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Dealers

Brock Rentals adds Brokk construction robots to offering

Brock Rentals will now offer Brokk 110s, 170s, 200s and 300s remote-controlled demoltion units. With the new additions, the company’s fleet no features more than 50 Brokk remote-controlled machines. “We’ve always relied on the safety and productivity of Brokk machines to provide viable solutions for our customers in refractory, chemical, nuclear, demolition and general construction […]

December 4, 2019

Construction Equipment

Kobelco displays SK550DLC-10, SK850LC-10 excavators at ConExpo 2020

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA has announced two machines for its ConExpo booth, located at N10037 in the North Hall. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) The Kobelco SK550DLC-10 is purpose-built to tear down and dismantle multi-story buildings. With a maximum reach of […]

December 3, 2019

Pickups

Up close with the 2020 Ford F-250 Tremor off-road package

At the recent SEMA 2019 show, Ford brought two variants of its new for 2020 Super Duty Tremor off-road package. We go through all the special features plus take a quick walk through the Ford booth to see all the other custom truck builds on display. Check it all out in the video below. To […]

December 2, 2019

Business

The collective black eye: construction is nation’s No. 1 industry for suicides

Two men began talking at a conference. One of the two, an executive with a Fortune 100 electrical contracting firm, turned pale when the subject of construction suicides came up and told the other, “How did you find out about us? We‘ve lost three people to suicide, and the last one was a foreman––he hung […]

December 2, 2019

Safety

Contractors charged with manslaughter: 16-year-old dies in trench in Va.; collapsed wall kills man in NYC excavation

A 16-year-old boy dies in a trench collapse in Virginia. A 47-year-old man dies in an excavation in New York City when a wall collapses on him. Both deaths could have been prevented, investigators say. Both deaths have resulted in manslaughter charges being filed this month against the contractors on the projects. They are […]

November 29, 2019

Home

Inside development of Liebherr’s new articulated dump truck line and the TA230

Equipment World got an up-close look at Liebherr’s test vehicles, including one outfitted with semi-autonomous controls.

November 29, 2019

Pickups

Is the Tesla Cybertruck a good truck? How it compares to Ford, Chevy & Ram

Tesla has unveiled the Cybertruck, a beast of an electric pickup truck with a Blade Runner-esque brutalist design language that stacks up very favorably to your favorite fuel guzzler. Check the video below for a discussion of the truck’s design, configurations, pricing and a how it compares to traditional half-ton trucks from Ford, Chevy and […]

November 28, 2019

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Doosan to showcase excavators, loaders and ADTs at ConExpo 2020 booth

Located in the North Hall in booth N10001, Doosan Infracore North America will show ConExpo visitors its lineup of excavators, wheel loaders and articulated dump trucks. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) Concept X — an autonomous excavator under development […]

November 28, 2019

Contractor of the Year

With deep roots in construction, this small, tight-knit Georgia contractor has reached Hollywood heights

Don Logan knew what he wanted to do right out of high school, and it had nothing to do with going to college as his father wished. “My father was in home building, and I liked being on his equipment,” Don recalls. So after graduation in 1995, he started doing a number of jobs, including […]

November 28, 2019

Roadbuilding

Work begins on $2.2 billion toll expressway to close Raleigh outer loop

Construction on the first phase of completing a $2.2 billion outer expressway toll loop around Raleigh, North Carolina, has begun. Lane Blythe Construction Joint Venture of Charlotte won the $403 million design-build contract in December 2018 for the first phase of the project, which will extend the Triangle Expressway from U.S. 401 to Interstate 40 […]

November 28, 2019

Construction Equipment

Ditch Witch’s new RT80 brings heavy-duty trenching to tight jobsites

Ditch Witch has redesigned its RT80 ride-on trencher for fitting into narrower spaces on urban and rural jobsites where larger trenchers can’t go. The mid-sized trencher can also be moved from job to job easier with a modular design for quickly changing between tracks and tires in the field. It can be transported with a […]

November 27, 2019

Construction Equipment

The Bobcat SAL: What is it?

Bobcat recently introduced its new Small Articulated Loader models. The L23 and L28 represent the company’s first venture into this machine category. Check out our video breakdown of what this machine is and who it is for below. To read more about the Bobcat SALs, click here.

November 27, 2019