For some reason, there are plenty of people out there willing to try their hand at the “hard hat challenge,” in which worker’s attempt to launch a hard hat onto their head by stomping on a shovel, a 2x4, or any other launching mechanism. It all seems like fun and games until the wrong side of that hard hat ends up hitting you on top of the head, which seems to happen EVERY TIME.
Read morePut Overboots on Over Your Work Boots So Much Easier with the Simple Trick
Sometimes the way to do something doesn’t have to be the toughest way. Slipping overboots on over your work boots seems less like “slipping” and more like “jamming” and “forcing” some times.
Read moreThis Little Kid Explaining the Construction Industry is Adorable and Hilarious
Kids say the darndest things…so much so that there was a whole TV show made about it. Kids never really quite understand exactly what adults do for a living, so it’s really fun to hear about the little things they pick up on and then watch them try to put the pieces together.
Read moreFreeway Overpass Removed and Replaced in 43 Hours
As we have highlighted before on Construction Junkie, China has shown us what a model for efficiency is when it comes to large infrastructure projects. That being said, they seem to be creating a lot of one-off, gargantuan pieces of equipment to do so. In the video below, we see the Sanyuan Bridge in Beijing get entirely removed and replaced with a new bridge in 43 hours.
Read moreDon’t Try This at Home: Bobcat Skid Steer Loads Itself onto Trailer
The most terrifying thing on a job site is when workers get creative with heavy machinery. Sometimes it works out and nobody thinks anything of it, but, if they’re not extremely careful, chaos can’t break loose.
Read more[VIDEO] Demolition Nightmare: Hundreds of Rats Found Living Under Concrete in Brazil
Just in time for Halloween, here’s a video of a bunch of dirty rats living below a concrete slab in Brazil that a group of lucky contractors had the pleasure of uncovering. As the crew broke up piece after piece of concrete, more and more rats scurried out in a hurry, much like that scene in the movie Ratatouille, when hundreds of rats fell out of the ceiling. At least those were animated.
Read moreMassive 580 Ton Chinese Girder Erection Machine Drops Girders Into Place From Above
A bridge needs to be built, so time to bust out the cranes, right? Not so fast, a Chinese company has built a machine that has a creative way of setting girders into place.
Read moreVideo: Construction Worker Gets Catapulted Off of Boom Lift, Learns Valuable Lesson About Wearing a Harness
Lifts may seem relatively safe, because they move fairly slow, but, believe it or not, there are actually very good reasons that OSHA safety procedures exist, especially wearing a harness on a lift.
Read moreConstruction Workers Prank New Guy With Hilarious Fake Seismic Test
There are many classic pranks that construction workers pull on the new guy on the site, such as being sent to find a left handed hammer or a light bulb repair kit, but this one might just be the most tiring.
Read moreWatch Two Power Station Chimneys Crash Into Each Other in an Incredibly Controlled Demolition
Building implosions are always fun to watch, although sometimes they just don't go quite right. So when companies can accurately control a demolition and have two structures hit in mid-air, it's a thing of beauty! The Cockenzie power station in Scotland has two 487 foot tall chimneys and when it came time to demolish them, there was no better way then to have them strike mid-collapse.
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