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Construction Equipment
Beautiful Bay Bridge time-lapse compresses 42k hours of construction into 4 mintues
Recently, construction was completed on the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The $6.4 billion bridge replaced a structure damaged in a 1989 earthquake and last week opened to traffic. Since then, EarthCam has released its time-lapse footage of all 42,000 hours of construction that took place on the bridge. The footage is [âŚ]
September 9, 2013
Construction Equipment
Press explodes 800-lb. concrete cylinder with sheer force
At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign the engineering department has a pretty cool toy. Itâs a giant mechanical press that can apply up to 3 million pounds of pressure on a given object. To show its strength at an open house, the engineers placed an 800-pound, 18-inches-wide concrete cylinder beneath the press and started applying [âŚ]
September 4, 2013
Business
Too much of a good thing? Three steps for managing your construction companyâs growth
Itâs the time of year when Equipment World editors start scouring Contractor of the Year nominations, looking for the best of the best. Some traits are easy to pick out as the signs of a contender: low turnover, good revenue growth, excellent equipment management, a sterling safety record. While others donât quite jump out at you, [âŚ]
September 3, 2013
Construction Equipment
74 tips for reducing equipment costs (46-55)
Last week, we hit the halfway point in this series of 74 tips for reducing your equipment costs. Here is the next set of tips: 46: Learn more about MRO Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul is the science of inventory control applied to maintenance spares.  Rigorous adherence to inventory control process is a science⌠not an [âŚ]
August 30, 2013
Workforce
Twin Cities contractors strike out on their own amid sluggish hiring, housing rebound
As a result of still-sluggish hiring in the middle of a housing rebound, more and more contractors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area have begun to work as independent contractors, according to a report by the The Star Tribune. Construction in the Twin Cities is up 24 percent compared to this time last year. Despite the [âŚ]
August 28, 2013
Construction Equipment
Energy expert, journalist Robert Bryce extolls virtues of fossil fuels over renewable energy in Construction Symposium keynote
As the keynote speaker for the Equipment Worldâs Construction Symposium Thursday morning, Robert Bryce denounced a plethora of environmental myths while extolling the virtues of fossil based energy sources. Addressing the audience of construction contractors and equipment fleet managers, Bryce, author of âPower Hungry: The Myths of Green Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future,â [âŚ]
August 23, 2013
Construction Equipment
Construction worker punches bank robber into a jail cell
If it wasnât bad enough that alleged bank robber Frazer Piccolo was literally caught red-handed, his capture was assisted by a construction worker with a mean right hook. According to a report from KPTV in Portland, Oregon, the 44-year-old Piccolo entered the Bank of the West on Division St., at 10:45 a.m. Monday before passing [âŚ]
August 21, 2013
Business
Caterpillar announces retirement of 3 VPs alongside realignments and new Strategic Services Division
Caterpillar on Tuesday announced the retirement of three longtime vice presidents, two division realignments and a newly-created Strategic Services Division. Mike DeWalt has been appointed as the vice president of the new division which will include strategic planning, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), investor relations, economics, business risk management and competitive analysis. Itâs part of a renewed [âŚ]
August 21, 2013
Pickups
ProPickup Truck Expo Coming to Dallas
Trucking and Construction Events at Intersection 2013 Gives Vast Opportunities  Dallas is looking to be the hot spot for August. Intersection 2013 will bring together decision makers from all segments of construction and trucking for conferences, seminars, exhibits and a many networking opportunities. Held at the Dallas Convention Center and Dallas Omni Hotel, August [âŚ]
August 18, 2013
Home
Home starts rebound 6 percent in July as permits and builder confidence soar
Weâll say this for the current home construction recovery: it doesnât stay down for long. Following a 10-percent drop in June, new home starts in July rose 6 percent to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 896,000, according to data from the Commerce Department Friday. Itâs a good sign, as home starts inch closer to regaining the [âŚ]
August 16, 2013
Construction Equipment
Chinese workers build a 15-story hotel in 6 days
Late last month, construction began on Sky City, a 2,749-foot Chinese skyscraper that will become the worldâs tallest building. But whatâs even more remarkable than its immense size is the fact that Sky City is expected to be complete at some point in the next seven or 10 months. The current worldâs tallest building, Dubaiâs [âŚ]
August 14, 2013
Business
Long Walk: Builders of 47-story Spanish skyscraper forget to install the elevator
We all make mistakes. But very few of us have made one as monumental as this one. Via Gizmodo, sourced from a report by El Pais, after building 47 stories of the Intempo skyscraper in Benidorm, Spainâdesigned to be a monument signaling the cityâs return from the countryâs financial crisisâthe builders realized they had forgotten [âŚ]
August 12, 2013
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