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Construction Equipment

Construction worker punches bank robber into a jail cell

If it wasn’t bad enough that alleged bank robber Frazer Piccolo was literally caught red-handed, his capture was assisted by a construction worker with a mean right hook. According to a report from KPTV in Portland, Oregon, the 44-year-old Piccolo entered the Bank of the West on Division St., at 10:45 a.m. Monday before passing […]

August 21, 2013

Construction Equipment

Minnesota’s Extreme Sandbox gives the public a chance to operate construction equipment

An awesome, young company in Hastings, Minnesota is bringing the thrill of operating heavy machinery to the masses. Anyone who has ever driven a bulldozer, or an excavator, or even a skid-steer knows it’s a singular experience. It combines a feeling of power with one of nostalgia, of playing in the dirt as a kid. […]

August 20, 2013

Construction Equipment

Construction of London railway uncovers a millennium’s worth of historical artifacts

The 73-mile, $23 billion Crossrail commuter line is Britain’s largest construction project. Tunneling for the project’s 13-mile underground rail is advancing at a rate of 330 feet per week, and while constructing an exciting part of London’s future, the crews have uncovered a great deal of the city’s past. In the 16 to 20 feet […]

August 20, 2013

Construction Equipment

Construction crews unearth 6,200-year-old wood carving in Wales

“In archaeological circles, this is the is equivalent to winning the lottery.” That was the reaction from Richard Scott Jones, an archaeologist from Heritage Recording Services Wales, to Wales Online after a construction crew unearthed an ancient wood carving in the UK country. Jones called the carving “priceless” and said it dates back 6,270 years to […]

August 13, 2013

Business

Lego sticker depicting construction worker’s catcall stirs controversy

Blogger, journalist and organizer Josh Stearns recently posted a photo to his blog of a sheet of Lego stickers that didn’t sit right with him and doesn’t portray the construction industry in a particularly flattering way. One of the stickers, seen to the right and depicting a Lego minifigure in construction worker’s garb with his […]

May 3, 2013