I don't think that the sentence "I want to be so good with an excavator that I can assemble a hot dog and feed it to my friend" has ever been said, but that is precisely what this innovator of the game did. Watch the video here...
Read moreThe seashell-inspired material inspiring a new wave of safety gear in sport
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The risk of injury in professional sport has been a central feature in recent debates about how well protected our stars are. Only recently, Argentine football player Emanuel Ortega died of a fatal head injury after hitting a concrete wall during a game. Find out about the new technology that hopes to reduce head injuries...
Read moreBest Free Note Taking Applications to Make Your Construction Job Site Notes More Powerful and Efficient
In construction, we’re constantly taking notes, whether it’s meeting minutes, progress notes, daily work reports, or punch lists. Problem is, most of the time those notes are either illegible or get thrown in a note book never to be seen again. Here's the list of our 3 favorite note taking apps...
Read moreWe Wouldn’t Suggest Letting This Guy Drive Your Scissor Lifts
What happens when you combine a scissor lift on a road, a police officer, two cases of beer, and a drunk guy? It probably looks a lot like what happens in the video
Read moreCool Tools: DeWalt Bluetooth Battery That Can Stop Thieves
There are a ton of tools on any given job site, which makes it close to impossible to be able to monitor where they all are. Not much can hold up job site progress more than rechargeable batteries going missing or not being charged. To solve that issue, tool manufacturing giant Dewalt is soon releasing a line of Bluetooth enabled rechargeable batteries.
Read moreMIT Researchers Have Discovered How to Visually Capture the Motion of Cranes
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Anyone who has actually been close to a tower crane hundreds of feet in the air knows just how much they can sway and move. The problem is...how do we measure it?
Read moreNew Roofing Material That Stays Cooler Than Ambient Air Temperature Has Huge Energy Savings Possibilities
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If given a choice between being on a roof in the summer or in the middle of a dessert, I’m not sure which one I would choose. Find out what a team of Australian researches have come up with to keep roofs cooler than the hot summer air around them...
Read moreUse a Pre-Pour Checklist on your Next Concrete Pour
We’ve mentioned it over and over again, but construction rework is expensive, time consuming, and wasteful. This is especially true when the rework involves the world’s favorite building material, concrete; as hard as it is to put in, it’s even harder to take out. Because of that, it’s extremely important to develop good practices to spend time planning before a concrete pour.
Read moreWatch the Biggest Dump Truck in the World Be Built From Start to Finish
The Caterpillar 797F mining truck is the world’s largest dump truck with a Gross Machine Operating Weight of 1.37 MILLION pounds. Watch the time lapse video of how it's built...
Read moreOSHA Develops App for Heat Safety
The construction busy season is upon us and, unfortunately, so is the blistering heat and humidity. Heat related illnesses are a serious concern in the construction industry and OSHA has put forth a campaign to raise awareness for prevention. Heat related illnesses include heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, and heat rash, and perhaps more importantly, their symptoms present very dangerous circumstances on a construction job site. Many of the illnesses can cause fainting, confusion, dizziness, weakness, and other pain, so you can imagine how that would cause issues with someone working 20 feet in the air needing to climb up and down ladders and scaffolds.
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