The jobsite has definitely changed — workers are social distancing, projects are moving slower and the office has become more digitized (for starters) — but work continues. Everyone from construction contractors to landscape professionals are out there right now building and beautifying our communities while a pandemic looms. Safety is not a new thing for…
Earthmoving equipment tends to get dirty. The machines we cover every day (excavators, skid steers, track loaders, tractors and beyond) are always playing in the mud, venturing into the brush, digging holes, moving aggregate and then sitting outside all night. Compact equipment, in general, should be cleaned on a regular basis to keep it in…
The need for frequent and thorough disinfecting of work trucks like aerial devices and digger derricks is a new task for service managers. In response to questions from customers, Terex Utilities has released Tech Tip #140 to provide a reminder of the many surfaces on a piece of equipment that may have been touched by…
Cleanliness is essential in the farming industry. From grocery stores to manufacturers, a wide variety of companies and industries rely on products from farms. As a result, contamination can endanger employees and consumers further down the supply chain. When dealing with things people will ingest, thorough sanitation becomes an even more significant concern. Farms may…
The majority of America was closed in April. May hasn’t gotten much better. Orders to shelter in place or stay at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic trickled down from the federal to the state to the neighborhood level. In the workplace that meant if your job was not considered essential by some sort of…
America’s biggest construction tradeshow — CONEXPO-CON/AGG — only happens every three years, so each one you attend is a badge of honor. The 2020 iteration is my fifth, and it will probably be one of the most memorable as the panic surrounding novel coronavirus COVID-19 seemed to crescendo the week during the event. Not to…
Compact Equipment covered CONEXPO-CON/AGG from the ground last week. Would you expect any less? It was a great show in part because of the extremely cool machines and technologies released and because of the way show organizers AEM navigated concerns about COVID-19 as the situation broke across America. It also rained — in the desert.…