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Business

FieldLens demos Google Glass for construction jobsite collaboration and reporting

At ConExpo this week, we chatted with FieldLens CEO and co-founder Doug Chambers who was kind enough to throw on a pair of the still-in-development and controversial Google Glass. FieldLens is an awesome mobile construction communication platform that allows construction companies to improve communication by making all kinds of project data available across smartphones, tablets […]

March 7, 2014

Construction Equipment

Backhoes, skid steers, telehandlers wheelie and waltz with rock violinists

Known as the “down-to-earth version of the Blue Angels,” JCB’s Dancing Diggers aren’t ones to turn down a big show. Let alone the largest trade show in the U.S. The team of backhoes, skid steers and telehandlers was in full force at ConExpo 2014 and performed with a rock violin group. In the end, we […]

March 7, 2014

Construction Equipment

“Ninjas” infiltrate construction of 2nd-tallest building, scale crane, grab terrifying footage (VIDEO, GALLERY)

No. 11 Story in 2014 « No. 12 No. 10 » [imagebrowser id=32] Not to be outdone by the crane operator on the very same jobsite, two Russian “urban ninjas” broke into the construction site of China’s Shanghai Tower and grabbed some pretty ridiculous photos of their own. But these two daredevils also took some […]

March 3, 2014

Construction Equipment

Watch this Caterpillar D11T annihilate an old pickup truck because of hockey

Gotta love Canada. As you’ll see in their half-hearted play before the good stuff actually begins, this particular group of Canucks was heartbroken that the start of hockey season had been delayed. So, they decided to take their aggression out on the poor old Chevy pickup that happened to be nearest them. What did the […]

February 27, 2014

ConExpo-Con/Agg

How a beaten-up 1949 Hudson barely made it across the country to spread the Gospel of Infrastructure

What’s more American than a round-the-country road trip in a vintage vehicle? Fifth-generation roadbuilder Dan McNichol has been driving a rusty, 1949 Hudson from Massachusetts to the West Coast and back with the goal of bringing attention to the dire state of roads and bridges in this country. The all-original Hudson, more than 60 years […]

February 26, 2014

Construction Equipment

Down an excavator, dozer operator loads rock truck by driving on top of it

No. 9 Video in 2014 « NO. 10 NO. 8 »   At the beginning of the video below, we hear the guy behind the camera mention that he and his crew are already down a rock truck and an excavator. (For what it’s worth, it appears they were making repairs to the excavator’s bucket.) […]

February 21, 2014

Construction Equipment

One ton of explosives brings down a skyscraper in 10 seconds in one of the tallest implosions ever

To bring down this 32-story, 381-foot tower in Frankfurt, Germany, demolitions experts drilled more than 1,500 strategically-placed holes in its side and packed them full of explosives. More than 2,000 pounds–one ton–full to be exact. More than 10,000 people gathered to see the event, according to Deutsche Welle. It is one of the tallest buildings […]

February 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

What the heck is this massive, spider-like digger in JCB’s “Vision of the Future”?

JCB has posted a video to YouTube that has me asking a lot of questions. It’s titled “Vision of the Future” which makes sense. Cars (are they cars?) are zooming by on floating highways by an also-floating city that looks like it’s made up mostly of buildings heavily inspired by Seattle’s Space Needle. Then we […]

February 13, 2014

Construction Equipment

Truck lands first-ever controlled 360° barrel roll with modified ramp

The barrel roll and trucks flipping and spinning in off-road races and competitions might not be new. But the act of landing a completely planned and controlled 360° barrel roll is, and Adrian “Wildman” Cenni is the first to get it done. Cenni and his team built a special ramp for the occasion at the Baja […]

February 11, 2014

Construction Equipment

Volkswagen turned its Amarok pickup into a glacier-climbing monster truck and it’s the best thing at the Winter Olympics (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

The 2014 Winter Olympic Games kick off today (though opening ceremonies aren’t until tomorrow) and while that normally has nothing to do with equipment or trucks, Volkswagen has given us reason to smile this morning. You might not have known this, but just about five years ago Volkswagen won the bid to become the “official […]

February 6, 2014

Construction Equipment

Claw and shear painted like a Seahawk rip apart a Ford Bronco in a spot-on Super Bowl prediction

“This is a special occasion.” That’s why Lisa Parberry, who co-owns the Scrap-It recycling center in Ferndale, Washington, says she and her employees decided to paint one of their shears to look exactly like the Seattle Seahwaks logo and rip apart a 1985 Ford Bronco. The Seahawks won their first Super Bowl Sunday night against […]

February 5, 2014

Construction Equipment

Giant floating crane completes 6k-mile trek to New York for Tappan Zee Bridge construction

After more than a month and 6,000 miles of sea travel, the Left Coast Lifter floated into New York harbor last week to take on its new role as the “I Lift New York” super crane. If that’s a bit confusing, it’s a matter of nicknames. The giant floating crane in question was originally named […]

February 4, 2014