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Caltrans awards $78 million to 130 public transit projects
Caltrans on March 29 awarded $78 million to 130 public transit and air quality projects across California. All of the funding comes from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond, which includes $3.6 billion to improve public transit in Californi
March 29, 2011
Doosan Portable Power unveils electric generator
Doosan Portable Power showcased their electric-driven, 750-cfm HP750e portable air compressor at CONEXPO-CON/AGG. The compressor features a three-phase electric motor instead of the diesel engine featured in the HP750, with power and cooling systems controlled by a liquid cooled variable frequency drive system. Useful for applications that have grid power available or are using a […]
March 25, 2011
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Who is Minding Your Fuel (and Saving you Money)?
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Rising fuel costs are impacting everyone’s bottom line. With diesel prices increasing 74 percent over the last year, taking a hard look at fuel costs is a matter of survival.
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Kobelco launches Tier 4 Interim Mark 9 excavators
Kobelco Construction Machinery America plans to introduce 13 new machines in 2011, the company announced at CONEXPO-CON/AGG. The units include three Mark 9 excavators introduced at the show; the 181-horsepower SK260-9, the 197-horsepower SK295-9 and the 269-horsepower SK350-9. Operating weights for the excavators range from 59,524 to 80,909 pounds, with dig depths from between 23 feet […]
March 25, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Cummins reveals Tier 4 final QSX15 engine
Columbus, Ind.-based Cummins announced plans to move forward for its QSX15 engine to meet near-zero emissions levels in 2014 with power output increased up to 675 hp. The 15-liter heavy-duty engine was revealed on March 23 at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 to meet EPA Tier 4 Final and EU Stage IV emissions with an ultra-clean aftertreatment system […]
March 25, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Scania engines aim for America
By Mike Anderson LAS VEGAS – Scania is ready to power North American construction equipment, the company proclaimed Thursday at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011. In outlining the Swedish-based company’s solutions to Tier 4 Interim diesel emissions requirements, senior vice president Robert Sobocki noted Scania’s supporting rapid expansion of a North American service network over the past year, […]
March 25, 2011
Roadbuilding
Trucks
It’s a natural gas Diesel alternatives making headway in the work truck world By Jack Roberts Several years ago, the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show aligned itself with the newly born Green Truck movement. This partnership, that seemed so unlikely at first, has proven to be highly prescient given the alarming spikes […]
March 24, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Cummins unveils Tier 4 Final solutions
Even though Tier 4 Final regulations are not here yet, Cummins is not wasting anytime in telling its hundreds of engine customers what the company will do for emissions reductions in the QSL9 and QSX15 engines. The 9-liter mill combines a Cummins Compact Catalyst with SCR to meet the near zero emissions levels. The CCC […]
March 24, 2011
Equipment
Rebuilt Machines
Track-type tractors New, used and rental aren’t your only options By Tom Jackson Mechanically speaking, rebuilding an older bulldozer from the ground up is a lot of work, but relatively straightforward. There are seven or eight major component groups, depending on what you count, that can be pulled and replaced with new or rebuilt components. […]
March 24, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Komatsu fields diverse new machines
Komatsu brought to ConExpo a new machine or two in almost all its significant catagories, including the second iterration of its groundbreaking electric-hybrid excavator, and unveiled its strategy for Tier 4 engines. The HB215LC-1 hybrid electric 20 ton excavator uses up to 25 percent less fuel than comparable models (48 percent less in some scenarios) of […]
March 24, 2011
Business
Maintenance
Online Oil Analysis Whether you have one machine or thousands, online reports beat paper anytime. By Tom Jackson The fundamentals of oil analysis haven’t changed much over the years, but in the past decade the emergence of online reporting of oil analysis results has given fleet managers a great set of tools to do more, […]
March 24, 2011
Business
Machine Matters
Fill out the team Pavers remain the cornerstone of a road contractor’s arsenal, but is another full-time member primed to join the equipment team? By Mike Anderson If you’re a paving contractor, no doubt you’re used to having milling equipment working at your jobsites. The use of cold planers as part of the road […]
March 24, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Volvo Introduces 55 new products and Ups U.S. Investment
By John Latta- Las Vegas- Saying that North America remains ‘a strategically important home market’, Volvo Construction Equipment President and CEO Olof Persson introduced more than 55 new or updated products and a $100 million in a product and production expansion program at the company’s North American facilities at CONEXPO. Persson described “substantial improvements” in […]
March 23, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Caterpillar celebrates Generations
By Mike Anderson LAS VEGAS – Surrounded by the green of Caterpillar’s Generations Park, John Disharoon noted the 30-percent increase in efficiency and 30-percent reduction in emissions of what his company has long termed a “track-type tractor.” “Most of you are thinking I’m talking about the D7E right next to me – and those are […]
March 22, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Show off hard work in Volvo’s Working Iron Challenge
The overall winner of Volvo Construction Equipment’s Working Iron Challenge will be chosen at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2011 in Volvo’s booth, N-1641, on March 24 at 11 a.m. For the challenge, participants shoot and upload videos that demonstrate their passion to work hard by overcoming obstacles, lowering fuel consumption and engine emissions and being safe. They can […]
March 14, 2011
Business
‘Yes we can’ create jobs, reduce deficit spending
An independent analysis conducted by Architecture 2030 and released in a fact sheet, illustrates that President Obama's Better Buildings Initiative (BBI) can put the nation's commercial real estate (CRE) market on the road to recovery, creating at least 300,000 new U.S. jobs and boosting tax revenue to begin putting money back into federal, state, and local coffers.
March 9, 2011
Roadbuilding
Special Report
Backhoes By Tom Jackson, executive editor, Equipment World Contractors extend trade-in times, rely on used equipment As with just about every other category of equipment, the sales of both new and used backhoes plunged between 2006 and 2010. What’s a little less obvious until you do the math is the ratio of new to […]
March 4, 2011
Roadbuilding
Special Report: EQUIPMENT’S BRAVE NEW WORLD
Where we are, how we got here and what happens next. by Kirk Landers, editor emeritus, Better Roads A recovery is coming for the U.S. construction industry. It will be long and slow. It will be different than other recoveries. And it will require planning. Even in the early stages, it is likely to […]
March 4, 2011
Safety
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 (Supplement)
SHOW PREVIEW For new products, the latest technology and access to the best minds in the industry, CONEXPO-CON/AGG is the place to be this March. The show, held March 22 through 26 in Las Vegas, will host more than 2,000 exhibitors, include a comprehensive education program and launch new events, such as the International Mixer […]
March 3, 2011
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Safety & Compliance
Contractor Faces $394K in Fines After Worker Dies in Trench
The 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 Loaders
Liebherr Debuts World's First Large Wheel Loader with a Hydrogen Engine
Dozers
Hyundai Breaks into the Dozer Market with HD100
The Dirt
Test Run & Review: The Market's First Electric Mini Excavator, JCB’s 19C-1E
Compact equipment
Takeuchi's TCR50-2 Crawler Dumper is Coming to North America
Equipment World Contractor of the Year
The Contractor of the Year contest recognizes contractors who have annual revenues of between $3 million and $20 million and exemplify the highest standards of construction professionals.
