[VIDEO] Features of IronDirect Value-priced Machine Monitors and DirectTrac Telematics

Standard DirectTrac telematics system provides another avenue to monitor machine status right on the machine's monitor

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Construction of the 24 slipform silos at roughly 75% completion. They are 21-ft. in diameter and will reach 140 ft. tall.

Arizona Grain Slipform Silo Construction Required 9-Day Long Continuous Concrete Pour

Concrete contractor McCormick Construction benefited from admixtures in its concrete mix to achieve a successful ready-mix concrete pour.

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A Surefire Plan to Nail Your Next Technology Implementation

Workforce-management technology that simplifies field data collection improves the profitability of decisions made from the data with an investment of methodical implementation planning

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12 Days for Small Businesses to Apply for PPP2 Loans without Competition from Larger Applicants

Biden Admin. focus on small businesses assures that sole proprietors and businesses with fewer than 20 employees have a great shot at getting a first or second forgivable PPP loan

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Paving Contractors that Struggle to Find Talent Need to Look at Pool Differently

The mix of generations in the workforce is changing fast, resulting in paving contractors having to adjust even further to make sure they have enough people overall.

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Architectural Billing Conditions Improve Slightly as Declines Slow and Inquiries Grow

While overall billings continued to contract, a slight improvement in business conditions has led to fewer architecture firms reporting declining billings.

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Federal Highway Bill Funded Nearly 110,000 U.S. Road and Bridge Improvements

ARTBA outlines the benefits of the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act as a Senate hearing begins on the federal highway program’s reauthorization.

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Construction Costs Continued Climbing in February with More Expected in First Half of 2021

Materials and labor prices rose for the fourth consecutive month as the engineering and construction industry rebounds from the COVID-19 induced recession.

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Global Off-Highway Equipment Market to Grow 6.5% in 2021 After 2020’s Weak Performance

The COVID-19 pandemic cut 2020 global off-highway equipment growth to 2.6% but a recovery to 6.5% is projected for 2021.

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How Digitization, AI Provide Control on Construction Sites

BIM enables control room-type management of projects through 3D modeling, artificial intelligence and scheduling.

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Hops & Highways Episode 18: What Does it Mean to be Raised on Blacktop?

This week Jess & Dormie talk with Matt Stanley from American Pavement Specialists about their Raised on Blacktop initiative to change the mindset about jobs in the asphalt industry while also working to recruit the next generation of workers.

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Top 10 Hottest Construction Stories This Week: COVID-19 Deepens Construction’s Opioid Problem

Most-read construction stories of the week include legislation in 25 states to increase transport funding, Biden ties Chinese infrastructure spending to economies’ competitiveness, 2021 Ram 1500 HFE EcoDiesel battles for the top pickup efficiency spot

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Top 10 Construction Stories This Week: COVID-19 Deepens Construction’s Opioid Problem

Why the week's most-read construction stories include legislation in 25 states to increase transport funding, Biden ties Chinese infrastructure spending to economies’ competitiveness, 2021 Ram 1500 HFE EcoDiesel battles for top pickup efficiency, and more

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Construction News Tracker: Residential Spree Leads 2020 Construction Spending Higher than 2019

Just three of the nation's Top 20 metro areas gained in 2020 commercial building starts, Buttigieg DOT expected to bring innovative transport spending and equity, NJ invites bids on $1.8B replacement of a key rail crossing of Hackensack River

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300 Industry Groups Push Congress for Infrastructure Funding

While Biden met with labor leaders to discuss our failing infrastructure, another 300 groups sent a letter to Congress urging immediate action on the issue

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Road Building Industry Fights for Surface Transportation Funding

Experts say the highway materials sectors need to push for higher amounts of funding for a robust surface transportation bill and to do that, Congress needs to enact a sustainable and equitable funding mechanism for the Highway Trust Fund

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Single-family Housing Ended Strong as Multifamily Faltered in 2020

Single-family permits rose in all four regions of the U.S. in 2020, while multifamily permits saw declines.

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Construction 4.0: Why it’s Time to Adopt BIM and Digital Construction

Since the global pandemic started, more business leaders have analyzed how the coronavirus caused a rapid digital transformation across every industry. Businesses that want to survive must adapt to a world of “remote everything.”

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Coronavirus Pandemic Accelerates Construction’s Opioid Addiction Problem

The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption to daily life hit those with substance-use disorder hard, with deaths by opioid and methamphetamine overdoses increasing 38% and 35%. Construction is among three industries with the most abuse of the drugs

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Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction Announces 2021 Pavement Awards

Pavement recognizes 13 individuals and companies who have enhanced the pavement maintenance industry.

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Legislators in 25 States Introduce Transportation Funding Increases

With the federal gas tax at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993, states have had to raise revenues to cover a more-than-125% increase in construction costs. 61 transport-funding measures started making their way through legislatures in January

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Hops & Highways Episode 17: 10 Tips for Asphalt Roller Maintenance

Who won the first Hops & Highways Yeti can coozie? How many construction contractors plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine? What are the top maintenance items you should check on your asphalt roller? Answers to all these questions and more on Hops & Highways

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Top 10 Hottest Construction Stories This Week: Measuring Infrastructure Bill’s Construction Boost

Most-read construction stories of the week include how Trimble's Roadworks 3D asphalt paving system works, exoskeletons move from science fiction to market to stop repetitive stress, Ford announces electric F-150

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Biden Says Chinese Infrastructure Acceleration Threatens US Economic Competitiveness

President Joe Biden warned the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that China will “eat our lunch” if America doesn’t “step up” its infrastructure spending.

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US Construction Backlog and Contractor Optimism Rise to Start 2021 Despite Shaky Outlook

Contractor confidence on a growth path that seems likely, if improving public health outcomes can bring back stalled projects and steady work flow

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How the Pandemic Affected Equipment Rentals – And How the Industry is Shaping Up in Early 2021

As we enter 2021, trends across our datasets – which include volume, rental rates, and used equipment inventory levels – suggest activity is picking up and that the worst has already passed for many operators.

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Barely More Than Half of Construction Workers Will Take the COVID-19 Vaccine

Some of the nation’s workers at greatest infection risk are the least willing to be vaccinated, and with new freedom to require it, employers may be key to getting people vaccinated

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Study: Collective Bargaining in IL Construction Offers a Model for COVID Recovery

Economic impact of union construction in northeastern Illinois provides workers a ladder to the middle-class that stabilize the state’s economy by creating downstream jobs, reducing demand for social services and boosting GDP along with tax revenues