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With Help From Michigan AgrAbility, Area Loggers Overcome Injuries
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Jordan Beck - For Duane Berg, owner and founder of Berg Logging in Gladstone, Mich., business was booming in 2010 — right up until he fell off a roof.
"I got injured in November 2010. Besides [being] a logger, I was a construction worker, and I was helping one of my friends do a ...
Northern Virginia's Long Bridge Rail Project Barrels Ahead at Full Speed
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Virginia Mercury - With the state budget in tatters and commuter levels at record lows, now might hardly seem the right moment for Virginia to embark upon a $1.9 billion rail project. However, the recent conclusion of the Long Bridge Project's environmental impact study has cleared the way for the commonwealth to d...
Maintenance: Operation & Storage in Cold Weather Climates
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Keith Kramlich, National Service and Warranty Manager, Takeuchi-US - Winter is coming. Whether you plan on using your equipment or storing it away for the season, it is critical the machines are properly prepared.
Use this guide to help make sure your equipment starts right back up when springtime blooms.
Operation Freeze: Using your Equipment in ...
Fixing Construction's Productivity Problem
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CEG - Even the smallest construction projects are multi-disciplined events that involve hundreds of individual actions. When scaled up to mega project size, managing the sequencing of man, machine and material so that the right things are done at the right time and place is a logistical headache that t...
A Look at the Underground Subway in Downtown Los Angeles
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Bianca Barragan - The site of the future 2nd/Hope station for the Regional Connector is a huge pit right now, but there's a lot of work going on inside that pit to transform it into one of three new subway stops along a subterranean rail tunnel that will link up the existing Gold, Blue, and Expo lines.T...
BLOG: Shouldn't Hard Hat Designs be Brought Into the 21st Century?
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Giles Lambertson - Testimonies of hard hats go right over the heads of workers who complain of discomfort. I'm sure such hard-heads have already stopped reading this. To the rest of you, I offer this thought: Why aren't hard hats updated to 21st-century standards?The basic design of the protective he...
Sakai Rolls Out Tier IV Final Compactors
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CEG - Asphalt paving of moderate-sized jobs right up to the curb is now easier than ever with Sakai America's EPA Tier IV Final update of its 300 and 502 series rollers. Sakai introduced its new tandem-drum SW354 and combination-type TW354 vibratory rollers at World of Asphalt 2016 March 22 through...
Sakai Rolls Out New Tier 4 Final Compactors at World of Asphalt 2016
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CEG - Asphalt paving of moderate-sized jobs right up to the curb is now easier than ever with Sakai America's EPA Tier 4 Final update of its 300 and 502 series rollers. Sakai introduced its new tandem-drum SW354 and combination-type TW354 vibratory rollers at World of Asphalt 2016 March 22 through ...
House Built From Shipping Containers Goes up in Mich.
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Ian Thibodeau - MLIVE - ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) They’re easing people into things at ModEco Development.The 2,250-sq.-ft. home that went up in Royal Oak looks like a new house with big windows and a modern design packed with sharp right angles.At first glance, it might even be hard to tell a large portion of...
Good Deal on Equipment? Make Sure It Isn’t Fake
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Giles Lambertson - There was a time when a label that read, “Made in China” ranked right up there with “Made in Japan” as meaning “cheap copy.” But that was then. Both countries long since have established their credentials as manufacturers of original and excellent products. Unf...