John LattaRoadbuildingThe customer is always right: Roadtec at World of Asphalt 2013Interesting to see the bite customer feedback is having on the OEMs. It has of course been a factor for some time, but it was interesting to hear Roadtec’s press conference here in San Antonio at World of Asphalt. The Chattanooga company has made some significant moves in its new and upgraded equipment. The company […]March 19, 2013RoadbuildingWorld of Asphalt 2013 first impressionsIt’s always hard to judge a trade show from its first day. But World of Asphalt has the hallmarks of a good one. It’s not size. This show is one of the more tailored ones for construction equipment. AEM chief Dennis Slater is looking at numbers that suggest the attendance will near the last WOA’s […]March 19, 2013RoadbuildingThe (truly awesome) skyscrapers of tomorrowIf you are in construction, you will love this!  A magazine competition set some of the world’s best architects’ wildest imagination on fire. The results are spectacular. Just look at the eVolo Magazine  2013 Skyscraper Competitionwinners!. The winner was American Derek Pirozzi , for his project Polar Umbrella, a “buoyant skyscraper that rebuilds the arctic ice caps […]March 14, 2013RoadbuildingIndianapolis’ cool Cultural Trail set for grand openingHere is an urban project that might just become something of a model for other big cities, and it comes with an innovative funding approach, always a winner these days. The Indianapolis Cultural Trail is, it says, ” a world-class urban bike and pedestrian path that connects neighborhoods, Cultural Districts and entertainment amenities, and serves […]March 14, 2013RoadbuildingInflatable, just-add-water, concrete tent.This is just plain cool. And potentially life-changing for a lot of people in desperate need. A British firm has developed a tent of a flexible canvas material which, when saturated before it is blown up or hosed down after it’s pitched (by just two people), eventually becomes concrete.  So you pitch a canvas tent […]March 13, 2013RoadbuildingA bouncing bridge for ParisA firm of architects in Paris has come up with an ingenious new bridge design for the City of Light. Designed as part of a competition,  it is an inflatable bridge with a trampoline walkway. The idea seems to be not so much to cross the Seine (there are 37 bridges across the river in […]March 13, 2013RoadbuildingThe Daily Grind: Census Bureau on your to-work-and-back journeysThe average commuter in the United States travels about 25 miles each way to work. But a lot of  commutes are hell-on-wheels. About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer, 4.3 percent work from home, and nearly 600,000 full-time workers had “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles, […]March 12, 2013RoadbuildingCongestion pricing thins carpoolers on SF Bay BridgeIronically, vehicles carrying a lot of people are taken off the road by congestion pricing more than vehicles with just a driver. At least in San Francisco. Peak period tolls on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge went up  in summer of 2012.  Carpoolers — who until then had not paid for peak hours travel — […]March 12, 2013RoadbuildingHey Congressman, watch this ARTBA videoThe American Roads and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has released a new video. The message is old. That’s kind of the point. The message has been the same for years now. Fix the Highway Trust Fund. So the message is also of vital importance to the transportation infrastructure community, both in terms of work and […]March 12, 2013RoadbuildingAASHTO delivers online database on state transportation finances and governmentThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Center for Excellence in Project Finance has released an  online database on state transportation finance and governance. Building on the existing state-by-state informational database on highway finance, the new resource is based on a comprehensive 2011 report by the AASHTO Center and the National Conference of […]March 12, 2013Previous PagePage 13 of 43Next PageTop StoriesWheel LoadersLiebherr Debuts World's First Large Wheel Loader with a Hydrogen EngineThe L 566 H's hydrogen reciprocating piston engine is the "optimal power source" for larger equipment, offering comparable performance to diesel, Liebherr says.DozersHyundai Breaks into the Dozer Market with HD100The DirtTest Run & Review: The Market's First Electric Mini Excavator, JCB’s 19C-1ECompact equipmentTakeuchi's TCR50-2 Crawler Dumper is Coming to North AmericaCompact Track Loaders“There’s Something for Everyone” – Compact Track Loaders Continue to Evolve