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Roadbuilding
MDOT warns drivers that roadwork will soon begin on I-94 near Detroit Metro Airport
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is warning drivers that roadwork will begin on Interstate 94 in the Detroit area soon. According to the Detroit Free Press, MDOT will close I-94 in Detroit this weekend so that road crews can set new bridge support beams for the Trumbull Road overpass replacement, and next week, the agency will […]
June 9, 2016
Construction Equipment
Daimler to move medium-duty engine manufacturing to Detroit
Daimler Trucks announced this morning its plans to transition manufacturing of its new medium duty engine lineup to its Detroit brand headquarters. The $375 million investment will create 158 jobs at the Redford, Michigan, facility which will begin production of the Detroit DD5 and DD8 medium duty engines in 2018. Daimler said initial manufacturing of the engines will […]
November 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
Deteriorating roads cost Michigan drivers nearly $4 billion annually
Michigan drivers won’t be happy to hear that they’re losing $3.8 billion annually in the form of extra vehicle operating costs (VOC) as a result of driving on deteriorated roadways – an average of $539 per driver each year, and as much as $851 per driver in some areas. The extra vehicle operating costs are due […]
December 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
A giant pothole swallows up a school bus tire
Our nation’s roads are becoming so bad that potholes are apparently starting to look more like sinkholes. At least that was the case with a pothole in Detroit that was big enough to swallow a bus wheel, according to an online report from Detroit’s WDIV/ClickonDetroit.com. The tire on a Detroit Public Schools’ First Student bus […]
September 23, 2014
Safety
Boom truck crane topples onto Detroit garage, knocks out power for 950 homes
A boom truck crane toppled onto a garage in a Detroit suburb last week leaving 950 homes without power, according to the Detroit News. The crane, mounted onto a truck bed, was removing sections of a 100-foot-tall silver maple that had been cut near a home in Royal Oak, Michigan. The homeowner, Tyler Lynch, said […]
September 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Ram unveils 1500 Rumble Bee concept truck in Detroit
Ram unveiled its attention-grabbing 1500 Rumble Bee concept truck at the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit this past weekend, according to a report from our sister site, Equipment World. The truck features a matte paint Ram calls “Drone Yellow,” sports 24-inch wheels, a lowered stance and a black racing stripe that begins at the headlights […]
August 19, 2013
Construction Equipment
Detroit is worth saving: Henry Ford vs. the titans of the Internet
Tuesday marked the occasion of Henry Ford’s 150 birthday anniversary. A week earlier, the city he helped build went bankrupt. In the first half of the 20th Century, Henry Ford and his peers, men like Thomas Edison, John D. Rockefeller and Alexander Graham Bell, pulled millions out of poverty, created a prosperous middle class and […]
August 2, 2013
Workforce
Skilled labor shortage slows Michigan’s response to growing demand for new homes
After 60,000 of Michigan’s skilled home builders were put out of work during the recession, many left the state to find work elsewhere while some left the trade entirely, reports the Detroit Free Press. Michigan is the latest of several states around the country to report skilled labor shortages as demand for construction rebounds. The […]
June 11, 2013
Business
Michigan road construction industry to launch ads for raising gas taxes, vehicle fees
Beginning soon, residents in Michigan will begin seeing ads to build public support for increasing gas taxes and vehicle registration fees to pay for highway improvements, according to The Detroit News. The $600,000 ad campaign will be funded by Michigan’s road construction industry. Mike Nystrom, executive Vice President of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association […]
January 28, 2013
Machine control
GeoShack expands in Michigan
GeoShack has added two new locations in Michigan. This addition brings the retailer to a total of 22 stores in six states and two provinces in North America. The new locations in the Detroit and Grand Rapids metro areas will distribute Topcon construction and survey products over the entire state. The expansion is the result […]
October 9, 2012
Equipment
Trucks
DPF light? Don’t panic!  You’re starting to wonder just how long it will take before you finally reach your destination, when suddenly a little yellow light on the dash winks on: Your DPF filter needs attention. Great… Just what you need. A problem to deal with. And just what on earth is a “DPF” […]
August 3, 2012
Roadbuilding
Mike Anderson’s American Iron
American manufacturing, indeed Detroit manufacturing, is just too important to undersell.
June 3, 2011
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