Tag: Chicago Tribune

Technology

Plans progress on Oracle’s “smart lab for the construction site of tomorrow”

Plans for Oracle Construction and Engineering's smart lab for construction are moving through the approval process. Get more details here on Equipment World.

October 4, 2018

Roadbuilding

The wrath of Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy: Hitting close to home

The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.,The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.,The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.,The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.,The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.

October 31, 2012

Equipment

Navistar will offer Cummins ISX15 next year

Navistar announced this morning that it will reestablish a relationship with Cummins and begin offering the new ISX15 15-liter diesel engine in “certain models” in January 2013 with the introduction of its ICT+ emissions solution in “early” 2013. During the transition to ICT+, a company spokesman said Navistar would continue to build “compliant” MaxxForce diesel […]

August 3, 2012

Roadbuilding

The feast and famine of road repairs

It’s either feast or famine. After several years of minimal maintenance and street resurfacing in the Chicago area because of state funding shortfalls, dozens of projects were carried out last year because of stimulus funding. And about 45 miles of road projects are slated for resurfacing this year, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation […]

March 30, 2010

Roadbuilding

How do you fill your potholes? Let us count the unconventional ways

It’s pothole patching season. But some people in North America aren’t waiting for the road crews to take care of these road cavities, as I like to refer to them, so they are being filled in unconventional ways. A March 29, Chicago Tribune article pointed out these, uh, funny ways to fill them–from the DIY method, to […]

March 30, 2010

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers: Dreams and delusions

And we need to take it upon ourselves to let local reporters know about knowledgeable sources when we read or hear inaccurate reporting on road issues. We need to stay involved and stay committed.

March 1, 2009