Industry Day

Industry day is a day where members of the construction industry invite us to see examples of their work. Cranes, concrete trucks, survey equipment are a few of these examples that were present. Kiewit and American infrastructure employees helped everyone get a understanding of the trades they were viewing. One of the most impressive displays was the Crane attaching an assembly together. After we learned about rigging, crane signals, tag lines, and measuring the radius we watched the instructor attached the assembly. The first picture we see is the wall being rigged to the crane with the man in the red shirt holding the tag line so the wall doesn’t sway. Following this picture we see the wall assembly finally being attached with Professors Mills holding the plywood. The next picture we see is a Trimble GPS controller, introduced by Spectra I. S. This hand held device lets you download the sketches of the job site and be able to view and update them when work is completed. Anyone can view the plans from anywhere, which greatly organizes, managing and progress tracking across the job site. The next picture we see a new Caterpillar motor grader introduced by Will from American Infrastructure. After talking with him, were told how AI does horizontal construction and just how much he enjoys working with them. My last picture shows a sticker on the side of the cement truck which reminds us just how important it to be safe no matter where we work on the site.