The Contractor's Best Friend

In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with Jason Hurdis, quarry and aggregate expert and Lonnie Fritz, heavy construction and road building expert for Caterpillar. It's a no brainer -- you want your most experienced equipment operators performing the most complex tasks on the jobsite. What about new workers, though? To help develop and promote newer workers, it's important to introduce them to a number of different machines to see where they might match best. 

In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with  Lonnie Fritz, heavy construction and road building expert and Scott Hagemann, grade control, technology and connectivity expert for Caterpillar. Long past are the traditional grade stakes that once dotted a construction jobsite. Now, lasers and other technologies can do that job. That's one of many examples of technology changing the landscape of the modern jobsite. 

In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with Jason Hurdis, quarry and aggregate expert and Lonnie Fritz, heavy construction and road building expert for Caterpillar. The top four causes of injury on a construction jobsite have remained the same for many years: falls, struck by an object, electrocution and being caught between equipment. Listen for best practices to stay safe on the jobsite. 

In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with Jason Hurdis, quarry and aggregate expert and Morgan Grigsby, safety expert for Caterpillar. There are many equipment upgrades available today that can help enhance the safety of construction workers and operators on the jobsite today. Communication, visibility and planning also come into play to keep everyone on the jobsite safe. 

With the ongoing construction workforce labor shortage, it's difficult to find equipment operators. One technique many contractors are using to combat that challenge is by using equipment with improved operator comfort. 

In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with Jason Hurdis, quarry and aggregate expert and Lonnie Fritz, heavy construction and road building expert for Caterpillar. Contractors need to have full visibility into the use and availability of heavy equipment on the construction jobsite. Tracking that equipment utilization comes down to telematics and connectivity.

In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with Lonnie Fritz, heavy construction and road building expert and Morgan Grigsby, safety expert for Caterpillar. There are a number of ways construction contractors can upgrade the safety of their existing fleets. One simple safety upgrade would be adding a seatbelt reminder kit to construction equipment to encourage operators to buckle up on the jobsite. Another important safety step is to increase visibility around the cab, which can be done a number of ways, including by installing cameras. 

In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with Jason Hurdis, quarry and aggregate expert and Lonnie Fritz, heavy construction and road building expert for Caterpillar. There are a handful of dealer resources that most construction contractors are not using, they said, including certified dealer operators, who are trained in how to use the equipment and will travel to jobsites to train workers on equipment best practices.  

In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with Scott Hagemann, grade control technology and jobsite connectivity expert, and Lonnie Fritz, heavy construction and road building expert for Caterpillar. After purchasing a new piece of construction equipment, there are some basic steps contractors should follow. For example, contractors should learn how to use the new technology features and know how to use the machine for its intended applications. They also discuss the importance of training operators on how to use the new machines. 

In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with construction experts from Caterpillar about the latest construction technologies and how tech can improve grading, loading and other operations.