Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction

ISN White Paper Analyzes 60,000 Recordable Incidents for Insight into Injuries and Fatalities

42% of serious injuries/fatalities in 2020 occurred among construction contractors, with incidents strongly correlated to commercial vehicles, receipt of citations within three years, chemicals on site, handling rigging and working at six feet or higher

The leading type of events that caused a construction fatality in 2020 parallels results for all serious injuries and fatalities over the past three years. The similarity in results highlights that the same exposures that cause serious injuries also have the potential to be fatal.

New App Community Tackles Skilled Worker Shortage

A new app is helping businesses find the skilled workers they need in this often challenging and competitive labor market.

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Topcon MC-Mobile for Compact Equipment

Topcon Positioning Systems

Solution provides user experience and performance benefits of full-size machine control guidance solutions for compact excavators, skid steers and compact track loaders.

Topcon Mc Mobile Topcon

Compact Battery Electric Machines Gain Ground in Construction

While not yet mainstream, battery-electric compact machines prove they are here to stay in the construction industry.

The unique design of the T7X has nearly 50% fewer parts than its diesel hydraulic equivalent. It’s 10 times quieter than its diesel hydraulic equivalent.

Eyrus

Tracking vaccination of direct and subcontractor employee vaccination status just got easier

Eyrus vaccination status

Case Live Virtual Event to Focus on Auxiliary Hydraulics, Attachment Settings for Skid Steers & CTLs

CASE Construction Equipment - CNH

Interactive webcast will discuss different types of auxiliary hydraulics, understanding flow and psi and how they relate to performance, and more.

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Vanguard’s Line of Batteries Ready to Power the Construction Industry

Briggs & Stratton

At World of Concrete, Briggs & Stratton showcased their swappable and fixed battery power options and their Hatz Flywheel-Integrated Hybrid Generator solution.

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Toro Foundation Supports Construction Workforce Development with Donation to Crew Collaborative

The Toro Company

Crew Collaborative, a nonprofit organization aimed at strengthening the construction workforce, has received a $15,000 grant from The Toro Company Foundation to support its efforts.

Crew Collaborative Toro

Hops & Highways S2 E11: Five Things We Know About the BIL + The Importance of Proper Job Costing

We have a new giveaway opportunity to share with you this week, plus contractor optimism is up 44%, we have five things we know for sure about the bipartisan infrastructure law and we share some tips for getting job costing right. Thanks for joining us!

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Caterpillar Expands Cat Command Remote Control to Skid Steer and Compact Track Loaders

Caterpillar - Cat

Removing the operator from the machine, Command provides joystick-controlled remote operation of the skid steer and compact track loader models to increase safety and productivity when operating in challenging and potentially hazardous environments.

Cat Command Loading

CASE Announces Approval of B20 Biodiesel for G Series Wheel Loaders

CASE Construction Equipment - CNH

Fiat Powertrain Technologies approves B20 for use in NEF 4 (4.5L), NEF 6 (6.7L) and CURSOR (8.7L) diesel engines.

CASE Biofuel

Smart Creep for Cat D3 Series

Caterpillar - Cat

Smart Creep senses the load on the attachment and automatically adjusts the drive command to keep the cold planer or wheel saw running at the most productive speed.

Smart Creep for Cat D3 Series

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