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Future roads may include solar panels, LEDs and electric buses
Two companies are shaping the future of transportation in the United States with innovations for safety, energy efficiency, longevity and more, Fast Company reported. One company, Solar Roadways, has introduced the idea of using glass panels and solar cells in place of concrete or asphalt. This system, which would operate at 15-percent efficiency and provide […]
March 15, 2013
Roadbuilding
Report: Growing opportunities for U.S. clean technology, fuel components
A new CALSTART business guide on the China truck and bus market finds growing export and business opportunities for U.S. manufacturers of clean technology and fuel components, systems and vehicles. This includes natural gas, hybrid and electric systems and other cleaner, higher efficiency technology for trucks and buses. The report, “Business Opportunity Guide: Advanced Technologies […]
March 15, 2013
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Roadbuilding
Industry professionals lobby Congress to spare construction from sequester cuts
Construction professionals have begun lobbying Congress to spare their projects from the sequester cuts that took effect March 1, the New York Times reported. Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has flooded Congress with emails and letters to protest the hundreds of automatic cuts to these projects. The sequestration cuts, which are divided between military […]
March 15, 2013
Roadbuilding
Shale and gas oil have positive economic effects, industry leaders tell House panel
Two shale energy representatives today told the United States House of Representatives Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy & Mineral Resources that shale gas and oil is having a positive economic affect on more than just the energy sector. Whit Perryman, CEO of Vermeer Equipment of Texas-Louisiana and Associated Equipment Distributors’ (AED) 2013 vice president, and […]
March 14, 2013
Roadbuilding
The (truly awesome) skyscrapers of tomorrow
If you are in construction, you will love this! A magazine competition set some of the world’s best architects’ wildest imagination on fire. The results are spectacular. Just look at the eVolo Magazine 2013 Skyscraper Competitionwinners!. The winner was American Derek Pirozzi , for his project Polar Umbrella, a “buoyant skyscraper that rebuilds the arctic ice caps […]
March 14, 2013
Roadbuilding
Ritchie Bros. sells $55+ million at March auction
In the first 2013 Edmonton, AB, Canada, unreserved public auction of Ritchie Bros., the industrial auctioneer sold more than 3,500 heavy equipment items and trucks – including large selection of mining equipment bringing in $55+ million (CA$57 million). The auction took place March 7-8, 2013, featuring a large selection of late-model mining and heavy construction equipment, including more […]
March 14, 2013
Roadbuilding
IronPlanet sells walking dragline for $3 million
IronPlanetbroke its record for the largest single unit ever sold, the online marketplace for used heavy equipment announced on March 11. A buyer from North Carolina won a Marion 7820 Walking Dragline in IronPlanet’s Daily Marketplace, for the highest bid of $3 million from a seller in Pennsylvania. “This successful sale between two of the […]
March 14, 2013
Roadbuilding
NTEA: Hino Trucks new Class 5, Double Cab offered in diesel and diesel-electric hybrid
Hino Trucks new Class 5 COE model 195 Double Cab, showcased at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, for the 2014 model year will arrive at Hino dealers June 2013 and is offered in both a diesel model 195DC and diesel-electric hybrid model 195h-DC. Designed on a 19,500-pound GVW chassis to provide class-leading payload […]
March 14, 2013
Roadbuilding
Indianapolis’ cool Cultural Trail set for grand opening
Here is an urban project that might just become something of a model for other big cities, and it comes with an innovative funding approach, always a winner these days. The Indianapolis Cultural Trail is, it says, ” a world-class urban bike and pedestrian path that connects neighborhoods, Cultural Districts and entertainment amenities, and serves […]
March 14, 2013
Roadbuilding
NTEA releases ‘2013 Fleet Purchasing Outlook’
The NTEA, the Association for the Work Truck Industry, has just released its 2013 Fleet Purchasing Outlook. Based on survey results from 287 mid- to high-level management fleet professionals with decision-making authority for truck acquisitions or vehicle specifications, the Outlook provides insights on critical factors that influence buying behavior from a broad range of fleet […]
March 13, 2013
Roadbuilding
Inflatable, just-add-water, concrete tent.
This is just plain cool. And potentially life-changing for a lot of people in desperate need. A British firm has developed a tent of a flexible canvas material which, when saturated before it is blown up or hosed down after it’s pitched (by just two people), eventually becomes concrete. So you pitch a canvas tent […]
March 13, 2013
Roadbuilding
A bouncing bridge for Paris
A firm of architects in Paris has come up with an ingenious new bridge design for the City of Light. Designed as part of a competition, it is an inflatable bridge with a trampoline walkway. The idea seems to be not so much to cross the Seine (there are 37 bridges across the river in […]
March 13, 2013
Roadbuilding
Volvo’s World First Plug-In Diesel Hybrid Received the Government’s Plug-In Car Grant Approval
The world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid, the Volvo V60 D6 AWD, has received approval for the Government’s Plug-In Car Grant (PICG) which is designed to offer incentives for buyers to choose new ultra-low carbon cars. In order to qualify for the grant, the vehicle must fulfill a number of conditions, such as battery warranty, crash […]
March 13, 2013
Roadbuilding
Former CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden to keynote AISI event in May
Registration is now open for the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) 121st General Meeting – hosted jointly with Metals Service Center Institute – and taking place May 15-17, 2013 at The BROADMOOR Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo. The schedule of events and detailed registration information is available at Steel.org. A full slate of speakers is scheduled […]
March 13, 2013
Roadbuilding
ARTBA Chief Economist warns federal budget uncertainty could impact market in coming months
The real value of highway construction was up 4.3 percent in January 2013 compared to January 2012, according to the latest analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). “Weather is the driving force behind the value of transportation work in January, which can be volatile,” said ARTBA […]
March 12, 2013
Roadbuilding
The Daily Grind: Census Bureau on your to-work-and-back journeys
The average commuter in the United States travels about 25 miles each way to work. But a lot of commutes are hell-on-wheels. About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer, 4.3 percent work from home, and nearly 600,000 full-time workers had “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles, […]
March 12, 2013
Roadbuilding
‘Gridlock’ – a video from ARTBA on fixing the Highway Trust Fund
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has put together, “Gridlock,” a grassroots mobilization video to urging Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund and subsequent crumbling infrastructure. To see the video, go to http://www.artba.org/article/video-message.
March 12, 2013
Roadbuilding
Congestion pricing thins carpoolers on SF Bay Bridge
Ironically, vehicles carrying a lot of people are taken off the road by congestion pricing more than vehicles with just a driver. At least in San Francisco. Peak period tolls on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge went up in summer of 2012. Carpoolers — who until then had not paid for peak hours travel — […]
March 12, 2013
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