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For Site SharpGrade, SharpBlade bring laser-guided grading to skid steers
For Site International introduced two skid steer attachments, the SharpGrade and the SharpBlade, that make skid steers into precision laser levellers. More here
March 26, 2019
Construction Equipment
Snorkel intros new telehandlers, scissor lifts at World of Concrete
After 60 years of innovation, Snorkel is debuting the SR1054 and XR9244 telehandlers along with the S2255RT and S2755RT narrow rough-terrain scissor lifts.
February 3, 2019
Roadbuilding
Scientists develop regenerating bio-concrete using solid-state fermentation
Scientists at the University of Waikato in New Zealand have developed a protocol called solid-state fermentation that uses nanobiotechnology to make a concrete that regenerates itself to repair cracks as they develop. Researchers around the world have been working on the same thing, but Waikato researchers Dr. Aydin Berenjian and PhD student Mostafa Seifan have […]
April 26, 2018
Construction Equipment
Christchurch’s cardboard cathedral is built to last a century
On February 22, 2011, a devastating earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand that left 185 people dead and many buildings badly damaged—including the city’s gorgeous cathedral. The structure, built in 1864, was damaged so badly that it will need to be replaced. In the meantime, the city has a beautiful and extremely innovative stopgap in which […]
August 22, 2013
Construction Equipment
Final Take
By Lauren Heartsill It’s all uphill from here Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the steepest street in the world, Baldwin Street, located in Dunedin, New Zealand, has a maximum elevation of 19 degrees. Baldwin Street, photographed here, is surfaced with concrete instead of asphalt because tar would flow down the slope […]
February 7, 2011
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