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Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT slides M-100 bridge into place as trains pass below in this multi-angle time-lapse

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently slid the 1 million-pound M-100 bridge 77 feet into place over the CN Railroad in Potterville. It is only the fourth bridge slide the department has conducted. This method of bridge replacement only requires one lane to be closed. The new bridge is built next to the original […]

November 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

Caltrans implodes San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge old east span pier

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Nov. 14 imploded the largest pier of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s old east span (Pier E3) after months of planning around minimizing environmental impact from the demolition. Engineers set off the implosion early in the morning during “slack tide” using 600 controlled charges. The effort weakened the 50-foot […]

November 15, 2015

Construction Equipment

Excavator operator’s tricks aren’t nearly as cool as he thinks they are

Just in case you ever hoped there existed a video on the Internet that perfectly summed up how to get fired as an equipment operator in just a couple of minutes, we have good news. It takes a little while to figure out just what this guy is trying to do with this machine as […]

October 30, 2015

Construction Equipment

Excavator rides a landslide into the jungle

A couple weeks ago we saw an excavator operator escape a hillside collapse while staying inside his machine. Today’s video is pretty much the reverse of that situation entirely. While the previous operator was working beneath a crumbling hillside, today’s operator is working atop the earth deteriorating beneath him. And rather than keep cool and […]

October 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT bridge worker dangles from nearly 200 feet before being rescued in Houston

A Texas Department of Transportation subcontractor had to be rescued after he fell while working under the Houston Slip Channel Bridge and was left dangling below. According to KPRC in Houston, Rex Godsey was doing maintenance work when he slipped and fell October 7. Still attached to his safety harness, he dangled 175 feet above the Houston […]

October 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

Excavator narrowly escapes avalanche of soil in giant hillside collapse

It’s not immediately clear exactly what is going on in the run-up to this near-catastrophe, but we’re a bit conflicted as to how to feel about this excavator operator’s skill level. On one hand, it’s hard to think what he was thinking digging out the bottom of this hill, with so much clearly loosened soil […]

October 9, 2015

Construction Equipment

Head-mounted cereal excavator with milk-powered hydraulics makes Stephen Colbert look like an expert operator

If you ever wondered whether or not Late Show host Stephen Colbert might have the chops to become an excavator operator should this new gig not work out, just check out the video below and decide for yourself. Colbert recently had inventor/sculptor/”inventurer” Dominic Wilcox on the show to show off some of his unique creations. Among […]

October 7, 2015

Construction Equipment

2 excavators, dozer no help at all for excavator stuck in very deep hole

This one’s a bit hard to watch. After a ledge gave way an sent this machine into a hole being dug for a pumping station, this excavator operator is assisted by co-workers with little to no result. Two excavators and a dozer aren’t able to tow the machine out, largely because it was the wrong […]

October 2, 2015

Construction Equipment

How to get an excavator stuck in a tree and how to get it back down

What to do after your excavator becomes firmly lodged in a group of trees? Pull. Really hard. How did it get there in the first place you ask? YouTube uploader grizzlybob660 says he and his co-workers from Hulcher Services were called in to rescue this stuck Cat after it had tumbled about 300 feet down a […]

September 11, 2015

Construction Equipment

3 dozers pull upended excavator and a bunch of gear up a ridiculous rocky grade

No. 10 Video of 2015 « Intro No. 9 »   What do you do when you’ve got a crapload of gear to move and an incredibly steep and rocky grade in front of you? If you’re this crew you chain every dozer at your disposal together, throw the skid onto an excavator bucket and […]

August 28, 2015

Construction Equipment

Dump truck bed lifts while driving, destroys overhead highway sign

Today’s dose of dumb comes from a highway somewhere in Saudi Arabia. The immediate question the video below raises is how is the driver unaware of that lifted bed? If it’s long enough to completely decimate a 20-foot-high highway sign, that thing is creating some significant noise and wind resistance while in motion. Sure there […]

August 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

Watch TDOT crews destroy and rebuild a bridge in only 58 hours in this project time-lapse

The Tennessee Department of Transportation built a bridge in less than 58 hours, and they’ve got the footage to prove it. TDOT released a time-lapse video of the first weekend of the Interstate 40 Fast Fix 8 bridge project in Nashville where workers were able to remove and replace the westbound bridge at breakneck pace. […]

August 10, 2015