Tag: construction maintenance

Telematics

Machine learning, better telematics will spur biggest changes construction has seen in decades

In today's technology-driven world, see how technological advancements can help create safer, more efficient work environments in the construction industry.

May 18, 2018

Maintenance

Why every equipment operator should know how to service their machine

Most people think modern construction equipment is more reliable. Yet in the 1950s the average breakdown rate was about 20 to 25 percent. By the 1990s that figure had risen to 60 percent. Why, when the equipment was getting better, were emergency repair rates creeping up decade after decade? According to Preston Ingalls, president and […]

November 27, 2017

Safety

Worker crushed, killed while servicing bulldozer in Florida

A worker for a Florida construction company was killed late last month while performing maintenance on a bulldozer. According to a report from the NBC 2, 21-year-old Joshua Caleb Alain was killed Oct. 27 when the dozer fell on top of him at EHC Inc. in North Naples. Police say Alain was working beneath the dozer, […]

November 18, 2015

Construction Equipment

Thunder Creek’s FST Series trailers offer versatile fuel and DEF delivery

Designed for fuel and DEF delivery and field service, Thunder Creek Equipment offers three FST Series trailer models, available in 500-, 750- and 990-gallon diesel capacities with a 100-gallon DEF tank and an optional field-installed rear utility box. The trailers have a low profile and baffled fuel tanks that allow both on-road highway speed travel […]

July 14, 2015