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Videos: Page 55
How to survive an earthquake while driving a big rig
When your peaceful drive gets interrupted by severe vibrations or worse, you could be driving through an earthquake. Especially, if you are in one of these top 10 most earthquake prone states. Truckers who’ve driven in one say at first it feels like something’s wrong with your truck. Once it’s over—well, it might not be really over. […]
May 15, 2015
Crane crashes into bus, passengers jump from windows and scurry away
I really can’t decide what is more odd about this video. Is it the crane operator’s complete denial of reality as he takes that left turn with full knowledge that a bus is speeding through the intersection right before him? Or is it the way everyone inside the bus immediately begins leaping from the windows […]
May 8, 2015
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Excavator demos building in 1 minute with some strategic shoving
As far as demolitions go, this about as quick as they get. While the size of the barn or stable here isn’t necessarily overwhelming, you can’t help but feel like maybe this small wheeled excavator is a bit outmatched. But this operator has a plan. You’ll notice he does no ripping, instead simply grabbing that second arch […]
May 1, 2015
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: Detailed RC loaders, cranes and trucks move dirt in their own mini world at Intermat
[imagebrowser id=246] Throughout the Intermat trade show in Paris last week, the first pieces of yellow iron attendees saw as they entered the earthmoving pavilion were a bit on the small side. RELATED >> Model Mania: Construction scale models have fervent collectors both in and out of construction Situated just before the entrance of Hall 5 […]
April 27, 2015
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Watch Disneyland built in 1 minute in rare, 60-year-old construction time-lapse recently uncovered
Disneyland first opened its doors on July 17, 1955, meaning that in just a few months, the iconic theme park will turn 60 years old. As part of the celebration, Disney began digging through its archives recently and uncovered rare time-lapse footage shot during the park’s construction many at the company had forgotten about. RELATED >> Disneyland […]
April 27, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oregon DOT starts second year of U.S. 26 Mount Hood Safety Project with blasting
A blasting near Government Camp, Ore., April 21 began the second year of work on the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Mount Hood Safety Project, an effort designed to limit falling rock issues along an 8-mile area of U.S. 26. Work first began last year and will carry on from April to October this year, […]
April 27, 2015
Construction Equipment
Cat D10 dozer and a loader rescue stuck 70-ton dumper like it’s no big deal
No. 6 Video of 2015 « No. 7 No. 5 »  Due to the sheer power of the D10T, this rescue is one of the most uneventful we’ve seen yet. That 777D was in major trouble though, stuck in a very muddy spot on the roadside and with only single tires on the back (the […]
April 24, 2015
Construction Equipment
Power Wheels 2015 Ford F-150s are so tough they can support full weight of the real truck
Remember the Power Wheels 2015 Ford F-150? It was announced last year, but in the time since, Ford and Fisher Price decided to put the toy truck’s two years of engineering through a pretty rigid, though simple, test. At first glance, and especially if you can recall the feel and handling of a Power Wheels vehicle […]
April 24, 2015
Construction Equipment
Crane collapses atop Dallas museum, many confuse it for an art installation
The Dallas Museum of Art has released surveillance video of a crane collapse that occurred there earlier this month and subsequently was mistaken as a piece of art itself. According to a report from the Dallas Morning News, the collapse occurred on April 3, falling onto the museum’s roof and narrowly missing a more than 40-year-old red […]
April 20, 2015
Workforce
Construction worker pulls man from SUV dangling from cliff after crash in Idaho
A construction worker came to another man’s rescue earlier this week in Idaho following an automobile accident that came inches from turning deadly. According to NBC News, Jason Warnock, a 29-year-old construction worker, was driving Bryden Canyon Road in Lewiston Wednesday morning when he saw a log in the road. Warnock looked up the roughly 30-foot […]
April 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
Virginia DOT cuts loose US 460 Mobility Partners from $300 million project
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has end its agreement with US 460 Mobility Partners LLC over the lack of work done on U.S. 460, a 55-mile highway project that would have cost an estimated $300 million, according to a report by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Contract work on the project was stopped back in March […]
April 17, 2015
Workforce
Deadly construction collapse of Texas high school building caught in surveillance footage
Nearly two weeks after the collapse of a high school athletic facility killed one construction worker and injured three others in Texas, the school district has released surveillance footage of the incident. Fox 4 Dallas was one of several stations to obtain the footage, reporting security cameras captured four angles of the collapse, noting that […]
April 15, 2015
Construction Equipment
Dozer drops from trailer while being hauled, flies head-on into traffic
Since this insanity was captured via a dashcam, we have to assume it happened in Russia. And with that in mind, it feels weird to type what I’m about to type: I am in awe of how well the drivers in this video operated with unthinkable tons of yellow iron hurtling directly toward them. See, typically these […]
April 10, 2015
Construction Equipment
Excavator explodes into flames after engine malfunction on New York jobsite
While working to remove debris on a demolition and construction site, an excavator suddenly burst into flames in Syracuse, New York, Monday afternoon. According to a report from Syracuse.com, the machine’s operator decided to stop working and exit the machine after noticing something was wrong as he loaded concrete from a demolished hospital building onto trucks. Moments after […]
April 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Squad of excavators chews up a bridge in 30-second demolition time-lapse
Time-lapse photography may have begun with capturing the movements of people and growing plants, but as it has matured, it’s a photographic technique that feels tailor-made for construction and demolition. There’s a universal wonder the technique taps into when seeing structures appear and disappear, seemingly out of thin air. And with cameras and methods becoming […]
April 7, 2015
Construction Equipment
Coolbox is the digital Swiss Army Knife of toolboxes: USB charging, Bluetooth speakers, much more
If Apple had designed a toolbox for construction workers, the Coolbox would be it. For starters it has: two USB ports to charge your phone or other devices; 40-watt Bluetooth speakers to play your favorite work tunes; a retractable 12-foot extension cord and a three-way splitter so you can plug in additional tools; a 20 volt […]
April 6, 2015
Construction Equipment
Drone footage offers close-up look at construction progress on Apple’s Campus 2
Work is ramping up on Apple’s new Spaceship-shaped Campus 2, as is seen in a new aerial photo provided by the company as well as some new close-up footage of construction shot by a drone. As we learned last month, 1,000 construction workers are staffed on the site for the 2.8-million-square-foot new headquarters for the […]
April 6, 2015
Construction Equipment
Crane cable snaps, drops excavator 100 feet into pit crashing near workers
What you’ve got to love most about this video is that despite the terrifying incident that occurs, just about everyone walks away from it laughing. I’m sure the crane operator and the owner of that excavator weren’t smiling much, but if you can walk away from many tons of heavy iron raining from the sky […]
April 3, 2015
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