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Innovations in Excavation: Fall Protection & Rescue Systems

National Trench Safety’s (NTS) Director of Strategic Operations, Eric Juhl, recently traveled to the United Kingdom to visit vendors w...

5 Things To Know About Hydro Excavation

5 Things To Know About Hydro Excavation...

McElroy Unveils ‘McElroy Museum’ Celebrating Company’s History

McElroy Unveils 'McElroy Museum' Celebrating Company's History...

Trench Safety Stand Down Week: June 17-21

TSSD Week is used by industry safety professionals to hold safety training, educational seminars, live demonstrations of trench rescues, and...

7 Reasons To Add a Wheeled Excavator to Your Fleet

By John Waldron On jobsites across North America, you’ll see plenty of crawler excavators, backhoe loaders, truck-mounted excavators a...

Platinum Contracting Completes Major Project for Summerlin West Expansion

Platinum Contracting, a leading Las Vegas contractor specializing in heavy civil and underground utilities, has completed a large-scale unde...

How to Prepare Your Hydro-Vac for Seasonal Changes

© Pikoli | Dreamstime.com Many public and commercial establishments consider building underground infrastructure to safeguard equipment...

Utility Contractors Association of Connecticut to Award $20K in Scholarships

The Utility Contractors Association of Connecticut (UCAC) will award $20K in cash awards to seventeen students on Wednesday, July 17th, 2024...

Sunstate Introduces New Trench Leadership from TSR Acquisition 

Sunstate Equipment has finalized the asset purchase of Trench Shore Rentals (TSR) and Trebor Shoring Rentals. This previously announced purc...

Topcon Plans State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility in Germany

Rendering of the new Topcon manufacturing facility in Geisenheim, Germany. Topcon Positioning Systems announced that a new manufacturing fac...

New Subsite UtiliGuard 2 RTK Receiver Delivers Precision Locating

Subsite, a leader in underground utility locating products, announced the launch of the UtiliGuard 2 RTK (real-time kinematic) receiver. Des...

Can Water Infrastructure Absorb Price Hikes of Ongoing Inflation?

By Emily Newton Water infrastructure professionals face increasing challenges due to inflation, making it more difficult to budget for repai...

Construction Workers Found to Be the Most Satisfied with Their...

Workplace satisfaction is more important than ever before for retaining employees, with one recent survey finding that 77% of workers were m...

John Deere Debuts New P-Tier Skid Steer and Compact Track...

New to its line-up of P-Tier machines, John Deere debuted five new P-Tier Skid Steer Loader (SSL) and Compact Track Loader (CTL) models. Ent...

Mastering Underground Pipeline Construction Techniques in Tough Conditions

By Emily Newton Construction is a difficult undertaking in any context. Underground pipeline construction is even more so and will likely be...