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Roadbuilding

DRIVE Act aims to support Highway Trust Fund by limiting spending to roads and bridges

Five Republican congressmen have proposed a legislative effort to support the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) without increasing gas taxes primarily by limiting spending only to federal highway and bridge projects. Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Congressman Jim Jordon (R-Ohio), Congressman Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Congressman Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), and Congressman Ken Buck (R-Colo.) introduced the Developing Roadway […]

March 24, 2015

Workforce

BuildOurNebraska.com launches to address state’s worker shortage issues

With more workers aging out of the industry than it is currently bringing in, construction professionals in Nebraska are seeing the same impacts from a shortage of skilled workers as most other states in the U.S. According to a report from the Lincoln Journal Star, a coalition of groups, including the Associated General Contractors of Nebraska, […]

March 24, 2015

Business

How to de-clutter your construction office into a (nearly) paperless, more efficient work space

Spring is the time of year when everything is new and fresh, so now that the season has officially arrived, people turn their attention to cleaning and organizing tasks. It’s the perfect time to tackle organizing work space, as well. A cluttered office not only makes you look disorganized to your employees and clients, but […]

March 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

More than 1/3 of New York roads and bridges are in poor and deficient condition

The Road Improvement Program’s “Conditions and Safety of New York’s Roads and Bridges” report shows that 37 percent of the state’s major locally and state-maintained urban roads and highways are in poor condition, and 39 percent of the locally and state-maintained bridges show “significant deterioration” and do not meet “current design standards.” In addition to road […]

March 23, 2015

Technology

“Embrace disruptive technology or go out of business,” AEMP telematics, tech seminar warns contractors

The first telematics session at the Association of Equipment Management Professionals 33rd Management Conference and Annual Meeting started out with a dire warning about disruptive technology. Presenter Gerald Green, Caterpillar strategic development manager, asked the heavy equipment fleet managers in the standing-room-only audience, if any of them knew what happened to the Kodak company. Kodak, […]

March 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

Atlas Copco intros CC1300 articulated compact roller (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=215] Atlas Copco featured its small, articulated compact tandem rollers at World of Concrete in Baltimore this week, and used the show to introduce the Dynapac CC1300 model. Like the CC1100 and CC1200, this new model comes in a dual-steel vibratory drum configuration (front and back), or a combination option of one vibratory drum and four […]

March 20, 2015

Workforce

Construction crew rips roof from wrong residence near Cleveland

Your roof. It’s not necessarily something you think about unless it’s leaking or you’re installing one. Or, in the case of one particular Cleveland man, it’s being torn off your home. According to the Cleveland.com police blotter for the city of Avon, a construction crew made the following costly mistake: “A man called and said […]

March 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

Michigan road conditions on downward spiral

A recent preliminary report by the Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) shows roads in Michigan are deteriorating at an accelerating pace. The data collected by the council, titled the PASER report, showed that over the past nine years, miles of roads rated “good” or “fair” declined from 77 to 62 percent, with roads rated “poor” […]

March 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

#FixTheTrustFund campaign aims to flood social media with infographics supporting a long-term highway bill

The Transportation Construction Coalition this week launched a 12-day social media infographic campaign to “press Congress to find a permanent fix for the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF)” before funding runs out at the end of May this year. Members of the coalition began posting infographics on their respective social media networks on March 16 that […]

March 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ford retains V8 engine roar in 2015 F-150 V6 using a bit of audio wizardry and the truck’s speakers

Though Ford engineers actually figured out a way to get V8 power out of the EcoBoost V6 engine in the 2015 F-150, what they weren’t able to figure out was how to make a V6 produce sound like a V8. Knowing that certain customers might miss that rumble and roar, Ford engineers came up with a solution […]

March 19, 2015

Safety

Woman killed near NYC jobsite after being struck by plywood in freak accident

A woman walking in New York City was killed Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a piece of plywood blown from a nearby jobsite. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 37-year-old Trang-Thuy Nguyen was walking along along W. 12th Street and talking on her cell phone when a gust of wind tore a 4-foot […]

March 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

Roadtec showcases new Tier 4 Final paver, Shuttle Buggy MTV and cold planer at World of Asphalt

At its World of Asphalt booth here in Baltimore, Roadtec  is showing attendees three new machines, all of which have been updated with Tier 4 Final engines. First up is the company’s largest Shuttle Buggy Material Transfer Vehicle (MTV), the SB-2500e. It’s powered by a 300-horsepower Cummins QSL 9. Roadtec says the SB-2500e will remain available in a Tier 3 […]

March 18, 2015