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Videos: Page 64
VW shocks moviegoers with in-your-face PSA on texting while driving
Unsuspecting moviegoers in Hong Kong received an in-your-face public service announcement (PSA) from Volkswagen (VW) that seemed to be pretty effective. As people in the theater waited for the movie to begin, what looked like a commercial started playing. It’s a first-person point-of-view of a person driving. The view continued for a bit and was […]
June 11, 2014
Backhoe rescues truck driver dangling over tunnel after semi rolled down a mountainside
In Israel recently, firefighters and rescue personnel had to get creative when it came to rescuing a truck driver in a very precarious situation. After apparently losing control of his rig on a mountainside highway, the truck barreled down the slope until coming to rest, wedged between the hillside and a nook created by a […]
June 11, 2014
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This guy being catapulted by a boom lift is why you should always wear a harness
No. 4 Video in 2014 « NO. 5 NO. 3 » There’s a reason things like safety guidelines, personal protective equipment and harnesses exist: even mundane tasks like moving a boom lift one hundred feet or so can result in a serious injury. This guy has opted to forego wearing a harness to move […]
June 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
1 million+ ‘standing down’ against falls in construction
More than 1 million workers from tens of thousands of businesses are expected to take part in the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) National Fall Safety Stand Down this week. Throughout the week-long Stand-Down, employers and workers will pause during their workday to focus on the hazards of falls and preventing them. Industry and […]
June 4, 2014
Workforce
Go Build Alabama helps boost trade school attendance 30%, redirects ads to teens
Nearly four years into the Go Build Alabama construction career promotion, there’s evidence kids are heeding and acting on its message, says Jason Phelps, executive director of the Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute, which heads the program. “Alabama has seen a 30 percent increase between the past two school years in the number of enrollments in […]
June 3, 2014
Construction Equipment
How a small-town equipment operator became a globetrotting viral video star at Caterpillar
No. 5 story in 2014 « No. 6 No. 4 » Ryan Neal believes at least part of his success as a heavy equipment operator is built in. “Some people have a natural ability for running equipment just like some people have natural abilities to play basketball or football or to sing,” he says. […]
June 2, 2014
Roadbuilding
Remembering Maya Angelou for her contribution to transportation
Maya Angelou, best known for her books and poetry, died on Wednesday. While many people recount her literary works, it is also worth remembering Angelou for her contribution to transportation. At age 16, Angelou was the first African-American woman to operate a streetcar in San Francisco. SFist reports that Angelou first applied for a job […]
May 29, 2014
Safety
Woman hit by flying buzzsaw in New York City construction accident
A three-foot buzzsaw blade became detached on a New York City road construction site Tuesday and went airborne, eventually hitting a woman walking by the site. According to a report from NBC New York, a construction crew working to fix a water main break was tearing up a section of the roadway at 48th Street and […]
May 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
Cat mini excavator travels through $40k-worth china shop, breaks nothing
While Caterpillar hit viral video status with a video focusing on a massive game of Jenga, its latest Built For It Trials video centers on one of the most impressive displays of operator skill we’ve seen. In it, Ryan Neal, a senior demonstrator instructor at Cat, hops into a 301.7 CR mini excavator and drives […]
May 27, 2014
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar excavator tiptoes through China shop, stacks glass, somehow doesn’t break anything
While Caterpillar hit viral video status with a video focusing on a massive game of Jenga, its latest Built For It Trials video centers on one of the most impressive displays of operator skill we’ve seen. In it, Ryan Neal, a senior demonstrator instructor at Cat, hops into a 301.7 CR mini excavator and drives […]
May 27, 2014
Construction Equipment
Beautiful time-lapse captures 10-year construction of 9/11 Memorial Museum
There is an undeniable beauty and resilience to the National September 11 Memorial Museum that quietly captures how we as Americans came to terms with that awful tragedy nearly 13 years ago. It is evidence of both the will to move forward and to grow, while choosing to never ignore the undeniable impact and pain […]
May 26, 2014
Roadbuilding
Watch a bear rescue a cub from highway traffic
Ricky Forbes of TornadoHunter.com this month caught footage of what appears to be a mother bear rescuing her cub from a highway. The adult bear uses its mouth to pick up the cub, which is sitting beside a concrete barrier as traffic zooms by. The video has become popular, making its rounds on YouTube, […]
May 23, 2014
Construction Equipment
Failed demolition leaves half of a tower teetering precariously above city
Back in December 2009, crews got to work on the demolition of a 22-story residential tower in the city of Liuzhou in southern China. But things didn’t go exactly as planned. As the Daily Mail reported at the time, the implosion of the building successfully broke the building into two parts as planned—but failed to bring […]
May 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
Obama criticizes House GOP bill for major cuts to job-creating program
President Barack Obama said on Saturday that the House Republicans’ proposed budget would slash a job-creating program by 80 percent. The comment came during Obama’s weekly address at the White House, where he reiterated Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s warning that if Congress fails to pass a surface transportation reauthorization bill that addresses the nearly-insolvent Highway […]
May 19, 2014
Construction Equipment
Operator loads backhoe into a dump truck without a ramp
This video is pretty old, but thankfully the Internet has preserved it well. Having asked himself, “Why use a trailer when we have this perfectly good dump truck sitting around?” this industrious operator decides to hop his backhoe into said dump truck without a ramp. How’d he do? Watch below. [youtube 0FTAlIBJ4-0 nolink]
May 16, 2014
Construction Equipment
Yes, you can drift a 200-ton Caterpillar 789 mining truck
In the video below, famed gymkhana driver Mike Ryan hops on board a Caterpillar 789 mining truck and drifts to his heart content. While this truck has a lot of horsepower—2,000 to be exact powered by 78-liter V16 diesel—top speeds are around 40 miles per hour making it very difficult to drift a vehicle weighing […]
May 15, 2014
Construction Equipment
The 2015 Toyota Tundra will get the TRD Pro suspension option, so we put it to the test in the desert
Oil, gas, power, survey and other companies who put thousands of miles a year on their pickups driving over unimproved roads in rugged terrain know how much of a toll such conditions takes on both the work truck and the occupants. Suspensions and tires take a beating, and the stock factory components aren’t really designed […]
May 14, 2014
Roadbuilding
Illinois, Oregon DOTs aim to protect workers in highway construction zones
[Correction: This article previously reported that the Ohio DOT produced the safety video mentioned below. It has been edited to reflect the correct agency, Oregon DOT.] The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) have each implemented new strategies to improve safety in highway construction zones. Related: Did you participate […]
May 13, 2014
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