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The Evolution Series includes four models delivering between 100 and 200 psi of operating pressure.
The Evolution Series of Doosan air compressors includes four models delivering between 100 and 200 psi of operating pressure. Three of the Doosan Portable Power models have Doosan FlexAir technology, including two 185-cfm models: P185-HP150 and XP185-VHP165. The P250-MHP185, a 250-cfm machine, also....
The Link-Belt Cranes crawler crane has a lifting capacity of 55 tons.
The Link-Belt TCC-550 telescopic crawler crane has a lifting capacity of 55 tons. It has a full-power 36.5-to-115-foot four-section boom with two boom extend modes (EM1 and EM2). The entire boom is greaseless and includes Teflon-impregnated wear pads. Fly options include a 28.5-to-51-foot two-piece....
The company has been spun off by its parent company, Fluor Corp.
AMECO, a construction and maintenance field services planning and management company, has been spun off by its parent company, Fluor Corporation. Greenville, South Carolina-based AMECO was purchased by middle-market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) for $73 million.
It continues to burn through the petroleum-based products inside.
The fire in a Chemtool plant is abating, although it continues to burn through the petroleum-based products inside. Chemtool is owned by Lubrizol, which manufactures additives for greases, engine oils, and lubricants for off-highway vehicles. said it will continue to pay the plant’s employees. Acc...
The cost of goods and services used in construction climbed by 4.3 percent in May.
The cost of goods and services used in construction climbed by 4.3 percent in May and 24.3 percent over the past 12 months according to the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials urged the Biden administration to move quickly to end tariffs and quotas that are adding to con...
United Rentals has suggested five Trench Safety Toolbox Talk topics to help contractors and utilities foster a safety culture.
United Rentals has suggested five Trench Safety Toolbox Talk topics to help contractors and utilities foster a safety culture. United Rentals compiled the toolbox talk topics to help companies increase worker knowledge about trench hazards and safe work practices in trenching and excavation operatio...
Lordstown Motors Corp.’s CEO, Steve Burns, and CFO, Julio Rodriguez, have resigned.
Lordstown Motors Corp.’s CEO, Steve Burns, and CFO, Julio Rodriguez, have resigned. Angela Strand has been appointed executive chairwoman and will oversee the company until a permanent CEO is identified. Becky Roof will serve as interim CFO. Lordstown is developing the Endurance electric pickup tr...
The program is offering officials a better understanding of how driverless shuttles navigate live traffic.
Relay, an autonomous shuttle program launched in Virginia, is offering officials a better understanding of how driverless shuttles navigate live traffic, and how to improve work zone safety. The program connected a rail station with a busy residential and shopping district, operating in live traffic...
The Biden administration has announced plans to return more than $2 billion.
The Biden administration has announced plans to return more than $2 billion that the Trump administration diverted from the Pentagon to help pay for construction of a wall to secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Under the plan, the border wall project would lose much of its funding, the As...
Caterpillar 302.7 CR, Cat 303 CR, and Cat 303.5 CR mini excavators are built on the company’s Next Generation platform.
Caterpillar 302.7 CR, Cat 303 CR, and Cat 303.5 CR mini excavators are built on the company’s Next Generation platform and replace existing models 302.7D, 303E, and 303.5E2. Operating weights are in the 2.7-to-3.5-tonne range, and the mini excavators are powered by 24.7-horsepower engines. Dig dep...
The Covid-19 pandemic has skewed acquisition strategies for machinery.
The Covid-19 pandemic has skewed acquisition strategies for machinery, according to Derek Betcher, marketing manager at John Deere, as demand for equipment has spiked. In 2021 (and perhaps even beyond), he urges contractors to ensure availability before committing to either purchase or rental.
Investigators say the worker could not get out of the vehicle in time before it was hit.
A construction worker was killed after the vehicle he was in was struck by a commuter train in Tracy, California, early Wednesday morning. According to ABC 10, the accident happened around 7 a.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, the worker was driving a sweeper truck across the track when...
The front wheel drive pickup has 155 lb.-ft. of torque.
