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Not so long ago, most people in the workplace received feedback once a year during a performance review. An employee didn’t expect...

Carbide-tipped blade a fit for rocky California soil Problem: Kerne America Construction, based in Kern County, California, had been working in rocky ground conditions...

As construction equipment has grown in the last couple of decades, in terms of size, power, weight, and speed, so too has...

In directional drilling, most of the focus is put on the drill, but if you want to eliminate downtime on drilling sites,...

To call J. Angelo Industries a blue-collar success story is almost literally true. The New York state hydroexcavation company was founded on...

For a clear-cut illustration of how investments in new technology can kick-start established companies and help them break into a different —...

Change can be scary for anyone, but both contractors featured in this issue overcame those fears in order to grow their companies. Dana...

The website www.manta.com conducted a survey of 1,960 small-business owners in 2017, and 34 percent of those surveyed said they don’t have a retirement...

A waterline installation in Ohio is one of the latest projects to benefit from the minimal environmental disruption that horizontal directional drilling...

Vermeer’s founder Gary Vermeer had foresight. He wanted the company’s Pella, Iowa, production facilities to be set up with redundancy in mind...

MB Crusher manufactures a line of resistant and agile grapples made from Hardox steel. The grapples have a 360-degree continuous rotation. The...

Arguably the most important part of any underground excavation job is always the same: accurately locating the utility lines. While there are other...

Toolboxes used to be made of wood or steel and tossed into the back of a pickup truck, where they’d be strapped...

While he’s out on job sites, Lucian Witmer occasionally pulls out a new tool to help his dad’s business. It’s not something...

Several buildings suffered massive damage and there were injuries reported after a tornado touched down in Pella, Iowa, directly hitting Vermeer on...

These days, contractors are finding that getting to and from a project with a vacuum excavator that scales is a challenge in...

If you’re grateful but don’t take the time to tell anyone, does it count? Maybe, but it’s a bit like clapping with...