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Editor’s View: Here Comes the Sun

For many people, it’s summertime and the living is easy. But for contractors, summertime means hard work--oftentimes in sweltering conditions. So during this time of year, it’s especially important to educate workers on the hazards of laboring in the sun and heat.

by Kimberly Jensen


Virtual Stringline: Hindsight on the Site

There has been a lot of discussion about the requirement in many states to have a professional engineer or licensed surveyor certify 3D data prep models for GPS machine control and related construction work. Inevitably, events are introduced onsite that render a license completely ineffective and which a professional engineer (PE) or professional licensed surveyor (PLS) cannot resolve. Such events often tend to involve human error. In this column I will share some of the stories about these errors and the lessons learned from them.

by Harry O. Ward , PE


Alternate Routes: Blast from the Past

Now’s your chance to teach those young whippersnappers on your crew a thing or two about how easy they’ve got it. Take them to the Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) show and let them see how dirt used to be dug.


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