Brian EthridgeRoadbuildingDOT owes Palm Beach over $300KIn 2010 the Florida Department of Transportation paid Palm Beach $1.046 million when it took all but 1,598 square feet of a 14,744-square-foot parcel at the southeast corner of the Flagler Memorial Bridge to make room for a replacement bridge. The town would go on to sue the DOT, saying that amount wasn’t enough. After […]August 20, 2014RoadbuildingHyundai partners with Werk-BrauHyundai Construction Equipment Americas (HCEA) has announced a partnership with Werk-Brau, an attachment manufacturer based in Ohio. The partnership should allow Hyundai to provide a wider array of attachment options to its customers. Werk-Brau offers a complete line of original equipment manufacturer and replacement attachments for construction equipment including heavy duty excavator and miniexcavator buckets, ditch cleaning and draining […]August 20, 2014RoadbuildingFirearms to be used for road constructionThousands of handguns, rifles and other weapons have been destroyed to eventually be used in construction of roads and bridges. The weapons were melted and converted into steel rebar as part of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s 21st annual Gun Melt event. Over 178,000 weapons have been destroyed as part of the event since […]August 19, 2014RoadbuildingConstruction worker killed while laying asphaltJohn Garner, 52, was killed while construction crews were laying asphalt in Batesville, Arkansas. Authorities say Garner was helping with the construction when a piece of equipment flipped and rolled on top of him. The accident took place at the intersection of Highland and East Main in Batesville. He was pronounced dead at White River Medical Center. […]August 19, 2014RoadbuildingVulcan launches product calculator appVulcan Materials has launched its product calculator app for Android phone, tablet and other Android devices. The app can be a useful tool to estimate the construction materials needed for various road projects. The Vulcan Materials product calculator is free and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store today! The app estimates needed quantities of different […]August 19, 2014RoadbuildingIDEAL Tri-Bore hole saw cuts through virtually anythingIDEAL Tri-Bore multi-purpose hole saw claims to cut through virtually any construction material, including cement. Tri-Bore hole saws are compatible with standard battery-powered tools or fixed stationary machines. Its diamond-sharpened carbide teeth are larger than traditional hole saws for improved speed, cleaner cutting action, and minimized vibration. The larger size works to reduce stress by acting […]August 18, 2014RoadbuildingPOLL: Majority of Americans would rather pay tolls than taxes73 percent of Americans agree that transportation spending is inefficient and most would rather pay for highway repairs with tolls instead of taxes, according to a Reason-Rupe poll. Out of the 1,000 people surveyed, 58 percent say they would rather pay for transportation projects with tolls. Only 32 percent would prefer to pay for the projects […]August 18, 2014RoadbuildingMcCarthy wins major highway construction projectMcCarthy Building has won its major highway construction contract in central Texas. The company will be paid $96.3 million to build express toll lanes on State Highway 71 near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. McCarthy, headquartered in St. Louis with offices in Dallas and Houston, is seen as one of the largest contractors in the country, but […]August 18, 2014RoadbuildingWorker dangles from excavator hammer 100 feet upThis is probably one of the craziest and most dangerous demolition videos we’ve come across yet. According to the YouTube uploader, this all took place in 2008 just outside his living room window in Beijing, China. A crew is demolishing a building in the heart of the city when a column doesn’t quite fall the […]August 18, 2014RoadbuildingHighway Trust Fund 2014: Timeline of EventsIt felt like an eternity went by before Congress passed a bill to fund the Highway Trust Fund through May 2015. Unfortunately, for or as long as it took, nobody ended up happy with the outcome. Congress had months to work out a long-term deal and all they could agree on is a short-term plan […]August 15, 2014Previous PagePage 25 of 31Next PageTop StoriesSafety & ComplianceContractor Faces $394K in Fines After Worker Dies in TrenchThe worker was buried at the bottom of a 12-foot-deep trench, and his employer had been cited for similar violations in the past.Wheel LoadersLiebherr Debuts World's First Large Wheel Loader with a Hydrogen EngineDozersHyundai 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 America