Digging Deeper - ForConstructionPros

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.

Chris Teetor, director of operations, DE Storage, talks about the company’s use of the Soil Connect digital platform to find a specific soil required for a mini-storage expansion project in Pennsylvania, and how it saved them thousands of dollars on purchasing and trucking in the soil.

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast where Caterpillar's Scott Thomas talks about Cat's latest advancements in articulated dump trucks (ADT) Typically, ADT drivers are among the last positions filled on a jobsite and they may not be the most experienced employees. The latest advancements make ADTs easier to operate.

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast as Erica Magdelinskas, marketing manager at Chaney Enterprises, talks about how the building materials supplier upgraded from a private closed-loop communication system to the Zello platform. Chaney chose Zello because it was user friendly, had an app, was paperless and had a bluetooth connection for communication. "It had everything we needed," Magdelinskas s...

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast as Hy-Brid Lift CEO Terry Dolan discusses how the company revamped its product line and introduced its new 19-ft. scissors lift in 2020. 

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast where Editor Becky Schultz talks with Larry Baker, president at Earthwave Technologies, about the company’s telematics technology and how it differs from other providers. Baker discusses how the Earthwave system focuses on measuring operators not just equipment usage numbers.

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast to hear Geoff Arnold, general manager of Built Technologies’ Software Solutions division, shed light on the bottlenecks that liens and lien wavers present to the construction payment process. Arnolddetails how the software Built For Contractors is designed to automate the lien process on all sides to make sure everybody has the right documents to move payments...

Curt Bennink speaks with Propeller Aerobotics CEO Rory San Miguel. They discussed the benefits of drone surveying in earthmoving applications. Propeller is not merely a drone company that happens to provide surveying. It is an earthworks solution company and some of those solutions have expanded services well beyond drone mapping.

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast as Karen Scally, a journalist who has covered the construction industry for over a decade, speaks with Ben Preston, chief marketing officer and co-founder of Gearflow, about how businesses can tackle online marketing. Covering common misconceptions, tips, SEO and best practices, Preston shows the best ways to market your construction business.  

In this Digging Deeper podcast, Pace Davis, CEO at TruckIt, discusses the advantages of e-ticketing in place of paper-based systems for managing material delivery and logistics, as well as its role in maintaining driver safety throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast with Greg Sizemore, vice president of safety, health, environment and workforce development for the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), who talks about the challenges the construction industry has faced attracting workers and the opportunities the industry has to rebuild both its workforce and their skill sets within, and because of, the pandemic enviro...

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast with Bonnie Mauldin, managing director of The Mauldin Group (www.themauldingroup.com/), who shares insights on how to market your construction business to help secure work in the current environment, rebrand construction’s image to attract new hires, and position your business for growth in the post-pandemic economic recovery and beyond.

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast to hear Howard Hawk, president of bidadoo, discuss online buying and selling of heavy equipment, including the influence the pandemic has had on contractor utilization of ecommerce tools and how the lessons learned may shape the future of equipment buying and selling long term.

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast to hear James B. Bretz, Director, Uptime & Connected Services, Volvo Construction Equipment, share his telematics experience and his vision of where we are headed with the technology. Uptime is a concern for every contractor and telematics can help address that concern. Telematics has come a long way and it continues to evolve. 

In this episode of Digging Deeper, renowned safety expert John Meola delves into the critical topic of heat stress management and how construction leaders can protect not only their employees but their businesses by putting a proper plan and procedures in place.

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast with Sean Mairet, product marketing manager, grade control, at John Deere, as he highlights the different levels of grade control technology available and their potential to improve jobsite productivity and build upon operator skills. He also shares insights on how to get the system you need to maximize ROI from your grade control investment.

In this episode, Jessica Lombardo, editor of Asphalt Contractor magazine, talks to Ben Schmidt, president of Roadbotics, Inc. Schmidt discusses how cities and municipalities can best measure and manage their roadways using technology which will help them extend the life of these expensive assets.

Listen to thais Digging Deeper podcast as Adam Opperman, product manager at Stellar Industries, talks about the company's new service truck telematics system, which was introduced in early 2020 at The Work Truck Show.

Listen to this Digging Deeper podcast as Jim Fraser, Director of CRE Strategy with Built Technology, talks about how the company's lending software tracked the progress of projects since many were placed on hold with the coronavirus pandemic shutdowns. Find out how they’re recovering, and consider the risks ahead. Jim Fraser is the director of CRE strategy at Built Technology. He has over 30 years...

In this Digging Deeper podcast, Jay Denton, chief innovation officer at ThinkWhy, discusses his assessment of the trends in construction employment leading up to the pandemic and how things have changed, the latest employment data and what the future may hold as the industry begins the recovery process.