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Roadbuilding

New smart memory alloy designed to replace rebar in bridges as earthquake reinforcement

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan have developed smart memory alloys for use in concrete bridges in earthquake-prone areas that they say are safer and more cost-effective than steel rebar. “Conventional steel rebar reinforcements have been used for years in building structurally sound bridges,” said Shahria Alam, associate professor of engineering and […]

April 6, 2018

Dealers

Colo. firm wins its 7th Kenworth Dealer of Year Award

MHC Kenworth – Colorado was named the top dealer in the Kenworth network in the United States and Canada for the seventh time. The dealership received the 2017 Kenworth Dealer of the Year Award in February at the company’s annual dealer meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. “This award was earned by our dedicated employees, who are […]

March 16, 2018

Construction Equipment

Elliott celebrates 70 years of making truck aerial devices

As post-World War II America was building its electrical grid and interstate system, Richard Elliott of Omaha, Nebraska, introduced his truck-mounted telescoping aerial work platform and crane. Starting in 1948, he would build just one machine at a time, mounted on a conventional truck chassis. He would drive them across the United States stopping in […]

February 23, 2018

Construction Equipment

Manitou enters N. American mobile elevated work platform market with 5 models

Manitou, which has been manufacturing mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) since 1992 in Europe, is entering the North American market with five articulating boom models. Telescopic booms are expected to arrive later this year. Laurent Bonnaure, Manitou executive vice president, global sales and marketing, calls the move a natural progression of the company’s North American […]

February 22, 2018

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse captures Montroyal Bridge girder installation

The time-lapse video below shows construction on the Montroyal Bridge over Mosquito Creek in the District of North Vancouver on Jan. 23, 2018. Crews used a crane to hoist six 131-foot-long bridge girders weighing 119,000 pounds each into place. The $8.5 million project, which is paid for through the district’s asset management program, includes two […]

February 7, 2018

Construction Equipment

Wacker Neuson ups new, used skid steer, CTL warranties to 3-years, 3,000-hours

The compact equipment warranty wars have heated up, with Wacker Neuson coming to the table with what it calls the “most comprehensive warranty in the industry.” Wacker Neuson is the third compact equipment manufacturer in the past three months to debut an extended standard warranty, announcing a 3 year, or 3,000 hours full-machine warranty. The […]

February 5, 2018

Roadbuilding

Crews upset residents by burning pieces of historic covered Bell Bridge after demolition

Residents in Hoyt, New Brunswick, Canada, are angry after construction crews tearing down and replacing the flood-damaged historic Bell Bridge were seen burning the remnants of the bridge in a barrel, CBC reports. The 87-year-old covered bridge was completely demolished on January 19. “I think they’re making a joke of it, a mockery,” Wayne Kirkpatrick, […]

February 2, 2018

Roadbuilding

Bridge inspector rescued after getting trapped on Champlain Bridge

A bridge worker had to be rescued after he fell into a caisson, a concrete support structure, on the new Champlain Bridge in Montreal, CTV News Montreal reports. The Montreal fire department’s Spider-Man unit responded to the call for help on Thursday afternoon, January 18. A spokesperson for the Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Consortium said […]

January 23, 2018

Dealers

Cooper Equipment Rentals buys Modern Rentals

Cooper Equipment Rentals, based in Toronto, Canada, has acquired Modern Industrial Rentals, serving Southern Alberta. Modern Rentals started in 1978, serving industrial and construction equipment rental clients from branches in Calgary and Medicine Hat, Alberta. “Modern Rental’s experienced team of rental professionals, quality equipment fleet and strategically located branch facilities” gives Cooper Equipment an opportunity […]

January 19, 2018

Roadbuilding

Rainbow Bridge in Nova Scotia closed due to truss span failure

The Rainbow Bridge on Highway 2 outside of Amherst, Nova Scotia, was closed to traffic on December 8, after two bottom chord members on the truss span failed, causing the structure to sag, the Amherst News Citizen-Record/Cumberland News Now reports. The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal discovered the failure and immediately closed the bridge […]

December 27, 2017

Roadbuilding

Ark. DOT studies possible first toll road for state

A future Interstate 49 and whether it will become Arkansas’ first toll road are being considered, with public meetings likely coming in early 2018, reports KFSM news station. The interstate section being considered would stretch from Barling to Alma over the Arkansas River. The Arkansas Department of Transportation has commissioned a study on charging tolls […]

December 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

Large floating crane lifts pieces of Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge into place

As a part of the new Johnson Street Bridge Replacement Project, the largest crane barge on the west coast of North America, known as the Dynamic Beast, was floated under the existing bridge in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada’s Upper Harbor on Friday, December 8, to lift and place large pieces of the new bridge’s lifting mechanism, CBC […]

December 25, 2017