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7th Day of Construction Gifts: Equipment-shaped Utensils Set and Plate

Why play “here comes the airplane” with your kids or grandkids when you could could play “here comes the front loader”? The four-piece Constructive Eating Utensils Set and Plate makes eating fun for kids with a forklift fork, front loader spoon and a bulldozer pusher to maneuver food around the plate. The 9-inch divided plate […]

December 11, 2013

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6th Day of Construction Gifts: Incipio Atlas waterproof iPhone cases

You might remember the Atlas. It finished at no. 2 on our list of The 5 Toughest Smartphone Cases for Construction Work. If you’re familiar with the more-widely-known LifeProof brand of waterproof/dustproof cases, then you know what the Incipio Atlas is all about as well. But we recommend the Atlas more highly. It offers five […]

December 10, 2013

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5th Day of Construction Gifts: Ironclad Ranchworx Gloves

They might be named after ranch work, but Ironclad’s Ranchworx gloves are tough enough to get the job done on the jobsite as well. The gloves are made from a double layer of Ironclad’s Bullwhip leather. And unlike some double-layered leather gloves we looked at, the Ranchworx doesn’t have seams right in the middle of […]

December 9, 2013

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4th Day of Construction Gifts: Wooden Catapult Kit

What budding builder didn’t start out building weapons of one sort or another? Swords and rifles from 2X4s and whatnot. This Trebuchet (also known as a catapult) Kit will take your war game up a notch with a miniature version of one of the most sophisticated weapons from the Middle Ages. It launches projectiles more […]

December 6, 2013

Construction Equipment

3rd Day of Construction Gifts: Classic Cat 5230, D9L construction models

These are no cheap tin toys but meticulously detailed scale models of classic Caterpillar machinery from Classic Construction Models. First up is a beautiful, high-detailed brass model of a Cat 5230 mining shovel with realistic fire suppression system, air intakes, engine exhausts work lights assembly hooks and access panels. The operator’s cab is fully detailed, […]

December 5, 2013

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2nd Day of Construction Gifts: Red Wing 875 Boots

Anybody of a certain age knows these were the boots that built America. Along with the longer 877, Red Wing calls the hand-crafted 875 boots an “icon” for its brand. Introduced more than 50 years ago, the 6-inch boots feature the same design as they did then with lightweight Goodyear welt construction and a white […]

December 4, 2013

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1st Day of Construction Gifts: Lego Architecture Studio

What better way to spend cold winter nights than sitting around a cozy fire recreating architectural classics like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, or the Empire State Building?  The Lego Architecture Studio ($150) includes more than 1,200 bricks and a 272-page guidebook to get you started in building your own architectural masterpiece. The book features tips, […]

December 3, 2013

Construction Equipment

12 Days of Construction Gifts, Tools and Toys

If you’re looking for a gift this holiday season for a construction worker, or a contractor, or one of the above who wants to keep his kids or grandkids inspired about this business, look no further than our handy holiday guide here. Over the next 12 days we’ll be featuring a roundup of our favorite […]

December 3, 2013

Business

Lego sticker depicting construction worker’s catcall stirs controversy

Blogger, journalist and organizer Josh Stearns recently posted a photo to his blog of a sheet of Lego stickers that didn’t sit right with him and doesn’t portray the construction industry in a particularly flattering way. One of the stickers, seen to the right and depicting a Lego minifigure in construction worker’s garb with his […]

May 3, 2013

Construction Equipment

Working Toyota 4A-GE engine built from Legos

We won’t waste time much time talking about this video so you can get to watching. YouTube user Solde1 posted this video of a Toyota 4A-GE engine (engine that powers the Toyota MR2) that he built entirely from Legos. And it actually works. Check out the video below. [youtube 3MVaarnM6yg nolink]

May 2, 2013

Recruiting & retention

Army, community college team up for innovative career recruiting

Recruiting isn’t easy these days, so it’s always nice to see an event that takes hold and becomes successful, such as the STEM event held this week in Michigan. A joint project between the United States Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center and Macomb Community College, the sixth annual Robotics, Engineering and Technology […]

December 5, 2012

Technology

Middle schoolers to build Cummins engine from 30,000 Legos

Olympic arenas, Batman and Robin, countless pieces of construction equipment and even Mount Rushmore have all been meticulously sculpted with the classic building blocks of our youth, Legos. Saturday, the latest Cummins engine joins the fray. Cummins announced Thursday its Brickworld Build Team, made up of middle school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students and teachers from three Chicagoland […]

June 15, 2012