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Construction industry deserves more objective debate on global warming
Since construction equipment sends about 22 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air per gallon of diesel consumed, the topic of global warming, aka climate change, is not irrelevant to our industry. Unfortunately, you cannot have an objective conversation about this, thanks to the vast numbers of people who form opinions without ever investigating […]
July 3, 2017
Workforce
Tribes: Why construction should strive to build tight-knit communities
It’s Thanksgiving, the day Americans celebrate the preservation of our pilgrim ancestors thanks to the generosity of the Native American Wampanoag tribe. In large part, the Wampanoag showed the Puritans how to properly exist in this new land. Their gift was the foundation of the new American community, much of which ran deep in the history […]
November 23, 2016
Construction Equipment
Join us April 11th for a live chat with Caterpillar about the 336E H hybrid excavator
Caterpillar unveiled its 336E Hybrid excavator to the press back in October and very soon after was named to Equipment World‘s list of 2013 Innovations Award winners. Why? The machine uses a hydraulic hybrid system that Cat says provides a 25-percent reduction in fuel consumption compared to the current 336E. And when placed side by […]
April 5, 2013
Workforce
Opinion: Legalized marijuana bad for construction and society
Now that Colorado and Washington State have legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, the construction industry will be forced to confront some ugly problems. Can you drug test someone now and fire them if they test positive for pot? I don’t think the states or the human resources professionals have worked out the details […]
January 4, 2013
Business
On Record
A cuppa joe and The Construction Blog  I’m a morning person, and I have a morning ritual: sitting down to breakfast with my local newspaper. I know, I know – totally a dying breed. Who eats breakfast anymore? And, yes, newspapers do seem to be going the way of Blackberrys. At Equipment World, we’re […]
July 1, 2012
Workforce
On Record
Making the Demographics Work For Us  By Marcia Gruver Doyle  As I read through Tom Jackson’s story last month on how fleet managers are addressing the technician shortage (page 23, May Equipment World), it struck me how little progress we’ve made in industry recruiting. The intractable problems remain the same as they were […]
May 25, 2012
Business
On Record
Sticktoitiveness By Marcia Gruver Doyle I want to call your attention to the issue of ProPickup polybagged with this issue of Equipment World, both for what it is and what it represents. First, there’s what ProPickup is: the most warmly received startup publication we’ve had … ever. Take a look at the letters to the […]
July 31, 2010
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