Tag: concrete work

Construction Equipment

Cut it, scrape it, tie it and clean it; Makita has a tool for almost everything concrete related

During the recent World of Concrete show, Makita had a wide variety of battery powered tools on hand at its booth. Here’s what caught our eye. For comfortable, cord-free demolition, the new Makita 18 volt Power scraper (XKH01) accepts SDS-plus bits and features Makita anti-vibration technology. The vibration absorbing housing moves independently of the hammer system […]

March 10, 2020

Roadbuilding

MassDOT approves $41.6 million Tobin Bridge rehabilitation

The board of directors at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) approved a $41.6 million, three-year project to rehabilitate a 1,675-foot stretch of Tobin Bridge that carries Route 1 over the Mystic River between Charlestown and Chelsea, the Boston Globe reports. The project, which will also include the repair and repaving of bridge ramps in […]

September 20, 2017

Success Stories

Concrete work the “sweet spot” for Wm. Winkler Co., 2014 Contractor of the Year finalist

“We love to do anything that involves concrete,” says Brian Winkler, 47, president of Wm. Winkler Co., one of 12 finalists in the 2014 Contractor of the Year program. “It’s everywhere and it’s sustainable, It’s a very versatile material.” Concrete has been Wm. Winkler Co.’s material of choice since Brian’s grandfather started the firm in […]

January 28, 2014

Construction Equipment

Power trowel spins out of control despite a dozen workers’ best attempts to defeat it

Our sister sites Total Landscape Care and Better Roads shared this video this week and we just couldn’t resist. These poor guys have completely lost control of a concrete buffer while another crew, of office workers, enjoys and films from the safety of their building. In the description of the video, one of the guys […]

December 6, 2013

Roadbuilding

AN OCCASIONAL SERIES: ONE 2 ONE WITH SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS

Congressman Richard Hanna (R-NY) talks to Editor-in-Chief John Latta.

February 17, 2012