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Business
Missouri DOT officially opens first U.S. stimulus project
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will officially open the first U.S. economic recovery act project – the Osage River Bridge at Tuscumbia, Mo. – following a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on Aug. 16. MoDOT Interim Director Kevin Keith will oversee the event. Once officials cut the ceremonial ribbon, a parade of vehicles featuring […]
August 10, 2010
Safety
Peterson Manufacturing promotes product manager
Peterson Manufacturing Company promoted Kristen Goodson from product manager to director of product management. Goodson, who lives in Raymore, Missouri, joined the company as a customer service representative after graduating from the University of Kansas in 1995. She has worked in or with every department in the company during her 15 years, advancing through sales […]
August 9, 2010
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Safety
Bipartisan Senate bill ups interstate weight limit options
The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of more than 160 shippers and allied associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal weight limits on interstate highways, has applauded Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) for introducing the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act, S. 3705, in the U.S. Senate. To read […]
August 5, 2010
Safety
OSHA publishes final rule on construction cranes
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday issued a new rule on the use of cranes and derricks in construction. The rule replaces a previous version which had been in effect since 1971, and updates safety, methods and practices, and incorporates technological advances to improve protection for operators. The rule also addresses crane […]
August 4, 2010
Safety
Are you smarter than the highway?
In Washington state, highways are getting smarter. Crews will install a series of electronic speed-limit and lane status signs over each northbound lane on Washington state’s I-5 between Boeing Access Road and I-90 in Seattle. [For WSDOT’s photostream on Flickr, please click here.] The high-tech signs are set to be activated on Aug. 10 to […]
August 4, 2010
Safety
Product Focus
Gen sets and light towers By Amy Materson CLEVER KIT Provide lighting for a range of applications with Baldor’s towable light tower kit, available for the TS35T towable generator. • Kit has 30-foot telescoping light mast • Assembles in about two hours with no drilling • Plugs into 120-volt, 50-amp twistlock outlet on the generator’s […]
August 1, 2010
Safety
Marketplace
By Amy Materson  POWER AND PERFORMANCE Kubota has entered the compact track loader market with two models: the 75-horsepower SVL75, which has a 6,204-pound bucket breakout force and 4,881-pound lifting capacity, and the 90-horsepower SVL90, which delivers 7,961 pounds of breakout force and offers a lifting capacity of 5,869 pounds. Powered by a four-cylinder […]
August 1, 2010
Safety
Safety Watch
Up in the air Construction falls are all too common – and all too deadly. The accident: A construction crew was removing screws from metal sheets on the roof of a building scheduled to be dismantled. A portion of the roof gave way, causing a worker standing on that section to fall through to ground […]
July 31, 2010
Safety
Maintenance
Dirty little secrets Contamination in today’s equipment can cost you big bucks – and the danger is hiding in plain sight. By Tom Jackson Here’s a quiz for all you mechanics, technicians and fleet managers. Say you had two identical pieces of equipment working in two identical applications and environments. Machine A had no air […]
July 31, 2010
Safety
NMHG plant honored with safety awards
NACCO Materials Handling Group’s Greenville, North Carolina, facility was honored with two safety awards from the North Carolina Department of Labor. For the sixth year in a row, the plant received the Gold Safety Award and the Million Hour Award. The Gold Safety Award honors companies with no on-site fatalities in the calendar year and […]
July 28, 2010
Safety
Chicago area procures $100 million in TIGER grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Illinois Department of Transportation finalized a $100 grant agreement for the CREATE (Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency) program to begin work on those projects to help reduce rail bottlenecks in the Chicago region, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). In February, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced […]
July 28, 2010
Safety
Wakota Bridge tops mid-season list of completed construction projects
The opening of the eastbound Interstate 494 Wakota Bridge in the southeast Twin Cities Metro Area tops a list of 51 state highway and bridge projects totaling $113.37 million that the Minnesota Department of Transportation has completed so far this year. “We are halfway through the largest road construction program in our state’s history and […]
July 23, 2010
Safety
U.S. DOT donates crash test dummies to Smithsonian
The U.S. Department of Transportation is donating a number of “Vince and Larry” crash-test dummy costumes and related auto safety items to the Smithsonian Institution. These objects now become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
July 19, 2010
Safety
N.H. DOT opens New England’s first open road tolling system
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (DOT) has successfully opened New England’s first open road tolling system. The agency has implemented the Telvent SmartMobility Tolling system at the Hampton Mainline Toll Plaza in New Hampshire with the goal of relieving the I-95 summertime traffic congestion and allowing drivers to travel through at free-flow speeds. The system […]
July 12, 2010
Safety
Easter Seals joins National Older Driver Safety Coalition
Easter Seals is now part of the Coalition for Older Roadway User Safety (CORUS), an organization that advocates for older driver and pedestrian safety initiatives. Current members of the Coalition are the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), AARP, American Highway Users Alliance, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), and Transportation for America. Easter […]
July 6, 2010
Safety
Massachusetts bans texting while driving, 29th state to implement ban
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood praised Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on July 2 for signing a tough new anti-distraction law that bans texting while driving and sets strict penalties for the practice. Massachusetts is the 29th state to ban texting behind the wheel. “Far too often, drivers allow electronic devices to distract them from the […]
July 2, 2010
Safety
LaHood lauds Senate for transit safety bill
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday commended the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee for reporting out the Obama Administration’s transit safety bill, the first transit-specific safety bill ever sent to Congress by any administration, by a unanimous vote. The bill now goes to the Senate floor. Secretary LaHood applauded Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, Ranking […]
June 29, 2010
Business
CalCIMA calls for conference papers
Paper proposals related to the aggregate, industrial materials, ready mixed concrete, cement and asphalt industries for the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA)2010 Education Conference are are being accepted. Proposals are being accepted in all segments of the industry; aggregate and mineral producers, suppliers, consultants, government, etc. The following categories will be considered, but are […]
June 28, 2010
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