Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction

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Video: Overview of Trimble Contractor Mobile App

Trimble Contractor is a mobile app for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets that allows small construction companies to manage their businesses more efficiently from the field

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Video: Intuit Online Payroll and Mobile

Intuit QuickBooks

Intuit Online Payroll allows you to pay your employees and keep track of changes to tax rates and regulations from anywhere you go

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Should You Get a Business Partner?

The Contractor's Business Coach

Having a business partner can help reduce stress and provide someone who can step in if you are sick or hurt

When choosing a business partner pick a teammate who will compliment your skills, abilities and personality.

Video: The Walsh Group Celebrates Safety Week

The Walsh Group is a co-sponsor of Safety Week 2014. Here, Dan Walsh Jr. shares the company's goals for safety on its jobsites.

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Video: Cat B15 Smart Phone Tested By High Dive, Tractor Tread

Caterpillar doesn't want to worry about dropping the Cat B15 smart phone, and the latest Built For It Trial video -- "Gravity" -- is designed to see if the construction-equipment maker's phone is as tough as its earthmovers. "Gravity" opens with a Cat MH3049 Material Handler dropping a B15 phone into a pool of water from 35 feet. Then, a Cat 277D Multi Terrain Loader crawls over a pavement made of 600 B15 phones. Watch the video to see how the phones fared.

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Networking & Employee Education Help Paving Arts Excel in Business

Connecticut Contractor Cited for 14 Crushing, Fall Hazards

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Cesar Mendoza, d.b.a. KI Management LLC facing $196,000 in fines due to failure to brace walls during demolition and rehab of building

App of the Week: deciBel Pro

The decibel Pro Android mobile app measures and calculates how loud the noises around you are

Fast mode is the default screen that displays the current, maximum and minium sound pressure levels in decibels as well as displays a moving dB x time chart.

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On the Road: Selective Demolition Helps Reconstruct a 65,000-Seat Stadium in 11 Months

80% of the Florida Citrus Bowl was demolished for a $200 million dollar reconstruction to be completed by November that will raise seating capacity to 65,000 and add premium event facilities

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Louisiana Launches Buckle Up in Your Truck Campaign

Campaign designed to encourage seat belt usage and reduce unrestrained fatalities among our pick-up truck drivers and passengers

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Contractors Create First US Construction Safety Week

May 4 through May 10, 2014 is the first U.S. Construction Industry Safety Week

One goal of Safety Week 2014 is to inspire all companies to share best practices and to work together to strengthen the industry’s safety culture.

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