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6 Ways To Manage Rising Equipment & Rental Costs

October 21, 2019

Attend the education session “How To Manage Rising Equipment & Rental Costs” on Thursday, March 12, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at CONEXPO-CON/AGG. A major challenge facing companies in today’s construction industry is how to deal with rising equipment and rental costs. One key component to this is whether to […]

Energy Piles Used to Reduce Carbon Footprint

October 10, 2019

The Centrum Pile Group will be presenting on ‘Energy Piles’ at the 20th Annual Design and Installation of Cost-Efficient Piles (DICEP) Conference scheduled for November 5-6, 2019, in Cleveland, OH. The theme of this year’s DICEP conference is “Deep Foundations, Earth Retention, and the Benefits of the Driven Pile.” The […]

WPT Earns 3rd SHARP Award From U.S. Department of Labor

September 30, 2019

WPT Power Corporation has received a SHARP award from the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This is the third time the Wichita Falls, Texas manufacturing facility has earned the SHARP recognition, which is given to small to medium-sized employers with exemplary safety and health management […]

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Safety & Risk in Construction: The Importance of Technology

July 9, 2018

View the complete article here. Construction is inherently risky to limb and life. This is in part due to the fact a construction site is a mobile factory, set up quickly, dismantled at the end, and without the ergonomic repetition and lengthy planning of a Henry Ford factory or modern […]

Modern Bidding – The Warp Speed Day and its Post Opening Scramble

March 21, 2018

View the complete article here. In the new “Internet of Things” – speed is everything. The latest technology and trained technology-minded teams are key. This is perhaps most true on bid day, an already hectic if not chaotic mad rush to bid opening. Together, the technology of “Apps”, of whole […]

What the Heck is a “Type II” Differing Site Condition?

December 18, 2017

View the complete article here. Any engineer or deep foundation contractor will invariably face changed soils conditions. There is a bevy of Federal and State court cases, books, and war stories about when, expecting bedrock at 30 feet, the project team encounters “running sand”, baymud, or other gremlins and costs […]