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Roadbuilding
Donāt drink and driveā¦especially your wheel loader!
Iām not sure whatās more disconcerting about this story, that this guy has access to a wheel loader in the first place or that heās likely operated it more than a few times while intoxicated. According to a report from CBS Minnesota, a man was arrested near Minneapolis after police pulled him over while [ā¦]
November 20, 2014
Construction Equipment
Drunk guy arrested after taking wheel loader out for a spin in the middle of the night because he thought it was snowing
Iām not sure whatās more disconcerting about this story, that this guy has access to a wheel loader in the first place or that heās likely operated it more than a few times while intoxicated. According to a report from CBS Minnesota, a man was arrested early Sunday morning near Minneapolis after police pulled him [ā¦]
November 11, 2014
Roadbuilding
Cement shortage taking its toll on Minnesota projects
Construction projects in Minnesota are struggling to get done in a timely manner due to a cement shortage. CBS Minnesota reports the shortage is due to flooding from the spring,Ā and some problems at cement plants down south. āWe have a problem right now. We do have a cement shortage,ā Jerry Lang, president of the Aggregate [ā¦]
October 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
Should more DOTs use a āzipper mergeā?
The Michigan Department of Transportation will be the latest to try out the zipper merge system. MDOT hopes the system will help traffic move through construction areas at a faster pace. With the current system, the delays caused by traffic jams has become almost unbearable for drivers. The zipper system is supposed to encourage drivers [ā¦]
September 30, 2014
Roadbuilding
Deadliest and safest places to drive in the United States
Road safety is always a concern, regardless of where you live. The good news is road fatalities across the United States are down 23 percent since 2005. The bad news: road fatalities still happen far too often. Michael Sivak, research professor at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, examined individual fatality rates per distance [ā¦]
September 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
Vehicles covered in oil and grime after construction project gone wrong
Drivers headed west on Highway 19 near Northfield, Minnesota, found an unpleasant surprise on their vehicles. Commuters saw signs warning of road construction, but didnāt think anything of it until they exited their vehicles after reaching their destination. Thatās when they found their vehicles covered in oil and grime. It was the result of aĀ simple [ā¦]
August 28, 2014
Roadbuilding
New law aimed to protect road workers
Minnesota has passed a new law aimed at protecting road workers. The law will enforce slower speeds in work zones, and set a definitive fine for those who donāt obey. The typical āfines will be doubledā signs will be replaced by signs clearly starting a minimum fine of $300. When workers are present, speed limits [ā¦]
July 31, 2014
Construction Equipment
Extreme Sandboxes: Could these 3 heavy equipment attractions spread a nationwide craze to get behind the joysticks?
All over the country people are laying down cash to do what contractors do everyday: operate equipment. There are currently three construction equipment experience venues, and if some venue operators realize their plans, several others may open in the next few years. The granddaddy of these venues, Dig This, has been located in Las Vegas [ā¦]
April 30, 2014
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Watch the Metrodome implosion and full demolition time lapse
With an original finish date of May 15, demolition of the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota was completed last weekānearly a month ahead of schedule despite nasty winter weather and a few setbacks. In all, it took demoĀ contractor Frattalone Companies of Little Canada, Minnesota working 15,800 hours in nine weeks to bring down and remove the [ā¦]
April 23, 2014
Construction Equipment
Ford dealer gives away shotgun with the purchase of a pickup
A lot of car salesman will tell you they āshoot straight,ā but the ones at Muscatell Burns FordĀ recently gave that phrase a whole new meaning recently. For the first two weeks of March, theĀ Hawley, Minnesota-based Ford dealer gave away aĀ Remington 870 Express shotgun with the purchase of every new or used F-Series pickup that it [ā¦]
March 19, 2014
Roadbuilding
Obama to talk transportation, transit issues during Twin Cities visit
President Barack Obama is expected to talk about transportation and transit issues during his visit to the Twin Cities ā Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota ā on Wednesday, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. The president will likely stop at Union Depot in St. Paul for the transportation discussion, according to the report. The Ramsey [ā¦]
February 24, 2014
Construction Equipment
Driver loses control of pickup, survives 40-foot plunge onto a frozen pond
The Ranger was discontinued back in 2011, but after seeing just how āBuilt Ford Toughā this 2001 model turned out to be there might be a renewed interest in the midsize pickup. Anne Spiess, 54, of Maplewood, Minnesota was driving on Interstate 694 in St. Paul when she lost control of her Ford Ranger, according [ā¦]
January 23, 2014
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