Tina Grady Barbaccia (EQW)RoadbuildingNAPA gives out awards for the ‘smoothest asphalt pavement in the country,’ + more; find out who wonThe National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) recognized the best of the best in quality construction during a Feb. 13 breakfast presentation at the association’s 58th Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz. NAPA announced the winners of its 2012 Quality in Construction Award for excellence in construction of an asphalt pavement, as well as the winners of […]February 13, 2013RoadbuildingRepublicans introduce amendment to ‘bring much-needed fiscal discipline back to Washington’ + my opinionsU.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and all 44 Senate Republican introduced a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution to bring what they think is a “much-needed fiscal discipline back to Washington.” This amendment follows comments in President Barack Obama’s (D) Feb. 12 State of the Union address that supported what is being viewed as deficit […]February 13, 2013World of ConcreteAre you guilty of a new trend: ‘Stretching’ your heavy equipment?’ Better Roads talks with CaseIn a sit-down conversation at World of Concrete 2013 with Rob Marringa, North American brand marketing manager for wheel loaders and heavy excavators at Case Construction Equipment, he talked with me about trends in the heavy equipment industry. The current challenging economic environments makes investment in capital equipment expenditures increasingly difficult, so naturally, equipment owners […]February 12, 2013World of ConcreteSam Norwood from John Deere talks with a Better Roads editor about John Deere’s new E Series skid steersSam Norwood took time to give me a walkaround of John Deere Forestry and Construction’s new E Series skid steers last week at World of Concrete 2013. The skid steers were developed and designed using what Deere calls the “Bright Idea” concept – using customer feedback in conjunction with Deere engineers to create a machine […]February 12, 2013RoadbuildingBOMAG to acquire some assets, roadbuilding operations from TerexBOMAG (FAYAT Group) plans to acquire specific product lines and assets from Terex as well as Terex Roadbuilding operations of Latin America (ex-Cifali), according to a company announcement made public on Feb. 11. This is a significant breakthrough for BOMAG as well as the mixing plant business unit subsidiaries MARINI-ERMONT, according to BOMAG. This announcement […]February 12, 2013RoadbuildingWant to know what Illinois drivers think about its state transportation? Check out this videoWant to know what Illinois drivers had to say about transportation in 2012? I am an Illinois driver, but I’ll keep my opinion to myself (mostly) – except that the traffic is still a HUGE problem. (I know, I should really be more open and tell you what I really think, right? 🙂 ) Click this […]February 11, 2013RoadbuildingJobless benefit claims fall, levels near second half of 2012In aBloomberg report, the news agency reports that claims for U.S. unemployment insurance payments fell in the week ended Feb. 2, which returns it to levels seen in the second half of 2012. Applications for jobless benefits dropped 5,000 to 366,000 in the week ended Feb. 2, according to the report. For the full Bloomberg […]February 8, 2013RoadbuildingDeere’s John Chesterman talks with Better Roads about its new 644K Hybrid wheel loaderLAS VEGAS–John Chesterman, product marketing manager for wheel loaders at John Deere Forestry and Construction, talks with Tina Grady Barbaccia, an editor with Randall-Reilly Construction Media (Aggregates Manager, Better Roads, Equipment World and Total Landscape Care publications), about the new 644K Hybrid wheel loader at World of Concrete 2013. To see the raw footage from […]February 8, 2013RoadbuildingVibco rolls out Stik-It concrete vibrator mounts + VIDEOVibco’s Stik-It concrete vibrator mounts, introduced at World of Concrete 2013 in Las Vegas, attaches to concrete forms without the need to weld, drill or perform other invasive work. [For a video of the Vibco Stik-It concrete vibrator mounts, go to http://youtu.be/6L8HMuIZ4eI.) The concrete vibrator uses a venturi air system to create positive suction […]February 8, 2013RoadbuildingBlastrac adds new ride-on milling/sawing machine to product lineLAS VEGAS–The Blastrac BMP-4000 introduced at World of Concrete 2013 is a new heavy-duty ride-on sawing and milling machine that is suited for large sawing and milling applications such as road construction. The multifunctional machine is equipped for cutting, removing and sawing of concrete, asphalt and natural stone surface to a depth of 2.36 inches […]February 8, 2013Previous PagePage 33 of 218Next PageTop StoriesTechnologySix "Dream Machines" That Don’t Exist — So We Asked ChatGPT to Create ThemA crane with kitchenette? A scissor lift that can reach the moon? Those are some of our readers' wild ideas. 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