Ford Maverick compact pickup truck is powered by an Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder hybrid powertrain with 191 horsepower when combined with the electric motor. The front wheel drive pickup has 155 lb.-ft. of torque mated to a continuously variable transmission. Standard payload is 1,500 pounds, and it...
It’s a new model, fitting between the 265-ton T 264 and the 400-ton T 284.
Liebherr T 274 haul truck has a capacity of 336 tons. It’s a new model, fitting between the 265-ton T 264 and the 400-ton T 284. The Liebherr T 274 haul truck is powered by an 3,650-horsepower Liebherr Litronic Plus AC Drive system. The Liebherr Litronic Plus AC Drive System provides continuous up...
Series updates include utilization of a dual-cylinder setup within the tilt compensation cylinder.
Skyjack TH Series telehandlers include SJ519 TH, SJ643 TH, SJ843 TH, SJ1044 TH, SJ1056 TH, and SJ1256 THS models. Series updates include utilization of a dual-cylinder setup within the tilt compensation cylinder configuration to better distribute the load and to improve reliability. A high-pressure....
The program uses third-party data-driven residual values from The Truck Blue Book.
Price Digests announced its 3rd annual Retained Value Awards for commercial trucks. The program uses third-party data-driven residual values from The Truck Blue Book. “We took a look at the most popular commercial trucks on the road and used proprietary algorithms to identify trucks that are expec...
Toro reported sales of $1.15 billion for its second quarter.
Toro reported sales of $1.15 billion for its second quarter, up 23.6 percent over the same period in 2020. Sales in its professional segment were up 25.3 percent to $828 million, driven largely by golf, landscape contractor, irrigation, rental and specialty construction products. Professional sales....
The developer is pulling the plug on the project after the Biden administration revoked its permit.
The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline announced Wednesday that it is pulling the plug on the controversial project after the Biden administration revoked its permit in January.
It’s a new model, fitting between the 265-ton T 264 and the 400-ton T 284.
Liebherr T 274 haul truck has a capacity of 336 tons. It’s a new model, fitting between the 265-ton T 264 and the 400-ton T 284. The Liebherr T 274 haul truck is powered by an 3,650-horsepower Liebherr Litronic Plus AC Drive system. The Liebherr Litronic Plus AC Drive System provides continuous up...
Public construction spending slipped 2.2 percent year-over-year.
Nonresidential construction spending fell 0.5 percent in April, the fifth straight month of decline and a two-year low, according to analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. The group cited declining demand in several project categories and blamed “lengthening production and deli...
The program combines data from multiple sources into one comprehensive picture.
Komatsu’s "Smart Construction Dashboard" is part of the company's suite of Smart Construction solutions that use IoT to help customers orchestrate construction planning, with the aim to better handle management and scheduling, streamline costs, and optimize processes remotely.
It will be the first facility in North America to allow product testing.
Volvo’s VLP will be the first facility in North America to allow testing of current and future products for Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks, Prevost, and Volvo Bus to meet new government regulations. According to the company, the lab will consist of two environmental chambers. One will have a chassis du...
It’s a new model, fitting between the 265-ton T 264 and the 400-ton T 284.
Liebherr T 274 haul truck has a capacity of 336 tons. It’s a new model, fitting between the 265-ton T 264 and the 400-ton T 284. The Liebherr T 274 haul truck is powered by an 3,650-horsepower Liebherr Litronic Plus AC Drive system. The Liebherr Litronic Plus AC Drive System provides continuous up...
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The Evolution Series of Doosan air compressors includes four models delivering between 100 and 200 psi of operating pressure. Three of the Doosan Portable Power models have Doosan FlexAir technology, including two 185-cfm models: P185-HP150 and XP185-VHP165. The P250-MHP185, a 250-cfm machine, also....
16 instructors and staff conducted the operation, which focused on safety measures.
Students and instructors from the Heavy Equipment College of America (HEC) assembled and tested a 110-ton lattice boom crawler crane at the school campus in Stonecrest, Georgia. The school’s newly acquired Manitowoc MLC100-1 crane arrived at its field-testing site where 16 instructors and staff co...
