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Construction Equipment

World of Concrete 2014 coverage has concluded from Las Vegas. Check here for the roundup

World of Concrete 2014 took place in Las Vegas between January 21 and 24. The Equipment World team was on the ground covering all the exciting events and equipment announcements at the show. The show celebrated its 40th anniversary this year and is the “only annual international event dedicated to the commercial concrete and masonry construction […]

January 20, 2014

Construction Equipment

Ride along on a 180-foot trip to the top onboard the new Genie SX-180 telescopic boom

It had been a bad technology week. I left the office with a fully-charged new tablet that died on the plane out. Then I found my camera had a corrupted SD card. The in-flight entertainment screen on a 5-hour flight didn’t work in my seat—just my seat. And as soon as I reached the rental […]

January 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar straps customers into virtual reality simulator for motor grader development feedback

If you’ve ever wondered just how much Caterpillar values customer feedback during the development of new equipment, just wait until you hear about the company’s virtual reality rig. At the Caterpillar Technical Center in Mossville, Illinois, the equipment manufacturer invites groups of customers to step inside what it calls the Immersive Visualization Center (IVC). The […]

January 14, 2014

Construction Equipment

Diggerland, a construction equipment theme park, is coming to New Jersey

The United Kingdom’s popular Diggerland Adventure Park—centered around a construction equipment theme—will see a U.S. version. According to philly.com, Sahara Sam’s Oasis, a water park located in West Berlin, New Jersey, will open the new 14-acre park by this summer. Sahara Sam’s says it will announce details in a press conference Tuesday. Diggerland Adventure Park, […]

January 13, 2014

Business

JCB is building a $49 million championship golf course, complete with 18th century mansion-turned-clubhouse

JCB plans to build a championship golf course right in its own back yard. The $49 million course will be built mainly for the use of the company’s network of 770 dealers. It is planned as an 18-hole, Par 72 championship course and will be built on 240 acres to the south of the Rocester […]

January 13, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator mercilessly pounds a perfectly good Dodge Viper to bits

We spent a considerable amount of time with Google search trying to figure out why, in the name of all that is holy, this perfectly good Dodge Viper had to be destroyed. There’s no definitive answer, however. One commenter says it has something to do with a car accident death and Chrysler asking for it […]

January 9, 2014

Home

Low temps freeze construction equipment and materials beneath Vermont bridge, delay concrete pours for Cincinnati streetcar

Count these two crews in Vermont and Cincinnati among those in the construction  industrystymied by the freezing temperatures of the Polar Vortex earlier this week. In Brattleboro, Vermont, a crew with PCL Civil Constructors Inc. found a crane, an aerial lift and a load of materials for a bridge repair on Interstate 91 frozen in the […]

January 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

Bobcat launches E42, E45, E50 and E55 Tier 4 non-DPF excavators; new instrument panel

Bobcat has introduced four new Tier 4 excavators which feature an ultra-low particulate combustion engine instead of a diesel particulate filter. The UPLC engine reduces the amount of particulate matter created during combustion via a specially designed engine combustion chamber, ensuring Tier 4 emissions compliance without the need for a DPF. The four models—the E42, […]

January 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

Bobcat celebrates millionth loader with Transformers-like evolution video and a contest for a free machine

To celebrate the production of its 1 millionth loader this year, Bobcat Company has launched the “Unstoppable” contest, offering one lucky winner a special edition Bobcat. The winner will have his or her choice between a commemorative edition Bobcat S650 skid-steer loader and a T650 compact track loader. Both machines will feature a special paint […]

January 8, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator hits WWII bomb in Germany; explosion kills operator, injures 13 more

The operator of an excavator in Euskirchen, Germany was killed Friday by the blast of a buried World War II bomb. The operator was crushing rubble on a disposal site used by a local construction firm, according to a report from Bild.de. The bucket of the machine hit the bomb, resulting in an explosion so large […]

January 6, 2014

Construction Equipment

Floating crane that will build the Tappan Zee Bridge, sets sail on 6k-mile journey to New York

The Left Coast Lifter has left the building. Or port, rather. Anyway, the massive floating crane, which will assist in the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge, recently left the Port of Oakland to embark on a 6,000-mile journey to New York Harbor, according to The Journal News of Westchester County, New York. The […]

January 2, 2014

Safety

How to safely combat the winter months on a construction site in 8 steps

Winter sees dark mornings, dark nights, grim weather and dull days, which can put health and safety at risk on a construction site. A construction site has a lot of equipment and heavy machinery that needs to be kept in tip top condition throughout the year and especially over the winter months when things can […]

January 2, 2014