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Volvo Group Begins Customer Deliveries of All-electric Products in France

French contractor Eiffage has taken delivery of an all-electric FE electric truck and a ECR25 electric compact excavator.

Volvo Electric Products

Cleaning Up the Cold War: Wyoming Uranium Mine Reclamation Project

K-Tec Earthmovers

Summit Excavation & Grading used two Volvo 40-Ton Articulated Dump Trucks each pulling two K-Tec 1237ADT train scrapers on the former uranium mine site — the McIntosh Pit, a multi-phase reclamation near Jeffrey City, Wyoming.

Summit utilized two Volvo 40-ton articulated dump trucks pulling K-Tec 1237ADT scrapers (such as shown) in a train configuration on the long haul from the east spoil pile.

OSHA Accepts Nominations for Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

OSHA is seeking nominations for 14 members with expertise in construction-related safety and health issues to advise in developing standards and policies affecting the industry.

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Caterpillar's Smart Bucket Rotator Changes the Game with Automatic Grade and Depth Control

Caterpillar - Cat

New Cat Smart-Attachment technology syncs the chip in this bucket tilt/rotator to the mini-excavator's controller to maintain precise cutting-edge angles and return-to-dig functionality in a complex working range

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RedTeam Announces Integration of Fieldlens' Mobile Field Management Software

RedTeam Software

RedTeam acquires industry-leading markup software from Fieldlens to allow construction professionals to document conversations, punch list items, project updates, and pin photos and videos directly to project plans.

OSHA Maintains Safe and Healthy Working Conditions in 2020

U.S. Department of Labor

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration combined traditional practices and unique approaches to ensure the safety of working conditions for America's workers by identifying 80,910 workplace hazards in 2020.

Lowe's Donates to Community College Building Construction Program

Lowe's and its Generation T program have donated to a community college's construction training program.

Lowe's Generation T training program

The Role Wireless Concrete Sensors Can Play During the Pandemic

Giatec Scientific Inc.

Using IoT-based concrete testing sensors can keep construction workers safe, encourage remote work on jobsites, and position construction companies well for recovery.

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Repair or Replace?

Technology is changing our options when it comes to deciding whether to repair or replace damaged, cracked concrete.

Self-leveling resurfacer can repair uneven or worn interior floors.

How to Make the Construction Off-season Productive

The Contractor's Business Coach

The three most important off-season activities are redoubling marketing and sales efforts, tweaking estimating and production management assumptions and improving your team

During your construction off season, improve how you conduct business. Analyze and refine your business’ systems and processes. Figure out which areas are the weakest and costing you the most money. Question every assumption you’ve been using about why the process has to be done the way it always has been done.

Baker Concrete Exec Receives ASCC Safety Award

American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)

The Safety and Rick Management Council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors announced the winner of its ASCC Member Owner/Executive Safety Award for 2020.

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Hops & Highways

Hops & Highways Episode 11: Top 10 Road Building Stories of 2020

This week Jess & Dormie talk to Edward James, founder of Asphalt Life, about building a community for the asphalt industry through social media and also recap the top 10 road building stories of the year.

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