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AEM accepting nominations for Construction Equipment Hall of Fame
The Association of Equipment Managers is accepting nominations for inductees into the Construction Equipment Hall of Fame. Any person from the construction equipment related industries may nominate an individual, living or deceased, whose achievements were made in manufacturing, distribution rental or end user segments of the industry. The contributions of the nominee may be from […]
April 1, 2008
Workforce
Cat Executive to serve on AEM trade group board
Douglas Oberhelman, Group President of Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois has been selected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). The board is a North American-based international trade group representing companies that manufacture equipment, provide products and services used globally for construction, agriculture, mining, forestry and utilities. As AEM director, Oberhelman […]
March 25, 2008
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Safety
AGC awards CSEA and Aon Build America Awards
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) announced their 2008 winners for Construction Safety and Excellence Awards (CSEA) and the Aon Build America Awards at the AGC’s 89th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Barnhart Incorporated of San Diego, California was chosen above other CSEA first place winners and awarded the CSEA Grand Award for […]
March 19, 2008
Safety
National Work Zone Awareness Week 2008
The ninth annual National Work Zone Awareness week will be held April 7-11, 2008. This year’s theme is “Slow for the Cone Zone,” and the national kickoff for the event will be in Sacramento, California, April 8 at 11 a.m. The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association […]
March 17, 2008
Safety
Reach new heights with the Gehl DL11-55 Telescopic Handler
A powerful 115-horsepower, turbocharged engine allows the Gehl DL11-55 telescopic handler to take 5,000 pounds to a maximum height of 55’1″ helping your jobsite productivity to soar. The Dynattach quick-attach system will allow attachment changes to transition smooth and fast. The Gehl DL11-55 also offers a remote control boom option that allows a single operator […]
March 17, 2008
Safety
Wyoming’s McMurry Training Center wins AGC National Construction Craft Training Award
The Wyoming Contractors Association’s (WCA) awarded the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) the National Construction Craft Training Award at AGC’s 89th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. The WCA founded the McMurry Center to provide members with continuous training of employees, and to provide a source of workers through high school, apprentice, […]
March 13, 2008
Safety
NRMCA re-hires Vickers as managing director of operations of OES
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) has strengthened their Operations, Environmental and Safety (OES) Division with the re-acquisition of Greg Vickers. Vickers, who is a 30-year veteran of the concrete-related industries, returns as the OES managing director of operations. Vickers will join Gary Mullings, senior vice president of operations, and David Ayers, managing director […]
March 4, 2008
Roadbuilding
Cover Story: Forecast: Increased flexibility
In conversations about future paving work during this year’s World of Concrete in Las Vegas, contractors say they have work lined up for this year until fall – but are taking a wait-and-see attitude after that. A good fallback position, according to many: paving equipment that is flexible and able to adapt to a wider […]
March 2, 2008
Safety
ConExpo-Con/Agg: 99 years and counting …
BLUE LOT Skyjack, Booth B-958 (also in Gold Lot, Booth G-300) Telescopic boom offers axle based four-wheel drive jib Skyjack will showcase its 66-foot tall SJ 66T telescopic boom with a jib featuring axle-based four-wheel drive, direction sensing drive and steer controls. A 61-foot version without a jib, the SJ 61T, is also available. CENTRAL […]
March 2, 2008
Safety
Safety Watch: Strap yourself in
The accident: Operating a truck, an operator lost control as he backed toward a steep embankment to dump a load of dirt. The truck began sliding backwards and did at least one complete rotation before coming to a stop. The operator, who was not wearing a seat belt, sustained head and torso injuries and was […]
March 2, 2008
Business
Perspective: Feet in the dirt
Step into any high-tech manufacturing facility today and you’ll see CNC machines shaping components with speed and precision while robotic welding arms dance back and forth at a superhuman rate. Behind the assembly line, computer algorithms guide the logistics, bin filling and just-in-time delivery. Factory managers use data from computers and insights from line workers […]
March 2, 2008
Safety
Final Take
50 years unleashed Bobcat owners who write an essay about their experiences with the company’s equipment are eligible to win gift certificates for products or attachments. Bobcat launches essay contest Bobcat owners are sharpening their writing skills for a chance to bring home some serious prizes in the “How Bobcat Unleashed Me” contest, an essay […]
March 2, 2008
Safety
Wix Filters fit variety of machines
Wix Filters has introduced five new part numbers of polyurethane inner safety air filters for excavators, loaders and tractors. The new filters, Models 46490, 42985, 46663 and 42807, fit a variety of manufacturers’ machines including Bobcat, Case, Caterpillar, John Deere, Komatsu and Kubota. The filters have heat seamed media, eliminating the metal clip in previous […]
February 13, 2008
Safety
Safety Watch: Hazards of the road
The accident: A worker was cutting concrete along the white center line of a four-lane highway. Orange reflective barrels closed the left lane to traffic, which was routed to a single lane. To accommodate the concrete cutting, three to four barrels had been moved into the active traffic lane, with a flagperson slowing down traffic […]
January 31, 2008
Safety
Rent Smart: Brace yourself
Trench cave-ins are some of the most common construction accidents – and the most easily avoided if you use the proper safety equipment. Make sure your workers know how to correctly support a trench whether or not you’re renting the trench safety equipment. Rental stores with trench safety divisions often have competent person training courses […]
January 31, 2008
Safety
Light Equipment: Walk softly and leave a firm footprint
Even as kids, we instinctively understood this basic construction principle: Push a mound of wet sand into a plastic bucket, pack it down tight, pour the water out, flip it over and you create a stable foundation for a sandcastle. By removing the water and air, there are fewer voids and less distance between each […]
January 31, 2008
Business
First Word: Answering the call
Despite the housing slump, many sectors of the construction industry are facing a labor shortage likely to worsen significantly. Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, says as many as 400,000 residential construction workers have switched to the nonresidential sector, resulting in nonresidential job gains of 10 percent over the past […]
January 31, 2008
Business
Final Word: The myths of the operator shortage
In surveys contractors repeatedly cite the shortage of operators as their number one problem. But the reason it’s a problem for some contractors is that they continue to cling to a handful of myths about the situation and its solutions. Let’s look at these myths. Myth number one: there are not enough workers. With unemployment […]
January 31, 2008
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