Articles Tagged with ''construction''

Get answers to your most vexing questions from concrete industry experts in an intimate and open setting while enjoying breakfast at World of Concrete (WOC).

Attendees at World of Concrete (WOC), coming up Feb. 2 – 5 in Las Vegas, will have the opportunity to tour the Hoover Dam bypass and the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.

A mint condition 1951 Ford Ready Mix Truck will be auctioned off as part of the 11th annual Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Auction at World of Concrete (WOC). The truck was acquired and restored by Dean Leaman, founder of Allied Concrete Materials and, with full support from Summit Materials.

When new construction begins on a structure, tunnel, roadway or any other large project, safe and dependable lighting is always a challenge.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a report on heavy equipment thefts in 2014. This report, co-produced with the National Equipment Register (NER), examines heavy equipment theft data submitted by law enforcement to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and profiles that data according to theft state, theft city, theft month, equipment manufacturer, equipment style (type) and year of manufacture.

The increase of1.8 million jobs, an annual rate of growth of 2.9 percent, is the largest increase in employment among all industries.

A construction worker fell from the roof of the Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium yesterday and plunged approximately 50 feet to his death, according to news sources.

No one disputes that smoking is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the difficulty breathing that strikes so many Americans in their twilight years. A new study by Duke University and CPWR researchers, however, reminds us that smoking is far from the only cause, and we still have a lot of work to do if we are going to protect construction workers.

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