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Construction Equipment

Loader flips when questionable demo technique lands whole building on top of bucket

During a demo day, the driver of a CAT 950 got a little too aggressive trying to knock down the building. Check out the video here on Equipment World.

May 31, 2018

Construction Equipment

Kinshofer launches W-S Series drum cutter line through Atlas acquisition

With this acquisition, Kinshofer launches W-S Series drum cutter line with 7 different models each for various uses and strengths.

May 31, 2018

Roadbuilding

Implosion wipes away old Ky. bridge with flash of fire and smoke

This is easily one of the best bridge videos we’ve seen, offering several angles of the blast from an up close and personal perspective. The old Henry Lawrence Bridge over Lake Barkley in Trigg County, Kentucky, was demolished on the morning of April 11, WPSD Local 6 reports. The 3,104-foot bridge, which opened in 1932 […]

May 4, 2018

Construction Equipment

Kinshofer X-LOCK Coupler gives operators step-by-step, in-cab control over connecting attachments

Kinshofer has developed a quicker, safer way to switch excavator attachments with its new X-LOCK Coupler, the company says. The coupler allows the operator to switch attachments without exiting the cab. It is designed to prevent accidents on the job, such as those caused by improperly attached or failing buckets. The operator can control and […]

March 21, 2018

Construction Equipment

Epiroc integrates dust suppression into new SB hydraulic breakers

In an effort to help the construction industry meet OSHA’s silica-dust reduction regulations, Epiroc has added a dust suppression system to its new line of hydraulic breaker attachments. Epiroc, a subsidiary of Atlas Copco that is being spun off into its own company, has added an internal water port as standard on the SB Series […]

March 20, 2018

Roadbuilding

Quick implosion downs old Savanna Bridge over Miss. River

Within seconds, a bridge connecting Illinois and Iowa over the Mississippi River came down in one giant blast. Watch videos of the March 9 demolition: The bridge was built in 1932 between Savanna, Illinois, and Sabula, Iowa, and at 20 feet wide was too narrow to handle wider vehicles that often overlapped the center line. […]

March 14, 2018

Dealers

Brokk adds Taylor as training specialist for machine operation, maintenance

Richard Taylor has joined Brokk as its training and applications specialist. His duties include teaching operational and maintenance techniques to the sales team and customers. That entails conducting onsite training, organizing demonstrations and troubleshooting machines, in addition to performing application audits in customers’ and prospects’ facilities. Taylor came to Brokk after serving as the division […]

February 8, 2018

Construction Equipment

New Kinshofer DXS-50 shears add power, reduce weight for demo jobs

Kinshofer has designed its new DXS-50 hydraulic mobile excavator shears to work faster and more efficiently at a lighter weight. The DXS-50 is the debut attachment for the company’s new DXS Series. Its DemaPower cylinder technology consists of four chambers instead of two, giving the smaller attachment the ability to exert 25 percent more power […]

February 5, 2018

Construction Equipment

Partial implosion fails at Detroit’s Silverdome

It took demolition contractors a couple of tries, but they finally succeeded in bringing down the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit. The 42-year-old stadium which at one time served as the home for the NFL’s Detroit Lions and the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, withstood an attempt to implode its upper ring on Sunday, according to clickondetroit.com. The […]

December 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

Implosion demolishes final two piers of old San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

On November 11, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) imploded the last two remaining piers (E17 and E18) of the 13 marine foundations that were part of the original east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, NBC Bay Area reports. “It went well, it went according to plan,” Alejandro Lopez of Caltrans told the […]

November 28, 2017

Construction Equipment

Implosion demolishes iconic Georgia Dome in Atlanta

The Georgia Dome is no more. Well, most of it. A scheduled implosion brought down Atlanta’s iconic sports stadium in a matter of seconds save for two sections of wall, according to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Rick Cuppetilli, the executive vice president of the project’s lead demolition contractor, Adamo Group, told the newspaper […]

November 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Old Hunter Station Bridge demolished for PennDOT replacement project

In the video below, taken October 4, Demtech demolishes the last of the Old Hunter Station Bridge superstructure on Route 62, which spans the Allegheny River in Tionesta Township. The demolition was part of a $23.7 million Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) bridge replacement project, which involved the construction of a new bridge approximately 100 feet […]

October 9, 2017