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Commercial construction planning drops for fourth month in a row
Planning for nonresidential construction projects continued to lose ground in September for the fourth consecutive month, according to the Dodge Momentum Index. The index declined 8.4 percent from August, with institutional building dropping the most, at 11.5 percent. Commercial building planning fell 6.1 percent. The index measures the initial report for nonresidential building projects being […]
October 9, 2017
Safety
Worker killed in excavator accident on San Jose jobsite
A construction worker on a residential jobsite near San Jose was killed earlier this month when he was hit by an excavator. According to a report from the San Jose Mercury News, 24-year-old Andres Alvarez Esquivel was working as part of a crew building a home in Almaden Valley when he was hit by the bucket of […]
October 22, 2015
Home
California dam construction unearths collection of 20 million-year-old fossils
Since construction began in 2011 on the new dam for the Calaveras Reservoir near Malpitas, California, construction crews and paleontologists have unearthed an impressive collection of fossils dating as far back as 20 million years. Paleontologist Jim Walker tells the San Jose Mercury News that the collection of fossils give scientists an idea of what […]
July 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Potholes cost drivers more than $700 annually in five cities with roughest roads
In the five cities with the roughest roads, potholes and other poor road conditions cost drivers more than $700 each year, our sister site, Aggregates Manager, reports. The information comes from The Road Information Program’s (TRIP) annual report, “Bumpy Roads Ahead: America’s Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make our Roads Smoother.” The report notes the […]
November 18, 2013
Roadbuilding
ARTBA recognizes three state agencies for innovative programs
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation’s (ARTBA-TDF) recognized three statewide programs as models of innovation at its ARTBA Young Executive Leadership Council in San Jose, California, this week. ARTBA presented the TransOvation Awards at the “Dr. J. Don Brock TransOvation Workshop” on October 28. ARTBA notes that the awards recognize “innovative […]
November 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
ARTBA’s TransOvation workshop to focus on impacts of driverless cars, new technologies
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) will host the Dr. J. Don Brock TransOvation Workshop at the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, October 28-30. The workshop, themed “Where Technology Meets the Road,” will feature speakers and workshop leaders from IBM, Microsoft and the Automobile Manufacturers Alliance, as well […]
August 12, 2013
Roadbuilding
Haulotte announces new Canadian dealer
Haulotte Group added All Canada Crane and Aerials as its newest service dealer in the Canadian market. All Canada Crane and Aerials will offer sales and service to the major portion of Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador. The dealer provides service of all Haulotte equipment and support of the scaffold initiative with the BilJax brand of products. All Canada Crane and […]
June 17, 2010
Roadbuilding
LiuGong names new board chairman
LiuGong Machinery named James William Donaghue as the new chairman of the board of directors for LiuGong Construction Machinery North America. Donoghue joined the company in 2008 as president of the company’s Latin America division and boasts 25 years of experience in the construction industry. Donoghue received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering with an emphasis […]
June 17, 2010
Roadbuilding
Leslie Equipment named new Bandit, Sennebogen dealer
Bandit Industries and Sennebogen added Leslie Equipment Company to the companies’ dealer networks in the southern United States. Leslie has ten locations throughout West Virginia, Southern Ohio and Eastern Kentucky with large rental fleets and inventories for immediate purchase. Leslie now stocks Bandit’s whole tree chippers and Beast recyclers to complement the dealer’s lines of John Deere construction […]
June 17, 2010
Construction Equipment
King Crane expands to new Silicon Valley location
King Crane Service is moving from its current location to a larger location to make room for its growing fleet of rough terrain cranes, boom trucks and crawler cranes. The San Jose, California-based company will leave its Old Bayshore Road location and open its location at 1045 Commercial Court on August 1. The larger and more modern […]
June 16, 2010
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