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Roadbuilding
Truck-mounted attenuator camera monitors traffic in work zones
TheĀ Delaware River and Bay AuthorityĀ (DRBA) Maintenance Operations and Electronics departments won the Delaware TĀ²/LTAP Centers 2017 Build a Better Mousetrap Competition by designing and building an attenuator camera, a truck-mounted, solar-powered camera that monitors traffic while crews are working in dangerous areas, Delaware Business Now reports. The āAttenuator Cameraā is a self-contained solar-powered camera mounted [ā¦]
October 23, 2017
Workforce
Construction adds 8,000 jobs in September
The construction industry added 8,000 jobs during September bringing total industry employment to 6.911 million Americans,Ā according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The September jobs report also brought a revision to the August jobs total.Ā August employment was revised downward from the previously reported 6.918 million jobs to 6.903 million. The change brings what was [ā¦]
October 6, 2017
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Roadbuilding
Work Zone Safety Management: The basics of developingĀ traffic control programs
This year marked the celebration of the 10th National Work Zone Awareness Week, an annual set of events that highlight hazards for both workers and motorists in road-construction zones. The organizersā message centers on motorists traveling in work zones, with this yearās theme being āWork Zone Safety is in Your Hands.ā While distracted driving is [ā¦]
October 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
MDOT becomes first to mandate wet reflective paint and tape in work zones
To prevent crashes in work zones, the Michigan Department of Transportation and PK Contracting teamed up in 2015 to create wet reflective paints and tape that would alert drivers and protect workers. This year, the state became the first in the country to mandate their use. āThirty-five percent of work zone crashes happen on rainy [ā¦]
September 28, 2017
Safety
Challenges continue as new dust-control rules take effect for construction industry
Construction companies are now required to reduce respirable crystalline silica dust on work sites by 80 percent, on average during an eight-hour shift, following new federal regulations that took effect Sept. 23. While less than a week in effect, the rules face a challenge before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as attorneys for the [ā¦]
September 27, 2017
Roadbuilding
CoDOT seeks snowplow drivers, road workers ahead of winter
If youāre looking for work and donāt mind cold weather, the Colorado Department of Transportation wants to talk to you. The CoDOT is getting an early jump on winter and is looking to hire both permanent and seasonal full-time and part-time snowplow drivers and road maintenance workers across the state. Hiring has already begun, with [ā¦]
September 27, 2017
Roadbuilding
Three Staker Parson companies receive Award of Merit in Utah
Staker Parson Companies announced that three of its Utah companies received an Award of Merit from the Utah Safety Council for their safety practices. In order to receive the award, a company must have an incident rate below the national average and demonstrate improvement or sustain an excellent record over a period of three years. [ā¦]
September 27, 2017
Safety
3M offers online toolkit on upcoming silica regulations
With new federal rules on reducing crystalline silica dust on construction sites just one day away, 3M has launched a web page to help safety managers prepare their jobsites. The page offers tips on how to get ready for the regulations, including an infographic displaying the types of respiratory protection needed for each level of [ā¦]
September 22, 2017
Safety
If youāve got a 5-gallon bucket, youāve got dust control on Hilti DSH saws
Hiltiās new DSH-P water pump is designed to provide dust control for handheld saws on worksites devoid of a pressurized water source. The new product comes just days before federal crystalline silica dust-reduction rules are scheduled to take effect in the construction industry. The pump comes with a 10-foot hose to place in a water [ā¦]
September 21, 2017
Roadbuilding
Tribal members find construction work through ADOT training
The Arizona Department of Transportationās Construction Academy has trained 27 members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to work on road construction projects. The academy graduates will work as flaggers and as general laborers on tribal construction projects. The academy receives federal funding and is designed to help women and minorities enter construction careers. The academy [ā¦]
September 18, 2017
Roadbuilding
Equipment operators, other positions go unfilled by Miss. DOT
The Mississippi Department of Transportation wants legislative help to fill 354 job vacancies, including for equipment operators, according to The (Jackson) Clarion-Ledger. MDOT Executive Director Melinda McGrath has asked the state legislature to give her flexibility to change employee positions and salaries and give performance-based compensation, the newspaper reports. McGrath told the state Houseās Transportation [ā¦]
September 12, 2017
Workforce
70% of contractors report hiring difficulties; Harveyās damage likely to make it worse
Seventy percent of construction contractors in the United State report having a hard time finding hourly craft workers, and more than 35 percent are having a hard time hiring salaried office and field employees, according to a study released August 29 by the Association of General Contractors of America and Autodesk. The latest figure [ā¦]
August 29, 2017
Roadbuilding
CDOT deploys worldās first autonomous work zone impact protection truck
Not only was this department of transportation the first to use a driverless impact truck to make work zones safer, it also got the first Autonomous Impact Protection Vehicle ever built. Watch the video on Equipment World.
August 22, 2017
Safety
The three-part process of defending against jobsite heat illnesses
Sally Smart, technical safety specialist at W.W. Grainger, says products to help cool the body, which we featured in a giant roundup recently, are part of a three-part process for being safe when working in excessive heat. āWhen we think about heat stress, itās easy to think itās all just ādew ragsā and Gatorade, but [ā¦]
August 21, 2017
Safety
Sweatt tapped as OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced President Trumpās appointment of Loren Sweatt as the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Sweattās appointment took effect July 24. For the past 15 years, she served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Senior Policy Advisor on theĀ Committee [ā¦]
August 18, 2017
Workforce
Students pursuing college construction degrees up 30%
CollegeĀ students are showing more interest in the construction trades, with a 26.4 percent increase in enrollment, according to a recent reportĀ from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit organization that collects and distributes education data. Construction trades include many subjects, such as carpentry andĀ management, and many four-year schools offer a bachelorās degree in the [ā¦]
August 17, 2017
Roadbuilding
Caltrans holding job fairs to fill 1,100 vacancies
Citing the passage of the SB 1 transportation funding bill, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is holding a series of career fairs to fill more than 1,100 open positions. The agency expects āa workload increase associated with accelerating construction projects and addressing deferred maintenance needsā as a result of the $54 billion measure that [ā¦]
August 15, 2017
Driver/operator coaching/training
AGC of North Dakota awards scholarships to students in construction programs
TheĀ Associated General Contractors of North Dakotaās (AGCND) Education Committee awarded 32 scholarships totaling more than $57,000 for the 2017-2018 school year to outstanding students enrolled in North Dakota post-secondary construction programs, The Jamestown Sun reports. The following students from the Jamestown area received scholarships: Michael Kelly ā North Dakota State University, $1,500 Diederich Scholarship; Nicholas [ā¦]
August 14, 2017
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