The smaller diameter system is integrated on the frame rail of the truck for ground clearance.
Momentum Fuel Technologies compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel system is now available in side-mount 32- and 55-diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) systems. The smaller diameter system is integrated on the frame rail of the truck for ground clearance and offers fuel capacity comparable to other systems, ac...
The proposal fell short of “his objectives to grow the economy."
President Joe Biden dismissed a Republican infrastructure proposal that offered modestly more spending, but fell short of “his objectives to grow the economy,” according to Valley News Live. According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, the president “expressed his gratitude for [the pro...
The technological evolution of equipment has increased efficiency and reduced fuel consumption.
Sustainability, or “greening the fleet,” within construction equipment asset management has transcended to one of the leading initiatives of many organizations around the world. Sustainability, for the most part, is not a new topic, it is simply a series of good business and management practices...
Construction employment declined for the third time in the past four months.
Construction employment declined for the third time in the past four months in May as nonresidential contractors coped with lengthening and unpredictable delivery times that limited their ability to start or complete projects, according to an analysis by AGC. Association officials added that many co...
Epiroc has acquired 3D-P, a Canadian company that provides wireless connectivity solutions for surface mining.
Epiroc has acquired 3D-P, a Canadian company that provides wireless connectivity solutions for surface mining. 3D-P, based in Calgary, Canada, provides reliable wireless connectivity solutions for mining companies within surface mining. 3D-P is active in North America, Chile, Peru, and Australia. It...
Metso Outotec joins a list of international construction equipment manufacturers who will not exhibit at Bauma next year.
Metso Outotec joins a list of international construction equipment manufacturers who will not exhibit at Bauma next year and instead focusing on local, customer-focused events. The company will not exhibit at MINExpo this fall, either. It said it aims “to minimize as much as possible travel and en...
The excavator’s 45-degree ladder system enhances ascent and descent.
The Komatsu PC5500-11 excavator has a bucket capacity between 29 and 38 cubic yards. Operating weight ranges between 1,183,882 and 1,194,905 pounds, and it is powered by two Tier 4-F engines for 1,880 horsepower.
McCann tracks 529 machines for about 200 companies.
McCann Industries, a Case Construction Equipment dealer in Addison, Illinois, manages the maintenance for some of its customers using machine data captured via its SiteWatch telematics platform.
The site may be used to assemble 250,000 Fisker-brand electric vehicles.
Mount Pleasant’s Foxconn plant says it plans to announce July 1 whether its Racine County site will be used to assemble 250,000 Fisker-brand electric vehicles. Foxconn’s chairman said in March that those cars will either be built in the U.S. or Mexico. According to the report, Foxconn is set to ...
The product has been designed to help absorb rotational force to the head.
Safety helmet and head protection specialist, Mips (standing for multi-directional impact protection system) has developed a protective hard hat insert that mimics the function of fluid around the brain. According to the article, most conventional hardhats use foam liner to reduce impact shock, thou...
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Mike Brennan, CDMB consultants, on Covid-19 screening processes:
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Limiting the amount of people within a shop helps limit the chances of spreading Covid-19.
At Traylor Bros., Inc., workers use daily health surveys to screen for Covid-19.
"[Covid-19] isn't going to be over anytime soon. What you're going to start seeing is complacency." —Michael Brennan, CDMB consultants and columnist for Construction Equipment, on equipment shop cleanliness during the pandemic
Operators evaluated technologies designed to improve efficiency and productivity on a Volvo Construction Equipment North America L180H wheel loader.
Vacuworx demo at World of Concrete!
BOMAG shows how a trash compactor might work.
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Construction Equipment editors put the JCB 3CX compact backhoe loader in the dirt at IUOE Local 649 in Bartonville, IL.
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One minute on the RS-414 with Brian Rabe, Manitou's regional manager.
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One minute on the JCB 1CXT with Diego Butzke, product manager.
Construction Equipment editors put the Hyundai HX220L excavator in the dirt at IUOE Local 150 in Wilmington, where professional operators took it through its paces.
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