Diadon Enterprises © 2018

Union accuses Amazon contractors of wage-related violations in Virginia | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Courtesy of JBG Smith

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters has announced the completion of its investigation into subcontractor payment practices on several Amazon projects in Virginia near the company's future second North American headquarters in Crystal City, and the resulting report presents evidence of alleged payroll and other labor violations.

Continue Reading

Levelset draws $30M of investment, including funds from Darren Bechtel of Brick & Mortar | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Fotolia

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Levelset, the New Orleans-based tech columbus oh dump truck company that helps construction columbus oh dump truck company manage and complete the tangle of compliance paperwork needed to secure payment in a timely manner, announced today a $30 million round of funding led by Horizons Ventures with participation from S3 Ventures, Altos Ventures, Operating Venture Capital, Michael Gollner and Darren Bechtel of Brick & Mortar Ventures, bringing total outside investment to $47 million.

Continue Reading

Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier project 2 years behind schedule | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Continue Reading

4 bad planning habits to kick in 2020 | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Sponsored Content By

InEight

After being on the road a lot through 2019 presenting at planning conferences and talking to hundreds of industry practitioners, I have come to a simple realization: we have accepted and implemented some poor planning habits in our industry that prevent us from producing accurate and achievable plans, faster.

Continue Reading

AECOM weighs in on long distance Texas hyperloop construction | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

SpaceX Hyperloop, from Flickr, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • In a presentation to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's (CAMPO) Transportation Policy Board in Austin, Texas, AECOM's Steven Duong updated the regional planning agency on high-speed transportation options between the Texas cities of Forth Worth and Laredo, with several stops along the Interstate 35 corridor.

Continue Reading

Deere says new layoffs due to projected dips in construction | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Wikimedia

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Heavy columbus oh dump trucks maker Deere & Co. announced that it will lay off 57 workers at its Davenport, Iowa, manufacturing plant, citing reduced building activity that is expected to lower sales of its construction columbus oh dump trucks by as much as 15% next fiscal year, according to the Des Moines Register.

Continue Reading

Report: Scope of work changes top cause of construction disputes | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Getty Images

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • In its second annual report on the cause of construction disputes, international consultancy HKA found that changes to a project's scope of columbus oh dump truck company was the most frequent contributor to disagreements across the sectors it studied: buildings; defense, aerospace and military; industrial; infrastructure; oil and gas; and power and utilities.

Continue Reading

Modular Monitor: Why does offsite construction matter? | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Danielle Ternes / Construction Dive

Hype for modular construction has hit a level of ubiquity.

It seems like every month another prefabricated hotel tops out at a record height for the delivery model, or a city official lauds the practice as the panacea for affordable housing — and the labor pinch —​ or a new offsite-based startup follows Katerra in stacking up investment funds.

Continue Reading

$3.9B P3 road project in Virginia breaks down into small bid packages for minority-owned businesses | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: How Tesla’s Cybertruck compares to other trucks; Bobcat’s new R2 Series excavators; Roxor’s new 4×4 built for work; Power Curbers intros 5700-D curb-gutter paver; Ditch Witch’s new RT80 trencher | Dump Truck Company

Ditch Witch’s new RT80 brings heavy-duty trenching to tight jobsites

Ditch Witch has redesigned its RT80 ride-on trencher for fitting into narrower spaces on urban and rural jobsites where larger trenchers can’t go.

Continue Reading

VIDEO: Is the Tesla Cybertruck a good truck? How it compares to Ford, Chevy & Ram | Dump Truck Company

Tesla has unveiled the Cybertruck, a beast of an electric pickup truck with a Blade Runner-esque brutalist design language that stacks up very favorably to your favorite fuel guzzler. Check the video below for a discussion of the truck’s design, configurations, pricing and a how it compares to traditional half-ton trucks from Ford, Chevy and Ram.

Continue Reading

The Dotted Line: Everything you need to know about construction contracts | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Contracts are crucial components of the construction process, but they can be among the most complicated and controversial aspects as well. As the industry shifts to increasingly collaborative project delivery methods and adopts new materials and technologies, construction professionals need to stay up to date on the how the legal landscape is evolving — or not — to ensure their columbus oh dump truck company is verified and protected.

Continue Reading

Building in Cincinnati under construction by Turner partially collapses, leaving 1 missing | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • One person is still missing on Tuesday morning after a building under construction by Turner Construction Co. partially collapsed during a pour of temporary concrete formwork on the 7th floor on Monday afternoon in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, the AP reported and Turner confirmed to Construction Dive.

Continue Reading

Building in Cincinnati under construction by Turner partially collapses, leaving 1 dead | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • One person is still missing on Tuesday morning after a building under construction by Turner Construction Co. partially collapsed during a pour of temporary concrete formwork on the 7th floor on Monday afternoon in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, the AP reported and Turner confirmed to Construction Dive.

Continue Reading

Building in Cincinnati under construction by Turner partially collapses, killing worker | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • One person is still missing on Tuesday morning after a building under construction by Turner Construction Co. partially collapsed during a pour of temporary concrete formwork on the 7th floor on Monday afternoon in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, the AP reported and Turner confirmed to Construction Dive.

