Equipment
Doosan reaches milestone with more than 400,000 excavators and wheel loaders produced worldwide
July 2018—Doosan Infracore North America, LLC, is celebrating the milestone of producing more than 400,000 excavators and wheel loaders for markets worldwide, since the company entered the construction...
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas adds Bill Klein as district manager in the Northeast region
July 18, 2018—Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas Inc. announced the addition of William “Bill” Klein to the sales team. He will be responsible for assisting Hyundai dealers across the...
Trackunit and United Rentals partner for data-driven telematics and jobsite connectivity
June 28, 2018—Trackunit Inc., a leading global innovator of telematics technology, has announced a partnership with United Rentals Inc., the world’s largest equipment rental company, to provide premium...
On highway M-20, east of New Era, Mich., a 70-ft metal plate arch culvert was experiencing moderate to severe section loss in the invert from corrosion and abrasion. The steep decline in condition due to corrosion was attributed to the intermittently flowing creek and the invert’s frequent exposure...
Epiroc becomes fully independent company
June 18, 2018—The shares of Epiroc AB, a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries, have started trading on Nasdaq Stockholm in Sweden. This marks the start of Epiroc as a fully independent company...
It is often said that football is a game of inches. So is using two cranes to set 120,000-lb bridge beams.
“With those final, exacting adjustments, you absolutely must have selected the right machines and the most experienced operators,” said Edwin Suazo, project coordinator for ALL Sunshine...
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A box truck crashed into the historic covered bridge in Long Grove, Ill., Wednesday afternoon, just two weeks after the bridge was made a historic landmark.
At 3:54 p.m., the truck struck the top of the covered bridge, according to local reports. The truck was driven by a 30-year-old Chicago man...
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A road improvement project along 17 miles of S.R. 88 east of Phoenix is expected to be completed by the end of summer, according to Arizona state officials.
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) said that the $6.5 million project focuses on roads beginning 3 miles east of Apache...
Workers use IC and IR to improve paving operations on Rte. 36 in Macon County, Mo.
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) executed a year-long project throughout 2017 to demonstrate the use of intelligent compaction (IC), infrared scanning (IR) and Veta software to improve pavement construction operations.
“We were looking for ways to assess quality in asphalt...
As a certain saying reminds us, functioning smoothly and efficiently requires the left hand to know what the right hand is doing. So imagine how critical it is for two cranes to work together seamlessly when combining efforts on a pick. Such was the case on a 13-mile phase of the colossal Southern...
Eric Urness, P.E., central regional vice president with Interstate Engineering in Mandan, N.D., was working on plans to reconstruct a 11.5-mile section of BIA Rte. 6 from 86th Ave. to 31st Street in Mountrail County, N.D. Due to the recent growth of the oil industry in this area there has been a...
Wilkin County, Minn., has stabilized an estimated 80 miles of gravel surface roadways and 30 miles of full-depth reclamation projects with the same base stabilizer. The county had a stabilized full-depth reclamation project scheduled for Wilkin County Highway #8 in 2014.
"Due to some unforeseen...
The Owl Canyon Corridor in northern Larimer County, Colo., is an 11-mile section of Larimer County Road 70 and 72 that serves as an important connection between U.S. Highway 287 and I-25. The westernmost three miles of the corridor is non-paved, consisting of a treated gravel surface.
As the...
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One of the country’s largest construction projects undertaken by a public-private partnership is winding down, and ALL Crane Rental of Pennsylvania was in the thick of it. The ambitious $900 million project saw Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (...
The city of Lafayette, Ind., is nearing completion of a years-long process to update one of its main thoroughfares, a 2.5-mile stretch of Sagamore Parkway. Cranes provided by Central Rent-A-Crane, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, are playing a crucial role in completion of the project.
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Backed by Bridgestone, Firestone VersaBuilt tires are designed to perform across a wide variety of environments, applications and equipment to keep jobsites operating efficiently.
Tony Perrotti, operations manager for JR Hayes Corp., a site development contractor in the Pacific Northwest, has...
The I-15/Starr Avenue interchange project in Clark County, Nev., has aimed, since its inception, to reduce crashes and alleviate local-road congestion—and a new, fairly simple safety measure has Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) officials optimistic that incident reduction will happen...
Operating a flat saw takes skill, knowledge and endurance. It also takes having the right flat saw and the right diamond blade pared for the job. When these factors—skilled operator, flat saw and diamond blade—come together, a project even with its own unique set of circumstances can go smoothly...
Deere & Company has completed its acquisition of the Wirtgen Group, the leading manufacturer worldwide of road construction equipment. In June, Deere announced a definitive agreement to purchase the international privately held company.
“The Wirtgen Group will enhance the size, scale and...
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final rule last week that delayed its deadline for crane operators to be certified by one year until Nov. 10, 2018.
OSHA is also extending its employer duty to ensure that crane operators are competent to operate a crane safely...
