Brian EthridgeRoadbuildingFecon hosts I Make America TourFecon proudly hosted a stop on the nationwide I Make America Harley Tour. The tour is on behalf of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). I Make America has more than 30,000 supporters who advocate pro-manufacturing policies to create more jobs in the U.S. and keep the economy competitive worldwide. The purpose of the Harley […]August 11, 2014RoadbuildingHighway worker killed when driver veers off roadA road worker was killed on Highway 101 in Redwood City, California, when a female driver veered her vehicle off the road. California Highway Patrol say the driver crashed through a fence near the Marsh Road exit off of southbound 101, and hit three people. She was driving a Mercedes C-Class coupe when she apparently lost […]August 8, 2014RoadbuildingDo you wear your seat belt at night?The Colorado Department of Transportation cracked down on nighttime drivers not wearing their seat belts. According to the CDOT, seat belt use is consistently lower at night than during the day which results in an increased number of unbuckled fatalities. The state teamed up with law enforcement agencies for its annual nighttime seat belt education […]August 7, 2014RoadbuildingPoll: Americans want good roads & bridges, disagree on howThe majority of Americans understand the importance of good highways and bridges, and they understand the benefits of good transportation outweigh the cost to taxpayers. However, not many Americans can agree on how to pay for new roads and repairs. According to a new Associated Press-GfK poll six in 10 people surveyed say the benefits of […]August 7, 2014RoadbuildingConstruction and heavy traffic force roadside child birthA traffic jam in the San Francisco Bay area forced a soon-to-be father to pull his vehicle over and deliver his own child on the side of a busy Sonoma County highway. Luis Lugo’s wife Lucy Renteria knew she was going into labor when she told him to drive her to the hospital. Unfortunately the baby […]August 6, 2014RoadbuildingPark & Ride facilities coming to Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90)The Illinois Tollway and Pace will partner to build Park and Ride facilities on Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) in coordination with the Tollway’s $2.5 billion I-90 rebuilding and widening project. “This major infrastructure project will help drive economic development throughout the area, and I applaud the Illinois Tollway and Pace for working together to […]August 6, 2014RoadbuildingHighway worker killed in hit and runA highway construction worker has been killed while working on President George Bush Turnpike in Grand Prairie, Texas. According to investigators, a construction convoy consisting of a large truck with a large blinking arrow and a pickup truck carrying a trailer, with one construction worker onboard, was going at a very slow speed on the shoulder. The […]August 5, 2014RoadbuildingIDOT revises highway improvement programEarlier in the year the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2015 Highway Improvement Program was going to provide $1.839 billion of its $8.609 billion for highways in the FY 2015-2020 Proposed Multi-Modal Transportation Improvement Program. That has since changed. This spring the General Assembly has passed an additional $1 billion of bond funding for […]August 5, 2014Roadbuilding5 easy ways to beat the heat at a construction siteOutdoor construction sites rarely see ideal temperatures, especially during the dog days of summer. Workers may spend hours under the sun, which can be a huge health hazard if certain safety procedures aren’t taken. Surviving the hottest days of the year sounds a lot harder than it actually is. Here are five easy ways to […]August 4, 2014RoadbuildingU.S. construction industry gains jobs, spending faltersThe U.S. construction industry added 22,000 jobs in the month of July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nonresidential construction accounts for 6,600 of those jobs, including 2,500 jobs in the heavy and civil engineering segment.That’s a huge improvement when you consider only 100 nonresidential construction jobs were added in June. “While nonresidential construction’s […]August 4, 2014Previous PagePage 27 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