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Roadbuilding

Drone’s eye view of Vail’s new I-70 underpass and roundabouts

A $30 million project to build an Interstate 70 underpass and roundabouts to improve traffic flow in Vail, Colorado, has been completed ahead of schedule, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The underpass connects north and south frontage roads between the Vail resort area and West Vail mall areas. The new Sandstone Underpass is […]

October 27, 2017

Roadbuilding

Seven Western states agree to ease electric vehicle travel

The governors of seven Western states have signed an agreement to create a plan for electric vehicles traveling major highways through their states. “With more than 20,000 electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids already on the roads in Western states, the electrification of these major corridors is expected to reduce range anxiety and drive further adoption […]

October 18, 2017

Technology

Trimble plans new building at Colo. campus for 1,100 workers

Trimble has begun expanding its campus in Westminster, Colorado, with a second building that will hold 1,100 workers, the company says. The Colorado campus will hold the largest concentration of Trimble employees and continue to serve as the company’s central business hub for agricultural, construction and geospatial markets. Its headquarters will remain in Sunnyvale, California. […]

October 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Colo., Idaho projects take top prizes at 2017 America’s Transportation Awards

A multimodal project in Colorado and the removal of dangerous intersections in Idaho won top honors at the 2017 America’s Transportation Awards competition. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s $487 million U.S. 36 Express Lanes project earned the Grand Prize and the Idaho Transportation Department’s $11.2 million U.S. 20 Thornton Interchange project was voted the People’s […]

September 29, 2017

Dealers

Rental Equipment Investment Corp. buys Ore. rental company

Rental Equipment Investment Corp. has purchased the assets of Superior Tractor and Equipment of Redmond, Oregon, according to the Rental Equipment Register. Based in Miami, REIC has been acquiring equipment rental companies in the Pacific Northwest. It now has 23 locations in five states: Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. Superior Tractor marks the company’s […]

September 15, 2017

Construction Equipment

Update: ALLU amends statement in Rock Tools lawsuit settlement

ALLU Finland Oy Ltd. has amended a previously issued statement concerning  the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit against Rock Tools Equipment, LLC, and Rock Tools Attachments, LLC, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. ALLU says it misstated some of the previous statement regarding the […]

July 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT will require contractor to hire local for I-70 expansion through Denver

In granting a $1.2 billion contract for the expansion of Interstate 70 through north Denver, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will require the contractor to hire 20 percent of its workforce (approximately 350 people) from the 15 neighborhoods adjacent to I-70 in Denver and Aurora, the Denver Business Journal reports. The project includes expanding […]

July 12, 2017

Roadbuilding

Paving machine slides off trailer near Colorado Springs, closing down Highway 83 south

A 45,000-pound paving machine slid off its trailer June 21, closing down southbound Highway 83 north of Colorado Springs for three hours, KOAA News 5 reports. The paving machine was being transported by a semi-truck, but it wasn’t properly secured, causing it to slide off of the trailer and into the southbound lanes. The Colorado […]

July 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

Construction worker killed by machinery in Colorado work zone

A highway construction worker was killed June 15 when a piece of machinery struck him inside the work zone during paving operations on Highway 9, north of Silverthorne, Colorado, CBS Denver reports. The victim has not been identified, and the circumstances of his death were not clear at press time. The Colorado Department of Transportation reports […]

June 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

NDSU to receive $2.5 million federal grant for infrastructure preservation study

Researchers from five states—North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado—hope to develop new ways to preserve and improve transportation infrastructure through a newly-awarded federal grant in the amount of $2.5 million over the next five years, Inforum reports. The research will be headed up by North Dakota State University’s Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. Tom […]

January 9, 2017

Pickups

The Kymera is the chopped, Cummins-powered Chevy Colorado of our dreams

When it comes to aftermarket parts companies displaying a project truck at the SEMA show, that truck tends to be designed to show off a given company’s products. Prominent bumper maker Fab Fours, however, brought a truck with no bumpers at all to this year’s show. Instead of showing off the company’s wares, the beastly Kymera was all […]

November 14, 2016

Pickups

Chevy unveils Colorado ZH2, a camo-clad, fuel-cell pickup designed with the Army

After announcing the project last month, General Motors and the U.S. Army have taken the wraps off of their heavily modified, hydrogen fuel-cell-powered Chevrolet Colorado. Calling it the “most extreme off-road-capable fuel-cell-powered electric vehicle” GM has ever produced, the Colorado ZH2 was unveiled at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). The […]

October 4, 2016