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Safety

Painter killed after fall from telehandler on jobsite near San Antonio

A painter working from a platform on a jobsite near San Antonio died Tuesday, succumbing to injuries from a fall. According to a report from the San Antonio Express-News, Victor Echartea-Medina, 41, was responsive en route to the hospital but later died. Echartea-Medina was working from, “a platform at the end of a large multistory forklift,” likely […]

April 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS: Big Bertha’s 2,000-ton front end lifted to the surface. How the world’s largest tunneler was raised

[imagebrowser id=225] After a year of slumber and almost a month after chewing her way into a 12-story repair pit, Big Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, is finally under repair in Seattle. Crews worked for the better part of March to disassemble the machine’s front end before lifting the machine’s cutterhead and body shield panels—a […]

April 1, 2015

Construction Equipment

Case launches 586H, 588H rough terrain forklifts free of emissions maintenance worries

Case has debuted a pair of new Tier 4 Final rough terrain forklifts, the 586H and 588H. Rated at 74 horsepower the two machines don’t need SCR (selective catalytic reduction) or DPFs (diesel particulate filters) which makes them maintenance free as far as the emissions/Tier 4 technology is concerned. The new RT lifts meet their […]

April 1, 2015

Safety

Worker crushed and killed on refinery conversion project in Pennsylvania

A construction worker was killed Tuesday while working on a large-scale industrial complex conversion project in Pennsylvania. According to a report from StateImpact Pennsylvania, the unidentified, 50-year-old worker was killed after a 1,200-foot pylon fell on top of him while working at the Sunoco Logistics plant in Marcus Hook. The man worked for engineering firm AECOM, […]

April 1, 2015

Business

U.S. construction spending flat in February

Construction spending in the U.S. was flat during February, the result of a slight increase in private construction and a decrease in government spending. Total spending fell 0.1 percent during the month to $967.1 billion, according to preliminary estimates from the Commerce Department. Spending was up 2.1 percent over February 2014. Residential and nonresidential construction spending both […]

April 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio DOT uses “work zone simulation room” to show drivers the dangers of road construction

Construction can be a dangerous job and when you throw in people in a hurry driving alongside you, it becomes exponentially more dangerous. Citing data saying 23 highway workers are killed each month in the U.S., the Ohio Department of Transportation invited the public to get a feel for just how dangerous road work can […]

April 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

How DOTs could use drones to assess infrastructure damage from natural disasters

Researchers from the University of New Mexico (UNM), San Diego State University, and BAE Systems are working on a prototype drone system that could be used to detect and map transportation infrastructure damage as a result of natural disasters. The benefit is the speed at which these machines can reach a disaster area, which many […]

March 31, 2015

Business

Holcim shareholders threaten merger plans with Lafarge…again

Shares in Lafarge fell by approximately 2 percent Monday after two Holcim shareholders voiced their discontent with the revised merger terms that were put in place on March 20 to make Holcim shareholders happy and keep the merger moving forward. According to a report from Reuters, Russian businessman Filaret Galchev, Holcim’s second-largest shareholder who owns a […]

March 31, 2015

Business

Contractors on Milwaukee’s Northwestern Mutual tower claim largest continuous concrete pour in Wisconsin history

Workers with C.G. Schmidt and Choice Construction, among other contractors, have completed what they claim is the largest continuous concrete pour in Wisconsin state history. According to a report from WITI TV, 250 workers and 50 cement trucks took part in a 27-hour concrete pour for the foundation of the 32-story Northwestern Mutual Tower and […]

March 30, 2015

Workforce

Construction worker killed in senseless Connecticut jobsite shooting

Another shooting has claimed the life of a construction worker while on the job, this time in Connecticut. According to a report from WSFB TV, Jose Araujo, 31, was killed by one of a spray of bullets fired by a man who just moments ago had walked onto a Bridgeport jobsite to inquire about a job. […]

March 30, 2015

Workforce

Construction worker arrested after attacking co-worker with forklift in Texas

A worker on a Texas jobite was fortunate to have survived an attack last week after an apparent disagreement led a co-worker to attack him with a forklift. According to a report from KWTX, Baylor police arrested and charged Jason Dale Matus, 37, with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on March 18. Police told […]

March 26, 2015

Roadbuilding

Senate rejects amendment seeking to fund infrastructure by closing corporate tax loophole

A $478 billion transportation funding amendment to the 2016 budget put forth by Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was struck down March 24, according to a report by The Hill. In a 52-45 vote, the Senate ended the amendment that would have pulled funds from a repatriation measure to collect tax dollars from overseas profits […]

March 25, 2015