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Construction Equipment

Man waves machete at construction crew over equipment blocking Iowa road

An Iowa man angered by construction near a roadway was arrested and accused of threatening a forklift operator with a machete. According to a report from the Iowa City Press-Citizen, 44-year-old Jeremy J. Mulvaney was driving on the afternoon of September 4 when he came upon a construction site near an intersection. Police say he became “upset […]

September 23, 2015

Workforce

Crews uncover mammoths and other Ice Age fossils while grading jobsite near San Diego

While grading the site of a new home development near San Diego, construction crews uncovered fossils paleontologists have dated all the way back to the Ice Age. According to a report from the San Diego Union-Tribune, the workers at the Carlsbad jobsite unearthed the bones of “ancient mammoths, horses, turtles and even a prehistoric bison—the second ever […]

September 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Forklift accident claims life of teenage construction worker on Bong Bridge

An 18-year-old Wisconsin construction worker died Monday following a forklift accident on the Bong Bridge, which connects Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Duluth News Tribune reported that Kelsey Hagenson died at the hospital after suffering “multiple blunt force injuries” in an accident involving a pedestrian and a forklift. Another was injured during the accident at 7 a.m. on […]

September 23, 2015

Safety

Steel worker killed in 40-foot fall in Massachusetts

A steel worker was killed after suffering a high fall from a Massachusetts jobsite earlier this month. According to a report from WPRI TV, 24-year-old Nicholas Dumont fell about 40 feet while performing steel work September 4 at a future beverage processing plant located at the Myles Standish Industrial Complex in Taunton. Suffolk Construction, the general […]

September 23, 2015

Construction Equipment

Volkswagen Dieselgate fallout could affect everyone who makes or uses big trucks and construction equipment

Volkswagen’s highly publicized diesel emissions cheating scandal, now said to effect more than 11 million vehicles, brings to mind a similar nightmare that rocked the heavy diesel world 17 years ago. From the website dieselnet.com: “In October 1998, a series of court settlements were reached between the EPA, Department of Justice, California ARB and engine […]

September 22, 2015

Safety

Contractor killed when deck collapses during concrete pour in Mississippi

A floor collapse of a restaurant being built near the Jourdan River in Mississippi claimed the life of a contractor earlier this month. According to a report from the Sun Herald, 54-year-old Gary Berthelot, the president of Berthelot Design/Construction Inc. was killed when when a raised deck for a new restaurant overlooking the river collapsed on top […]

September 22, 2015

Roadbuilding

Second Caltrans worker killed by suspected drunk driver in less than a week

Just six days after a California Department of Transportation contractor was killed by a likely impaired driver near San Diego, another worker has died under similar circumstances in Oakland. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Caltrans worker Miguel Delacruz was working on a paving project Saturday on Interstate 580 when a vehicle drove through a […]

September 22, 2015

Business

Home starts drop 3% in August; builder confidence still on the rise

U.S. home starts were down in August with decreases in both single-family and apartment homes. The start of construction on new homes fell 3 percent during the month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.126 million, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. The new data also revised the July rate downward, from the […]

September 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Stronger, longer bridge girders the aim of research collaboration between University of Alabama, ALDOT

More durable and longer bridge girders could spell cheaper construction costs among other benefits, and a few engineering researchers at the University of Alabama are trying to make that a reality. According to a UA news release, researchers are testing longer, stronger giant concrete bridge girders in a lab at the University of Alabama. The […]

September 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Caltrans worker dies after being hit by suspected impaired driver

A California Department of Transportation worker died Monday afternoon after he was struck by an SUV being driven by a man suspected of being under the influence of drugs. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the man was making repairs sprinklers on Interstate 15 near Escondido, California, when an SUV attempting to get into the southbound lanes of the Interstate […]

September 18, 2015

Construction Equipment

SkidCrane Lives: How the family of a former contractor is bringing his skid steer crane attachment to market (PHOTOS)

Parnell Jorgenson believed in the Bobcat. His son Kim remembers the now-iconic skid steer beginning to pop up on his father’s jobsites at some point in the late 1960s, just a few years after Bobcat first introduced it. And it didn’t take long for Jorgenson and his nimble loaders to gain a reputation. “He always […]

September 17, 2015

Construction Equipment

Atlas Copco’s new lightweight Cobra PROe and TTe handheld breakers minimize vibration

Boost productivity while minimizing vibration with the latest versions of Atlas Copco’s Cobra gas-powered handheld breakers. The Cobra PROe and Cobra TTe breakers are compact and lightweight, weighing as little as 53 pounds and measuring 24 inches wide from handle to handle. The Cobras feature multiple vibration reducing systems, including the Hand Arm Protection System, […]

September 17, 2015