Multi-Brand 18V Battery Platform Launches

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Bosch Power Tools, with founding partners; FEIN and Rothenberger, announced the launch of AMPShare – Powered by Bosch now available in the U.S. and Canada. This global multi-brand battery alliance advances these companies’ shared vision for battery efficiency, offering trade professionals the best and widest reaching 18V power system that’s compatible across brands, applications and even countries. This launch expands on the previously launched AMPShare platform in the EU in 2022. The battery is the current Bosch 18V battery that workers in the U.S. and Canada have relied on. The physical batteries have been updated to include the AMPShare branding. … Read more

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McCarthy Prepares to Complete Final Transition to Helmets for Employees, Trade Partners

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McCarthy is preparing to complete the transition from standard hard hats to helmets for all trade partners on the firm’s construction sites starting on July 1. This comes as an extension to McCarthy’s 2022 transition to helmets for its more than 6,000 salaried and craft employees. This proactive decision is expected to significantly reduce the impact and lessen the frequency of future injuries and accidents. Traumatic brain injuries are responsible for 25% of all construction fatalities, and account for many life-altering injuries. Safety helmets offer superior head protection for construction workers, providing protection from not only a direct impact to … Read more

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Benefits of Construction Equipment Technologies Study Unveiled by AEM

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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers released a study outlining how construction equipment technologies have advanced the construction industry and benefited a wide range of stakeholders, from contractors, to owners, to society as a whole. The Benefits of Construction Equipment Technologies and Their Impact on Society details four construction equipment technologies that play critical roles in advancing the industry, and thereby enabling benefits to productivity and performance, planet and environment, as well as people and safety. The trends identified in the study are: machine and grade control, engines and drivetrains, digital control systems and machine telematics. The study provides: An overview … Read more

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Construction Firms Add 15,000 Jobs as Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low

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The construction sector added 15,000 jobs in April while the sector’s unemployment rate fell to a record low for the month and the number of unfilled construction positions is close to a monthly high, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors of America released. Association officials said the industry likely would have added even more positions if contractors could find more qualified workers. Construction employment in April totaled 7.9 million seasonally adjusted, an addition of 15,000 or .2% from the month prior. Nonresidential construction firms — nonresidential building and specialty trade contractors along with heavy and civil … Read more

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New High School in Galveston, Texas Breaks Ground

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Team members from Galveston Independent School District, Zero/Six Consulting, Gilbane Building Company, J.W. Kelso Construction and PBK Architects gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Ball High School in Galveston, Texas. Standing behind the podium in a wall of purple and gold, Ball High School cheerleaders, marching band and ROTC all came out to join in the festivities. Other community members from the GISD District, GISD Visioning Committee and GISD Educational Fund also attended to show overwhelming support for passing the 2023 GISD Bond Program and the new 457,500-square-foot campus. The project will demolish the current Ball High School … Read more

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