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Construction Equipment

Excavator and operator tumble into water below bridge in Ontario

An excavator with the operator still inside the cab fell off a bridge in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada, Wednesday, Nov. 1, CTV News Windsor reports. The Ministry of Labour closed the bridge while it was investigating the accident. The police told the news agency that it appeared that a guard rail had given way, causing the […]

November 8, 2017

Dealers

ASV new machine sales soar 89% in 3Q as dealer network continues to grow

ASV Third Quarter 2017 Highlights $30.6 million in net sales represented a year-over-year increase of 33 percent over $23 million in the third quarter of 2016. Machine sales revenues increased 60.1 percent to $19.8 million, led by an 88.7 percent increase in new machine sales through ASV’s growing distribution network. Net income increased $0.1 million […]

November 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

Tybot robot performs tedious job of tying rebar on bridge decks

Steve Muck, CEO and chairman of Brayman Construction Corp., teamed up with Jeremy Searock, former technical program manager at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center, to create Advanced Construction Robotics Inc., a new company that has produced an autonomous robot called Tybot that can do the tedious job of tying rebar for bridge decks […]

November 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

2017 Bridge Inventory: States get proactive on funding, expect to lower rate of poor bridges

States continue to take the lead on road and bridge funding, with eight states to date in 2017 either raising gas taxes or approving other funding. And once you factor in states that passed road funding during the past four years – 27 plus the District of Columbia, according to the National Conference of State […]

November 6, 2017

Roadbuilding

MIT students create stronger concrete using plastic bottles

Undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) discovered a way to use plastic water and soda bottles with fly ash to make concrete stronger and more flexible. According to a school press release, the researchers say that exposing plastic flakes to small doses of gamma radiation, pulverizing the flakes into a fine powder, […]

November 6, 2017

Roadbuilding

Volvo CE details progress of I-4 megaproject in Florida

The video below is the first in a series of five videos from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) called The Megaproject Listing. This first video provides an overview of the Interstate 4 reconstruction project in Florida. The $2.3 billion I-4 Ultimate megaproject’s design and engineering is on the cutting edge of infrastructure development, according to […]

November 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

TxDOT to seek contractors for $500 million US 183 expansion

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced that the state Transportation Commission has given the approval for TxDOT to find qualified contractors for the $500 million expansion of a 9-mile segment of US 183 in north Austin. The contract will consist of two separate projects to add managed lanes and general-purpose lanes. “This expansion is […]

November 2, 2017

Dealers

Dealers preview Kubota’s new compact excavators, RTV, tractors

Dealers got a hands-on preview of Kubota’s two new compact excavators, available in early 2018, as well as the company’s fastest gas-powered RTV yet and seven new tractors in the M Series lineup. About 1,100 dealers attending Kubota’s annual meeting October 21-25 in Phoenix, Arizona, saw the KX033-4 with extendable dipper arm along with the […]

November 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

Flight through Bertha’s tunnel shows SR 99 construction progress

The drone footage below, from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), takes you on a tour of the SR 99 tunnel that tunnel boring machine Bertha excavated under Seattle. The drone enters the end of the tunnel nearest the Space Needle and travels through the tunnel to the other end near the stadiums. The […]

November 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

Overpass near Dodger Stadium painted Dodger blue for World Series

To honor the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the National League pennant and earning a spot in the 2017 World Series, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) workers painted over the graffiti on the Park Row Overcrossing that spans the Stadium Way exit off of the 110 Freeway; it was painted Dodger blue, the Los Angeles Daily […]

October 31, 2017

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TRB publishes transportation worker safety videos

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) published a series of videos approximately one hour long that highlight a transportation worker safety analysis done by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, according to Safety & Health. We’ve embedded each of the three videos below, but you can also check out the whole series at this link. Faculty members from the […]

October 30, 2017

Roadbuilding

NRMCA hires Luke McHugh as senior director Northeast Region paving

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) announced the hiring of Luke McHugh as senior director, local paving, for the Northeast Region. In his new role, he will work with NRMCA partners and members to help deliver successful local concrete paving projects and implement strategies that increase the use of various forms of ready-mixed concrete […]

October 27, 2017