December 2021

Equipment Today December 2021
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Online marketplaces such as bidadoo are helping construction businesses find needed equipment and resources, while minimizing the costs of sale and extending the reach of sellers to more potential bidders.
Equipment
Buyers and Sellers Find Solutions Online to Limited Heavy Equipment Supplies

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Equipment
Strive to Be One of the Best Construction Employers to Attract New Hires
Establish a preventive maintenance schedule and modify it if necessary. If your maintenance inspections are finding issues, this is telling you that you are not seeing the vehicles often enough or you are using cut-off thresholds that are too close to the limits.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Tips to Keep Vocational Trucks Rolling
Establish a preventive maintenance schedule and modify it if necessary. If your maintenance inspections are finding issues, this is telling you that you are not seeing the vehicles often enough or you are using cut-off thresholds that are too close to the limits.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Tips to Keep Vocational Trucks Rolling
Undercarriage condition has a major influence on used equipment valuation. With so much at stake, it is advisable to have the undercarriage inspected by a trustworthy product expert.
Dozers
Choose Used Dozers Wisely
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Business
Inflation, Supply Chain and Workforce Issues Demand Contractors Sharpen their Balance Sheets in 2022
Construction is settling into an economic era in 2022 that's quite different from pre-pandemic decades; one in which successful business will depend more on how you balance debt to equity and capital to operating costs
November 11, 2021
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Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
How AI Boosts Warfel’s Safety and COVID Protocol Without Extra People or Data
Artificial intelligence from Smartvid.io integrated with Procore recognizes safety risks in progress-monitoring photos and builds a database that confirms COVID compliance and measures the policies that will make the biggest difference in job-site safety
November 11, 2021
A high-level Warfel Construction dashboard of the Smartvid.io's AI analysis of photos for safety risks rates the safety of the contractor's projects in the table at upper right (project names obscured).
Project Management
Benefits of Integrating Digital Check-in with Construction Project Management Software
Since the daily log is the pulse on a construction project, it makes sense to streamline and automate the process with digital check-in.
October 29, 2021
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Trucks
What Are the Implications of Rerating Vehicle GVWR and GAWR?
It’s important to understand how the ratings are established and the implications of changing them before moving forward with rerating a vehicle.
October 21, 2021
OEMs have the authority to determine final ratings for a new vehicle. It’s important to understand how the ratings are established and the implications of changing them before doing so.
Construction Technology
11 Tips to Protect Your Construction Company From Cyber Threats
Data breaches in construction increased 800% from 2019 to 2020, according to a recent study. A cyber security expert talks about how construction contractors can keep their companies safe from data breaches.
October 13, 2021
Data breaches in construction increased 800% from 2019 to 2020, according to a recent study. A cyber security expert talks about how construction contractors can keep their companies safe from data breaches.
Mini Skid Steer, Track Loaders
Electric Compact Utility Loader Overcomes Challenges of Church Renovation
The battery-powered Toro e-Dingo addressed the three main challenges of renovating a Minnesota church.
August 5, 2021
The e-Dingo's compatibility with several existing Dingo attachments allowed Twin Tower Demolition to reduce the amount of equipment used on the Prince of Peace church renovation project.
Personal Protection Equipment
Best Practices for Choosing Hearing Protection for Jobsites
With so many sources of loud noises on construction sites, it’s important to understand why hearing protection headphones are an essential form of personal protective equipment.
June 18, 2021
Situational awareness technology offers precise impulse filtration that reduces harmful sounds while still giving users complete awareness on a jobsite.
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