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Concrete Equipment & Products

Reduce Random Cracking with Plate Dowels

KB Engineering LLC

Use plate dowels at construction joints to reduce the risk of random cracking.

Steel plate dowels carry loads across a construction joint, maintain vertical alignment between adjacent slabs and allow concrete shrinkage both perpendicular and parallel to the joint.

Construction Technology

6 Key Preconstruction Considerations

Ultimately, realistic cost estimation, meticulous scheduling, risk analysis, design coordination, and value engineering are the foundations of the preconstruction phase.

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Forklift Battery Trends in 2024

To better understand the opportunities and challenges influencing motive power decision-makers in 2024, here are the Top 4 forklift battery trends in 2024.

To better understand the opportunities and challenges influencing motive power decision-makers in 2024, here are the Top 4 forklift battery trends in 2024.

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Construction Technology

How AI Can Increase Efficiencies in Construction

From enhanced standardization and project management platforms to automation options that increase speed and reduce costs, these new tools offer increased flow within offsite construction projects.

Increased adoption of generative AI and large language models may streamline construction processes and drive efficiencies across the full construction lifecycle.

Circular Concrete Pours: Tips on Pouring a Circular Foundation for a Grain Bin

Curb Roller Manufacturing

When the job is a foundation for a grain bin, you can find limitations and unique challenges to such a remote setting. Investing in specialized equipment may save time and provide a long-lasting foundation.

Battery-powered roller screeds are suited for remote applications. They have no cords or hoses and can be easily operated in remote environments with a limited power supply.

7 Methods for Testing Concrete Strength

Giatec Scientific Inc.

There are many different practices aside from cylinder break tests that can be used.

Construction Site

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Top Three Reports Every Rental Business Should Have Tacked on Their Wall

InTempo Software

By focusing on three broad areas — the “three Ps” of people, process and product — you can ensure that you keep a 360-degree view of the most critical aspects of your rental business.

Inventory analysis reports can dramatically reduce two of the biggest drains on ROI: understocking and overstocking rental inventory.

Industrial Forklift

Forklift Battery Safety

How to ensure efficient and secure operations with lithium battery technology.

Forklift Lithium Battery Safety

Taking Off On A Runway Revamp at Albert J. Ellis Airport

Strategic planning and teamwork create smooth landing pad for $10.4 million pavement maintenance job.

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Coaching & Consulting

Recovery Week: Breaking Down Stigma & Creating Hope

Hope, help, and healing come through recovery. The story behind Building Trades Recovery Week, how it started in Boston, and is now spreading throughout the New England construction industry.

Building Trades Recovery Week - Breaking Down Stigma and Creating Hope

Construction Technology

AI in Construction: What to Expect

Instead of wading through construction documents to determine appliance packages or contract obligations, workers can type the question into their cell phone and Chat GPT will provide the answer.

The construction industry already is adopting AI to fundamentally change and speed up the building process.

Construction Safety

4 Steps to Building a Construction Safety Program

Sentry Insurance

Your safety plan—and the culture of safety you cultivate with your team—is your first line of defense to help prevent incidents and protect your bottom line.

The first question OSHA will ask when they visit a jobsite is, “where’s your safety plan?” Is it easily accessible to your workers and do they have the resources they need to conduct their jobs safely?

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