Ongoing research into limiting concrete form face surface defects with Controlled Frequency Vibrators has shown great promise. Field investigations into limiting high frequency vibration to control the amount of concrete material separation using the same approach to limit the surface distresses in concrete pavements. Researchers have applied some common sense and solid clinical analysis to make pavement surfaces more durable. Paul Jaworski of Minnich Manufacturing Inc. joins editor Jonathan Kozlowski to discuss the research and recent developments.

In this episode of Digging Deeper, Doug Hacker, national sales rep, Kato - Compact Excavator Sales, highlights the company’s recent excavator product line expansions, the return of a fan favorite compact track loader and further additions and opportunities that lie ahead for both the company and its customers as we head into in 2021.

In this episode of Digging Deeper, Stephen King, president and CEO of GrowthForce, one the country’s largest cloud-based accounting services, shares strategies construction business owners can use to not only improve cash flow in the current challenging economic climate but long term. He also highlights the opportunities data-driven decision making can provide by enabling contractors to more accurately manage operating costs and ensure profitability on construction projects.

In this episode of Digging Deeper, Peter Halldin, CSO and co-founder of MIPS, a Swedish helmet safety company, discusses safety risks not currently addressed by construction hard hats and how technology such as the Multi-directional Impact Protection System can help to mitigate those risks and make workers even safer on jobsites.

In this episode of Digging Deeper, Darick Franzen, vice president of business development – North America at Miller Formless, talks about the company’s 50-year history in the concrete paving industry, recent acquisitions that are broadening the company’s concrete slipform paver product line and growth opportunities that lie ahead for the company, its customers and the paving industry.

In this episode of Digging Deeper, Asphalt Contractor editor Jessica Lombardo speaks to Dave McKee, VP of sales & Marketing at PSS International about work zone safety. PSS International manufactures devices with the intention of getting every person who travels home safely at the end of the day. Listen to how their company is intentional about safety in everything they do.

In this sponsored episode of Digging Deeper, Kato-CES owner and founder Mike Smith shares how the company got its start, its progress over its 25+ years in operation and how its longstanding relationship with IHI and now Kato has enabled it to continue to expand its product line and offerings to customers. Smith also touches on future plans, and possibilities, for his family-owned business.

Here’s how 250,000 users across 2,100 construction projects are overcoming COVID-19 with dramatic increases in uploading documents and photos, downloading forms, submittals, RFI and more.

Jeff Stachowiak, national safety director for Sunbelt Rentals, sheds light on some of the common safety myths and misconceptions related to both fall protection and equipment used to work at heights; the steps that can be taken to promote them; and the role the new ANSI standards may play in facilitating a safer jobsite.