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Construction Equipment

Volvo CE taps Berger as new VP of technology

Volvo Construction Equipment has announced that Alan Berger is the company’s new senior vice president of technology. Berger replaced Anders P. Larsson who at the start of this year became Volvo CE’s president of Chinese investment and its ahead of the Lingong Integration Office. Berger has been with Volvo CE since 2007 when he came on board as part […]

March 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

North Carolina officials break ground on new Bonner Bridge

It took a while, but North Carolina officials finally broke ground on the new Herbert C. Bonner Bridge this week. For five years, litigation between the North Carolina Department of Transportation and environmentalists kept construction on the bridge from getting under way, according to NCDOT. But after a deal was brokered last year, officials broke […]

March 10, 2016

Construction Equipment

Chevrolet unveils 2016 Silverado 1500, 2500 Z71 Midnight Editions

Though Chevy has released several special edition pickups in the last few years, the automaker says its Midnight Edition trucks, introduced on the 2015 Silverado 1500, have been especially successful. Citing demand that “outstripped supply in a matter of months,” Chevy has announced the addition of the Silverado 2500 Z71 to its available models for the […]

March 9, 2016

Success Stories

Vermont’s G. W. Tatro Construction named 2016 Contractor of the Year

Greg and Dawn Tatro, owners of G. W. Tatro Construction, were named Equipment World’s 2016 Contractor of the Year at ceremonies in Las Vegas this weekend. The Tatros, who perform both civil and mountain ski infrastructure work out of Jeffersonville, Vermont, received some of the highest client recommendations that Equipment World editors had heard in […]

March 8, 2016

Construction Equipment

How 3- to 8-cu. yd. wheel loaders settled into a period of refinement

Transmissions Two types of transmissions are commonly found on wheel loaders: hydrostatic and torque converter. With torque converters, the lock-up feature is standard on some models and optional on others. “Hydrostatic is simpler and has fewer moving parts,” says Mike Stark, product specialist, heavy wheel loaders with Doosan. “Another benefit of hydrostatic is better power […]

March 7, 2016

Business

Construction adds 19,000 jobs in February

The U.S. construction industry continued a now 11-month-long streak of job gains in February with the addition of 19,000 jobs. The industry now employs 6.631 million Americans, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The latest data also revised January’s total, decreasing it from 6.615 million to 6.612 million, weakening that month’s job gains […]

March 7, 2016

Business

Construction spending jumps 1.5% in January on nonresidential gains

U.S. construction spending jumped 1.5 percent in January over an already 8-year high reached in December. Total spending rose to $1.14 trillion, a 10.4-percent improvement over January 2015, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. The jump came thanks to a 2.5-percent increase in nonresidential spending to $702 billion. The largest monthly nonresidential gains in terms […]

March 2, 2016

Construction Equipment

John Deere updates 3 G Series excavators with new hood design, T4F engine, requested features

Using an engine refresh as a chance to add a few customer-requested features, John Deere has introduced model updates to three of its G Series excavators. The new 130G, 160G LC and 180G LC are powered by a Tier 4 Final Deere PowerTech PVS 4.5-liter engine producing 98, 121 and 128 horsepower for each respective […]

February 29, 2016

Safety

Falls claim the lives of 3 construction workers in 3 week span

Three construction workers on separate sites in the northeastern U.S. were killed by falls in a three-week span between mid-January and early February with two of the incidents occurring on the same day. On Jan. 14, an unidentified construction worker was killed in Philadelphia after a fall into the Delaware River. Crews had been working […]

February 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Contractor walks away from NCDOT project over payment dispute

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is in search of a new contractor to finish up a nearly three-year-old project in Charlotte. According to Fox 46 in Charlotte, DeVere Construction told NCDOT that they would no longer perform work on the $100 million Independence Avenue widening project. The company claims NCDOT owes them money for the project. […]

February 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Cop working construction zone dragged by vehicle

A police officer working in a construction zone in Wayland, Massachusetts was injured recently after being dragged by a vehicle for several feet. According to the Boston Globe, Sgt. Jennifer Ordway was out of her vehicle in the construction zone on Route 30 when she started talking to the driver of a vehicle through the passenger window. The driver of […]

February 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bertha back to drilling after suspension is “conditionally lifted”

Bertha hasn’t been blessed with the best of luck in Seattle, but the world’s largest tunnel boring machine is back to drilling again for now. The Seattle Tunnel Partners announced that the Washington State Department of Transportation has decided to conditionally lift the suspension for cause that Gov. Jay Inslee enacted in January following the formation of a sink […]

February 26, 2016