It’s time to ditch the foam earplugs. First there was a cotton ball and petroleum jelly. Then came foam earplugs. They’ve reached...
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How it Works: Full-Duplex Communication
“Don’t know what you got until it’s gone.” What do Cinderella and Passenger have to do with full-duplex communication? Both bands topped the charts singing about taking...
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What Happens to Your Ears When Exposed to High Noise
The ability to hear is a truly amazing feat of nature and it’s astounding what the human ear can do. In fact,...
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Project Planning Tools for the Future
The world’s aging infrastructure, expanding population and growing energy demand are creating an environment that will keep horizontal directional drilling contractors in...
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Sonetics Headsets Make Work Zones Safer
Rochester Asphalt and Concrete’s Royal Johnson shares a story about an on-the-job incident where Sonetics wireless headsets wireless headsets played a key safety...
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Benefits of Becoming a Certified HDD Operator
Since September of 2015, more than 75 operators have completed the Vermeer HDD Circuit training program. This two-week course pairs Vermeer experts with...
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Controlling the grade of your dig
When you operate heavy equipment for a living, time is money. Needing to leave the cab of the excavator to get an...
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Year in Review: The Most-Read Articles of 2018
As the year comes to a close, we take a look at some of the most popular stories on www.digdifferent.com. If you...
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Your Guide to Getting Started With Sonetics
Let Sonetics walk you through everything you need to know to get started with your new Portable Wireless Communication System, including the...
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How it Works: Listen-Through Technology
If you’ve ever worked in a challenging, high-noise environment, then you know about the catch-22 between protecting your hearing and being able...
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How to Speed Up Training
Many view training as an unproductive but necessary evil. Not true. The Construction Industry Institute found that productivity increases by 11 percent for...
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Communication Failure or Hearing Damage? The Dangers of Partial Solutions
A communication failure on a job site, factory floor or other high-traffic work zone can have serious, even life-threatening consequences. Hearing damage, on the...
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Productivity: Taking Back Time with Communication
“If we’re saving seconds, we’re saving millions.” A customer said this to me not long ago, and it’s stuck with me. Then...
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Sonetics Announces Third-Generation Wireless Headset Enhancements
Sonetics Corporation, a leader in wireless team communication systems for challenging work environments, announces enhancements to its third generation of Apex Wireless...
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Combating Objections to Hearing Protection
Sonetics recently received a comment through one of our social media channels that surprised me. In reference to the article about occupational...
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Drilling Fluid Management Made Easy
Help control cost, time and complexity of drilling fluid management with the Vermeer Mud Hub. The Vermeer Mud Hub consists of an...
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The Perfect Drill for Tight Spaces and Tough Jobs
Vermeer expands its line of utility installation equipment with the launch of the D8x12 Navigator horizontal directional drill. This new compact and...
















