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Read more3D Printing Robots Will Build Bridge in Amsterdam On Site
Up until now everything that has been 3D printed for construction use has been done so in a lab and sent out to a job site and been assembled by humans. The makers of MX3D are on the cutting edge of autonomous 3D printing on location.
Read moreWhat to Do if You Find an Underground Storage Tank on Your Construction Job Site
Photo by the US Army Environmental Command
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there are over 500,000 underground storage tanks (USTs) in the United States that contain petroleum or other hazardous substances. The materials held in many USTs are dangerous to the earth and to humans if they are released from the tank. Find out what you should do if you find a UST on your job site...
Read moreCool Tools: Zero-Noise & Zero-Emissions Mobile Power Source
Photo courtesy of Boulder Power Technologies
Generators are great for supplying power to job sites where temporary power is not yet available, but, unfortunately, the loud noise and gasoline fumes also accompany the convenience. This can be especially problematic near residential neighborhoods where noise restrictions are in place, and in enclosed spaces, which cause hazardous air quality conditions for your employees. Boulder Power Technologies has just released a solution to this problem...
Read moreThe First 3D Printed House in US is Set to be Built in New York
3D printing has been around for several years, but, up until recently, it has not infiltrated the construction industry. China has printed a few buildings and a 3D printed house in the Netherlands is currently under construction, as well. Now, the United States is getting into the 3D building mix...
Read moreWatch a Guy Assemble a Hot Dog with an 8.5 TON EXCAVATOR!!
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
Photo by David Eickhoff, CC BY
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.
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