Wayne GraysonWayne Grayson is the former Executive Video Producer for Randall-Reilly; in previous positions, he served as the Executive Editor and Online Editor for Equipment World.Construction EquipmentBefore Bertha repairs begin, archaeologists will test soil for artifactsBefore workers in Seattle begin to dig a 12-story pit to make the necessary repairs to get the world’s largest tunnel boring machine running once again, they must step aside to allow archaeologists to search the soil for artifacts. Sixty vertical holes were drilled into the soil 48 feet above dormant Big Bertha, the tunnel-boring […]March 25, 2014Construction EquipmentFor love of Lucha: Construction worker founds underground wrestling leagueBy day, he puts his massive arms to work on a construction site, where he is known simply as Frank. By night, Frank Segundo’s arms are draping 300-pound men over his back before pounding them into the unforgiving mat below. Those men, the countless who have been pinned to a three-count loss, know him as […]March 24, 2014BusinessDearth of women in construction deprives industry of good workers, women of good jobsRecently, Barbara A. Res penned an insightful column for the Baltimore Sun examining why there are so few women in the construction industry and detailed why and how this should be changed. As contractors across the U.S. continue battling a skilled worker shortage that is impacting completion dates and ability to meet rising demand, it’s a […]March 24, 2014TelematicsAEMP-AEM to release beta of new telematics standard in coming weeks; registration open now to OEMs, providersThis morning, the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced that a beta version of their new telematics standard will be released in the “coming weeks.” The associations have opened up registration to receive the beta when it is released. OEMs and third party telematics providers can register at http://www.aemp.org/aemaemp-telematics-standard/. […]March 24, 2014Construction EquipmentTEST DRIVE: Mack TitanOur trucks editor Jack Roberts was in Allentown, Pennsylvania yesterday where he toured the Mack facility there and got to take a test drive in the new Mack Titan. The truck features Mack’s largest engine, the MP10, with 515-, 565- and 605-horsepower models available. Torque is rated at 2,060 lb.ft. at 1,200 RPMs. In the videos […]March 21, 2014Construction EquipmentExcavator bucket-scoots out-of-gas hauler down the road while still on the trailerOn the jobsite, dozers come in handy every once in a while to give stuck or out-of-fuel equipment a push. But excavators? Not so much. Apparently no one told this guy that. We’ve all been there. Out of gas on the highway. But not many of us had an excavator in tow. And if we […]March 21, 2014Construction EquipmentAnother benefit of an aluminum Ford F-150? When you ding or scratch the body, it won’t rustThe biggest and most-discussed benefits of Ford bringing an aluminum body to the 2015 F-150 are better fuel economy and performance. Going aluminum allowed Ford to shave 700 pounds off the weight of the truck, freeing up more of the engine’s power when towing and hauling. Another property of aluminum, that it doesn’t rust, has […]March 21, 2014SafetyCollapse at Boston construction site injures 3 workersEditor’s Note: This story has been updated to include the injury of a third worker in the accident. Two workers were hospitalized Thursday morning in Boston in the wake of a partial collapse of a 33-story residential building under construction. The workers’ injuries were said to be non-life threatening, but one of the workers did […]March 20, 2014Construction EquipmentLady Bird is the 1,300-ton tunnel-boring machine digging DC’s 13-mile sewer tunnel (PHOTOS, VIDEO)[imagebrowser id=46] Each year in Washington, D.C., about 2 billion gallons of raw sewage is dumped into the Potomac River, the Anacostia River and Rock Creek, according to a report from the Washington Post. But Lady Bird, a massive tunnel-boring machine, is working to change that. The machine is digging a $2.6 billion 13-mile tunnel system […]March 19, 2014Construction EquipmentFord dealer gives away shotgun with the purchase of a pickupA lot of car salesman will tell you they “shoot straight,” but the ones at Muscatell Burns Ford recently gave that phrase a whole new meaning recently. For the first two weeks of March, the Hawley, Minnesota-based Ford dealer gave away a Remington 870 Express shotgun with the purchase of every new or used F-Series pickup that it […]March 19, 2014Previous PagePage 306 of 434Next PageTop StoriesWheel LoadersHitachi Releases New Midsize ZW120-7 and ZW140-7 Wheel LoadersThe next-gen models get new cabs, productivity-enhancing tech and ConSite telematics, among other features to improve efficiency and safety.Compact ExcavatorsWacker Neuson Debuts New ET40 Mini Excavator with Updated Cab, Improved VisibilityMarket PulseThe Best-Selling Construction Equipment of 2025TechnologyIron Insider: What Bobcat’s RogueX3 Tells Us About the Future of Technology ROIFeatured SponsorNew Holland Construction’s Hottest Machine Launches at CONEXPO 2026
