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Roadbuilding

Worker dangles from excavator hammer 100 feet up

This is probably one of the craziest and most dangerous demolition videos we’ve come across yet. According to the YouTube uploader, this all took place in 2008 just outside his living room window in Beijing, China. A crew is demolishing a building in the heart of the city when a column doesn’t quite fall the […]

August 18, 2014

Construction Equipment

Failed demolition leaves half of a tower teetering precariously above city

Back in December 2009, crews got to work on the demolition of a 22-story residential tower in the city of Liuzhou in southern China. But things didn’t go exactly as planned. As the Daily Mail reported at the time, the implosion of the building successfully broke the building into two parts as planned—but failed to bring […]

May 22, 2014

Roadbuilding

Company 3-D prints 10 homes in 24 hours

With construction being a physical, hands-on industry, you might not have even considered that a computer could do your job. But a Chinese company has created technology where a 3-D printer created 10 buildings in 24 hours. Before you get worried — it’s for a good cause. WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co.’s printer created walls […]

May 8, 2014

Construction Equipment

A blatant Ford F-150 knockoff with a diesel, the Kawei K1 will only run you $16,000 (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=67] Is this Ford’s rumored diesel F-150 project, codenamed “Lion”? Absolutely not. But it is a diesel pickup that looks an awful lot like an F-150—and it’s not a coincidence. Here’s what the folks at China’s Kawei Auto say in a brochure (seen below) about their new K1 pickup, as first reported by CarNewsChina. “Stem from the pure […]

April 24, 2014

Business

Why Cummins is bringing next-gen engine, truck technology to China before the U.S.

I hate math. And math hates me. But I’m going to put aside my loathing of this particular discipline for a moment to illustrate why it seems like every company on the planet today is obsessed with China. Cummins Engine has been a national player in China since the late 1970s and reaffirmed its commitment […]

April 18, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator destroys bridge with one nudge, creates huge wave in domino effect

In this video from China, we see one of the most beautiful bridge demolitions ever. We only get to see the final nudge that broke the bridge’s back, but we’d have to imagine some very careful weakening of the structure had to have preceded it. Nonetheless, the domino effect and the wave produced by the […]

March 28, 2014

Construction Equipment

International Construction Products to offer U.S. contractors comfort zone when buying deep-discount Chinese machines

The Chinese machines are here; why aren’t U.S. contractors buying more of them? The up to 40 percent price differential between these machines and established brands would turn most buyer’s heads, especially since quality issues seem to be diminishing. The answer lies in continuing, if not universal, aftersales uncertainties; it’s all fine to get a […]

March 5, 2014

Construction Equipment

“Ninjas” infiltrate construction of 2nd-tallest building, scale crane, grab terrifying footage (VIDEO, GALLERY)

No. 11 Story in 2014 « No. 12 No. 10 » [imagebrowser id=32] Not to be outdone by the crane operator on the very same jobsite, two Russian “urban ninjas” broke into the construction site of China’s Shanghai Tower and grabbed some pretty ridiculous photos of their own. But these two daredevils also took some […]

March 3, 2014

Business

LiuGong North America says 2013 was a record breaking year

Although it released no numbers, LiuGong North America says the fourth quarter of 2013 was record breaking, “making 2013 the most profitable year with four consecutive profitable quarters since North American operations began in 2008.” The company also says it has a record number of orders going into the first quarter of this year. LiuGong […]

January 30, 2014

Construction Equipment

Are Chinese heavy equipment manufacturers closing the quality gap?

Chinese construction equipment manufacturers have garnered interest here in the states by underselling their American competitors. But American manufacturers have safely held the advantage to Chinese construction equipment thanks to the quality of their equipment. But a new report from the Wall Street Journal says that might be changing. Sam Walsh, the CEO of London-based […]

January 1, 2014

Business

In face of woes, ChinaDailyUSA says Sany is “gaining traction” in U.S.

In a report released today, the ChinaDailyUSA website says that 2013 was “a year worth celebrating” for Sany America, a division of Chinese equipment manufacturer Sany. According to the report, the U.S. subsidiary has doubled sales from last year, and now covers 65 percent of the United States, Canada and Mexico with its dealer network. […]

December 26, 2013

Business

Forbes: Sany, fellow Chinese equipment makers’ move into foreign markets “isn’t working”

It’s been a rough year for Sany. Back in January, despite the fact that a decade-long infrastructure boom in China had already come to a crashing halt, equipment manufacturer Sany had high hopes for its expansion into the U.S. and other foreign markets. The Chinese company told of its ambition to over take Komatsu and […]

November 7, 2013