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Construction Equipment: Page 508
Success Stories
Steve Cosper, Granite Contracting, Contractor of the Year, 2012
By Tom Jackson Steve Cosper got his love of construction as a teenager working summer jobs. But it was his keen appreciation for financial management and an aggressive use of digital technology that helped his company survive the recession. Dusting off bluetops for a highway contractor in the hot Alabama sun may not seem like […]
April 29, 2012
Safety
Safety Watch
Perilous Paving Nighttime paving projects offer unique hazards for workers By Amy Materson The accident: A paving crew was milling and repaving a parking lot at night. A laborer was assigned to walk alongside a cold milling machine, acting as a spotter for the operator as well as monitoring the cutting drum area. The operator […]
April 28, 2012
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Technology
Product Report
Z7 loaders sport new styling Kawasaki intros first two models of 15-machine lineup By Tom Jackson Shipments started this April on the first two models of Kawasaki’s Z7 wheel loader lineup, the 85Z7 and the 90Z7. These will be joined by four additional Z7 machines by the end of this year, with an eventual 15 […]
April 28, 2012
Technology
Nonresidential fixed investment drops 12% in Q1 2012
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) says that nonresidential fixed investment in structures dropped 12 percent in the first quarter of 2012 following a 0.9 percent decrease in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the April 27 Department of Commerce Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report. ABC reports that nonresidential fixed investment in equipment and […]
April 27, 2012
Equipment
Product Report
Big Changes in Small Packages By Tom Jackson This is the year most construction equipment manufacturers roll out engines that will meet tough new Tier 4 Interim emissions standards, Caterpillar included. But the company’s Building Construction Products division also used the emissions deadlines to engineer a number of design changes and improvements, resulting in series […]
April 27, 2012
Business
On Record
Heavy blow to light equipment manufacturer By Marcia Gruver Doyle In 2007, I interviewed Lynne Woodworth, then CEO and president of Stone Construction Equipment in the upstate New York town of Honeoye. When M&T Bank foreclosed on the light equipment manufacturer in early March, I revisited my interview notes: “You’ll soon find that this is […]
April 27, 2012
Business
Maintenance
Fleet managers SPEAK OUT on the technician shortage What are the problems, what are the solutions … if any? By Tom Jackson Doug King knows all too well that good diesel mechanics are hard to find. King is an Association of Equipment Management Professionals, Certified Equipment Manager* who oversees more than 900 pieces of heavy […]
April 27, 2012
Business
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ANTIQUE IRON Keep it in the Family By Tom Jackson When your family is in the quarry business, you tend to run through a lot of heavy equipment. But there’s a sentimental reason Larry Kotkowski, president of Lakeside Sand and Gravel, Mantua, Ohio, has hung onto this 1942 Bucyrus-Erie 15B shovel. It’s the machine his […]
April 27, 2012
Workforce
Briggs & Stratton reports Q3 2012 consolidated net sales at $720.1 million
Briggs & Stratton on April 27 announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter and first nine months ended April 1, 2012. Highlights: Third quarter fiscal 2012 consolidated net sales were $720.1 million or comparable to third quarter fiscal 2011 consolidated net sales of $720.3 million. Third quarter fiscal 2012 adjusted consolidated net income of […]
April 27, 2012
Safety
ARTBA: Innovation ‘driving force’ to reduce roadway construction zone accidents
Innovation should be the driving force behind creation of new strategies to help reduce the nearly 600 deaths and 40,000 injuries that occur annually in roadway construction zones. That’s the central message for National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) being delivered by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) top safety expert. The 2012 […]
April 26, 2012
Construction Equipment
Toro acquires Stone assets
Toro on Thursday announced the acquisition of Stone Construction Equipment’s assets, in a transaction that gives Toro a line of light construction equipment including compaction equipment, mixers and other concrete equipment. Toro expects the purchase to expand the company’s reach in the rental market, as well as complementing other recent product line acquisitions. Toro acquired […]
April 26, 2012
Driver/operator coaching/training
Terex Utilities launches new website
Terex Utilities has launched its new website — www.terexutilities.com, which is designed to provide site visitors with fast, efficient and easily accessible information. This new website offers simple navigation options, detailed product specifications and direct access to Terex Utilities-related content. The website offers technical data and specifications on Terex utilities equipment, Terex Equipment Services locations, […]
April 26, 2012
Construction Equipment
K-Tec constructs facility in Manitoba
K-Tec Earthmovers has begun full-scale production at a new manufacturing plant located in Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada. The 12,280 square foot facility houses the pre-fabrication division and welding team and features a mezzanine to hold several shop offices. The facility is solely dedicated to the production of K-Tec construction equipment scrapers. This building is the first […]
April 26, 2012
Construction Equipment
Volvo CE 1Q sales up 17%
Volvo Construction Equipment says it experienced a strong first quarter in 2012, seeing sales rise 17% and record levels of income and operating margin for a first quarter. The company notes these positive results come despite a flat total world market for construction equipment, compared to last year, and a Chinese market that was down […]
April 26, 2012
Business
Terex 1Q sales increase 16% over 2011
Terex announced first quarter net sales of $1,819.4 million, an increase of 44.8% from $1,256.2 million in the first quarter of 2011. Excluding the impact of the acquisition of Demag Cranes, net sales increased approximately 16% from the comparable prior year period. “We are pleased that 2012 is developing as planned,” stated Ron DeFeo, Terex […]
April 26, 2012
Safety
Hyundai Construction Offers a New Mid-Size Crawler Excavator
(Norcross, GA)— Hyundai Construction Equipmet is proud to introduce the newest offering in its line of Robex 210 crawler excavators…the R210LC-9. It’s part of Hyundai’s new 9 Series of construction equipment that provides operators many improved features and benefits including optimized safety, enhanced technology and operator comfort, reduced operating costs and an extended life of […]
April 25, 2012
Business
Cat Financial reports $668 million in Q1 2012 results
Cat Financial reported first-quarter 2012 revenues of $668 million, an increase of $28 million, or 4 percent, compared with the first quarter of 2011. First-quarter profit after tax was $120 million, a $37 million, or 45 percent, increase from the first quarter of 2011. The increase in revenues was principally due to a $47 million […]
April 25, 2012
Construction Equipment
Intermat touts record attendance
Intermat show producer Comexposium called last week’s construction equipment show in Paris “the best ever,” touting 1,350 exhibitors, and more than 200,000 visitors, including 145,082 identified trade visitors (up 15.8% from 2009). “The total value of the equipment on offer over the six days was estimated at $2 billion, some 5% of which translated into […]
April 25, 2012
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