Chris Hill (EQW)RoadbuildingMarootian named District DOT interim directorWashington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has named Jeff Marootian as interim director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), following the resignation of Leif Dormsjo from the director position last week. Marootian will take the position on Aug. 11 when Dormsjo officially leaves to take a position in the private sector. Marootian currently serves as […]August 3, 2017RoadbuildingIDOT’s I-290/Eisenhower Expressway expansion receives federal approvalThe Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) expansion of the Eisenhower Expressway (Interstate 290) has been given federal approval to proceed with plans to add managed lanes and transit updates. “The next phase of improvements on the ‘Ike’ will be another step to strengthening the state’s position as the transportation hub of North America,” says Illinois […]August 3, 2017DealersFranklin Equipment opens Louisville, Ky. branchFranklin Equipment has opened a new branch in Louisville, Kentucky, which expands the company’s regional coverage into the state beyond the locations in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Tennessee, the company reports. Franklin Equipment Louisville follows another opening in June of a branch in Nashville, Tennessee. “We are excited to enter the Kentucky area markets and […]August 2, 2017RoadbuildingARTBA: Structurally deficient bridge numbers drop, spending up in last 10 yearsIn an analysis of progress made on repairing U.S. bridges in the 10 years since the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) says the number of structurally deficient bridges have dropped by 24.5 percent, while the value of construction has increased 39 percent. While this is positive, […]August 2, 2017RoadbuildingGDOT picks C.W. Matthews/Michael Baker for replacing Atlanta’s 110-year-old Courtland Street BridgeThe Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has selected the team of C.W. Matthews Contracting and Michael Baker International to replace Atlanta’s 110-year-old Courtland Street Bridge. The project, valued at $21 million and funded in part by Georgia’s Transportation Funding Act of 2015, will replace the structure between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Gilmer Street […]August 2, 2017RoadbuildingUSDOT provides $628.9 million TIFIA loan for I-405 Improvement ProjectThe U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is providing a $628.9 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) for the Interstate 405 Improvement Project. The project will add one new general-purpose lane and one new toll lane in each direction of a 16-mile stretch of I-405 between SR […]August 2, 2017DealersH&E Equipment Q2 revenues up 3%, net income jumps 32%Baton Rouge-based H&E Equipment Services saw second quarter revenues increase 3 percent over the same quarter in 2016 at $249.4 million, with a 32 percent increase in net income to $9.9 million. Revenues were led by an 8.9 percent increase in rental revenue for the quarter, reaching $118.4 million compared to $108.7 in 2016. H&E’s […]August 1, 2017DealersEquipment Roundup: Volvo PL3005E pipelayer; Eterra PDX-750; VIDEO: What’s a Dumphoe?; New Michelin XTRA Load tires; Deere gives teacher CTLVolvo’s new PL3005E pipelayer lifts more, converts to excavator with no power loss Volvo CE calls its new PL3005E the “most productive pipelayer” the heavy equipment maker has ever offered in its size class, citing lifting, power, torque and fuel efficiency increases in the new model. Powered by a Tier 4 Final Volvo D8J engine, […]August 1, 2017DealersBusiness Roundup: Cat sales jump; BlueLine completes acquisition; Loader sales trends; Volvo CE sales up; CNH profits upCaterpillar Q2 sales up 9.5%, profit jumps 45% Caterpillar’s second quarter 2017 sales and revenues increased by 9.5 percent compared to 2016, reaching $11.3 billion. In response the company released an improved outlook for the remainder of the year. “Our team delivered an impressive quarter. As demand increased, we continued to control costs and generated […]August 1, 2017RoadbuildingArizona moves forward on “first of its kind” wrong-way detection systemThe Arizona State Transportation Board has approved the contract for installing a wrong-way vehicle detection and alert system for Interstate 17 in Phoenix that will be the first of its kind in the U.S. “The system will use thermal cameras to detect a wrong-way vehicle along an off-ramp, triggering an illuminated wrong-way sign with flashing […]August 1, 2017Previous PagePage 11 of 225Next PageTop StoriesOff-Road TrucksA Closer Look: Deere’s New Operator-Friendly Articulated Dump TrucksJump in the cab with us as we check out Deere’s new P-Tier ADTs in action – with upgraded engines and a next-level vision system for safer, smarter hauling.Compact 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 TractorWheel LoadersCat Rolls Out 980 GC: A Simple, Heavy-Duty Medium Wheel LoaderFeatured SponsorStop Wasting Time on Grade Checks
