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Construction Equipment

The Top 10 Construction Equipment Videos of 2017

With 2017 drawing to a close, it’s time to take a look back at all the great videos we’ve come across in the last year. Refreshingly, this year’s Top 10 is light on the fail videos and heavy with cool machines going about their work. These are ranked in order based on the number of […]

December 28, 2017

Roadbuilding

Mich. DOT offers email and text traffic alerts

Drivers in Michigan can now sign up for email and text alerts for traffic incidents. The state’s department of transportation offers the service via its website, where drivers can sign up for the types of notices they want to get, according to Fox 17 West Michigan. Alerts include crashes, closed highways and construction, and can […]

December 28, 2017

Dealers

Dealer trade groups helping members understand tax overhaul

In the wake of rewritten tax code, Equipment Dealers Association and Associated Equipment Distributors are providing members with resources to help them learn about upcoming tax changes. Kim Rominger, CEO and president of EDA, Brian McGuire, president and CEO of AED, and others are also voicing appreciation for dealers who contacted their Congressional representatives. The EDA […]

December 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

Caltrans offers more carpool, bus lanes for busy I-80

Plans are being considered to bring traffic relief to Interstate 80 between Sacramento and Dixon, California, according to KVTV-TV news station. A proposal from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) would add 21 miles of bus and carpool lanes on both sides of the highway. The highway would be widened from three to four lanes […]

December 26, 2017

Contractor of the Year

Precision excavation, machine tech key to Tenn. contractor’s growth

Joe Palmer wasn’t exactly your typical teen. Midway through his senior year in high school, Palmer took his savings from the many jobs he’d been working and bought a new set of wheels: a dump truck. With that truck and some compact equipment, Palmer started his company, doing hauling and light demolition. By the grand […]

December 25, 2017

Autonomous

Autonomous Track Loader performs low-level excavation, grading tasks to boost jobsite productivity

Noah Ready-Campbell built his career in Silicon Valley. But his latest endeavor, a robotics company focused on autonomous construction equipment, represents a return to his roots and the hope that he can blaze a trail forward for the industry. Before he started his career with a job a Google, and before he sold a $23-million […]

December 19, 2017

Construction Equipment

VMAC promotes Hogan to CEO, Gilbert to president

VMAC has promoted current president and company co-founder Jim Hogan to CEO. Executive vice president Tod Gilbert has been named the company’s new president. “These changes are an important next step in the company’s exciting future as VMAC continues to differentiate itself as the innovative leader in mobile compressed air,” says David Elgie, VMAC’s executive […]

December 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Needing more construction workers, Illinois Tollway seeks vendor for new training, hiring program

The Illinois Tollway is creating a workforce development initiative to train and place disadvantaged workers in roadway and transportation-related construction jobs. The program will prepare both unemployed and underemployed workers for careers in the construction industry with tollway contractors. Now, the tollway is asking for proposals (RFPs) for a vendor that will establish and manage […]

December 15, 2017

Contractor of the Year

Here are our 2018 Contractor of the Year finalists

Equipment World has named its 2018 Contractor of the Year finalists, ushering in the 18th year of the program. Each year, the editors of Equipment World vet Contractor of the Year applications from across the country, examining each contractor’s references, business acumen, equipment management practices, attention to safety and community involvement. The program, which recognizes […]

December 12, 2017

Dealers

Finnish firm Metso tours distributor Mellott Co. in Pa.

Officials with the Finnish Metso Corporation recently toured the headquarters of its leading global distributor, the Mellott Company in Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania. The family-owned Mellott Company serves the aggregate, slag, construction, and power industries. It’s a distributor for Metso, which makes products that range from mining and aggregates processing equipment and systems to industrial valves and […]

December 12, 2017

Dealers

H&E opens new Sacramento branch with upgraded facilities

H&E Equipment Services has moved its Sacramento-area branch to a larger, newly-constructed facility in the Sacramento city limits. The previous location was 17 miles away in Rancho Cordova, a neighboring city in Sacramento County. The new facility – one of eight H&E branches in California ­– is serving customers throughout Sacramento and surrounding areas, where […]

December 11, 2017

Workforce

Construction adds 24,000 jobs in November

The U.S. construction industry increased employment for a fourth consecutive month in November, with the addition of 24,000 jobs. Total construction employment rose to 6.955 million Americans during the month, a 2.7-percent improvement over the November 2016 total, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The November jobs data also brought a revision to […]

December 11, 2017