A Look Back at CONEXPO 2023
CONEXPO is North America’s largest construction trade show, and it happens every three years in Las Vegas, NV. The most recent event was March 14-18th and Blake Wilson, VP/General Manager of Contractors Machinery Inc., attended this year’s show. We caught up with Blake and talked all about his experience. CONEXPO 2023 is in the books […]
Great News for Women in Construction
Women are making huge strides in the construction industry, with their numbers increasing over 50% in the last ten years! Serving as engineers, executives, team members or construction managers…there are good reasons that women are entering the building workforce: Pay equity! Of all industries reported by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction shows the […]
Winter Preparedness for Workers
It means far more than just wearing hats and gloves! Winter is well upon us, so the construction industry is slowing up a bit. It’s just one of the necessary evils of this industry; if we don’t allow a little extra time for our projects, the cold temperatures can destroy their quality quickly. In addition […]
Construction Trends 2023
Reports are still surfacing on the long-term effects of the pandemic and of the 2020 recession, and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Consensus forecasts a great year for non-residential building construction in 2023! This report analyzed several different categories of building and concluded overall that the construction industry did not stagnate during the crisis. […]
Control Precision is Transforming the Construction Game
To the casual observer, a construction site is simply about a lot of huge machinery being moved back and forth until the land is cleared and level. To the large equipment operator, that scenario just described a massive loss of time and money. Construction is all about control and precision, and precision technology has completely […]
Efficiency and Safety Remain the Top Construction Trends in 2022!
As our nation is taking its first breaths after Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, the construction industry reflects on how these strange two years have drastically affected current construction trends. Stricter safety regulations, rising supply costs (up 17% in 2021!), and continued shortage of workers has made 2022 a uniquely competitive market. Increased health and safety regulations […]
How to Care for and Extend the Life of Your Heavy Equipment
A tentative economy and a season of uniquely challenging weather nationwide has heavy equipment owners exceptionally concerned about protecting their biggest investments. Here are four considerations as you determine how to get a full lifetime out of your machines: Review your training protocol: It is essential that every employee who is operating your equipment knows […]
Improving Construction Workers Safety
Despite construction workers making up just six percent of our nation’s workforce, they continue to claim over 20 percent of our nation’s worker deaths! It’s more imperative than ever that construction companies make an effective Site-Specific Safety Plan their #1 resolution heading in to 2022! According to the National Institutes of Health, construction injuries cost […]
Technology Advances in the Construction Industry
Whether or not one contracted the Coronavirus in 2020, virtually everyone has been impacted in one or way or a thousand. The construction industry is no exception. With complaints of increased costs of materials and lack of workers, the business had to get creative to cut costs in the future. Technology has entered into the […]
Veterans Match Well With Construction Industry
The construction industry is proud that many veterans choose construction careers.