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ISS crewmember shares photo of Mackinac Bridge from space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Andrew J. “Drew” Feustel of Lake Orion, one of the crew aboard the International Space Station, shared an overhead image of the Mackinac Bridge on April 18, providing a new perspective of the size and marvel of the Michigan landmark, mlive reports. This was the second time he took […]
April 30, 2018
Roadbuilding
ARTBA files to toss out 102-year-old federal rule for purchasing patented road products
A 102-year-old federal procurement rule is stifling the use of products by state and local governments that could make U.S. roads safer, and it’s time for it to be repealed, says the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). To that end, ARTBA filed a petition March 27 with the U.S. Department of Transportation to […]
March 30, 2018
Roadbuilding
Vermeer names third-generation family member Jason Andringa incoming president, CEO
Vermeer Corporation has named Jason Andringa incoming president and CEO, taking over the position from his mother, Mary Vermeer Andringa, and continuing the Vermeer family’s leadership of the company into the third generation. The transition will be fully effective on Nov. 1, 2015. On Nov. 1 this year, Jason will assume the role of president […]
August 27, 2014
Roadbuilding
The Coldest Place on Earth and an Antarctic Condition 1 Storm
As I was shoveling my car out from yet another snowstorm and deicing the doors so I didn’t have to have my children crawl in through the trunk of the minivan (Yes, I’ve had to have them do that when the motorized sliding doors just would not open), I was trying to think positively – […]
February 20, 2014
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar developing loaders with NASA for lunar mining
They call it earthmoving here. So does that make it moon-moving or lunar-moving if it happens up there? We’ll soon find out. NASA announced that Caterpillar is one of 38 companies awarded seed funds as a part of that agency’s Innovative Partner Program. The goal of the program is to create technologies for future space […]
January 11, 2013
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