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Watching antique steam shovels work makes excavator regen times seem not so bad
In this age of joystick controls, climate-controlled cabs, machine control and load-sensing hydraulics, it’s easy to get frustrated with current machine annoyances like the Tier 4 engine transition, regeneration times and various other things. But it wasn’t too long ago that the following videos were the excavator operator’s reality. Watching these Erie Steam Shovels work is […]
April 7, 2016
11-year-old steals concrete mixer, leads police on high-speed chase
A dangerous joyride in Minnesota provided another tough lesson on why you should never leave your keys behind in the ignition. An 11-year-old was arrested March 20 in Dodge Center after commandeering a cement truck and leading police in a dangerous pursuit that lasted for over an hour. While no one was hurt, police report that […]
March 31, 2016
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Tour the world’s new longest floating bridge in Seattle
After more than a decade of planning and five years of construction, the world’s longest floating bridge is set to open in Seattle, Kiro 7 News reports. The State Route 520 bridge spans Lake Washington, connecting Seattle with cities on the east side of the lake. The new bridge will be nearly twice as wide as the […]
March 31, 2016
Roadbuilding
Watch 2 years of ongoing St. Croix Crossing construction in this MnDOT time-lapse
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has done a great job of documenting ongoing construction of the St. Croix Crossing, a 3,200-foot bridge that will connect Minnesota and Wisconsin over the St. Croix River. The bridge construction project began in April 2013 and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2017. Numerous videos and photos […]
March 30, 2016
Roadbuilding
Caltrans demos its souped-up $1 million surveying SUV
The California Department of Transportation has released a new video in its News Flash series, and in it, you can watch as a Caltrans worker uses the department’s “revolutionary” surveying vehicle. “Some call it a Google car on steroids, at Caltrans we call it Mobile Terrestrial Laser Scanner,” spokesman Gilbert Mohtes-Chan said. Caltrans said in a press release […]
March 23, 2016
Construction Equipment
Excavators squeezing trees to pieces makes for mesmerizing compilation
There are certain mundane tasks that, no matter how common, you could watch all day. For us, excavators ripping apart large tree trunks as easy as you might pinch a twig in half is one of those tasks. The below video compiles a wide variety of excavators and attachments, mostly grapples and the like. Some […]
March 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
Michigan DOT mechanics develop salt-saving door for plow trucks
Two maintenance mechanics in the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Southwest Region have developed a salt-door stop for plow trucks that helps regulate the flow of salt. The stop, made from a stainless steel bar, is set to a calibrated height that maintains a constant rate of flow thereby limiting extra salt from escaping, which in […]
March 16, 2016
Construction Equipment
3 years of Denver Airport construction captured in 90-second time-lapse
In the fall of last year, the Denver International Airport completed construction on its South Terminal Redevelopment Project which brought with it a new Hotel and Transit Center. According to Road Warrior, the three-year project cost an estimated $580 million and features a Westin Hotel, an 82,000 square-foot open-air plaza and a commuter rail station […]
March 15, 2016
Construction Equipment
Welder in pickup pulls stuck semi from snow to clear way for plows on I-490
Never underestimate the power of a Good Samaritan and his truck. With several inches of snow piling up on Interstate 490 in Rochester, New York, a few weeks ago, traffic began piling up as well, according to a report from TWCNews. And with stranded vehicles, including several tractor trailers, crowding a stretch of the interstate, snowplows […]
March 10, 2016
Roadbuilding
North Carolina officials break ground on new Bonner Bridge
It took a while, but North Carolina officials finally broke ground on the new Herbert C. Bonner Bridge this week. For five years, litigation between the North Carolina Department of Transportation and environmentalists kept construction on the bridge from getting under way, according to NCDOT. But after a deal was brokered last year, officials broke […]
March 10, 2016
Roadbuilding
BOSS introduces its first expandable snow plow
BOSS Snowplow has a new model that allows operators more versatility with the ability to expand the plow from 8 to 10 feet. The snowplow manufacturer has announced the new BOSS EXT as its first ever expandable snowplow. The plow features simple controls for quick expansion and contraction. “The EXT is another versatile tool for the […]
March 8, 2016
Roadbuilding
The Zipper truck builds tunnels in no time without any adhesive
With this unique truck and some larger-than-life concrete lego bricks, tunnel building takes no time it all. According to a report from Inhabitat, there’s no need for any adhesive or binding agent at all with the tunnels built by Lock-Block‘s new custom Zipper truck. The video below shows the truck in place where the new tunnel will stand as […]
March 4, 2016
Roadbuilding
Idaho road worker captures footage of large landslide as it blocks highway
Idaho Transportation Department workers were out near Elk City performing some simple maintenance on Idaho Highway 14 when part of the mountain gave way to a huge landslide that blocked the highway. The landslide left the main route to the small town of Elk City blocked off for nearly a week. ITD transportation technician Bret Edwards was […]
March 2, 2016
Construction Equipment
Backhoe joyride sparks police chase, causes thousands in damage to Florida bridge
A man was arrested last week after he allegedly drove a backhoe off of a Florida Keys construction site and led police on a low-speed chase, doing thousands of dollars in damage to a bridge in the process. According to a release from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, 59-year-old Carl Blahnik’s backhoe joyride began with him using the […]
February 25, 2016
Construction Equipment
Ford’s F-150 diesel prototype spied driving in the wild
Nothing screams hello in traffic like a new aluminum F-150 with black polka dots. Especially one that sounds like a diesel. After seeing a few photos of a similar diesel-toting prototype back in December, a recently released video, first seen on Car and Driver, features an Ford F-150 moving through traffic in Detroit making some interesting […]
February 24, 2016
Roadbuilding
Georgia DOT worker, deputy narrowly escape getting hit by a semi
A dashboard camera video from a Georgia sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle highlights how dangerous road work can really. In the video, a Georgia Department of Transportation worker can be seen running past a parked van on Interstate 75. Just as GDOT worker Roger Minshew turns past the van, a semi-truck barrels onto the screen and hits the […]
February 24, 2016
Roadbuilding
Driver weaving through CDOT snowplows has places to be, apparently
The Colorado Department of Transportation caught a reckless driver weaving through snowplows on a dashboard camera and is using the footage to remind drivers to be safe. The video, seen below, shows a pickup truck driver speeding towards two snowplows then trying to weave between the plows as they clear the roads. A CDOT snow […]
February 22, 2016
Construction Equipment
Parking garage collapses atop excavator during demolition
A demolition crew in the final stages of a job in Houston watched in horror as it came to crashing halt. According to a report from KHOU TV, a parking garage being torn down along Highway 59 suddenly collapsed Feb. 9 as two excavators worked in close proximity. As you can see in the video below […]
February 18, 2016
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