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Business
Ohio contractor fined for trench death now charged with murder for alleged shooting
Contractor Gerald P. Koller, owner of JK Excavating and Utilities, has been charged with shooting and killing a 28-year-old man. Click to read more about this.
August 6, 2018
Safety
OSHA cites Karrenbrock Excavating $189K for repeated trench safety violations
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Karrenbrock Excavating is a repeat offender when it comes to trench safety violations.
July 25, 2018
Safety
OSHA fines Ohio’s JK Excavating & Utilities $201,201 for trench-collapse death
OSHA placed JK Excavating in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program and issued four citations and penalties for violations to OSHA. Details here.
June 25, 2018
Roadbuilding
Ohio combines drones, smart highway to test self-driving vehicles
Drones will work in tandem with the state’s fixed-location traffic cameras, and they will interact with roadside traffic sensors and communication equipment.
June 18, 2018
Dealers
MH Equipment’s Evansville branch relocates, doubles in size
This move will double the size of its facilities in the city and gives the company additional capacity to grow its rental products. More on Equipment World.
May 30, 2018
Dealers
H&K becomes largest Taylor forklift distributor in Mid-Atlantic
H&K Equipment has expanded its territory to become the largest distributor of Taylor Machine Works forklifts in the Mid-Atlantic region. H&K now provides sales, service and support for Taylor products in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and Garrett and Allegany counties in Maryland. Its affiliate Taylor Northeast already covered eastern […]
April 30, 2018
Roadbuilding
Trump infrastructure adviser resigns; President touts plan as job creator
A week after President Donald Trump traveled to Ohio to push his infrastructure plan, the designer of the $200 billion proposal has announced his resignation. D.J. Gribbin, the special assistant to the president for infrastructure, joined the White House in January 2017 and is credited with developing the infrastructure plan, which calls for $200 billion […]
April 9, 2018
Roadbuilding
Historic Cincinnati bridge closed for repairs after car crashes into beam
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reports that it is awaiting a final proposal for repair of the 151-year-old John A. Roebling Bridge between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Convington, Kentucky. KTC said the bridge, which was a prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge, would probably not reopen until June after a car crashed into one of its vertical members […]
March 27, 2018
Roadbuilding
The story of America’s first concrete street and the man who built it
The Columbus Neighborhoods video below tells the story of the first concrete street in America, which was built in Bellefontaine, Ohio, by George Wells Bartholomew Jr. in 1891. Susan B. Manecke, Bartholomew’s great-granddaughter, says, “I think that he had a big vision in terms of commerce in the United States, in the whole country, and if […]
February 28, 2018
Roadbuilding
Is your state red, yellow or green in new traffic-safety law ratings?
Six states and the District of Columbia earned good ratings and 13 states received poor ratings in a recent report gauging the number of traffic safety laws a state has enacted. The rest were deemed yellow, for caution. The 2018 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws rates all the states and the District of Columbia […]
January 26, 2018
Dealers
Business Roundup: Marco Group buys JAD Equipment; Atlas Copco renames construction division; OSHA silica rule upheld; Telehandler sales
Marco Group International buys JAD Equipment Co. of Youngstown, Ohio Marco Group International has bought JAD Equipment Co. Inc., an Ohio-based distributor of equipment and services for the painting, sandblasting and pressure-washing industries. JAD has distributed surface preparation equipment, parts and supplies to contractors – primarily in the industrial and infrastructure markets – from its Youngstown […]
January 10, 2018
Class 7-8
Freightliner helps deliver Wreaths Across America to honor vets
Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Co. in Harrington, Maine, is better known as the man behind Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to remembering and honoring veterans during the holidays. In 1992, the wreath company donated remembrance wreaths that were placed on the graves of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.. […]
December 22, 2017
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