Tag: San Francisco

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

Safety

The history of the hard hat as the indispensable PPE turns 100

This post tells you all you need to know about the history of the all important hard hat in the construction industry. Get details here.

March 22, 2019

Roadbuilding

ALDOT reveals conceptual design for $2B Mobile River Bridge & Bayway

The Alabama DOT released a video of what the future Mobile River Bridge and Bayway could potentially look like. Learn more right here on Equipment World.

September 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

Famous Hwy. 1 drive along Big Sur coast to open ahead of schedule

The mudslide on May 20, 2017, dumped 6 million cubic yards of mud onto the road and into the ocean. Caltrans says that created 15 acres of additional coastline.

June 19, 2018

Roadbuilding

Golden Gate Bridge celebrates 81 years

The famous suspension bridge is 8,981 feet long (1.7 miles), 90 feet wide, weighs a total of 887,000 tons, and contains approximately 88,000 tons of steel.

June 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

Golden Gate Bridge inspections in progress

According to the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, inspections of the towers on the Golden Gate Bridge began on April 30, 2018, NBC Bay Area reports. Crews are inspecting the bridge’s towers to see if any portions of the structures need to be repaired. “Our salty marine environment does its best to corrode […]

May 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

Golden Gate Bridge earthquake retrofit moves into final stage

A five-year, $660 million plan is in the works to protect the Golden Gate Bridge from large earthquakes. The retrofit project would begin in 2019 and end in 2024, provided funding and necessary approvals are in place, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The newspaper reports that the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District […]

December 29, 2017

Roadbuilding

Mo. coalition forms to lure high-speed Hyperloop route for I-70

A new coalition is raising money to try to attract a Hyperloop route to Missouri between Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis along Interstate 70. The coalition hopes to beat out other urban areas around the world to entice the Hyperloop One company to build its first Hyperloop route in Missouri. The company says it […]

October 5, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: Bandit dealer expansion; Takeuchi adds Trencher Plus; 60-year-old Vt. equipment supplier closes; Kenworth dealers relocate

Bandit dealer expands to N.Y., Pa.; new Fla. dealer announced Anderson Equipment Co. will now offer Bandit tree chippers and grinders in New York and parts of Pennsylvania. Bandit also announced that Hoistlift of Fort Myers, Florida, has become its newest authorized dealer. Hoistlift will provides sales, service and parts for all Bandit hand-fed chippers and […]

September 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

London awards contract to turn city’s bridges into “light sculptures”

On Dec. 7, London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced that a British-American team—light artist Leo Villareal of New York and British architecture group Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands—has been chosen from 105 teams worldwide to illuminate the 17 bridges that span the River Thames in central London, The New York Times reports. The 20 million pound ($25 million) project, which […]

December 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT partners with mobile solar technology firm for Smart City Challenge

The U.S. Department of Transportation has partnered with mobile solar technology firm DC Solar Solutions for the agency’s Smart City Challenge. The company will provide $1.5 million worth of electric vehicle chargers and mobile solar generators to the winning city. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city in to the first in […]

June 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

Seven cities named finalists for USDOT’s $50 million Smart City Challenge

Seven cities have been named as finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, which aims to convert one city into the first in the country to “fully” integrate into their transportation network technologies including smart sensors and autonomous and connected vehicles. Originally, only five finalists were to be selected. The seven […]

March 15, 2016