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Construction Equipment

LBX goes outside, inside with displays at ConExpo 2020’s Festival Grounds and North Hall

LBX will display its latest Link-Belt excavators at two booths at ConExpo, using both a 24,000-square-foot booth located at F5342 at the Festival Grounds and a 4,900-square-foot display in the North Hall at N12865. The Festival Grounds booth will showcase 11 machines, including the 750 X4, 350 X4 Long Front and the 250 X4 SL scrap […]

February 19, 2020

Construction Equipment

VIDEO > Hilti TE 500-A36 is the first cordless breaker: Makes destruction easier, can be paired with cordless backpack dust collector

Hilti used the World of Concrete to debut what it calls the world’s first cordless breaker, the TE 500-A36. The 36-volt battery powered tool uses the company’s Active Vibration Reduction (AVR) technology to reduce vibration by more than 30 percent. It weighs 17.4 pounds but an adjustable, ergonomic D-handle on the port side helps keep […]

February 18, 2020

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Topcon’s ConExpo 2020 booth to feature Formula 3 driver James Roe

Topcon’s booth at ConExpo 2020 will feature Formula 3 driver James Roe, whom the company sponsors. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) Roe will share his experience with how Topcon’s SmoothRide road surfacing technology has made the tracks he races […]

February 18, 2020

Construction Equipment

New Doosan DX62R-3 adds 6-ton reduced tail swing choice to compact excavator lineup

The reduced-tail-swing 59-horsepower DX62R-3 is the latest addition in the Doosan Infracore North America compact excavator lineup and was on display for the first time at the recent World of Concrete 2020 show. “This is a sister to our DX63-3 conventional tail swing model,” says says Aaron Kleingartner, Doosan Infracore North America marketing manager. “The dig […]

February 17, 2020

Dealers

Dealers: Does your rental department need its own service tech?

A dealer’s rental manager walks his visitor around the Rental Department, discussing aspects of his operations. Suddenly, they take an unexpected detour into the Service Department. “You want to see where my inventory is?” the rental guy exclaims, pointing to the service job board. “It’s here: a 30-minute job, an hour job, a 45-minute job.” […]

February 17, 2020

Roadbuilding

Dave Kearby to lead TRIP as executive director

Dave Kearby is the new executive director of national transportation research nonprofit TRIP. He replaces Will Wilkins, who retired this year after 36 years of service at TRIP – 33 of which were as executive director. Kearby served as Central District manager for the Associated General Contractors of Washington for more than a decade and […]

February 17, 2020

Technology

TyBot is an autonomous rebar tying robot that delivers huge productivity gains

“This is not science fiction,” said Advanced Construction Robotics co-founder and president Jeremy Searock. He’s near the back of the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall and standing in front of TyBot, speaking to show attendees gathered in curiosity around his machine. As the name suggests it’s an autonomous rebar tying robot. “This is a […]

February 14, 2020

Pickups

Driver assist, safety features coming to 2020 Ford Super Duty chassis cabs

Productivity and safety go hand-in-hand. It’s something Ford has kept in mind while stepping up its driver assist offerings for its 2020 Super Duty chassis cab lineup. F-350, F-450 and F-550 chassis cabs for model year 2020 can now be optioned with audible lane departure warning and pre-collision assist with automatic emergency braking and forward […]

February 13, 2020

Construction Equipment

Cummins to showcase Performance Series engines at ConExpo 2020

Cummins’ B4.5, B6.7 and L9 Performance Series engines deliver on average 10 percent more power and 20 percent more torque across the 3.8- to 9-liter range. The engines, to be displayed in the company’s Booth S84407 at ConExpo 2020, also have a simpler design with no exhaust gas regeneration, reduced weight and size, and a […]

February 13, 2020

Construction Equipment

Kenco to unveil Slab Crab pavement remover at ConExpo 2020

Kenco Engineering will bring its new Slab Crab to booth N11725 in the North Hall of ConExpo 2020. The pavement-removal bucket is designed to reduce the time and cost of removing concrete slabs and bridge decks. Concrete is saw-cut into manageable slabs and simply lifted out. The slabs can then be loaded directly onto a […]

February 12, 2020

Construction Equipment

25-lb. Vacuworx PHD vacuum lifter has 2,500 lbs. of lifting power

Vacuworx has introduced the PHD, a new vacuum lifting system introduced at World of Concrete 2020 that packs quite a bit of lifting power into a very portable package. Watch the video above or read on for all the details. Weighing in at just 25 pounds, the PHD has an extremely small footprint. Despite its […]

February 11, 2020

Safety

Contractors fined $265K for trench collapses, including fatal cave-ins in Ala., Miss.

This year is starting out to be a costly one for contractors cited for trench violations by the U.S. Occupational Health & Safety Administration. OSHA issued proposed penalties totaling $264,670 in January for five separate trench collapses, including cave-ins in Alabama that killed two workers and one in Mississippi that killed one worker. OSHA reported […]

February 11, 2020