There are sites that are easy, and then there are sites that are boggy, muddy, steep, swampy, treacherous or covered in snow and ice. For the former, 4WD and...
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Brad Costello
September’s Nonresidential Construction Starts +13% M/M, +31% Y/Y & -2% YTD
> Chipmaker to the Rescue ConstructConnect announced today that September 2021’s volume of construction starts, excluding residential work, was $38.0 billion (see shaded green box, bottom of Table 8...
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6 Keys to Better Construction Communication
> Effective communication is vital to the successful completion of any construction project. Good communication can improve teamwork and lead to better project collaboration. Poor communication can result in...
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Reduce Errors in the Field with CM Labs, Trimble Earthworks Excavator Simulator Integration
Pay big money for a project design only to have it be used incorrectly in the field? A new partnership between CM Labs and Trimble aims to provide operators...
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Even Tighter Supply Coming? Deere Workers Strike For the First Time Since 1986
The industry’s inventory woes may have gotten even more pronounced as Deere & Company’s 10,000 UAW workers declared a strike at midnight Oct. 14th. It is the first major...
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Empowering Electrical Techs with Modern Work Order Tools
Stop burying your electrical techs in administrative processes and let them focus on their real work with connected, mobile work order applications. Did you miss our previous article… https://www.tortowheaton.com/?p=500...
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JCB Unveils Its Tallest Telehandler, the Rotating 512-83R
JCB is going bigger and taller with its new eight-story-high rotating telehandler, the 512-83R, which it calls three machines in one. JCB says it can also serve as a...
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Report: One-Fourth of Infrastructure Faces Flood Risk. (Here’s How to Check Your Area’s Threat Level.)
A new report estimates that one-fourth of all critical infrastructure in the U.S. is at risk of flooding, and that percentage will increase as storms become more severe due...
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ConstructConnect Volunteers Join Forces With AIA Detroit at Life Remodeled 2021 Six Day Project
> Volunteers from ConstructConnect and the American Institute of Architects – Detroit teamed up to beautify Detroit neighborhoods at the Life Remodeled 2021 Six Day Project. Did you miss...
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Thunder Creek’s Intros Service and Lube Upfit for Medium-Duty Trucks, No CDL or HAZMAT Required
Thunder Creek Equipment’s new Service and Lube Upfit (SLU) for medium-duty truck bodies doesn’t require drivers to have CDL or HAZMAT certifications, saving customers from increased insurance costs, and...
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