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Meet The Team! Clay Cagle, Grading Crew Foreman. Q: How long have you been working for Thompson Arthur, and how long have you been working in construction? 🦺 29 years at Thompson Arthur, and I've been working in construction since I was 13 years old. Q: What do you like most about working at Thompson Arthur? 🦺 There are a lot of good people here. And the paycheck keeps the lights on. Q: What are some of the toughest challenges you've had at work? 🦺 On large jobsites, such as the one I am currently working on, it is sometimes difficult to be and stay productive with literally thousands of other workers on the jobsite. All while maintaining the specific requirements set by the customer. Q: What do you feel is a priority for our company? 🦺 Safety is number one, but after that we are focused on quality, experienced employees. Q: What is the best advice you could give a new hire at our company? 🦺 Have and keep a good attitude, put safety first, and be humble enough to take advantage of the opportunity you have been given to learn from the experienced employees around you and you will go far. Q: If you could have any superpower, what would it be? 🦺 The ability to heal sick kids (cancer, etc.). Q: What is your favorite food? 🦺 Country fried steak with gravy and mashed potatoes. Q: Do you have any nicknames? 🦺 Green thumb because I like to grow a garden. Q: If you could have an unlimited supply of anything, what would it be? 🦺 Money so that I could help homeless veterans. Q: Describe yourself in 3 words. 🦺 Kind, respectful, and responsible. Q: What is the worst job you have ever had? 🦺 I worked for a cotton mill. My job was tying knots in the threads that broke. That lasted 3 days. #ThompsonArthur #CRH #SafetyFirst #BuildAmerica #NorthCarolina #Construction #ConstructionLife #Jobs #NowHiring #Safety #Career #Employee #JobOpportunity #Career #DirtWork #Building #Bridge #Structure #Bridgework #BridgeConstruction #infrastructure #Roads #Paving #Striping #Equipment

Floor Maintenance - Floor Scrubbing

One of the contractors I work with recently brought up this challenge: They've got an energetic, young guy who's been in the field for a few years. He's good at running equipment and driving trucks, but he wants to do more. He wants to grow his skills, get into other things on the office side like training, marketing, recruiting, etc. He hasn't threatened to leave or given any ultimatums - he wants to work here. But he's let it be known that, if there's not more opportunity for him in the next couple of years, he might have to look elsewhere in order to scratch the itch he's got. Of course, it's simple enough to move someone from a pipe foreman to a grading foreman, or from a laborer up to a foreman position. But here's the question: How do you know when it's the right time to create a new, purely overhead position like this? How do you justify the extra cost? Weigh in with your thoughts in the comments.

Floor Maintenance - Floor Scrubbing

When I was running tower cranes one of the dumbest things I was ever involved in was asking riggers to get into dumpsters to function latches or to swap rigging. It's one of those risks that contractors have normalized. We have these fancy ways of tying off while walking on semi truck decks, but then we ask riggers to walk dumpster 3" edges with Sophie's Choice of falling into a dumpster with sharps, or down onto the concrete 8' below if they lose their balance. Or if the trash under the 4000 lb dumpster settles, hopefully their legs won't be in the bite. We can do better. We have these with a bar that ensures they'll work in our large North American Roll Off dumpsters. Even better, the bale arms on ours lay down when not in use. Those other guys have a safety latch on their bale arms that stand up. Have you ever asked why? It's because if someone hits it without the safety latch, it falls over like a guillotine. Ours just lays down to deenergize it so no one simply forgets. Engineering... it saves lives. We can help. #cranes #craneoperator #riggerlife #cranelife #OSHA #safetyinnovations #CHST #therighttool #eichinger #cranegear #automatedcranetrashbin #cranetrashskip #equipmentmanager #yardmanager #concretecontractors #framingconctractors

floor Maintenance - floor scrubbing

Floor Maintenance - Floor Scrubbing

Would you rather fight 1 drylining Project-Manager-sized Duck or 10 Duck-sized drylining Project Managers? Well, obviously, you'd take on the giant Duck. Can you imagine how organised those tiny little PMs would be? Before you knew what was going on they'd be quacking to each other, literally flying past the prelims. Duck-sized installation crews would be pinging plasterboard off your head instantly. You'd start swinging and your arm wouldn't move, already held in a position where it could do no harm, as they've done the HSE walk round. As you're running out of steam they'd be snagging, a couple of finishing foreman Ducks making sure the job is squeaky clean. The Ducks would high five, head outside for a vape, then finish off the paperwork before the main contractor signed it off. You'd have been dealt with quicker than a pisshead in Vegas. A fethings to take away from this. 1. Don't fight multiple Duck-sized PMs. 2. PMs are worth their weight in gold. If you get a good one, get hold of them. They're the bread winners. (see what I did there?) 3. I need a drylining PM for a site in Hull - can be any size, too. Get in touch if you're looking for a something new. 07863304210. Kacy Melton Kristy Hayes Claire Fenton Kate Lomax Hollie Thompson Alex McElhoney #drylining #PMs #Quackers

Why Small Details Matter on a Job Site! 🔍 Walking through your job site? Pay attention to small details like this one! Here, the insulation team sealed the windows but left the protective tape on, which could damage the seal when removed later. It’s the builder’s job to prep for the next crew, like the finishing carpenters, so they can work efficiently. Small details can make a big difference! #ConstructionTips #JobSite #AttentionToDetail Want to learn more cool home tricks?  Visit PREAskool.com. It's free!  I'll answer your questions about making awesome homes. Like&Follow 👉🏽@hundalj if you learned something new!

March break is here, and it's the perfect time to ask yourself: Are you craving a career transformation? This could be the moment you've been waiting for! Join a team where the culture is as incredible as the opportunities. Don't let this amazing chance pass you by!🤩 #construction #constructionjob #ontariojobs #recruitment #LSrecruitment #humanresource #consulting