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Missouri’s Focus on Bridges program prioritizes 45 bridges for repair/replacement

Forty-five bridges in Missouri were prioritized for repair or replacement through Gov. Mike Parson’s new Focus on Bridges program that was instituted in May , KQ2.com reports. Three of those bridges in northwest Missouri have already received contracts, while the remaining bridges will be under contract by the end of the year and completed in 2020. […]

September 25, 2019

Class 7-8

Volvo Trucks‘ new Dynamic Steering option is “like having an extra hand on the wheel”

Volvo Trucks North America, during a press tour at its Dublin, Virginia, truck manufacturing plant, has introduced Volvo Dynamic Steering (VDS) – an electrically assisted hydraulic steering system designed to lessen steering input, helping reduce driver fatigue and increase road safety. Volvo’s VDS, which debuted in Europe for the 2014 model year, will be available […]

September 24, 2019

Recruiting & retention

Dozer Day is building the next generation of equipment operators and construction professionals

What kid doesn’t love big construction machines? While the industry struggles to find manpower, Dozer Day is exposing kids ages 2 to 12 to the world of heavy equipment in the hopes that they’ll carry that enthusiasm into their teenage years, their educational choices and eventually their adult careers. That’s the theory anyway, behind Dozer […]

September 24, 2019

Dealers

Runnion Equipment adds Stellar to lineup

Runnion Equipment, Hodgkins, Illinois, will now offer Stellar Industries products to its equipment offering. The company will focus on Stellar’s mechanics trucks and service cranes as well as the TMAX line of steel and aluminum service bodies. “We are a traditional full service dealer that offers sales, service, parts and rental and are proud to […]

September 24, 2019

Roadbuilding

Neb. uses modular bridges to combat washouts from flooding

Acrow Bridge has installed two of its modular steel bridges to help flood-ravaged Nebraska, which continues to be inundated with rain after flooding across the state began in March. The most recent deluge struck September 10 and 11 in north-central Nebraska, when 4 to 8 inches were dumped, again washing out roads and bridges, some […]

September 24, 2019

Construction Equipment

Genie’s new HF and TraX aerial platforms designed to go where traditional lifts can’t

Genie has launched five new high-flotation and four new tracked models of aerial work platforms for operating in soft sand, turf and other sensitive ground conditions that tend to bog down traditional lifts. The new models range in max platform heights of 40 to 65 feet and load capacities of 600 to 1,000 pounds. They […]

September 23, 2019

Safety

Excavating company fined $509,071 for trench violations, contractor surrenders license

A Michigan-based excavation company has agreed to close business operations and pay a $509,071 penalty for not protecting workers from trench collapse, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The company’s owner must also surrender his contractor’s license. OSHA says the agreement was reached after its inspectors on three separate occasions between September […]

September 23, 2019

Roadbuilding

Tropical Storm Imelda floods roads, causes barge crashes into 1-10 bridge in Texas

Massive flooding in southeast Texas from Tropical Storm Imelda closed roads, led to hundreds of abandoned cars and caused nine barges to break free, at least two of which struck and damaged a major bridge on Interstate 10. The barges struck the I-10 San Jacinto River Bridge near Channelview on Friday morning after they broke […]

September 23, 2019

Dealers

Dealers: Partial parts packages can add up to 7% of your total idle capital

I continue to see parts departments ordering parts in package quantities without first checking their dealer management system (DMS) to see if another company location might have that part. While checking the DMS may be more time consuming, if you’re going to use your inventories to the fullest it’s necessary to enforce the practice of […]

September 23, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Bobcat unveils iPhone/iPad remote control for skid steers, CTLs; GMC Sierra 3L Duramax test drive; Cat intros new cold planers, RM400 rotary mixer; BOMAG intros gas-powered BPR 60/65

BOMAG intros gas-powered BPR 60/65 reversible plate compactor Offered as a more economical alternative diesel-powered models, BOMAG has introduced the BPR 60/65 reversible plate compactor. BOMAG says the BPR 60/65 consumes less than 1 gallon of gas per hour, is comfortable to operate and compacts large areas of at speeds reaching 91.9 feet per minute. […]

September 23, 2019

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USDOT announces recipients of Competitive Highway Bridge Program grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced 20 bridge projects that will be the first recipients of a portion of $225 million in Competitive Highway Bridge Program grants to fund bridge improvement and replacement in rural areas, Transport Topics reports. “This $225 million in federal funding will enable 18 states to make vital upgrades to select […]

September 23, 2019

Machine control

Bobcat unveils iPhone/iPad remote control, bringing drone-like operation to skid steers, CTLs

Quick two-person jobs can be handled by a single operator, and operators can avoid repeated trips in and out of the cab.

September 20, 2019