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Workforce

Workers uncover ancient human remains, artifacts on Washington jobsite

While digging on a renovation job at an RV lot in Yakima, Washington, last week, a construction crew uncovered what could be some of the oldest Native American artifacts found in a region first inhabited by tribes of the Yakama Nation. According to a report from NBC Right Now, one of the workers had begun hand-digging with about […]

May 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Three students awarded Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarships

The American Traffic Safety Services Foundation awarded its Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarship to three students who each lost a father during work zone accidents. The foundation awarded Lyndsay Morgan of Cape Coral, Florida, and Andrea Pair of Spiro, Oklahoma, $5,000 each and Carl Moser of Middletown, Maryland, $6,000. Morgan’s father, Steven, was working on a roadway […]

May 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

Atlas Copco adds 5 small-range breaker models to EC lineup

Atlas Copco has added five new models to its lineup of Essential Case-Mounted hydraulic breakers. The small range breakers are designed to fit carriers weighting between one and 12 tons, and are suitable for small-scale construction and demolition applications. The EC 40 T, EC 50 T, EC 60 T, EC 70 T and EC 80 […]

May 11, 2015

Roadbuilding

Three highway funding bills fail within one week in the Colorado Legislature

Potential funding for Colorado roads went three up and three down in the Legislature this week. The failure of all three bills leaves the state’s roads without any extra help from legislators next year, the Colorado Business Journal reported. The funding failures began Monday as the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted Senate […]

May 8, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in attempt to jump from stalled lift on NYC jobsite

A worker on a crew building a luxury hotel in New York City was killed Tuesday when he fell 24 stories down an elevator shaft. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 25-year-old Christian Ginesi and one other worker were attempting to install an elevator door frame at the Riu Hotel Times Square when their lift car […]

May 7, 2015

Workforce

Workers discover ancient tools, homestead during pipeline construction in Utah

While working on the construction of a Questar gas line in Utah, construction workers uncovered some materials that gave them pause. According to a report from FOX 13 TV, after finding soot-stained rock and charcoal debris, the workers called in the archaeologists who quickly confirmed that the crew had uncovered an ancient homestead. The station […]

May 6, 2015

Safety

Construction worker killed in trench collapse during utility install in New Jersey

While installing a drainage line around a home under construction in Franklin, New Jersey, a trench collapsed burying and killing one worker. According to a report from NJ.com, 43-year-old Selvin Antulio Lopez-Castillo was inside a 3-feet-wide by 8-feet-deep trench when it collapsed around 4 p.m. Monday. His co-workers attempted to pull him from the trench […]

May 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

Bipartisan Senate bill would offer a tax credit for transportation projects

A Republican and a Democratic crossed party lines to propose a bill Monday that would provide a tax credit for road projects. The Hill reports Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) proposed the “Move America Act of 2015” as Congress rolls closer to the May 31 deadline to extend transportation funding as the Highway […]

May 5, 2015

Business

Construction spending falls 0.6% in March with lone gains in nonresidential

With decreases across all sectors save for private nonresidential, U.S. construction spending fell 0.6 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $966.5 billion, according to preliminary estimates from the Commerce Department. Spending remained 2 percent above the March 2014 level. Total residential spending fell 1.6 percent to a rate of $354.7 billion and […]

May 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

Texas approves $168 million in Proposition 1 road projects

The Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) has approved roughly $168 million for 23 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) road projects as part of the state’s Proposition 1 funding program. Last year Texas voters approved Proposition 1, a program that has $1.74 billion available for transportation projects in 2015. In late March, the TTC approved nine projects […]

May 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

Missouri officials call for a raise in the state gas tax

The Missouri Senate passed a bill Thursday to raise the state’s gas tax 1.5 cents a gallon in order to raise money to fix the declining infrastructure. According to a report from the Kansas City Star, an earlier proposal to raise the tax by two cents had stalled. State and local officials gathered at the Broadway Bridge […]

May 5, 2015

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros 963K track loader with new Performance bucket, big fuel savings (PHOTOS)

Caterpillar bills the track loader as one of its most versatile machines and says the new 963K boasts several improvements that greatly increase that capability over its predecessor the 963D. The 45,568-pound machine is powered by a 193-horsepower, Tier 4 Final Cat C7.1 ACERT engine equipped with a twin turbo for faster machine response under […]

May 4, 2015