Entries Tagged Excavation

When a company declares — in its name, no less — that it offers a “complete” line of services, expectations run high...

Every person on a job site is responsible not only for his or her own safety but also the safety of those...

Driving home from a family vacation in Central Oregon, safety culture was the farthest thing from my mind. A construction zone funneled westbound...

Walt Logan, operations manager at Dig This, takes a moment to show you how Sonetics wireless headsets help heavy-equipment operators avoid communication...

In a chaotic work zone, missed warnings are accidents waiting to happen. What if you hear a shout, but don’t understand what...

Does work zone noise make communicating with co-workers difficult or impossible? Are you unable to see your co-workers, making hand signals unreliable?...

Drones — the aerial eye of the job site — have become a versatile tool for earthmoving operations. Among the benefits are...

Check out this video from North Carolina-based contractor and YouTuber Letsdig18. An excavator operator ran into problems while digging out a pond...

Proper training and thorough examination of the job site are the keys to a safe pipeline rehabilitation job. Successful pipe bursting has...

Safety and quality are two of the most inseparable components to success on a job site. You can't have one without the...

One of the so-called “tri-state” areas in the U.S. is around Sioux City, Iowa, where the Missouri River and a tributary, the...

It’s cold up here in Northern Wisconsin as I write this column for this issue, so I’m naturally thinking of warmer weather....

To avoid the challenges of snow, ice, and frozen ground, and weather-related work stoppages, contractors will often stop working early in the...

The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) recently announced the publication of its Next Practices Pathways to Improving U.S. Damage Prevention Status Report. The new...