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Equipment World September 2015 issue closes August 6, 2015.

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Machine Matters: Directional Drills
We’ll examine the features and benefits of horizontal directional drills, with a special emphasis on technology.

Maintenance: Fuel Management, part 1
How can contractors can best store diesel and keep it clean to avoid contamination of their machines?

Highway Contractor: How to grow your paving business
How do successful paving contractors grow their businesses and what marketing methods work?  

Road Science - Interstate Level of Service Management: What is it and how can contractors benefit?
A highway's Level of Service is a measure that describes traffic conditions such as speed, travel time, freedom to maneuver, user comfort and convenience, traffic interruptions, and safety, among other criteria. Contractors build a high level of service into a highway, but high LOS must be maintained, and is a mission of a road agency's asset and pavement management systems. We'll look at how contractors work with road agencies to provide superior pavements and driving experiences for highway users, and how they are benefiting from maintaining LOS.

QuickData: Skid steers
In this one-page summary of skid steer purchase trends from Randall-Reilly’s TopBid and EDA divisions, we’ll look at average auction prices for the top 10 models of skid steers sold at auction, plus examine new and used financed equipment sales trends. 

Safety Watch: Trench safety
Our tear-out, bilingual safety article looks at an actual accident and determines ways to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future. 

ICUEE Preview
What to look for at the show.

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Aggregates Manager September 2015 issue closes August 6, 2015.

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Plant Profile: Rogers Group
Rogers Group has been reaching for the stars, as its Pottsville Quarry was awarded a Two Stars of Excellence award by the NSSGA during AGG1 earlier this year. The quarry received two Gold awards, one for community relations and one for environmental efforts. Take a closer look at Pottsville Quarry to see how they achieved this success.

Technology: Helmet-CAM
Since NIOSH and Unimin Corp. developed the Helmet-CAM assessment technology, which integrates video and data into an assessment tool, it has proven to be an effective monitor for assessing respirable dust exposure. Now, NIOSH is working with Vulcan Materials Co. to test and evaluate the system to see if the same effectiveness holds true for noise exposure.

Equipment Management: Scales
While annual maintenance costs on scales are minimal, the payoff can be tremendous. Remember that the scale essentially serves as the cash register for your operation and every ton counts. Learn the highlights of how to keep this important system accurately weighing loads at your site.

Operations Illustrated: Underground Processing
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, approximately 6 percent of all U.S. aggregates production takes place at underground mines. Industry experts will highlight the best practices to be considered to ensure safe and profitable production below grade.

Supply Lines: Feeders
When it comes to optimizing crushing operations, one key factor is a smooth, consistent feed of material. This roundup will highlight the various feeders available on the market.

The Three C’s of Community Relations: Cookies, Cake, and Coffee
Establishing a regular dialogue with a neighborhood council helps one operator maintain good relationships, streamline permitting efforts, and expand its business. Learn what lessons the operator gained from the experience.


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Design/Build: Holiday Lighting
For landscaping companies in the Gulf states and other regions where snow removal is unnecessary, holiday lighting can be a critical source of off-season revenue. We’ll cover the continuing switch to LED lighting, which has fulfilled its promise of being more cost efficient. Trends include LED garlands in glass vessels of all shapes and sizes, as well as battery-operated strings of micro-LED lights and flameless candles along pathways. Finally, we’ll point out the opportunity to sell holiday-lighting clients on year-round outdoor lighting.

Chemical Care: Shrubs
We’ll talk with specialists about this year’s priorities for treating shrubbery in every region of the country. Landscaping companies should remind clients that treating shrubs with toxic chemicals, including copper sulfate and lime sulfur, is work that’s best left to professionals. We’ll provide information on organic vs. chemical sprays to equip readers with information a growing number of their clients expect them to know.

Business Bests: Top Owner Issues
We’ll focus on keeping your best employees. As the summer growing season comes to an end, landscaping business owners are approaching the agonizing time when staffing levels must be reduced for the lighter workload of fall and winter. Many owners will wrestle with how to keep that “temporary” employee who arrived in April or May, then not only showed up on time every day – all summer long – but consistently worked circles around their crew chiefs. 

Safety Watch: Snow Removal
What’s new in snow removal? We'll focus on a variety of equipment, from plows to blowers to UTVs. In addition to safety issues, we’ll look at best practices; for example, how to minimize salt damage to roadside plants and turf.