs Sensera MC-30 Cameras on Projects

VERSA decided to start employing construction site cameras to help the team keep projects on track and share progress with stakeholders.

Spec Sheet: Sensera MultiSense Camera MC-30 Series

This solar-powered camera system deploys in minutes to provide remote monitoring and time-lapse imaging

[VIDEO]CheckMate Tool-Tracking Software for Construction

[VIDEO]CheckMate Tool-Tracking Software for Construction

Dynamic Systems' video (3:31 min.) overviews features and benefits of CheckMate, the company's affordable barcode software for tracking tools and equipment

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Brinno BCC 100 Construction Camera

Provides effortless recording of projects with time-lapse video

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Sensera Systems MC-60 Streaming Cloud Camera

Integrated solar/wireless cloud camera comes equipped with video streaming and built-in DVR