WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Laborers’ International Union of North America recently joined forces with a coalition of worker safety organizations to kick-off “The Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction!,” a national initiative aimed at promoting general safety on jobsites and preventing falls, the leading cause of construction deaths in the U.S. The campaign launches in tandem with Workers’ Memorial Day, an annual day of remembrance for those killed, injured or sickened on the job. The Laborers’ Health & Safety Fund of North America played a key role in the campaign’s conceptualization and has been working with several public and private … Read more

Trimble has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SketchUp, one of the most popular 3-D modeling tools, from Google. SketchUp is used for designing, modeling and visualizing projects. The product and its vision of “3-D modeling for everyone” has allowed modelers worldwide, across a wide range of industries, to express design concepts easily, accurately and efficiently. Additionally, users benefit from its extensive third-party developer community that provides industry-specific solutions for a variety of customers. As part of the SketchUp platform, Trimble will also partner with Google on running and further developing SketchUp’s 3-D Warehouse, an online repository where users … Read more

The CE Sector Board of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers has elected two new directors: Tim Ford of Terex Corporation and Dave Foster of Volvo Construction Equipment NA Inc. Ford is president, Terex Aerial Work Platforms for Terex Corporation and fills an open position. Foster is vice president of marketing and communications for Volvo Construction Equipment NA Inc. and fills an unexpired term. The CE Sector Board is AEM’s Board-level group focused on the construction sector: it determines/recommends strategic direction and develops/directs programs, services and activities. AEM directors help set the guidelines and operating policies of the association on behalf … Read more