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Transform Your Garage: Essential Upgrades for DIY Vehicle Maintenance

UK Construction Blog

Build or purchase a bench 36-40 inches high with a solid hardwood or metal top that can withstand heavy tools and parts. Vehicle Lift Options A quality vehicle lift dramatically improves maintenance capabilities in your garage. These lifts typically handle 8,000-10,000 pounds and require concrete floors at least 4 inches thick.

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Your Complete Guide to Kentledge Blocks (Kelly Blocks)

Maltaward

These aren’t just heavy-duty concrete blocks; they’re precision-engineered products designed with specific weight distributions, lifting points, and connection systems to maximise stability whilst maintaining practicality and safety. Why Use Maltaward Kelly Blocks?

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Yellowstone River Bridge Sits Tall at Top of Canyon to Improve Safety, Access and Views

ENR Construction

The current bridge has little room for pedestrians or cyclists and is showing signs of wear from decades of extreme weather and heavy use. While the batch plant will supply concrete to finish the bridge deck, other concrete elements of the bridge are precast and shipped to the site. Photo courtesy U.S. Photo courtesy U.S.

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Construction Site Hearing Issues: How Noise Damages Workers’ Health & Prevention Tips

UK Construction Blog

Picture yourself walking past a bustling construction site – the thunderous roar of jackhammers, the grinding whir of power tools, and the rumble of heavy machinery create a symphony of industrial chaos. Heavy machinery dominates the noise landscape with bulldozers producing 85-95 decibels during earth-moving operations.

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Repairing Spalled Concrete Joints

For Construction Pros

Though the joint is necessary to control cracking, they do provide opportunities for damage by impact from work done on the slab, improperly filled joints, the saw cut timing, damaged saw blades, poor finishing, etc. This is part of a three-part series on spalled concrete joint repair. Whats Your Type?

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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Enormous Complexity Under a Veil of Simplicity

ENR Construction

Raw, untouched finishes. After four years of work, this $715-million museum is nearing the finish line under a CMAR team that includes contractor Clark Construction and architect-of-record Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Photo courtesy of Clark Construction June 16, 2025 Concrete and glass. A single level. No interior columns.

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UGL, ADCO JV wins WA contract

Roads Online

UGL has been awarded a contract, in joint venture with ADCO, to construct new railcar maintenance facilities at Bellevue, Western Australia, for the State’s Public Transport Authority. Works commenced in the first quarter of 2024 and are expected to finish in mid-2026. Image courtesy of the Western Australian Government.