Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson is a contributing writer for Equipment World magazine and has been writing about construction and related fields for more than 20 years. A 1979 graduate from the University of Alabama, Jackson is also a U.S. Army veteran and a father of two.
Business
PCA economist: Construction economy is good, but Trump’s infrastructure proposals will take time to show benefit
It’s no mirage. “No matter how you look at it, the near-term economy is in good shape,” says Ed Sullivan, senior vice president and chief economist at the Portland Cement Association. Even better, there’s at least a couple more years of strong economic growth ahead, he says. After 2020 the picture is still good, but […]
January 30, 2018
stock road work
Technology
3D virtual reality comes to the jobsite with Trimble’s HoloLens-fitted hard hat
If you’ve ever walked a jobsite to fix in your mind where things will go before construction starts, now you don’t have to use your imagination. Trimble announced Thursday at the World of Concrete a HoloLens design that integrates with hardhats, making 3D virtual reality easily accessible to workers in the field. With the HoloLens-fitted […]
January 26, 2018
Trimble Connect HoloLens hard hat (3)
Vocational
Liebherr debuts 50 M5 XXT concrete pump truck, a rugged, electronically simplified machine designed to last decades
At the World of Concrete Tuesday Liebherr showed for the first time its new 50-meter truck-mounted concrete pump, the 50 M5 XXT. The pump truck’s five section boom reaches to 161 feet vertically and 146 feet horizontally. For moving the material, the M5 XXT offers four pump unit options with outputs from 138 to 167 […]
January 23, 2018
Liebherr 50_XXT_Pump_Truck_US[3009]
Safety
Be seen, be safe with Guardian Angel’s Elite Series LED light
Guardian Angel’s new Elite Series personal safety device features up to two miles of visibility. Multiple mounting accessories enable you to attach it to any hardhat or piece of clothing. The Elite Series’ lithium-ion battery is USB rechargeable. Front, rear and top light controls give you a 360-degree light pattern and three light intensity settings. […]
January 23, 2018
Guardian Elite 1[2950]
Business
Fifth-generation construction family prevails with hard work, community spirit and Texas attitude
If you can’t work hard, you won’t last long in Texas. It’s just part of the culture, and something the world saw this summer when Hurricane Harvey dumped 5 feet of rain along the Texas Gulf Coast. Just east of Beaumont, KAT Excavation and Construction was swamped by that deluge. Flooded shop and offices. Water […]
January 22, 2018
KAT Excavation and Construction
Roadbuilding
The Electric Summer: EVs will have big impact on road construction industry
1967. I was a teenager. The Summer of Love. Fast forward four decades , and it appears we just experienced the Summer of Electric drive vehicles, or EVs, in 2017. No less than GM, Volvo, Daimler, Honda, and even Dyson – yes, the vacuum cleaner people – have announced a coming EV in the last few […]
January 22, 2018
Tesla electric Semi on road
Business
Ditch the Paper: Electronic equipment inspections take fleet management to the next level
There are plenty of obvious reasons to convert your maintenance and equipment inspection processes from paper records to digital: improved safety, shop efficiency, regulatory compliance and reduced downtime. What’s more, electronic records can be easily upgraded and customized into different fields. You can track hours per service or repair. Inspections can be shared with your […]
January 16, 2018
young worker on iPad
Business
Fecon, RPX Technologies develop mobile mulching head balancing solution
Vibration can be destructive of any machine or moving part, not to mention the aggravation and fatigue it causes in operators.  This is especially true in forestry mulchers with their heavy, high-speed rotating heads. Fecon partnered with RPX Technologies to develop a mobile balancing service for forestry mulching equipment. Originally developed by RPX to balance […]
January 11, 2018
Screenshot-2018-1-10 Fecon Mobile Balancer – YouTube
Technology
Topcon, Bentley Systems create “Constructioneering” for seamless data sharing between project stages
First came GPS/GNSS survey and machine control technology. Next was topographic measurement using drones, laser scanning and photogrammetry. The third wave in construction technology, just beginning to emerge now, is the creation of collaborative systems to bring all the digital data into forms that can be seamlessly shared with machines, operators, supervisors, civil engineers and […]
January 3, 2018
Topcon Bentley Systems constructioneering
Maintenance
Is the service truck of the future a van?
There’s a certain swagger mechanics get when riding around in a massive, Class 7 service truck complete with welder, compressor and crane. But is that image and the truck that goes with it a dinosaur? Not entirely. Big service trucks still have their place, but increasingly vans—as in Mercedes Sprinters, Ford Transits and Ram Promasters—are […]
January 2, 2018
2017 Ford Transit
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