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New $1.7B Ariz. freeway includes half diverging diamond, double roundabout
(Arizona DOT note: Since the release of this video in January 2017, the Dobbins Road interchange has been redesigned. The freeway will now go over Dobbins Road. ) Along with being the largest freeway construction project in Arizona history, the new 22-mile South Mountain Freeway around southwest Phoenix incorporates some interesting features, including a double […]
January 2, 2020
Business
Crane count for major cities continues to rise
The most recent Crane Index by Rider Levett Bucknall reports the fourth consecutive 6-month period with an increase in the number of operating tower cranes in 13 major cities in the United States and Canada. RLB expects this trend to continue throughout the year and sees it as a gauge of the growth of the […]
August 6, 2019
Contractor of the Year
Here are our 2019 Contractor of the Year finalists
Equipment World lists its 2019 Contractor of the Year finalists. Check them out right now and get other heavy equipment industry news now on Equipment World.
December 11, 2018
Roadbuilding
Phase 1 of I-11 Boulder City Bypass complete
C and S Company completed phase one of the new Interstate 11 bypass that will connect Las Vegas and Phoenix. Get more details on the project on Equipment World.
October 23, 2018
Roadbuilding
Part of Nevada’s new I-11 to open; project to include diamond interchange, wall with Hoover Dam scenes
The 2.5-mile section opening May 23 is between Foot Hill Drive in Henderson and U.S. 95 in Boulder City. More on this extensive project on Equipment World.
May 21, 2018
Roadbuilding
New Arizona I-17 speed-limit signs alert speeding drivers
The Arizona Department of Transportation has gone digital with its speed-limit signs on Interstate 17 in the Black Canyon City area north of Phoenix. The signs not only give the speed limit but display whether drivers are exceeding the speed limit. The signs display messages such as “too fast” or “slow down.” The signs are […]
January 3, 2018
Roadbuilding
Signage continues thermal wrong-way detection installation in Ariz.
Signs are going up on Interstate 17 in Phoenix to alert drivers to the proper direction to drive. The overhead “Wrong Way” signs are part of a new system that would be the first in the nation to use thermal cameras to detect and warn wrong-way drivers.  Installation of the system began earlier this […]
November 27, 2017
Roadbuilding
Phoenix residents can now hail Waymo’s driverless vans for free
Waymo has launched a test of a fully autonomous ride program in the Phoenix metro area and is looking for people to sign up for free rides in vehicles without drivers. Waymo, which started as Google’s self-driving project in 2009 and became a private company in 2016, has been testing autonomous vehicles in Phoenix without […]
November 23, 2017
Roadbuilding
Ariz. DOT maps out highway, bridge plan for next 23 years
The Arizona Department of Transportation is seeking residents’ comments on its Tentative Long-Range Transportation Plan, which outlines state highway and bridge projects through 2040. The public can comment on the plan until December 21, and it is expected to be finalized in 2018. ADOT’s plan factors in $923 million a year in funding through state […]
November 10, 2017
Dealers
Business Roundup: Liebherr sees orders jump; Tax overhaul a mixed bag for dealers; Proposed AWP standards would affect rentals; Dealer Institute course on managing iron; New Atlas Copco VPs; Construction starts predicted to rise
Liebherr sees “significant” jump in orders; uses start-up culture to launch products Liebherr says it will add 2,240 employees by the end of this year, seeing what Stefan Heissler, member of the board of directors of Liebherr-International AG, calls a “very significant jump in orders” in 2017. In the first six months of 2017, Liebherr […]
November 7, 2017
Roadbuilding
Girders go up on new I-10 interchange in Phoenix
The first girders have been installed for the longest of five flyover ramps for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway Interstate 10 interchange in west Phoenix. The girders are more than six stories above I-10 and each weigh 150,000 pounds. The flyover ramp will span 1,565 feet and connect to I-10 West. The project is part […]
October 27, 2017
Roadbuilding
Nevada DOT hopes I-11 signs will stop GPS confusion
A new two-mile section of an interstate highway that will eventually link Las Vegas and Phoenix – and one day, Mexico and Canada – is causing some confusion for drivers relying on GPS systems, the Las Vegas Sun reports. To help remedy the problem, the Nevada Department of Transportation plans to change interstate shield signs […]
September 14, 2017
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