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FleetWatcher, a telematics platform from Earthwave Technologies, includes features to prevent theft and aid in equipment recovery. Its GPS technology allows users to see where any piece of equipment is at any given time, while an included proactive unauthorized use feature alerts user if equipment is started after hours. With mobile equipment, time is of the essence, and this proactive feature gives users a heads-up that the equipment was started when it shouldn’t have and allows users to alert the police quickly. In addition, a breadcrumb feature shows the machine’s location activity in real-time and every minute if the machine is being towed, and the info is available from a browser or a mobile device. Together, these features can notify users of a theft in process so that the theft can be thwarted or that the equipment can be easily located if the heist is completed.

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MAY/JUNE 2022 CRANE SAFETY COURSES May 16 – May 19, 2022 Overhead Hoist Maintenance, Cincinnati, OH May 16 - May 20, 2022 Mobile Crane Operator, Houston, TX May 16 – May 20, 2022 Mobile Crane Train the Trainer, Orlando, FL May 24 – May 26, 2022 Forklift Operator Train the Trainer, Houston, TX May 24 – May 27, 2022 Mobile Crane Inspector, Cincinnati, OH May 25 – May 27, 2022 Rigging Inspector, Orlando, FL May 31 – June 3, 2022 Overhead Crane Inspector, Orlando, FL June 1 – June 2, 2022 Overhead Crane Operator, Cincinnati, OH June 7 – June 9, 2022 Aerial Work Platform Train the Trainer, Houston, TX June 7 – June 9, 2022 Boom Truck Operator Train the Trainer, Orlando, FL June 13 – June 16, 2022 Overhead Hoist Maintenance, Houston, TX June 13 – June 17, 2022 Mobile Crane Operator, Cincinnati, OH June 14 – June 17, 2022 Mobile Crane Inspector, Orlando, FL June 20 – June 24, 2022 Mobile Crane Train the Trainer, Houston, TX To register and for more information, please call or email Tiffany Alston. Telephone: 800/654-5640, extension 238. Direct: 321/710-4641. Email: talston@cranesafe.com

Conferences are scheduled using the local time zone where the event takes place.

Transportation Construction Coalition Legislative Fly-In and Briefing Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 (5:00 PM) Location: Washington, DC, District of Columbia Other AGC’s Virtual Lean Construction Education Program Date: Thursday, May 19, 2022 (10:00 AM) Training/Professional Development Five-Part Webinar Series: Top 10 Safest Construction Companies in America https://www.agc.org/learn/education-training/events-five-partwebinar-series-top-10-safest-construction-companies-america) Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 – 2:00 PM Training/Professional Development Webinar Series: How Construction Employers from Field Supervisors to the C-Suite Can Improve Worker Health & Behavioral Outcomes (https://www.agc.org/learn/educationtraining/events/webinarseries-how-construction-employers-field-supervisors-c-suitecan-improve-worker-health) Date: May 26, 2022 – 3:30 PM Training/Professional Development AGC’s Virtual Lean Construction Education Program (https://www.agc.org/learn/education-training/events/agcs-virtual-lean-construction-education-program-0) Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 – 12:00 PM Training/Professional Development Project Manager Development Program (PMDP) (https://www.agc.org/learn/education-training/events/cloneproject-manager-development-program-pmdp) Date: Monday, June 13, 2022, 10:00 AM Training/Professional Development Virtual Construction Supervision Fundamentals (CSF) (https://www.agc.org/learn/education-training/events/virtualconstruction-supervision-fundamentals-csf-course-1) Date: Monday, June 27, 2022, 10:00 AM Training/Professional Development 2022 IT Conference (https://itconference.agc.org/) Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 (8:00 AM) Location: Chicago, Illinois Technology For further information, contact AGC: Phone: 703/548-3118 Fax: 240/396-2470 Email: info@agc.org CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN (CAM) Formerly Builders Exchange of Detroit and Michigan. CAM is a professional association of design and construction professionals which provides service, information, and assistance to the construction industry. Members include architects, engineers, suppliers, manufacturers, and contractors. Construction Association of Michigan 2022 Golf Season Registration is Open! This year’s schedule features four value-packed outings at remarkable prices. These outings are perfect opportunities to bring your staff and clients out for a great afternoon of golf! Professional Development First Aid, CRP, AED Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Description: Every jobsite is required to have someone certified in first aid. Are you in compliance? This course teaches the principles of basic life support for adults. The course details handsonly CPR, first aid, choking in adults, signs, and symptoms of heart attack and stroke, and treatment for shock. It explains how AEDs work, and why they are a critical part of emergency cardiac care. Certification is valid for a period of two years. Business After Hours at The Lexington Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Description: Join other CAM members for Business After Hours at The Lexington Bar. Opened in 2020 by husband/wife team Dave & Jen. The Lexington offers a beautiful indoor bar, outside patio space, and specialty cocktails. For more information on the events listed above, contact CAM: Phone: 248/972-1000 Fax: 248/972-1001 Email: cam@buildwithCAM.com

ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS (ABC) ABC Users Summit 2022 Dates: May 18 – May 20, 2022 Location: The Westin Dallas Stonebriar Dallas, TX Description: If you are a project owner responsible for procuring or managing health care, industrial or multisite construction, or an ABC member contractor performing work in those segments, you must register for the 2022 ABC Users Summit. The Summit gives construction users and contractor members the opportunity to share ideas and learn from one another with a focus on delivering value to all parties. From automation and technology strategies to workforce shortages, safety performance and the latest economic outlook, this event creates an environment where you can refine your skills and engage in open discussions with your peers. Registration is now open! Registration is complimentary for project owners and $650 for ABC contractor members. For more information and to register, visit https://userssummit.abc.org/ 2ND ANNUAL SPRING OLD CONSTRUCTION & MINING EQUIPMENT SHOW Dates: Saturday, May 28 – Time: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Sunday, May 29 – Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Location: Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park 43672 Stumptown Road, New Athens, Ohio (Ohio 519 between US 22 & New Athens, Ohio). Description: Show includes operating and static displays of construction equipment, mining equipment, crawlers, and trucks for some digging fun or static display. Food will be available on the grounds! Swap and Flea Market areas! We will be celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park, Incorporated in 2022. The Spring Show is dedicated to the men and women that lost their lives in the construction and mining industries, and to those who worked in the construction and mining industries no longer with us. The show is also dedicated to the men and women that served our country and no longer with us. Cost: $5.00. DEMING LOGGING SHOW 2022 Dates: June 11 – June 12, 2022 Location: Deming Log Show Grounds 3295 Cedarville Rd Bellingham, WA 98226 Description: Deming Log Show is a nonprofit organization benefiting busted up loggers and their families. Home to the Annual Deming Logging Show, and other events. Originally established in 1963, our show was inspired by the need to financially assist loggers who were injured in the woods. Our grounds come alive the second full weekend in June each year for our annual Deming Logging Show with events and exhibitions to display the skills, tools, and technology used in the logging industry. A nonprofit organization, the Deming Logging Show relies on the support of local people, businesses and volunteers to support families of loggers who have been injured or killed on the job. The Deming Log Show features 31 events and exhibitions demonstrating the talents and strengths of local loggers. Don't miss axe throwing, speed climbing, log rolling, chainsaw bucking and the ironman. The show starts at 1pm each day with eliminiations starting at 11am on Saturday only. For more information on the Deming Loggings Show 2022, contact Deming Logging Show Grounds, 3295 Cedarville Road, Bellingham, WA 98226. Phone: 360/592-2423. www.demingloggingshow.com.

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What’s new in asphalt road construction, machinery and safety? Developed over years, porous pavement design, perpetual pavement and autonomous vehicles are all making headlines today as technology meets demand.

Splash-Free Driving

Permeable pavement, including porous types, is one of the fastest growing technologies in sustainable asphalt roadway engineering.

Developed chiefly for safety advantages, porous pavement reduces splash and spray. Darlene Goehl of the Texas Transportation Institute’s materials and pavements division believes the design also improves improve visibility for drivers.

“It helps avoid the hydroplaning problems you may see in wet weather,’ Goehl said in a podcast interview. “It’s actually a porous friction course.”

Impervious surfaces are often the causes of stormwater runoff, according to paving information provider PavingFinder.

