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Construction Equipment

Key positions filled at Liebherr, Bomag, Linden Comansa, Cervus, Ox Bodies

Several appointments have been made to key positions in the construction equipment industry for Liebherr, Linden Comansa, Ox Bodies, Cervus Equipment and Bomag:   Bomag appoints Collie Tim Collie has been named Bomag America’s national account manager for rental. He is responsible for the overall sales and customer support for the company’s national rental partners. […]

November 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Flight through Bertha’s tunnel shows SR 99 construction progress

The drone footage below, from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), takes you on a tour of the SR 99 tunnel that tunnel boring machine Bertha excavated under Seattle. The drone enters the end of the tunnel nearest the Space Needle and travels through the tunnel to the other end near the stadiums. The […]

November 1, 2017

Construction Equipment

Oklahoma City plant part of Genie’s response to global competition

Genie sees its Oklahoma City facility as a perfect example of where the aerial device manufacturer’s future lies – the result of global growth and local responsiveness. The company breathed new life into the plant that had once manufactured parent company Terex’s road paving equipment. Today, it spans 200,000 square feet and has become the […]

October 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

Scientists test new earthquake resistant bridge designs

Saiid Saiidi, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, served as project leader in testing new bridge designs with connectors that he says can better withstand violent temblors and help speed reconstruction after a major quake causes damage, the Montreal Gazette reports. Scientists conducted tests using a “shake table” to […]

October 12, 2017

Business

Commercial construction planning drops for fourth month in a row

Planning for nonresidential construction projects continued to lose ground in September for the fourth consecutive month, according to the Dodge Momentum Index. The index declined 8.4 percent from August, with institutional building dropping the most, at 11.5 percent. Commercial building planning fell 6.1 percent. The index measures the initial report for nonresidential building projects being […]

October 9, 2017

Roadbuilding

WSDOT project to help fish pass beneath highway

A project to remove a failing culvert and replace it with a wider bridge will help drivers in Wooster Creek, Washington, but also help the fish. During heavy rains, the culvert blocks water flow and causes the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway (State Route 504) to flood. Hamilton Construction won the contract for the $4.8 million […]

October 3, 2017

Dealers

Multi Machine, Kentucky Machinery to sell and rent new Prinoth Panther T14R dumper

Multi Machine, which has the largest fleet of fixed and rotating tracked dumpers in North America, has added the Prinoth Panther T14R Rotating Tracked Dumper to its sales and rental inventory. Prinoth has also added Kentucky Machinery as a new, sole dealer for the state of Kentucky, and will begin selling and leasing the tracked-vehicle […]

September 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Curvy roads in Wash. county get special skid-resistant surface

Curvy roadways in south Pierce County, Washington, were resurfaced with a special, “high-friction” material to help prevent motorists from sliding on wet pavement, The Dispatch reports. The following five roads were selected for the project based on curve alignments, speed of traffic, and rate of fatal or serious-injury crashes: Spanaway Loop Road South – curve […]

September 12, 2017

Roadbuilding

More than half of all U.S. states have raised fuel taxes for highway funding

With transportation revenue lagging, 26 states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation to raise the gas tax in the past four years, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). The most recent additions in 2017 include California, Indiana, Montana, South Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In addition, Utah enacted […]

August 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

WSDOT building world’s first flexible bridge

The Washington State Department of Transportation is building an offramp from Highway 99 to South Dearborn Street in Seattle that has a flexible column designed to sustain so little damage in an earthquake that that it can be used immediately afterwards. The Seattle Times reports that it will be the first bridge in the world with […]

March 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

FHWA awards grants to 7 states to test mileage-based user fee collection methods

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded $14.2 million in federal grants to seven states—California, Delaware, Hawaii, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, and Washington—to figure out how best to charge drivers for miles driven rather than gasoline consumed, Bloomberg BNA reports. The grants were made possible by the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives program, part of the Fixing America’s […]

September 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

WSDOT opens new I-90 avalanche bridge in Snoqualmie Pass

The Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) recently completed the eastbound section of a new avalanche bridge on Interstate 90 in Snoqualmie Pass and opened it to eastbound traffic. The avalanche bridge is part of a major WSDOT project to widen a 15-mile section of I-90 between Hyak and Easton to six lanes and raise the roadway in areas where […]

August 17, 2016