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Safety
First-Ever Ratings Reveal Top-5 Helmets to Protect Construction Workers
Top-performing Type II helmets can cut concussion risk nearly in half and skull-fracture risks by 77%, according to Virginia Tech Helmet Lab.
October 8, 2025
A researcher performs tests in the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab, which has released the first-ever construction helmet ratings.
Safety
Minnesota DOT Pauses Work Statewide After 2 Contractors Killed in Struck-By Incidents
The men in their 20s were hit by reversing trucks in separate road work zones within two days.
October 7, 2025
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Dealers
Tips for Smarter Coaching: How to Invest—Not Just Spend—Time on Your Sales Team
Many sales managers waste hours on low performers. Learn how to shift your focus, coach smarter, and truly invest time in building stronger teams.
September 30, 2025
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Driver/operator coaching/training
Train Crews on 3 Machines at Once in Real-Time with New CM Labs Simulator
Excavator, dozer and articulated dump truck operators can practice collaborating on a virtual jobsite to safely build teamwork and communication skills.
September 25, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
Contractor Faces $140K Fine After Inspector Witnesses Trench Collapses
An inspector showed up on the jobsite and found workers being pulled out of a trench and saw 20 collapses while he was there.
September 23, 2025
'The dirt was undermined and carved in below the wall of the trench creating a high risk of a cave-in of the area where workers were climbing in and out,' says Washington L&I. The ladder was also too low, and the trench box was too small, according to the agency.
Regulations
Contractors Sound Off: Streamlined Citizenship Path for Undocumented Construction Workers?
We asked readers whether they support streamlined legal paths for undocumented immigrants in the construction industry. Here's what they said.
September 17, 2025
ICE arresting more than 100 alleged illegal immigrants May 29 at construction sites in Tallahassee, Florida.
Gear
Top Clothing and Gear for Working in Cold Weather
Get prepared before temperatures drop with these products designed to fend off the cold. OSHA also offers tips for staying safe in winter.
September 15, 2025
Construction workers on a jobsite in the winter
Regulations
Massive Hyundai ICE Raid Spotlights Contractors’ Growing Project Delays
Even before the raid, 28% of contractors reported being affected by immigration enforcement in the past 6 months, according to an AGC survey.
September 9, 2025
An immigration raid September 4 at the Hyundai-LG battery plant under construction near Savannah, Georgia, led to the detainment of over 475 people allegedly working illegally.
Safety & Compliance
Texas Contractor Pleads Guilty to Assault for Fatal Trench Collapse
The trench caved in earlier in the day, yet the 24-year-old worker was ordered back inside. The second collapse killed him.
September 4, 2025
The trench caved in earlier in the day, yet the 24-year-old worker was ordered back inside. The second collapse killed him.
Safety
2 Workers Die, 1 Injured on Sewer Installation Project in Alabama
Three men entered a 20-foot-deep manhole, but only one was able to climb out on his own.
August 13, 2025
Mobile Fire-Rescue conducts emergency rescue operations August 11 at a sewer installation project in Mobile, Alabama, where two workers in a manhole died.
Safety & Compliance
2 Die, 1 Rescued in Excavator Accidents Over 4 Days in N.Y., Calif., Ill.
Two of the incidents involved excavators tipping over, and one fatality occurred when a worker was struck by an excavator.
August 5, 2025
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Safety & Compliance
United Rentals Offers New Safety Training for Workers in Confined Spaces
The program trains supervisors of those working in manholes, vaults, pipelines, storm drains and other confined spaces.
August 4, 2025
United Rentals Confined Spaces
Safety & Compliance
12 Trench Collapse Deaths in 2025 So Far; OSHA Urges Increased Safety
Along with the recent rise in deaths, at least 11 workers have been rescued from trench collapses this year, some with serious injuries.
August 1, 2025
Two workers replacing a residential sewer line were rescued from a trench collapse February 25 in Wyandotte, Michigan.
Dozers
Operator Drowns After Dozer Falls into Water in North Carolina
The 41-year-old operator was pushing dirt into a sand pit when the ground gave way, and he and the dozer fell into the water.
July 28, 2025
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Workforce
As ICE Raids Rise, Contractors Call for Immigration Reform with Work Permit
A business coalition, including 37 contractors groups, signed a letter to Trump calling for legal status for long-term foreign workers in the U.S.
July 25, 2025
The FBI Mobile office reports that 11 arrests were made July 23 in Loxley, Alabama. This marks the second school construction site raided in Baldwin County in a month.
Safety
Worker Death Leads Iowa DOT to Deploy One-Person Pothole Patcher
After an employee was killed in a work zone, IDOT bought the Cimline Durapatcher for one worker to perform the patching process from the cab.
July 21, 2025
After an employee was killed in a work zone, IDOT bought the Cimline Durapatcher so one worker can perform the entire pothole patching process from inside the cab.
Safety
3 Workers Die After Run Over by Construction Equipment in Pa., N.Y., Miss.
The three separate incidents July 8-15 involved a tandem-drum roller, a skid steer and a water truck, respectively, crushing workers.
July 18, 2025
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Safety
31 Construction Workers Escape L.A. Tunnel Collapse
The partial cave-in brought down a 12- to 15-foot-tall pile of loose soil and debris in the massive tunnel project. 
July 10, 2025
This photo was taken during a tour of the Clearwater Project tunnel in 2024. On July 9, a section of the under-construction tunnel in Los Angeles collapsed while workers were inside.
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Kubota added new operator comfort and performance features to the SVL65-2s that are found on its larger next-gen compact loaders.
Compact Track Loaders
Kubota Reveals Next-Gen SVL65-2s Compact Track Loader with New Features
New operator comfort and performance features found on the company's larger compact loaders have been added to the 68-horsepower CTL.
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Compact equipment
“Great Blend of Features for Work or Play” – Test Run of Can-Am’s Defender UTV
An armored Cat D7 in World War II. “If I had to give credit to the instruments and machines that won us the war in the Pacific, I would rank them in this order: submarines first, radar second, planes third, bulldozers fourth,” said U.S. Navy Admiral William F. Halsey.
Dozers
From WWII to Building America, Dozers Still Got This! – Buyer’s Guide 2025
On display at Utility Expo 2025, attendees demo the new 305 CR mini excavator decked out in 'Centennial Grey' to commemorate Caterpillar's 100th anniversary.
Compact Excavators
Caterpillar Reveals New Engine, Software, Cameras for Mini Excavators
The new L35 is the largest small articulated loader in Bobcat's lineup, featuring a telescopic arm that extends more than 9 feet high.
Compact equipment
Bobcat’s New L35 Small Articulated Loader Brings Big Power to Small Package
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