Tag: Oklahoma: Page 2

Dealers

Hyundai CE adds G.W. Van Keppel to dealer network

Hyundai Construction Equipment officially announces the addition of a new company in its dealer network. See what geographical markets it opens Hyundai up to.

November 21, 2018

Roadbuilding

Oklahoma City’s I-235 widening project finishes ahead of schedule

An Oklahoma City project to widen parts of I-235 to six lanes and add two auxiliary lanes was completed before the deadline. Get details on Equipment World.

November 13, 2018

Roadbuilding

Okla. to spend $6.5B on transportation infrastructure projects

More than half of the projects planned cover improvements to two-lane highways and will address urban highway congestion. More information here!

September 27, 2018

Death by Trench

Buried alive in Blue Earth County: How one contractor’s missteps took one life, shattered others and ruined his business.

June 6, 2018

Dealers

Terex Utilities building new plant on 55 acres in South Dakota

Terex Utilities plans to consolidate its Watertown, South Dakota, manufacturing operations into one new facility on 55 acres where it will house assembly, fiberglass, paint and installation operations for its aerial devices, digger derricks and auger drills. Currently, these operations are spread among 10 locations in the area, having been added over the years. The […]

May 1, 2018

Roadbuilding

Contracts awarded for major Oklahoma City road projects

Work to complete improvements to Oklahoma City Boulevard in the city’s downtown area and the SH-74 corridor in northwest Oklahoma City will begin in the spring, according to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission has awarded a $27 million contract to Allen Contracting Inc. and Shell Construction Inc. of Oklahoma City to […]

December 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

Modest rise in transportation construction forecast for 2018

Transportation-related construction activity is expected to increase next year after dropping in 2017, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The association predicts an annual increase of 3.2 percent for 2018 compared to an expected 2.8 percent drop this year. The largest market segment – public road projects by state and local governments […]

December 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

Left-lane hogs face fines in Okla. under new law

Tired of traveling down the highway and seeing slow drivers hogging the left lane? The Oklahoma legislature is too, and on November 1, its new law took effect to prevent slow drivers from using the passing lane as a travel lane. Signs began appearing on Oklahoma highways’ digital monitors with such statements as “Camp at […]

November 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Texas firm wins $36 million contract to replace historic Okla. bridge

Webber LLC of Woodlands, Texas, has won a $36 million contract to replace the historic James C. Nance Bridge between Purcell and Lexington, Oklahoma. Webber was the lowest of three bidders to build the four-lane span for U.S. 77/State Highway 39 over the South Canadian River, according to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The work […]

September 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Brown Transportation turns to Kenworth T880 trucks for hauling

Kenworth reports that one of its customers, Wayne Brown of Brown Transportation, started driving an aggregate hauler for his family’s business 43 years ago. He bought his own rock/aggregate hauling operation from his uncle in 2010 and added to the 24-truck fleet by purchasing Kenworth T880s with the PACCAR MX-13 engine, bringing the total number […]

August 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

NMSU receives 5-year grant from U.S. DOT to establish regional transportation research center

New Mexico State University received a five-year grant and nearly $2.5 million for the 2017 fiscal year from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers (UTCs) program to establish a regional transportation research center, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports. The university’s Civil Engineering Department is a member of the Transportation Consortium of South-Central States […]

January 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Oklahoma DOT started bridge inspections within minutes of recent 5.0 quake

Oklahoma Department of Transportation crews began bridge inspections within 15 minutes of a recent earthquake, according to a report from The Ponca City News. The quake struck Payne County, just west of Cushing at 7:44 p.m. November 6. Just before 8 p.m., ODOT crews had begun visually inspecting 110 state highway system bridges within a 30-mile radius […]

November 14, 2016