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Webinar: Damage from Impulse Noise and the Effectiveness of Hearing Protection

Elliott H. Berger, Division Scientist for 3M’s Personal Safety Division, will discuss (Sept. 22) the impact of the sounds that people hear in various environments and what can be done to protect from hearing loss and damage

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AL Contractor Challenges $560K in Fines in Worker's Death Case

State officials say company workers fatally injured the young man last year when they used heavy equipment to dig him out of a collapsed trench last year

How a Contractor's Actions Can Influence Employees to Care More

Getting your employees to care might have more to do with what you care about and what you do than it does about their caring effort

Getting your employees to care might have more to do with what you care about and what you do than it does about their caring effort.

ISOCLEAN Calculator Helps Contractors Gauge Lubricant Cleanliness, Potential to Extend Equipment Life

Chevron and Noria created a new tool to help users calculate potential equipment life extensions based on lubricant cleanliness in the equipment

The ISOCLEAN® Calculator is a first of its kind tool that helps companies evaluate possible equipment life based on lubricant cleanliness levels.

How to Select the Right Lubricant Supplier

You must decide whether you want to strictly buy lubricants or if you want to purchase lubrication with services bundled in

There are many differentiating factors among lubricant suppliers. For this reason, matching the product/services mix to real applications and business needs is the challenge at hand.

LUBEMAXX Automatic Greasing System for Hydraulic Breakers

Indeco North America

Indeco's LUBEMAXX automatic greasing system for hydraulic breakers is designed to deliver the exact amount of required grease every time the breaker operates to increase hammer longevity, productivity and reduce maintenance costs

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How Document Software Slashed National Roofing Contractor's Administrative Costs

Document-management system eliminates four archivists from Aspen Countracting’s payroll and bypasses data-entry redundancy; ‘this system is going to save us millions of dollars’

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How to Understand Grease Compatibility

Whether two greases are compatible will depend on the thickener type, base fluid and the resulting grease properties after the two grease types have been sufficiently mixed

This chart from MachineryLubrication.com illustrates the compatibility between most grease types with three categories: compatible, borderline compatible and not compatible.

Free Tool Calculates Estimating Software ROI

Software Advice offers a free calculator to approximate the number of hours your business can save each year by using estimating and takeoff software, as well as how long it will take to recoup the investment

It’s valuable to look not only at how quickly the company will gain back the initial investment in terms of cost-savings, but also at the number of man-hours the estimating team will save.

Construction Employment Increases in Two-thirds of Metro Areas in July

Construction employment increased in 239 of 358 metro areas and decreased or was stagnated in 119

The largest job losses from July 2015 to July 2016 were in Louisville/Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind. followed by New Orleans-Metairie, La., Birmingham- Hoover, Ala. and Anchorage, Alaska

Two-thirds of Construction Firms Struggling to Find Qualified Craft Workers

While 69% of contractors report trouble finding qualified workers, that's 17% below the 86% that claimed trouble in 2015

Growing demand for construction workers helps explain why 75% of firms report it will continue to be hard, or get harder, to find hourly craft workers this year.

American Concrete Institute Announces New Concrete Repair Code Webinar Series

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

The American Concrete Institute announces the availability of a new three-day webinar series: Guide to ACI 562-16 Repair Code: Design Examples.

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