One of the biggest challenges that construction companies face today is the shortage of skilled workers. “They are unable to find qualified operators that they can put in a piece of equipment [and be ...

“We’re seeing a growing preference for smaller equipment, as well as more and more mini excavators working near utility lines,” said Trin Ruiz, SPM at CM Labs, in a statement. “We wanted to develop a ...

CM Labs Simulations, a vendor for simulation-based training in the utilities and construction industries, announced the launch of the Intellia Mini Excavator Simulator Training Pack. This new training ...

You hear this classroom before you see it. That familiar “beep-beep-beep” of something big and dangerous backing up emanates from the four simulated excavators 13 Jordan Vocational High School Student ...

There's a new venue for learning how to operate heavy equipment. Dig This Las Vegas, billed as the "world’s first heavy equipment playground," is opening its Dig This Academy, an entry-level heavy ...

Keeping excavator operating costs down depends not only on managers doing the blocking and tackling such as routine maintenance, but also on taking advantage of ever-evolving technologies such as ...

EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A crew is hard at work loading up dump trucks on a virtual jobsite as part of the Associated General Contractors of Vermont’s newest piece of machinery -- a heavy ...

Did you play with toy tractors and cranes when you were a kid? Construction equipment operators get to work with the real things and earn more money as they master each piece of equipment. But this ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville is answering a call directly from the local construction industry. The college’s heavy equipment operator training ...