Equipment World Staff (EQW)HomeFeds: More stimulus, please, if economy stays weakThere is no question that the transportation construction industry has benefited from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), a.ka. “the stimulus,” but whether the stimulus was a good idea in the first place has been hotly debated. However, Federal Reserve officials have said that we may need to pump ever more cash into the […]October 5, 2010Home$1.25 billion bond sale brings 2,000 workers back to workAlthough lawmakers reluctantly approved a $1.25 billion bond sale to refinance bridge and road projects in New Jersey, the move will bring more than 2,000 construction workers to work, according to an Oct. 5 report from NewJerseyNewsroom.com. The decision by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (D) to stop state-funded public works until Democrats in the […]October 5, 2010TechnologyCDSA’s three new best practices documentsThe Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA) has released three new Best Practice documents titled, “Polished Concrete Floors” (CSDA-BP-008), “Green Construction” (CSDA-BP-009) and “Hi-Cycle Concrete Cutting Equipment” (CSDA-BP-010). The release of these three documents brings the Association’s series of Standards, Specifications, Tolerances and Best Practices to 27 in total. The method of preparing and polishing […]October 4, 2010RoadbuildingMinnesota gets $677 million in stimulus fundsConstruction is underway or completed on $677 million in Minnesota highway, transit, and wastewater projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a.k.a. “the stimulus,” the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure announced on Sept. 30. The committee released its latest periodic report on the implementation of Recovery Act transportation and infrastructure programs, and […]October 1, 2010RoadbuildingMike Anderson’s American IronChronicling the state of this nation’s infrastructure, Barry LePatner’s soon-to-be-released book Too Big To Fall bridges fact and perspective.October 1, 2010HomeGranite Construction wins $126 million Folsom Dam project in CaliforniaWatsonville, Calif.-based Granite Construction Co. has been awarded a $126 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to build a new auxiliary spillway control structure for the Folsom Dam, located 20 miles northeast of Sacramento. The USACE has teamed up with the dam’s current owner and operator, the Bureau of Reclamation, to […]September 30, 2010SafetyFinal stimulus transit grant awarded: $2.2 millionThe final grant for public transit under the the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a.k.a. “the stimulus,” was awarded on Sept. 29 when U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a $2.2 million grant for Indiana’s Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, or “CityBus.” Stimlus transit projects have created nearly 10,000 jobs across the county, according to […]September 29, 2010BusinessDirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe helps ‘make America’Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and Mike Rowe, creator and host of Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs,” joined forces today in Washington, D.C. for the launch of I Make America, a national grassroots campaign to promote U.S. manufacturing jobs through infrastructure investment and passage of export agreements. Infrastructure investment and export agreements are proven ways to create […]September 29, 2010Business‘Recession has ended…but not for us,’ AEM 1st vice chair testifies at T&I hearingJames McCullough, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) First Vice Chair and CEO and President of CNH Construction, testified on Sept. 29 before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about lagging jobs in the manufacturing industry and the need for new national policies to spur U.S. competitiveness globally. Earlier in the day, McCullough participated in […]September 29, 2010HomeL.B. Foster awarded $10 million Brooklyn Bridge contractL.B. Foster Co. of Pittsburgh is providing new roadway decking and bridge railing for the Brooklyn and Manhattan approach ramps to the famed Brooklyn Bridge. The $10 million contract will include more than 170,000 square feet of steel grid deck and 13,000 linear feet of steel railing. These fabricated materials are being manufactured at L.B. […]September 29, 2010Previous PagePage 302 of 590Next PageTop StoriesGraders/ScrapersLiuGong Enters North American Motor Grader Market with the 4215DWith a 225-horsepower Cummins engine, 14-foot blade and EH controls, the motor grader is designed for roadbuilding and other earthwork projects.Off-Road TrucksA Closer Look: Deere’s New Operator-Friendly Articulated Dump TrucksCompact Track Loaders"Send in the The Rook!" – The Crime-Fighting Cat Compact Track Loader (Video)4WD TractorsNew Holland T6.180: World's First 100% Methane-Powered Production TractorFeatured SponsorStop Wasting Time on Grade Checks
