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2.2 miles. 35 pounds. By any standard, it’s a simple walk outside. For me, and I’m sure anybody else who gets up at 0530 to get some physical work in, it’s the discipline. The routine. [...]

We might take the math skills that we have as engineers and construction professionals for granted. The course I teach has a math/geometry prerequisite requirement, however, many of the students haven’t touched sin/cos/tan or the [...]

Good morning. I felt compelled this morning to post a statement here on the website: What is written and posted at Hildebranski.com is my work, my words, my experience. AI may be used as a [...]

Spring, 2026 Stack – This is one of those stacks where I, seriously, don’t know which one to grab BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL INCREDIBLE READS!!! I just finished The Culture Code: Game Changer! I’m in [...]

Spring weather has arrived! The Joliet Junior College CM 125 Construction Layout crews have been getting their hands-on training done in the hallways this winter-What a great change of venue to FINALLY GET OUTSIDE this [...]

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I’ve never been one to feel like I need to wait for January 1 to start something. I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions – Just make the decision of what needs to get done [...]

I thought that I’d posted a series of links & articles about planning for jobsite emergencies, but I guess I was mistaken. Things to consider: A couple of other resources:

As I go through the process of purging various sources of Brain Book information, I’m building a reference library of purposeful articles. Here are 5 worth adding: Tips for Winterizing Your Construction Equipment Are You [...]

My goal is to try and figure out how to get all of this gear into my work truck – I’ll likely have to flip the back seats down, probably need a trailer for the [...]

A bit of a stream-of-consciousness post this morning. My strength & life coach is Zach Even-Esh. If you’ve never met or heard or seen him, go find him. It’s said that we are the people [...]

First and foremost, it appears that the woman was physically OK. That’s what matters most. Vehicles are machines, complicated assemblies of metal, plastic, rubber & glass. They can be fixed. They can be discarded. Unfortunately [...]

The Joliet Junior College AEC 125 construction layout crews have been making the best of the fall weather by getting their hands-on training done in the parking lots. The crews spent the first half of [...]

I write a lot. A LOT. It dawned on me this weekend, as I posted a couple of comments & responses to some people’s sites, that I spend quite a bit of time engaging. A [...]