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Business

These 3 changes to your day-to-day will make you a more productive worker on the construction jobsite

“Work smarter, not harder.” How many times have you seen that quote? Over time, the idea that your best performance is a result of how you work, not how long you work, has become widely accepted. Studies have shown that the last employee to leave each day isn’t necessarily the hardest worker; they may simply […]

August 25, 2014

Business

Construction spending booming to record highs in Minneapolis

The city of Minneapolis has issued a combined $1.2 billion in commercial and residential building permits so far this year and is on pace to break $2 billion by the end of the year, according to a report from The Star Tribune. That $1.2 billion mark the city sits at now is the same amount […]

August 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

Semi hauling an excavator plows through a guardhouse while pulling onto college campus

At Bellhaven University they’re referring to it as “the Guardhouse Incident.” With construction having begun on a new on-campus apartment complex, a lot of big construction equipment is making its way onto Bellhaven’s small campus in Jackson, Mississippi. And, as you can see in the video below, a particular guardhouse at an entrance to the […]

August 22, 2014

Roadbuilding

Construction worker killed while laying asphalt

John Garner, 52, was killed while construction crews were laying asphalt in Batesville, Arkansas. Authorities say Garner was helping with the construction when a piece of equipment flipped and rolled on top of him. The accident took place at the intersection of Highland and East Main in Batesville. He was pronounced dead at White River Medical Center. […]

August 19, 2014

Business

Home starts jump 15.7% in July as builder confidence strengthens

It would appear that despite a couple of rough months, homebuilder confidence in the U.S. housing market was not misplaced. Following two months of decreases, construction on new homes in the U.S. made up quite a bit of ground in July, rising to the second highest level this year. Home starts rose 15.7 percent last […]

August 19, 2014

Safety

How to find great safety material for toolbox talks tailored to the job at hand

When preparing material for your toolbox talks, it’s best to tailor the current training to the job at hand. Aligning your safety training information with the situations your crews are facing on the jobsite will help to keep pertinent safety tips not only at the forefront of the discussion, but also in your workers’ minds. […]

August 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

11-year-old boy arrested for doing $10,000 damage to construction site

Vandalism on construction sites is an unfortunately common intrusion that contractors everywhere have to deal with every once in a while. But very few are the handiwork of a grade-schooler like one recent incident in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On the morning of August 12 a crew building a series of one bedroom homes arrived […]

August 18, 2014

Construction Equipment

Worker dangles from excavator hammer 100 feet up to cut column loose during demo

This is probably one of the craziest and most dangerous demolition videos we’ve come across yet. According to the YouTube uploader, this all took place in 2008 just outside his living room window in Beijing, China. A crew is demolishing a building in the heart of the city when a column doesn’t quite fall the […]

August 15, 2014

Construction Equipment

Construction pros have no doubts over 2015 F-150’s durability: aluminum truck’s weight savings outweigh questions over repair costs

Even though the 2015 F-150 first appeared to the world from under a silk sheet, Ford’s unveiling of what could be its most important vehicle in quite some time didn’t hold much in the way of surprises. After all, much of the half-ton truck’s new look had been toured around the country as a concept […]

August 14, 2014

Construction Equipment

The Digger-Mug is the excavator-bucket-shaped coffee cup you’ve always wanted

For the past few years a photo has been passed around on the Internet of a coffee mug shaped like an excavator bucket. It’s a great idea and somehow, up until now, it hadn’t actually existed. Martin Egger says his creation, dubbed the Digger-Mug, is the first mug with the excavator bucket design to hit […]

August 14, 2014

Workforce

Seattle may require construction companies to hire local workers

The Seattle City Council is mulling over creating an ordinance that would require construction companies contracted by the city to hire a certain number of local workers for each job. According to a report from KIRO Radio, Seattle City Council member Sally Clark said the council is taking action after an analysis of construction projects […]

August 13, 2014

Safety

Cardboard hard hat sombreros a quick way to escape the sun on the jobsite; open a wormhole of safety regulation questions

In the right conditions, the human mind can be pretty resourceful. The minds of construction workers—belonging to such an industrious and resourceful lot—are not exempt. The photo above is a perfect example. Uploaded to Reddit by user DweadPiwateWoberts, it shows a couple of workers who have decided to beat the heat with some makeshift hard […]

August 11, 2014