“Porous asphalt pavement is a specialized mixture comprised of both fine and course aggregates bound together by a bituminous binder. The surface appearance of porous asphalt is similar to traditional asphalt, but it has a rougher texture.”

The material is placed over a granular working platform on top of a lare stone reservoir, and the surface is made porous by building with open-graded friction coarse aggregate.

“The layer under the porous asphalt has the storage capacity to hold the collected water,” explained PavingFinder.

Highway engineers pour the material in a thin surface layer on conventional pavement. Rainwater sinks into the pavement surface and settles on an impermeable asphalt layer below.

“Water is forced to drain off the side of the highway,” according to the organization. “Even in a driving rainstorm, splash and spray from trucks is absorbed into the pavement.”

Visibility for drivers improves to the degree that crashes and fatalities can be “significantly” reduced, believes PavingFinder.

Recent developments in stormwater ordinances across the country have begun to require more significant onsite stormwater infiltration and detention.

And, according to the paving information organization, a primary incentive for using permeable pavement is to add a hydrological benefit to a roadway or site design.

“Permeable pavement can reduce the concentration of pollutants by trapping them physically, chemically or biologically.”

Truck mounted attenuators present a dangerous work environment because the truck follows behind slow-moving highway maintenance vehicles as a human-driven mobile crash barrier, absorbing the impact of traffic accidentally entering the work zone.

Perpetual Pavements

Perpetual asphalt concrete pavement is designed to last 50 years or longer without any repairs below the wearing course or surface level.

The pavement typically has a multi-layered structure which resists fatigue over time, according to the Asphalt Pavement Alliance.

Ralph Isenberg, director of governmental affairs for Reliable Paving, outlined in a blog post an APA research paper on the technology.

The triple-layered structure resists structural damage for as long as the top surface is maintained and replaced.

“While the outer surface is cared for, the rest of the pavement will not to be fully repaired or replaced for many years.”

The goal of perpetual pavement is to be a deep-strength asphalt paving that resists fatigue. It does so by reducing cracking from the bottom-up, said APA.

“When pavements undergo road traffic, fatigue develops from the cyclical nature and weight of the traffic. The fatigue begins as cracks at the pavement foundation. These foundational cracks then work their way up to the higher layers of pavement.”

As they infiltrate the pavement layers, cracks spread out and multiply. Over time the cracks present on the surface of the asphalt pavement.

“Perpetual pavement is designed specifically to resist bottom-up fatigue cracking and structural rutting,” said APA.

These two types of damage are among the worst asphalt pavement can receive. Superior to low-grade pavement exhibits rutting and cracking before their design-life is achieved.

Whereas superior to high-grade traditional pavement proves it uses materials more efficiently.

The pavement also reduces cyclical costs. “As long-term damage is avoided, yearly or multi-yearly-accrued damage doesn’t need to be repaired,” reported APA.

Because the design is more efficient, sections of overly thick asphalt are eliminated. Reconstruction costs are eliminated, as well.

Plus, delays due to maintenance occur less and as a result, maintenance costs drop. Perpetual pavement also reduces the need for non-renewable asphalts and aggregates.

Driverless Vehicles

Goehl of the Texas Transportation Institute said autonomous vehicles will change the way asphalt pavements are constructed. Today’s 12-ft. wide driving lanes will look different in the future.

“If you look at that path where people normally drive, it tends to be on each tire about three foot wide. So, there’s some wander when you drive just naturally within the lane, that kind of distributes the weight of that car over half the lane. So about six-foot total,” she said.

But designers are anticipating changes in road pavement spread to accommodate autonomous vehicle technology, said Goehl.

“When you go to a self-driving car, they’re going to drive in a path similar to a train on a track. Now instead of that tire meandering over a three-foot area, it’s probably going to be stuck in about a one-foot area.”

The result will be a more concentrated load on the pavement within that area, which said will change a bit in how pavement is designed in order to hold that load.

The pavement “will have to be stiffer. We’re still researching how those effects can cause those problems with those vehicles.”

Autonomous vehicles also are at the heart of research into keeping road workers safe.

Last year, the North Dakota Department of Transportation launched an autonomous protection truck for road construction crews in work zones.

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