Tag: excavating

Construction Equipment
Kinshofer launches W-S Series drum cutter line through Atlas acquisition
With this acquisition, Kinshofer launches W-S Series drum cutter line with 7 different models each for various uses and strengths.
May 31, 2018
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Construction Equipment
Gradall intros Discovery Series excavators designed for emergency cleanup
Gradall says it has come up with a low-cost solution for local and state governments facing emergency cleanup, such as occurred with last year’s string of devastating hurricanes. The company’s Discovery Series excavators were used during storm recovery on the Gulf Coast and in the Bahamas and Caribbean, a news release says. They can travel […]
January 19, 2018
Gradall Crossover
Construction Equipment
JohnnyBall is a no-tech operator’s tool for at-a-glance slope, level checks on any machine
John Miller has been operating heavy equipment for excavation work for more than 30 years. In that time the Allendale, Michigan-based excavation contractor has grown quite familiar with a sensation unique to the job. “When you’re on the excavator and you level yourself up…it’s a feeling. You know you’re level,” he explains. “When you’re level, […]
October 31, 2016
The JohnnyBall, seen in this photo just below the excavator’s in-cab monitor, is a completely portable, 3D on-board measuring system. Since it mounts to a system of base cups, it can be mounted anywhere in the cab and can be used between multiple machines.
Safety
Soil collapse buries, kills worker on NYC jobsite
A construction worker was killed earlier this week in New York City when he was buried in a soil collapse. According to DNAinfo New York, the unidentified worker was working a jobsite in the city’s Meatpacking District where crews are excavating the former site of a restaurant for the construction of a Restoration Hardware. The site […]
April 9, 2015
Workforce
Sioux Falls women finding work they love in construction industry
After seeing the results of a Pew Research survey saying 40 percent of U.S. moms are now the breadwinners in their households, news station KSFY out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, did some digging and filed an interesting report about the number of women in the area now doing construction work. KSFY talked to several women […]
June 17, 2013
Sioux Falls women in construction
Roadbuilding
Tennessee Contractor Steve Wright Elected ARTBA Chairman
Stephen D. Wright, president and chief executive officer of the family-owned Wright Brothers Construction Co. in Charleston, Tenn., has been elected 2012-13 chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The election was announced during the association’s national convention, held Sept. 11-14 in Memphis.,Stephen D. Wright, president and chief executive officer of the family-owned Wright Brothers Construction Co. in Charleston, Tenn., has been elected 2012-13 chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The election was announced during the association’s national convention, held Sept. 11-14 in Memphis.,Stephen D. Wright, president and chief executive officer of the family-owned Wright Brothers Construction Co. in Charleston, Tenn., has been elected 2012-13 chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The election was announced during the association’s national convention, held Sept. 11-14 in Memphis.,Stephen D. Wright, president and chief executive officer of the family-owned Wright Brothers Construction Co. in Charleston, Tenn., has been elected 2012-13 chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The election was announced during the association’s national convention, held Sept. 11-14 in Memphis.,Stephen D. Wright, president and chief executive officer of the family-owned Wright Brothers Construction Co. in Charleston, Tenn., has been elected 2012-13 chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The election was announced during the association’s national convention, held Sept. 11-14 in Memphis.
September 14, 2012
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