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Roadbuilding
Nevada DOT begins $33.8 million I-15 widening in North Las Vegas
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has broken ground on an Interstate 15 widening project in North Las Vegas valued at $33.8 million. Las Vegas Paving will serve as the general contractor on the project that will span five miles between Craig Road and Speedway Boulevard. The project includes widening the roadway from four to [âŚ]
September 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Nevada DOT awards $33.8 million I-15 widening project
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has awarded Las Vegas Paving a contract for improvements and widening of a 5-mile stretch of Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas. This section of roadways has 41,600 travel along it each day, but is expected to increase 71 percent in the next 15 years. NDOT estimates the project [âŚ]
June 14, 2016
Pickups
Dale Earnhardt Jr. unveils No. 88 Chevy Silverado special edition
Dale Earnhardt Jr. race fans now have a chance to own a No. 88 Special Edition Chevrolet Silverado. Hendricks Motorsports and Earnhardt teamed up to create a truck that recalls the NASCAR championâs personal journey with his favorite GM trucks. âI had a lot of fun working on this with Hendrick Motorsports,â Earnhardt said in [âŚ]
June 13, 2016
Construction Equipment
Time-lapse captures 2 years of âDaytona Risingâ construction to create âWorld Center of Racingâ
It took $400 million and more than two years of work, but the Daytona International Speedway has been fully upgraded to become what Daytona officials say is the âworldâs first motorsports stadium.â According to EarthCam, the project began in Sept. 2013 and ended just a few weeks ago. The time-lapse video below compresses the massive [âŚ]
February 16, 2016
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar dozers, graders build TORC off-road racing tracks before its no. 2 truck tears them up (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=110] Though the machines it sells are known more for their brawn than their speed, motorsports are nothing new at Caterpillar. For decades, Cat Racing has fielded a car in NASCAR races and has a strong driver behind the wheel of the no. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet in Ryan Newman. But very recently, the company [âŚ]
July 10, 2014
Roadbuilding
1 million+ âstanding downâ against falls in construction
More than 1 million workers from tens of thousands of businesses are expected to take part in the Occupational Health and Safety Administrationâs (OSHA) National Fall Safety Stand Down this week. Throughout the week-long Stand-Down, employers and workers will pause during their workday to focus on the hazards of falls and preventing them. Industry and [âŚ]
June 4, 2014
Business
Are you our 2014 Contractor of the Year? Apply now
Each year around this time we start the search for our next Contractor of the Year. These are contractors who have successfully managed their companies through the roller coaster of todayâs construction economy and our past winners are certainly some of the industryâs best and brightest. Are you proud of your companyâs performance and feel [âŚ]
August 16, 2013
Construction Equipment
How a NASCAR stock car is wrapped with all those logos
Ever wonder how NASCAR teams go about getting all the millions of dollars worth of brand logos onto their cars? Well, youâre in luck because the Joe Gibbs racing team has been nice enough to document the three-hour process of wrapping a stock car in the video below. Kyle Busch will race this No. 18 [âŚ]
May 16, 2013
Business
NASCAR driver Jeff Burton talks Gen-6 cars, answers contractorsâ questions
At Equipment Worldâs annual Contractor of the Year event this year, we were able to spend an hour of quality time with NASCAR driver Jeff Burton. The driver of the no. 31 Caterpillar car gave a short talk, answered questions and posed for photos with the 12 finalists and their wives Friday night in Las [âŚ]
March 18, 2013
Home
This video of kids playing pit crew will make you smile
Those who love car racing love it for the speed, the close calls and the sheer skill of those behind the wheel. And while weâre suckers for videos of things screaming down a track, there are few more adorable things weâve seen recently than this video of a couple of stock car professionals in the [âŚ]
March 13, 2013
Safety
Miller Electric launches Job Weld Done Giveaway
Miller Electric has launched the Job Weld Done Giveaway, which offers customers a chance to win a Miller product every month for nine months beginning April 16, 2012. Three individual grand prize packages will also be awarded in January 2013, including a custom-built EPIC chopper, NASCAR trip to Bristol, Tennessee, and a trip to Las [âŚ]
May 16, 2012
Pickups
Maradyne at the track
Maradyneâs Champion Low Profile Series fan cools high-performance race engines with its 225 watt heavy duty motor that delivers 2,170 cubic feet per minute (CFM) with an amp draw of 18.0.
February 14, 2012
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