British construction equipment services firm Magnor Plant Ltd., a division of construction company Morgan Sindall, has shaved weeks off its safety equipment inspection documentation process with an RFID  system that enables inspectors to carry out the process electronically, print a document on-site and have it signed on the same day. Without radio frequency identification, the same process could take weeks to complete.

A bankruptcy lawyer representing Maietta Construction expressed confidence this week that the company will come out of bankruptcy court reorganized, but intact.

The only improving heavy construction market drivers are airline passenger miles and construction equipment shipments. Airline traffic is a long lead driver. The rise in equipment shipments reflects mostly rising exports and the delayed replacement of aged equipment at equipment rental houses.

The Construction Equipment Management Program (CEMP) four-day course on maximizing your equipment owning and operating costs, presented by fleet management experts Mike Vorster and Andy Agoos will be held Sept. 20 through Sept. 23, 2010, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga.

Volvo Construction Equipment has announced its 2010 – 2011 schedule for Volvo Road Institute. Course curriculum ranges from two- to five-day sessions beginning in September and continuing through June 2011, at its two training facilities in North America: one in Chambersburg, Pa., and the other in Phoenix, Ariz.