Construction Junkie is excited to announce a giveaway of one of the most advanced cordless hammer drills on the market, the Milwaukee Tool M18 Fuel ½” Hammer Drill with ONE-Key. The hammer drill boasts torque of 1200 in-lbs, 2 speeds (RPM 0-550/0-2,000), and a BPM of 0-32,000. Besides the tool, also included in the kit (and this giveaway) is (2) XC5.0 extended capacity batteries, an M18 & M12 multi-voltage charger, a side handle, bit holder, belt clip, and carrying case
Read moreWhoops, Demolition Company Knocks Down Wrong House in Texas
December 26, 2015 was a nightmare for many Rowlett, Texas residents as an EF4 tornado ripped through the city, leveling many housing and thousands without power. Thankfully no one was killed by the storm, but 23 people were injured. For those who were fortunate enough to have a house still standing, there were plenty of repairs that still needed to be made.
Read moreExtremely Awesome Amphibious Excavators Dig on Land and on Water
Excavators can handle all kinds of messy situations, but even the best ones can only handle so much mud and water before they get stuck. It’s certainly not the easiest process to pull a 40,000 pound machine out of 4 feet of sludge.
Read moreConstruction Worker Impaled by Rebar, Survives
Photo by Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
Falls account for a large amount of on the job injuries, especially in construction. Because of that, many of the safety precautions construction workers take revolve around preventing falls. Unfortunately for 40 year old Santosh Nayak, a construction worker from India, he not only fell from the building he was working on, but landed face down on top of a 6 foot long piece of steel rebar, according to Central European News.
Read moreScientists Create Solar Cell Lighter Than a Soap Bubble
Photo by PROMalte Sörensen, CC BY 2.0
Harnessing the power of the sun has been on the top of many scientists’ lists for quite some time. It’s just hanging out up there, making everything warm, so it’s a seemingly endless supply of wireless energy. The problem is, we haven’t been able to make them cheap, powerful, or light enough to make them economically feasible. A team of researchers believes they solved one of those problems as they’ve revealed a solar cell so light that it can rest on a soap bubble without popping it.
Read morePSA: Stop Trying To Catapult a Hard Hat onto Your Head
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 moreThis App Automatically Calculates Tonnage and Volume of On Site Stockpiles
Stockpile Reports
So you’ve got a pile of dirt or stone on your site, but do you know how much volume you actually have? Not only do you have thousands of dollars of material waiting to be used, but you have potential project delays if you don’t have enough. Hand recording stockpile volume can be extremely time consuming, so someone decided to go ahead and make an app that will do all that work for you.
Read moreDoes Wearing a Hard Hat Make You Act More Reckless?
Photo by Chris Waits, CC BY 2.0
In the world of sports, it has been discussed for years that football players (sorry non-US readers, we’re talking about American Football) take more risks because they feel invincible while wearing pads and their helmet. If football players psychologically convince themselves to take more risks while wearing a helmet, does that mean that others also do? We may now have an answer.
Read moreWatching this Hideous 1970s Parking Garage Get Demolished is Extremely Satisfying
Concrete, even though it’s the world’s most commonly used building materials, is not very appealing to the eye. Neither are parking garages. That’s why people spend so much money covering them up. So, when exposed concrete and a parking garage are combined, it’s a double whammy of boring and ugly. That’s what makes this particular demolition so much more enjoyable.
Read moreYou Can Now Track Your Tool’s Location Using Milwaukee One Key
Thanks to technology, your misplaced items are getting easier and easier to find. For those of you who are constantly misplacing your keys and phone, you can get sensors to help you locate them. Even though GPS and sensor technology has been used for tracking items for years, if you lost one of your tools on a job site or around the house, you were stuck scouring the earth to find it. Milwaukee Tool is hoping to make your life just a little bit easier with the latest addition to their quickly growing tool platform, Milwaukee One-Key: tool tracking.
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