Category: Construction Safety Technology
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Nominations Open for For Construction Pros’ PACER Award
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in Apps, Business Services, Compaction Equipment, Concrete Equipment & Products, Construction, Construction News, Construction Safety, Construction Safety Technology, Decorative Concrete, Featured, Fleet Maintenance, Fleet News, Labor & Workforce Development, PACER Award, Paving, Personnel Management, Power, Project Management, Recommended, Rental Business, Software, Striping, Sweeping, Top Story, Trucks & Accessories, Worksite Equipment, WorkwearNominations for ForConstructionPros.com’s PACER award are now open! The PACER (Pavement, Asphalt, Concrete, Equipment, Rental) award, managed by ForConstructionPros.com and its affiliate brands, Equipment Today; Asphalt Contractor; Rental; Concrete Contractor; and Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction, recognizes construction pros on the jobsite and in the office for their accomplishments in shaping the construction industry. This award is broken down into four categories: Women in…
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Trimble Groundworks Integrates with Vermeer Pile Drivers for Solar Construction
Trimble and Vermeer announced Sept. 25, 2025, that the Trimble Groundworks machine control system is now available for Vermeer PD10R and PD25R remote control pile drivers. The integration is designed to bring greater automation to solar farm construction, increasing the speed, accuracy and efficiency of piling operations. With the Trimble system, the pile driver automatically…
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Bluebeam Acquires Firmus AI to Expand Preconstruction Risk Analysis Tools
Bluebeam has acquired Firmus AI, a company specializing in artificial intelligence for preconstruction design review and risk analysis. The acquisition will bring Firmus’ technology into Bluebeam’s review and markup workflows, allowing project teams to identify design-related risks, coordination issues and scope gaps earlier in the process. Firmus analyzes construction documents and drawings to find missing…
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Equipment Today Announces Winners of the 2025 Contractors’ Top 50 New Products Award
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in Asphalt, Asphalt Pavers, Attachments, Awards, Compact Excavators, Compact Track Loaders, Compaction Equipment, Construction Safety Technology, Construction Technology, Contractors’ Top 50, Crane, Crawler Dozers, Crawler Excavators, Earthmoving – Compact, Earthmoving Equipment, Equipment, Equipment Management, Equipment Monitoring & Logistics, Excavators ||Attachments, Featured, Fleet Maintenance, GPS, Laser & Other, Lifting Equipment, Machine Grade Control, Pavement Maintenance, Rental, Skid Steer Loaders, Top Story, Track Loaders, Trucks, Trucks & Accessories, Wheel Dozers, Wheel Excavators, Wheel Loaders, Worksite EquipmentFor 15 years, Equipment Today’s Contractors’ Top 50 New Products Award has served as the voice of the industry, representing your equipment priorities and preferences when it comes to exploring new market offerings. The annual Contactors’ Top 50 New Products Award is designed to recognize the best new product introductions and enhancements throughout the construction…
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Beat the Heat: OSHA-Backed Heat Safety Strategies Every Contractor Should Use
Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related work fatalities in the United States, with construction workers accounting for more than a third of all heat-related deaths. As average daily temperatures continue to rise, it’s critical to protect workers from extreme heat and heat-related risks. Understanding Heat Stress and Heat-related Illnesses Outdoor workers, especially those…
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Teletrac Navman Expands Partnership with HERE to Boost Fleet Safety Analytics
Teletrac Navman has extended its partnership with HERE Technologies to improve the accuracy and reliability of driver safety data for fleet operators. The agreement will support continued integration of HERE’s mapping and location services into the TN360 platform, helping customers monitor and assess driver performance across vehicle fleets. Through the partnership, Teletrac Navman uses data…
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AI is Reshaping Construction: Smarter, Safer and More Sustainable Projects Ahead
The construction industry is booming, projected to grow by $4.2 trillion globally over the next 15 years. But this growth faces a challenge: a widening skills gap, with job vacancies up 41% year-over-year and a wave of retirements looming. AI offers a powerful solution, poised to significantly improve how projects are designed, built and managed.…
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How GPR Technology Is Powering America’s Underground Grid Transformation
The push to move America’s power grid underground has gained momentum with a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program that’s exploring how to underground medium-voltage power lines in a way that’s safe, efficient and cost-effective. One of the key projects that’s underway in this program seeks to identify how ground penetrating radar (GPR) can be…
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How GPR Technology Is Powering America’s Underground Grid Transformation
The push to move America’s power grid underground has gained momentum with a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program that’s exploring how to underground medium-voltage power lines in a way that’s safe, efficient and cost-effective. One of the key projects that’s underway in this program seeks to identify how ground penetrating radar (GPR) can be…
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Robots in the Mix – Autonomous Remote Tech in Concrete Equipment
As contractors manage challenges in skilled labor, many have gone towards technology and machines to find higher productivity and efficiency at the jobsite. While earthmoving equipment like compact track loaders and excavators offer cabs for operator comfort and safety, machines for the concrete contractor commonly have the operator riding on top or walking behind. It’s…