Electric vehicles (EVs) are surging on construction jobsites. This is due to a number of big trends that are taking place today and changing the way the construction industry operates.Fuel efficiency is a top priority for many... Continue Reading

Mining technology and data collection has evolved in the last 15 years. Mining construction and operations contractors are now better able to predict extraction costs, increase machine efficiency and accuracy, and reduce their... Continue Reading

We’ve all heard it many times before; construction will see greater investment in infrastructure in 2018. But a new report states there are some key trends that have influenced federal and state governments to invest in the nation’s... Continue Reading

Green building is changing the way work is done in construction. The words green building or sustainable construction often drum up an image of an eco-friendly building or infrastructure system that is highly energy efficient. This can... Continue Reading

One county in Texas is seeing big savings with an energy efficiency project. Webb County faced a growing list of delayed maintenance construction projects that drove up the operational costs. As such, the county set out on a progressive... Continue Reading

These days, almost every construction project is expected to achieve some level of sustainability. Keeping track of these sustainability goals can be challenging while meeting the project’s timeline. Fortunately, there are tools to help... Continue Reading

The Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve, Appleton, Wis., is a 725-acre non-profit nature preserve that connects the community to nature for a healthier, stronger, and more sustainable future. A new 18,000-sq.-ft., state-of-the-art... Continue Reading

Recycling has evolved—and offers a number of benefits in terms of saving materials and minimizing costs. In the construction industry, there are many different recycling solutions. On road construction projects, one solution is asphalt... Continue Reading

Electric drives are becoming more common and could prove useful in construction equipment on the jobsite. Electric drives allow contractors to get real-time information on the performance of their key equipment.As a result of their... Continue Reading

Tuesday, January 3, 2017Listen now to the full episode, or select from the segments below.Segment 1: Personal Protective Equipment TrendsPeggy Smedley starts the show by looking at growth trends for the personal protective equipment... Continue Reading

When 130,000+ people arrive for the giant CONEXPO-CON/AGG construction equipment trade show in March, they’ll be able to scan their convention registration badges and take unlimited rides on the Las Vegas Monorail for the duration of the... Continue Reading

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 is pleased to announce that Executive Producer and Host Mike Rowe, best known as the “dirtiest man on TV” from the hit TV series Dirty Jobs, is a featured speaker at the show’s new Tech Talks forum. Rowe will share... Continue Reading

For the past two years a conglomerate of trade associations, industry, government and academia have been collaborating on the world’s first operational 3D printed excavator. That project made a giant leap forward with the recent printing... Continue Reading

In this wave of rapidly changing technologies, construction is midway in terms of digital transformation. More than half of all commercial construction firms have at least made a partial transition to the cloud, digitized their plans and... Continue Reading

International construction industries show will highlight the future of applied technologies for infrastructure developmentToday, CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the largest international gathering in the Western Hemisphere for the construction... Continue Reading

Where you once may have grabbed a tool from your kit, you can now open up an app on your smartphone to get the job done onsite. Technology is rapidly changing how contractors make decisions and deliver efficiencies to all aspects of the... Continue Reading

CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017 got underway on Tuesday with a glimpse at some of the cutting-edge technologies sure to shape the industry for years to come.Keeping with the show’s 2017 theme (“Imagine What’s Next”), attendees gathered for... Continue Reading

The use of drones in construction is on the rise. They can be used in many applications, from survey mapping to job monitoring. As construction companies decide to implement this technology, figuring out how to use a drone takes time... Continue Reading

There is a big change happening today with the way construction workers interact with data, and it is impacting the dynamic of how work is done at the jobsite. Many contractors are already aware of this, but don’t necessarily know where... Continue Reading

The rise in infrastructure projects and urbanization are propelling the construction industry forward. One sector that is benefiting from the new projects is the earthmoving equipment sector.But in a field where the basic concept doesn’t... Continue Reading