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Construction Equipment

Manitowoc intros Potain Hup 32-27; self-erecting crane is a strong lifter for tight spaces

With the introduction of the Potain Hup 32-27 at Bauma in Munich, Manitowoc has launched a new range of self-erecting cranes. These new Hup models will replace the Potain Igo cranes, offering high lift capacity at tall heights with a design well-suited to confined jobsites. “With the Hup 32-27 it’s really like having four cranes […]

April 15, 2016

Construction Equipment

Goodbye EGR, Cummins reveals cool-running Stage V engines with simplified tech and a mod-free, one-world capability

Last year every major diesel engine manufacturer in the world announced at the Intermat trade show (France’s equivalent of ConExpo) that they were ready to meet Europe’s Stage V emissions regulations for off-road engines. This year at the Bauma show in Munich, Germany, Cummins unveiled a series of engines that not only meet the standard […]

April 12, 2016

Construction Equipment

Coverage from Bauma 2016, world’s largest construction trade show, starts Monday

This weekend the Equipment World team is crossing the Atlantic and heading to Munich to provide coverage all next week of the ginormous Bauma trade fair. Held every three years, Bauma is the world’s largest construction trade show. The 2013 show drew half a million visitors from more than 200 countries and this year’s show will […]

April 8, 2016

Business

Onvia: Pay attention to these top government contracting hotspots

Repairing aging water systems, design-build projects, and industrial and marine projects are three of the 10 fastest growing categories in government contracting, according to an analysis by government bid data provider Onvia. Two other categories mentioned in what Onvia calls the “10 Hotspots in Government Contracting” will also have an indirect impact on contractors: traffic […]

April 7, 2016

Dealers

Case CE dealers to begin offering Leica’s off-machine construction tools

Case Construction Equipment announced today that its North American dealers will begin carrying off-machine construction tools from Leica Geosystems. The move comes through the expansion of a partnership between the two companies established in 2014. With that agreement Case was allowed to integrate Leica machine control technology into its machines from the factory as well as […]

April 6, 2016

Business

Construction spending falls 0.5% in Feb. despite residential gains

Losses in nonresidential construction wiped out gains from homebuilding as total U.S. construction spending fell 0.5 percent in February. Total spending fell to $1.14 trillion for the month but remains up 10.3 percent over the February 2015 mark, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. Nonresidential spending fell 1.4 percent during the month to […]

April 5, 2016

Business

Construction adds 27,000 jobs in March

For 12 months now, the U.S. construction industry has not posted a loss in jobs. The industry added 27,000 jobs in the most recent tally for March, bringing the total number of Americans employed in construction to 6.672 million, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The latest data also revised February’s total, increasing it from […]

April 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

AGC and NSSGA respond to OSHA’s revised silica exposure rule

On March 24, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez issued the final workplace exposure standard for crystalline silica, which will soon be published by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The new standard cuts the current permissible exposure limit (PEL) in half, reducing the exposure limit from 100 micrograms per cubic meter of air […]

April 1, 2016

Technology

John Deere’s new ROI calculator lets you see how much JDLink telematics could save your fleet

For those contractors and fleet managers interested in telematics but hoping to see those benefits illustrated in dollars and cents, John Deere has released an online ROI calculator for its JDLink telematics service. The aptly named JDLink ROI estimator is primarily designed to give those Deere customers facing the decision of whether or not to […]

March 28, 2016

Safety

Construction worker survives being hit by car that “flew” off Tenn. highway

A man performing work inside a Highway 27 work zone in Tennessee is lucky to be alive after being hit by a car an eyewitness says entered the jobsite airborne. According to a report from WRCB TV, Sharon Wilkins had taken a break from work to “get some fresh air,” when she witnessed a Nissan Maxima […]

March 25, 2016

Construction Equipment

Inside Caterpillar’s top secret Peoria Proving Grounds to see how machines come to life

Even if you could take a photo of Caterpillar’s Peoria Proving Grounds property—which, by the way, you can’t since photography is prohibited at the company’s highly secretive primary testing facility—there wouldn’t be much to look at. Upon arriving to the facility where steel toed boots, hard hats, protective eyewear and a piece of tape over that […]

March 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT makes its 2016 construction map available for download

The Michigan Department of Transportation has made available its 2016 Paving the Way state construction map as a digital download and has discontinued its paper printing of the annual guide. The map, available at www.michigan.gov/mdotmaps, details the general timelines for specific highway and bridge projects segmented by the Upper Peninsula, Lower Peninsula and the metro […]

March 18, 2016