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Fleet Maintenance
Winter Is Coming: Here’s Your Heavy Equipment Storage Checklist
Caterpillar - Cat
Prepping your machines properly for winter season storage will save you some downtime come spring.
November 9, 2022
Prepping your machines properly for winter season storage will save you some downtime come spring.
Training & Education
7 Truck-Loading Tips To Save You Fuel
Caterpillar - Cat
One of the biggest contributors to fuel efficiency (or lack thereof) is the operator behind the controls of your wheel loader. Fuel efficiency can vary between different operators using the same equipment in the same application.
November 8, 2022
One of the biggest contributors to fuel efficiency (or lack thereof) is the operator behind the controls of your wheel loader. Fuel efficiency can vary between different operators using the same equipment in the same application.
Construction Technology
Is Remote Control The Solution To The Operator Shortage?
Caterpillar - Cat
Construction is one of those fields that requires workers to be on-site, right? Maybe for certain jobs — but not necessarily for one of the hardest-to-fill positions: equipment operator.
October 3, 2022
With remote-control technology gaining traction, perhaps the end to the operator shortage problem is finally in sight.
Fleet Maintenance
Budgeting For Maintenance 101
Caterpillar - Cat
Determining how much of your budget should go toward equipment maintenance is a tricky calculation. And it’s different for each operation. Here’s what to consider.
October 3, 2022
A good rule of thumb is to start at each machine’s blade or bucket, work your way back to the rear counterweight or ripper, and consider every maintenance item (planned and repairs) in between.
Construction Safety Technology
The Sound Of Safety: Protecting Your Team From Hearing Loss
Caterpillar - Cat
Contractors are taking all kinds of steps to improve workers’ physical safety on the job site: Investing in operator training.
September 6, 2022
Contractors are taking all kinds of steps to improve workers’ physical safety on the job site: Investing in operator training.
Compact Wheel Loaders
Top 8 Tips For Wheel Loader Operators
Caterpillar - Cat
Loading, stockpiling, aggregate handling: You count on your wheel loaders to take on all kinds of tasks on the job site. What’s the best way to maximize their performance and productivity?
September 6, 2022
Loading, stockpiling, aggregate handling: You count on your wheel loaders to take on all kinds of tasks on the job site. What’s the best way to maximize their performance and productivity?
Personnel Management
6 Steps To Stop Downtime
Caterpillar - Cat
Eliminating downtime is impossible, but controlling it? That’s definitely doable. Follow these tips to improve equipment uptime (and your profits).
August 15, 2022
When you’re already stressed about keeping projects on schedule and meeting client deadlines, the last thing you need is a machine down.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Shrink Your Fuel Bills With These Machine Technologies
Caterpillar - Cat
Five factors play a role in fuel efficiency: idle time, operator technique, job-site set-up, equipment selection and configuration, and technology. Let’s take a closer look at that last item.
August 9, 2022
Five factors play a role in fuel efficiency: idle time, operator technique, job-site set-up, equipment selection and configuration, and technology. Let’s take a closer look at that last item.
Coaching & Consulting
Get Attached To Greater Earnings Potential
Caterpillar - Cat
With the right mix of work tools, a single piece of equipment can carry out tasks that would otherwise require an entire fleet — and do so across different job sites and different seasons of the year.
July 9, 2022
With the right mix of work tools, a single piece of equipment can carry out tasks that would otherwise require an entire fleet — and do so across different job sites and different seasons of the year.
Theft Prevention
Stop, Theft! 5 Simple Steps To Keep Equipment Secure.
Caterpillar - Cat
Chances are you’ve got equipment out on site and not a lot of time to keep track of it. That can make you a target for criminals. Here’s how to stop them.
July 7, 2022
With the busy summer construction season in full swing, you likely have quite a few pieces of equipment out on site and not a lot of time to keep track of them all. Sadly, that makes you a target for criminals.
Business
Nominations Due July 1 for Best Contractors to Work For in Construction Competition
Deadline to enter the Best Contractors to Work For in Construction competition is July 1.
June 21, 2022
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Construction Technology
Top 5 Ways Grade Technology Saves You Money
Caterpillar - Cat
Whether you’re grading a site, digging a foundation or laying asphalt, there’s no question that employing grade control technology can boost your speed, accuracy and precision.
June 15, 2022
Whether you’re grading a site, digging a foundation or laying asphalt, there’s no question that employing grade control technology can boost your speed, accuracy and precision.
Coaching & Consulting
The Link Between Idle Time and Sustainable Operation
Caterpillar - Cat
The key to reducing machine emissions is burning less fossil fuel. You can do that in multiple ways.
June 14, 2022
Reducing idle time is one of the easiest steps you can take on your journey toward more sustainable operation—and it’s one that can have a significant effect on both your bottom line and your carbon footprint.
Project Management
From Good To Goat: Quick Wins For Operators
Caterpillar - Cat
Given the ongoing labor shortage in construction, you may think your chances of finding GOAT-level equipment operators are slim to none.
May 22, 2022
Given the ongoing labor shortage in construction, you may think your chances of finding GOAT-level equipment operators are slim to none.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Safety Takes To The Sky: Drones In Construction
Caterpillar - Cat
Contractors are using drones for site surveys, stockpile profiling, material measurement, inspections, client reporting and more.
May 12, 2022
Contractors are using drones for site surveys, stockpile profiling, material measurement, inspections, client reporting and more.
Coaching & Consulting
5 Green Building Trends that Benefit You and Your Clients
Caterpillar - Cat
What is “green building” and what are the advantages? Check out some of the latest trends and consider how you might incorporate them into your projects.
April 19, 2022
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Loaders
Close the Loader Operator Skill Gap with Payload Technology
Caterpillar - Cat
Where accuracy and speed are the keys to profitability – like in load-and-haul operations – onboard payload systems help operators get the right load onboard the first time and every time
April 6, 2022
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Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Dallas Federal Reserve Rings a Housing-Bubble Alarm
Recent acceleration of already speeding housing price increases are reviving mortgage-backed securities and have tripped the early-warning thresholds of some novel statistical tools being monitored post-Great-Recession.
March 31, 2022
Shaded areas indicate periods of inferred exuberance. Real house prices have risen much more steeply in the past year than in the run-up to the Great Recession. The Exuberance Index in the bottom panel tests market temperature and the confidence upper bound is the abnormality threshold. Current readings indicate U.S. housing showing signs of exuberance for more than five quarters through Q3 2021.
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