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Are You Making Too Many Decisions for Your Construction Employees?

Is your management style holding your employees back from accepting responsibility and being accountable?

Are you the problem as you attempt to make every decision, do too much yourself, and control everything and everybody. Take a hard look at your management style. Are you holding your people back from accepting responsibility and being accountable?

Chevron Experts Explain How to Choose the Right PC-11 Oil for Your Fleet

PC-11 will offer more choices and new OEM requirements and restrictions so equipment managers need to evaluate the types of engines that make up their fleet

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Risk Management: Avoiding Safety Sinkholes

Three steps to protect workers and those around the work area - and limit legal fall-out - with a safety first construction project mindset

One construction risk consultant shared that in most of the cases that he’s investigated the common thread appears to be lack of clear and strong leadership. Did you get that? That’s the senior leaders of our companies not paying enough attention to what our crews are doing.

New Website Helps Architects Specify Moisture Testing for Concrete

Architects and engineers value concrete’s durability, strength, and versatility for use in a variety of applications in the construction industry. Indeed, concrete is the most widely used material in the world.

Clean Fuel Solutions Hosts Educational Webinar on Choosing the Right Filter

Donaldson Company

Slated for April 21 and 22, the latest webinar in series will share how choosing the proper bulk diesel storage filter saves time and money

New Work Truck Improvements Flood the Construction Industry in 2016's First Quarter

Navistar premieres HX Series work trucks, aluminum bodies add capacity to Ford Super Duties, Mack upgrades automated transmission, Cummins updates engines and Detroit debuts medium-duty engines

The International HX Series trucks will eventually replace the International PayStar line

Renewable Diesel Poses Viable Option

Renewable diesel uses the same feedstocks as biodiesel but has its distinct benefits.

While most major engine manufacturers have a recommendation for B20 biodiesel or higher, there has been little word yet for or against renewable diesel fuel.

Thunder Creek Redesigned Service and Lube Trailer (SLT)

LDJ Manufacturing, DBA Thunder Creek Equipment

Maintenance trailer can carry up to 440 gal. of fluid in up to eight tanks in combinations of 25-, 55- and 110-gal. capacities

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Michigan Contractor Helps Install Long-term Solution to Flint Water Crisis

Contractor uses a customized trench shoring solution to install 13 miles of 60-in.-diameter pipe for the Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline

Zito Construction is installing 50-ft.-long sections of 60-in.-diameter steel spiral-weld pipe 13 miles along the main transmission line of the KWA pipeline project. The boundaries of the new water supply will encompass over 2,400 sq. miles and over a half million people.

Prepare Early for OSHA’s Silica Dust Regulations

Last month OSHA issued the final rule on silica dust exposure. Here's what you need to know and how you can prepare to be in compliance.

3M to Host Fall Protection Demonstrations During OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down

3M Fall Protection Business (formerly Capital Safety)

Leading fall protection and safety specialists tour U.S. to educate construction workers about fall protection and dropped object prevention during 2016 National Safety Stand-Down.

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3M to Hold Fall Protection Demonstrations Throughout US

Leading fall protection and safety specialists tour U.S. to educate construction workers about fall protection and dropped object prevention during 2016 National Safety Stand-Down

Capital Safety has deployed more than 30 fully-customized fall demonstration vehicles to work sites across the country to offer construction workers and safety managers access to training equipment and fall prevention presentations. Training specialists will be traveling to hundreds of locations in nearly all 50 states to host on-site training focusing on enhancing awareness, education and compliance of fall protection safety regulations.

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