Jeff Winke - Mon October 10, 2016
BLOG: Constructive Construction Gives Hope, Opportunity to Young Adults
While the mainstream media wallows in the destruction, drama, and assigning blame in the police shooting that spawned the “civil unrest” that put Milwaukee in the news for a couple of days in August, an alternative, online news feed I get has been covering the promises, programs and activities that counter the negative....
Megan Wild - Thu September 08, 2016
BLOG: If Elected, What Would Trump or Clinton Do to Advocate for the Industry?
UPDATE: A look at the third party candidates has been added to this article. The dust has settled, and America finally has its two “major” presidential candidates. They're both historically unpopular, but that doesn't change the fact that even unlikable candidates can do a world of good....
Meagan Lott - WSDOT Blog - Fri September 02, 2016
BLOG: New Avalanche Bridge Opens to Traffic Across Snoqualmie Pass
Things are going to look a little different in the next couple of days across Snoqualmie Pass as we get ready to put all four lanes of traffic on the new avalanche bridge. This is all part of the major improvement project to widen a 15-mi....
Giles Lambertson - Mon September 19, 2016
BLOG: New Drone Rules Open the Door Wider for Construction Usage
The Federal Aviation Administration's new rules on drones give construction industry companies more reason to fire up unmanned flying vehicles. However, the FAA is keeping the drones on a short leash, which is apt to prove aggravating....
Giles Lambertson - Mon September 05, 2016
BLOG: Twenty-Thousand Gradall Excavators is a Lot of Dirt Under the Bucket
Gradall is celebrating production of 20,000 of its machines over the first 70 years of its existence. We're not talking here about donuts or some consumer widget. Gradall construction machines weigh up to 34 tons and buyers need a ditch or something to justify buying one....
Megan Wild - Wed August 24, 2016
BLOG: Five Game-Changing Advancements in Construction
For many builders in the United States, construction is an art that's rooted in tradition. With techniques that have been field-tested and refined over the years to time-honored customs and, in some cases, even superstition, we all have our ways....
Giles Lambertson - Tue August 23, 2016
BLOG: Remember When People Laid bricks? You Can't? Neither Can I.
For at least 7,000 years, people have been piling up bricks to create structures. It is a time-honored construction method. The method is likely to be honored for many years yet to come, but the “people” element may go missing....
Sue McKee Neill - Fri August 12, 2016
BLOG: Titles on Heavy Equipment
There are only a couple of states in the U.S. that acknowledge titles for heavy equipment. In truth, they are more like a bill of sale in the rest of the nation. People frequently ask “Why don't we have a national database of equipment like we do for vehicles? It would aid in recovery of stolen machinery and it would be easier to know if the seller is the legal owner.”Have you been to the Florida auctions in February? Can you imagine the title work for those tens of thousands of pieces of equipment that are sold in a few short weeks? Imagine the largest contractor you can think of and the job of turning titles on every piece of equipment coming into the business and passing one along when it is sold....
Giles Lambertson - Thu August 11, 2016
BLOG: More Jobs Than Applicants a Consequence of Cultural Neglect
Construction jobs are going begging. It is a case of chickens coming home to roost. The roost metaphor is a time-honored way of saying that consequences follow actions, especially the unfortunate variety....
Jeff Winke - Mon September 26, 2016
BLOG: A Construction Use for Plastic Waste
One thing that really bugs me is all the one-time-use plastic in the world – plastic grocery bags, water and soda bottles, and plastic silverware to name a few culprits. The stuff is a scourge. I make tepid attempts to avoid the plastic glut, but I feel like the irritating eccentric when I halt the mechanical motions of the check-out clerk at the grocery store by requesting paper rather than plastic....
