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Excavator used to kill pedestrian, flip bus in terrorist rampage in Jerusalem

One man is dead and six others are wounded in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem carried out by a construction worker driving an excavator. Police identified the driver as 30-year-old Muhammed Naif El-Ja’abis, a Palestinian man from East Jerusalem working on a building site near the “‘seam’ between the western and eastern parts […]

August 4, 2014

Construction Equipment

Coverage of ICUEE 2013 starts today from Louisville, KY

Just a quick heads up that the whole Equipment World team is on the ground in Louisville, Kentucky for this year’s International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition. Over the next few days we’ll keep you updated on all the news. equipment announcements and demos and more from ICUEE 2013. This year, the show is expecting more than […]

October 1, 2013

Roadbuilding

Who Needs Journalists, Anyway?

Disclaimer: This is me getting on my journalism soapbox. It has nothing to do with roads—at least directly—unless you consider that anyone could just “report” on highway and transportation construction industry without credibility mattering. With Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Instagram, FourSquare and a bevy of other social mediums and the web, where bloggers and […]

September 11, 2013

Construction Equipment

Thieves use backhoe to smash ATM, but come up empty-handed

“We’ve had machines stolen before, but no one’s ever pulled off a bank heist with them.” That’s what a worker at the Trocom Construction Corp. equipment yard in Queens, New York told the New York Daily News after learning that thieves had broken into the yard, stolen a backhoe and then used it to smash an […]

August 1, 2013

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Construction on LA’s 405 freeway impacts Jewish community’s observation of Sabbath

Ongoing construction on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles is impacting the Sabbath activities of the city’s Jewish community, according to an interesting report from the Los Angeles Times. To understand the problem the community faces, it’s helpful to first understand why the roadway under construction is so important to them. The 405, and two other […]

June 17, 2013

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Demolition of Philadelphia building under investigation after collapse atop thrift store kills 6

A four-story building on Philadelphia’s Market Street collapsed atop a Salvation Army thirft store next door Wednesday morning, killing at least 6 people and injuring more than a dozen others. The collapse happened around 10:43 a.m. Wednesday, shaking the ground and creating a noise that one witness who spoke with Philly.com said sounded “like a […]

June 6, 2013

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Fracking as a form of birth control?

Teen-age pregnancies have plummeted in North Dakota and that state’s researchers give the credit to, of all things, fracking. Apparently this method of extracting oil and gas from deep underground has brought in so much money and kept every able-bodied male so busy that nobody’s had time or the inclination to make babies. This is […]

March 1, 2013

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Equipment World’s top stories of 2012

With Christmas in the rearview, we’re looking forward to what 2013 has to offer. But before we get there, we thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the top stories for the past year. Afterall, it was a big one for us thank to our website redesign launched back in […]

December 26, 2012

Business

Liebherr tackles qualified labor shortage through training

As I toured Liebherr’s plant in Guaratingueta, Sao Paulo, Brazil, it was interesting to see how the company answered the challenge of a qualified labor shortage.

November 15, 2012

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NYC council member calls for sea wall to shield city from storms

In a speech Tuesday afternoon, a New York City councilwoman said it’s time to discuss building a storm barrier that would protect the city from flooding caused by future storms, according to the Wall Street Journal.

November 15, 2012

Business

Home Depot third quarter exceeds expectations thanks to housing recovery

The Home Depot has seen its stock price increase 52 percent so far this year and it’s finally comfortable with saying those gains are thanks to what the Wall Street Journal calls a “housing revival.”

November 14, 2012

Business

MacAllister Machinery breaks ground on facility expansion

MacAllister Machinery, a Caterpillar equipment distributor, will begin construction of a major expansion of its Washington, Indiana, facility on November 20.

November 14, 2012