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Workforce

Construction crew that rebuilds in wake of superhero battles focus of upcoming Marvel sitcom on ABC

If you’ve ever wondered what goes into rebuilding and cleaning up after the Avengers have tackled a tough foe, you’re going to want to tune to a new sitcom under development by Marvel and ABC. According to Variety, a new sitcom called Damage Control will focus on the construction and engineering company featured in the Marvel comic of the […]

October 5, 2015

Construction Equipment

2 excavators, dozer no help at all for excavator stuck in very deep hole

This one’s a bit hard to watch. After a ledge gave way an sent this machine into a hole being dug for a pumping station, this excavator operator is assisted by co-workers with little to no result. Two excavators and a dozer aren’t able to tow the machine out, largely because it was the wrong […]

October 2, 2015

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ARTBA honors 5 members with division awards

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association gave division awards to five members at the its national convention on Wednesday. ARTBA announced in a press release that the awards honor members who have made significant contributions to the Contractors, Planning and Design, Materials and Services and Traffic Safety Industry divisions. The Nello L. Teer, Jr. award […]

October 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

PennDOT accepting applications for transportation project funding

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced it’s accepting applications for $40 million in grants available for transportation projects next fiscal year. PennDOT announced that it will begin taking proposals for projects through December 18 under the state’s Multimodal Transportation Fund, which was created in 2013 with the state’s Act 89 transportation funding plan. “The fund allows us […]

October 2, 2015

Business

Ditch Witch sees double-digit growth this year as market for 30,000-pound-and-below drills grows

“The utility markets inside the United States are extremely strong, and we’ve seen our sales up by double digits,” said Dennis Wierzbicki, who took the helm of the Ditch Witch brand nine months ago. The primary drivers: home and utility construction. “We see both being very strong though 2016,” Wierzbicki added. “We’re excited about the […]

September 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE intros EC60E excavator for big and small jobs alike with 20% power boost (PHOTOS)

Typically, when it comes to compact excavators, manufacturers like to talk about how well these machines fit in on small jobsites. And while Volvo Construction Equipment certainly says the same about the new EC60E, they’re also pretty confident it can handle a fair share work on major projects as well. As such, the company is positioning the new […]

September 28, 2015

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Worker crushed in equipment accident on Nashville jobsite

A worker near Nashville was killed recently when he was crushed in an equipment accident. According to a report from WSMV TV, 44-year-old Arnold Russell was killed September 21 while operating “a piece of equipment that sorts block” on a jobsite in Antioch. Police tell the station Russell was apparently leaning over a “danger zone,” and […]

September 28, 2015

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Fed up with noise, man shoots construction worker with a pellet gun in New York

A New York man was arrested earlier this month after shooting a construction worker with a pellet gun. According to NBC New York, 26-year-old Timothy Burzynski became so annoyed by the noise of ongoing construction across the street from his Long Island home that on September 1 he aimed a pellet gun from his window […]

September 25, 2015

Safety

Worker dies after suffering possible electrocution in San Antonio

A construction worker who died last week in San Antonio after co-workers found him unconscious on the job is believed to have been electrocuted. According to a report from the San Antonio Express-News, on September 17 workers at the construction site of a new high school in the area realized they had not seen the man […]

September 25, 2015

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts highway worker saves stranded snapping turtle

Most highway workers might have more experience with hardhats than with hard shells, but that didn’t stop one Massachusetts man from halting his work to save a stranded snapping turtle. According to the Lowell Sun, Fred Baker was simply going about his day as a heavy equipment operator for the Billerica Highway Department when he […]

September 24, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in 16-story fall on Chicago jobsite

The death of a construction worker in a high fall from a Chicago jobsite is being investigated as a possible suicide. According to a report from the Hyde Park Herald, the unidentified 38-year-old worker died September 14 after suffering a fall from the roof of an unfinished 16-story apartment complex in the Hyde Park community. Chicago police […]

September 24, 2015

Technology

Big Brother or Better Drivers? Inside the monitoring tech trucking and Caterpillar’s Smartband are using to make operation safer

If Big Brother isn’t watching you, he should be. And you should be glad he is. The revolution in digital technology and telematics has created new products that can monitor drivers and equipment operators, score them on how well they’re doing and help you coach them to become better and safer drivers. And just recently […]

September 23, 2015