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Roadbuilding
Combining design, build contracts saved $1.7 billion on Tappan Zee Bridge project
A New York University report on the Tappan Zee Bridge has found the project saved $1.7 billion by combining the contracts to design and build the bridge. The report found the design-build method for public works projects saves the government a great deal of money by simply having one contractor take on the duties of both designing and [
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June 26, 2015
Rendering of the new Tappan Zee Bridge (Photo credit: New York state Thruway Authority)
Roadbuilding
Construction worker drowns after boat tips on New York bridge project
A New York construction worker drowned Monday after the boat he was doing bridge work in tipped over. According to the Democrat and Chronicle, a 35-year-old man was working for the Pike Company on the Inner Loop Bridge in Rochester, New York, from a small boat in the Genesee River. The boat tipped and the worker fell [
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June 26, 2015
About 6 workers went underneath and harnessed themselves up in a rescue attempt of a worker who fell into the Genesee River on Monday, June 22. (Photo from the Democrat and Chronicle)
Business
Is the golden age of underground construction upon us?
During the Great Recession, one phrase reached clichĂ© status: “this is the new normal.” In other words, suck it up, things will never be as good as they once were. Get used to diminished returns and don’t dwell on what used to be. So it tends to give you pause when Chris Daum, senior managing [
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June 25, 2015
Vermeer’s D23x30 S3 in action.
Construction Equipment
Drunk guy wanders onto jobsite, is subdued by workers after trying to operate a backhoe
As if workers don’t have enough to worry about while trying to get their work done on a busy jobsite, a crew in Wisconsin had to wrestle down a drunk man who decided to take a backhoe for a spin last week. According to a report from WBAY TV, a drunk, 58-year-old man wandered onto [
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June 25, 2015
Backhoe generic
Business
John Deere to call back some laid off workers to Waterloo plant
John Deere has announced that it will ask between 50 and 60 workers laid off earlier this year at its Waterloo, Iowa, plant  back to work. According to a report from the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, the callbacks will be made based on seniority and many of the workers receiving calls are likely working at other Deere [
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June 25, 2015
John Deere’s 9620R wheeled tractor scraper system.
Roadbuilding
Electronic sign hacked to display ‘Bush did 9/11’ in Minnesota work zone
A portable electronic sign at a construction site in Minnesota briefly detoured from it’s normal job displaying safety warnings at the hands of apparent hackers. The sign displayed “Bush Did 9/11” in the early hours of June 19 until crews noticed the message, according to KVLY. The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Jerimiah Moerke told KVVY that [
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June 25, 2015
Construction Equipment
Manitowoc to supply U.S. Army with custom, all-terrain cranes in $192 million contract
The U.S. Army has awarded Manitowoc Cranes a five-year, $192 million for all-terrain cranes. Manitowoc will provide the Army with 60-ton Grove GMK4100B cranes customized to battlefield specifications. In addition to shedding its usual yellow coat of paint for “Army colors,” Manitowoc says the cranes will have the capability to be fitted with armor. Additional customizations [
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June 22, 2015
The Grove GMK4100B will soon shed it’s yellow coat of paint for fatigues.
Roadbuilding
Crews, Left Coast Lifter, place first horizontal pieces for new Tappan Zee Bridge
It took three and a half hours and one of the largest cranes in the world, but by the time the work was done, the new Tappan Zee Bridge started to look more like a bridge—or at least the early stages of one. The New York Times reported construction crews used the massive Left Coast Lifter [
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June 22, 2015
The Left Coast Lifter, aka, the I Lift New York, places an 1,100-ton section of the new Tappan Zee Bridge on June 17.
Safety
Longtime carpenter, cancer survivor, dies after fall into Connecticut harbor
A worker on a dock project in Connecticut died hours after a mysterious fall into New Haven Harbor last week. According to a report from the New Haven Register, 60-year-old William Klemenz died Tuesday night after suffering a fall into the harbor Tuesday morning. The paper reports Klemenz was assisting a welder on a new dock for [
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June 22, 2015
Business
Nashville may soon require contractors to hire significantly more local workers on metro projects
An amendment that will be presented to Nashville voters in August is drawing the ire of some members of the local construction industry there. According to a report from Nashville Public Radio, the proposed amendment would require construction companies contracted by the city to ensure that 40 percent of all worker hours on major projects [
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June 19, 2015
Nashville construction
Construction Equipment
Ox Bodies launches new range of Trail Ox Series end dump trailers
Ox Bodies has introduced a new customizable range of its Trail Ox Series of end dump trailers that will provide construction crews with more versatility for all hauling, including aggregates, riprap and asphalt. The company offers different options like full-frame or quarter-frame versions. The full-frame option can haul large loads, while the smaller frame works best for [
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June 19, 2015
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Workforce
Contractor discovers drywall signed by his father 50 years ago while demoing a bathroom
Just in time for Father’s Day comes a story out of Michigan where a contractor recently made unexpected contact with his father for the first time since he was a boy. According to a report from the Huron Daily Tribune, Jon Herzog, owner of Herzog Construction in the city of Bad Axe, was ripping out drywall in a [
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June 18, 2015
Herzog holds the piece of drywall his father signed more than 50 years ago. Credit: Bill Diller/Huron Daily Tribune
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