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Videos: Page 47
Riding along with an upstate New York snowplow: a life that “revolves around the weather”
Camillus Highway Department snowplow driver Gary Poppe never knows when the call will come to get out on the roads to clear the snow. He’s out in his snowplow so much fighting back the accumulation in the city, located in upstate New York, that he considers his plow his winter home. “Same with all the other […]
February 18, 2016
Time-lapse captures 2 years of ‘Daytona Rising’ construction to create “World Center of Racing”
It took $400 million and more than two years of work, but the Daytona International Speedway has been fully upgraded to become what Daytona officials say is the “world’s first motorsports stadium.” According to EarthCam, the project began in Sept. 2013 and ended just a few weeks ago. The time-lapse video below compresses the massive […]
February 16, 2016
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Caltrans dismantles 504-foot long section of old Bay Bridge
The California Department of Transportation recently dismantled a massive chunk of the old Bay Bridge in Oakland. According to Caltrans, the department finished up a major project at the beginning of the month in its three-year demolition of the old Bay Bridge as it cut loose the 504-foot long, 2,500-ton steel truss and lowered it onto waiting […]
February 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
Road worker suspended for speeding toward man with wheel loader
A city worker in Rockland, Massachusetts has been suspended after he was accused of trying to run over a resident with the snow plow he was operating. According to WHDH in Boston, the incident began when a snow plow operator asked the owner of a local car trading business lot to remove snow from the sidewalk. […]
February 11, 2016
Roadbuilding
Why CDOT uses Howitzer artillery to trigger avalanches
It’s a constant challenge for the Colorado Department of Transportation to keep roads and mountain passes clear from the torrent of snowfall the state sees each year. But CDOT has a secret weapon, and that’s not a metaphor. KOB 4 went out in the snow with the transportation crews recently at Red Mountain Pass Safe […]
February 10, 2016
Construction Equipment
Winds topple crawler crane in NYC; massive collapse kills 1, injures 3
A crawler crane being lowered due to inclement weather toppled over in New York City Friday morning killing one man and injuring three other people. According to a report from NBC New York, the 15-story-high crane, owned by Bay Crane and being operated by Galasso Trucking and Rigging, was located in Tribeca and was being […]
February 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
U.S. Department of Transportation celebrates 50 years
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) was formed 50 years ago under the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration and Alan Boyd served as the first Secretary of Transportation, the 12th cabinet post to be created. In honoring this milestone, USDOT is focusing its celebration on a different theme each month. The agency says the purpose of […]
February 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
Imposter pranks TV anchors by saying he’s with VDOT, referring to prostitutes, drug deals
The recent winter storm that hit the East Coast disrupted everything in the region, but one prankster was more of a disruption for NBC Washington’s coverage of the weather. According to the DCist, the Washington, D.C. NBC affiliate interviewed a man claiming to be Virginia Department of Transportation spokesperson Jason Bond, it became obvious the man […]
February 3, 2016
Roadbuilding
Caltrans workers clear Highway 299 after a landslide
A minor landslide earlier this month turned into a much larger problem in California after El Nino pounded northern California. The California Department of Transportation spent two days digging Highway 299 out from 1,500 cubic yards of debris that fell on the highway. For two days, the road was closed disrupting a connection between 130,000 people […]
February 1, 2016
Construction Equipment
Ford explains how it lifted 9 trucks with a Super Duty frame amid commenter criticism of stunt
One of Ford’s big marketing points when it unveiled the 2017 Super Duty pickups last year was the trucks’ new, stronger steel frame. Ford says that frame is 24 times stronger than the previous generation frame. And to really drive the point home, the automaker set up quite the marketing stunt. Using a crane, Ford […]
January 29, 2016
Construction Equipment
2 excavators upright tipped end dumper that forgot one vital step
Looks like someone forgot to open their tailgate… Thankfully, there were two excavator operators who had some time on their hands and could dig this guy out of the situation. But probably not out of his embarrassment. If you have any trouble playing here, you can view this video on Facebook.
January 28, 2016
Roadbuilding
Watch Oregon DOT crews perform emergency 17-mile pothole fix on US 97
Oregon Department (ODOT) of Transportation crews were recently called out on an “all hands” assignment to patch potholes on a stretch of U.S. 97 near Chemult. ODOT District Manager Pat Creedican pulled in crews from four districts to help with the work that patched 17 miles of the highway. The agency reports that winter weather […]
January 28, 2016
Construction Equipment
Lego’s amazing Bucket Wheel Excavator set will include a dump truck; can be rebuilt into aggregate plant
One of Lego’s largest (and coolest) available Technic sets is the remote-control Volvo CE L350F wheel loader. The set includes 1,636 pieces and is capable of being rebuilt into an A25F articulated hauler. And somehow, the toy maker has come up with something even better. RELATED >> VIDEO: Meet the 31 million-pound bucket wheel excavator. The largest land […]
January 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
Tidy explosion drops Pittsburgh’s century-old Hulton Bridge into Allegheny River
A Pennsylvania bridge with more than a century of history was demolished Tuesday morning with more than 500 explosives above the Allegheny River. The Hulton Bridge connected the eastern Pittsburgh suburbs of Oakmont and Harmarville for 107 years, but the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that it was time to make way for the new bridge in part of a $66 million project. […]
January 27, 2016
Construction Equipment
Ford brings hybrid-inspired Auto Start-Stop engine feature to more F-150 models
Ford has announced that it is expanding the availability of one F-150 feature that takes cues from hybrid electric vehicles. Auto Start-Stop, first available on the 2015 F-150, and initially only on models equipped with the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6, will now be available on 2017 models equipped with the 3.5-liter EcoBoost as well—including the 2017 Raptor. Just […]
January 26, 2016
Workforce
Carpenter’s twirling hammer tricks make us wish we had more free time
A worker and his hammer. Is there any relationship more pure? This video is a couple years old but just recently started being passed around the web at a serious click. Looks like they were doing some kind of endorsement of Stiletto, a pricey but apparently “well balanced,” brand of hammer. The guy has obviously […]
January 25, 2016
Safety
Police use construction site to detonate old explosives found in warehouse
After a cleaning crew found 25-year-old, unstable dynamite in a construction company warehouse in Boxborough, Mass., last month, police were called to the location. According to the Lowell Sun, the warehouse was the former home of a now-defunct construction company, so the discovery was not considered to be suspicious. Since getting rid of unstable dynamite […]
January 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Worker rescued from beneath collapsed crane on I-15 ramp in San Diego
Update: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that this accident occurred on I-95. However there is no I-95 in San Diego. It actually occurred on I-15. We regret the error and have updated the post to reflect the correct location. A road crew near San Diego scrambled to rescue a co-worker who became […]
January 22, 2016
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