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Bridge collapses beneath excavator, 2 workers, injuring one more on Pennsylvania repair project
No. 5 Video of 2015 « No. 6 No. 4 » Three workers caught in the epicenter of a bridge collapse in Pennsylvania all survived the ordeal. According to a report from WJAC TV, crews have been at work repairing a bridge along Route 219 in Ridgway that was damaged in a flood last […]
June 23, 2015
Missouri DOT workers discuss work zone crash, offer warnings
This time of year headlines are full of highway work zone accidents, mainly because of the perfect storm of transportation construction and summer travel coinciding. In this video, four workers with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) recall a crash on May 27 in which a motorist struck the vehicles they operated. No major injuries […]
June 23, 2015
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Watch a tag team of giant dozers compact, crush a mobile home in seconds
Every once in a while it’s fun to sit back and enjoy just how powerful the machines we love can be.In the video below, a pickup truck and then a 45-foot mobile home are put in the path of Komatsu’s D575A Super Dozer and the results are messy. Though it’s always fun to see a good […]
June 19, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar built a moving golf course atop dump trucks and loaders to create the true Greatest Game Ever Played
As if golf wasn’t frustrating enough, the evil minds at Caterpillar thought it would be fun if the holes moved. But how does one create a moving golf course? After all, though they may be hard to hit, greens aren’t exactly small. Luckily, Cat happens to be the manufacturer of some of the biggest dump trucks on […]
June 18, 2015
Safety
Bucket truck catches fire forcing worker to perch atop sign until rescued
While working to remove a sign from a restaurant in South Carolina, a worker’s bucket truck caught fire, leaving him nowhere to go but up. According to a report from WYFF TV, 44-year-old Kevin Putman, was working to remove a sign from a Domino’s Pizza along Highway 24 in Anderson County when he noticed the […]
June 16, 2015
Roadbuilding
Tennessee DOT celebrates 100 years with new signage, interactive website
The Ford Model T was just seven years old when Tennessee first established its Department of Transportation. There were no interstates, or barely any roads resembling what lines America today back in 1915, but TDOT was getting started on one of its first major projects with State Route 1. A century later, TDOT is […]
June 16, 2015
Construction Equipment
Loader uprights dump truck, gravity quickly ruins everything
As we’ve seen before, rural roads in tropical climates are very unforgiving when it comes to flopping a piece of heavy equipment back onto its wheels. This loader is able to quickly upright a flipped Mack truck, but once the tires hit the pavement, gravity takes over in full effect. Hope they brought a machete. […]
June 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
While others mull drones, Colorado DOT tests blimps for monitoring highway conditions
The Colorado Department of Transportation might get accused of having its head in the clouds with a new test it’s trying out this week. Well, the department is at least trying to get its eyes up there. CDOT’s testing out a helium-filled blimp this week to monitor traffic, according to the Denver Business Journal. RELATED […]
June 11, 2015
Construction Equipment
Man steals mining dozer, crushes occupied home, 4 cars before being subdued by police
An Australian man will likely face an attempted murder charge after stealing a large mining bulldozer and using it to level an occupied home and four vehicles. According from New South Wales police, officers subdued and arrested a man operating a bulldozer in Teralba, Lake Macquarie, after he allegedly demolished the home and vehicles. The Australian […]
June 8, 2015
Construction Equipment
Wheel loader slips out of control, careens off a mountain
What happens in this video, is very clear. A loader falls to its doom. However, the events leading up to said doom are less clear. At the start of the video, it appears the road’s icy conditions have led to some sort of accident involving the car and loader. Maybe the loader was there to […]
June 5, 2015
Construction Equipment
We go for a ride in Peterbilt’s almost-self-driving Model 579
Peterbilt showcased its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) during a Technology Showcase last week at Texas Motor Speedway. The system is a street-capable GPS autopilot that Bill Kahn, principal engineer for Peterbilt, says is accurate to within 5 centimeters. “It’s the stepping stone to autonomous driving,” he says. RELATED >> What it’s like to operate a self-driving […]
June 3, 2015
Workforce
Watch One World Trade Center’s 11-year construction in this beautiful time-lapse
With the opening of the iconic building’s observation deck over the weekend, One World Trade Center is officially open for the public to enjoy. To mark the occasion, the folks at EarthCam, produced the following time-lapse video that covers all 11 years of the 1,776-foot-tall building’s construction. Construction began in October 2004 and was officially […]
June 3, 2015
Roadbuilding
Reporter drives a snowplow, vehicle damage ensues
Many folks in heavy snow areas often express their displeasure with the quality of snowplow work near the homes, all the while not realizing the difficulty of maneuvering those big machines around parked cars and other urban obstacles. WGN Reporter Marcus Leshock recently got firsthand experience at driving one of these rigs at the American […]
June 2, 2015
Construction Equipment
Crane drops 4-ton HVAC unit 30 stories to street below, injuring 10 in NYC
With the roar of a freight train and the “boom” of a bomb, an HVAC unit fell from the sky on Madison Avenue in New York City Sunday morning as it was being lifted into a 30-story building. According to a report from the New York Post, the 4-ton unit dropped after a rigging strap snapped, […]
June 1, 2015
Construction Equipment
Watch this mini RC Liebherr excavator actually demo a pool with working shears, breaker (PHOTOS)
We’ve seen tiny, remote control models of construction equipment move a fair share of dirt. We’ve even seen one machine of a larger variety dig an actual trench. But, honestly? Compared to what’s going on in the videos of below, that’s all child’s play. Via monsterchannel24’s YouTube channel come three videos, each a few minutes long, […]
May 29, 2015
Construction Equipment
Semi hauling a dozer jackknifes, sends dozer tumbling
Backing up can be difficult. Especially when you’re backing a semi down a slope with a bulldozer trailered. This particular driver gets moving a bit too fast down the slope, the trailer jackknifes and everyone’s week is pretty much ruined in a matter of seconds. Seems like he would have benefitted from Ford’s new whiz-bang […]
May 22, 2015
Construction Equipment
The 2016 Ford F-150 makes backing up your trailer or boat as easy as playing Pong
Let’s all just take a second and thank the good Lord that Ford didn’t sit idly by and let the selfie become the greatest technological achievement of cameras in this new millennium of ours. Instead, the automaker has been packing their new vehicles with a swarm of cameras to make them safer and easier to operate. […]
May 22, 2015
Construction Equipment
Alabama RB Derrick Henry pushes F-150s, flips giant truck tires to train for upcoming college football season
The don’t call him ‘El Tractorcito’ for nothing. Despite his intimidating 6-foot-3, 242-pound frame, University of Alabama running back Derrick Henry didn’t get his nickname for his size. He got it for the way he pushes through the line of scrimmage on the football field, his legs always churning. And now we have a much better idea […]
May 19, 2015
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