Continue Reading

Amid shift to $1.4B P3 contract for Honolulu rail, another HART official resigns | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Paula Youngling has resigned as director of procurement for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), according to documents obtained by Honolulu Civil Beat, making her the second high-ranking official to leave the authority as it pivots to a $1.4 billion public-private partnership (P3) in order to complete the $9 billion problem-plagued Honolulu rail project.

Continue Reading

HVAC sub claims Skanska owes it $4M in change orders for New York medical center project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • HVAC contractor Dynamic Systems Inc, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is suing New York City-based Skanska USA for what the subcontractor claims is $4.2 million in unpaid change orders for columbus oh dump truck company performed on the Westchester Medical Center-Ambulatory Care Pavilion project in Valhalla, New York.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Backhoe is Cat’s first “Smart Attachment” for skid steers, CTLs; Chevy unveils electric crate concept; Kobelco intros demolition excavators; Lifting attachment roundup; Milwaukee intros MX Fuel lineup of cordless tools | Dump Truck Comp

Milwaukee unveils MX Fuel lineup of cordless commercial construction tools with biggest batteries in the industry

If you think of Milwaukee as a maker of small tools like drills and the Sawzall, you’d be right, but the dump trucks charlotte nc recently took a big leap into much bigger tools and a bigger market with its MX Fuel Equipment System.

Continue Reading

Great Hall claims DIA's lack of engagement contributed to airport renovation problems | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Great Hall Partners, the Ferrovial-led consortium formerly brought on to renovate Denver International Airport's Jeppesen Terminal and serve a 34-year term as concessionaire as part of a $1.8 billion public-private partnership (P3) deal, recently claimed that DIA officials' lack of engagement contributed to delays and cost overruns, according to documents obtained by The Denver Post.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Stick-steer travel, XTC config add versatility to Cat’s new 306 excavator; Chevy unveils Carhartt Silverado HD; Backhoe is Cat’s first Smart Attachment for skid steers, CTLs; Morooka unveils its largest crawler carrier yet; Will contrac

Will dump trucks charlotte nc comply with new voluntary ANSI standards for aerial lifts?

When attending aerial lift industry conferences, Rick Smith regularly stops attendees to ask if they’re ready for the new ANSI standards for aerial charlotte nc dump truck company platforms.

Continue Reading

VIDEO: Backhoe is Cat’s first Smart Attachment for new D3 Series skid steers, CTLs | Dump Truck Company

On its new D3 Series of skid steers and compact track loaders, Caterpillar is launching its Smart Attachment platform.

Cat says the new Smart Attachments are an industry first, and with advanced machine technology, the new D3 Series skid steers and CTLs automatically recognize these smart charlotte nc dump truck company tools and tailor machine controls and operator information to match the attachment and the task.

Continue Reading

The value catalyst for building advantage | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Getty Images

Sponsored Content By

Georgia-Pacific

Isn’t it interesting when we talk about getting more out of something we say we need to ‘extract’ value? It’s a bit of an oxymoron when what we’re trying to do is infuse value into our work, our processes and our products and ultimately deliver it to our customers.

Continue Reading

Plumbing sub on New York healthcare project sues Walsh-Consigli for $22 million | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • A New Jersey plumbing columbus oh dump truck company working on a medical center expansion in Poughkeepsie, New York, is suing general columbus oh dump truck company Walsh Group and Consigli for $5.5 million in past due payments and $16.4 million in punitive damages stemming from changes and cost overruns allegedly caused by miscommunication around the design of the building.

Continue Reading

Grenfell Tower materials likely didn't meet code, 'fueled' deadly fire | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Officials in the United Kingdom have concluded the first phase of their investigation into the fatal June 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London and have determined that the reason the blaze was able to spread so quickly was that the building's cladding — aluminum composite material (ACM) rainscreen panels — acted as "fuel" for a fire that began in one of the unit's kitchens.

Continue Reading

AEC firms applaud Autodesk's integration of BIM platforms for horizontal, vertical construction | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Autodesk

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Autodesk today announced the launch of Collaboration for Civil 3D, an integration with its cloud software solution BIM 360 Design that will allow design and construction teams to columbus oh dump truck company together and share information about projects that include both vertical and horizontal structures.

Continue Reading

Predictive AI construction group attracts more leading firms, including Skanska | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Five more firms have joined a unique industry group focused on sharing data to advance jobsite safety.

Skanska USA, Skanska Sweden, Webcor Builders, Obayashi and concrete contractor Lithko Contracting have signed on with the Predictive Analytics Strategic Council, which was launched earlier this year to share and analyze safety data from each firm in the group.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Vermeer’s XR2 is a unique vac excavator; 2020 Ford Super Duty claims best-in-class titles; Manitou intros 4 aerial lifts; Nissan unveils redesigned 2020 Titan; Bollinger unveils Class 3 electric pickup, modular SUV | Dump Truck Company

Electric truck maker Bollinger unveils its Class 3 B2 pickup, B1 modular SUV

Though we’re still more than a year away from being able to buy one of these trucks, Bollinger has unveiled what we can expect when its all-electric pickup and SUV finally do hit the market.

Continue Reading

Study: Adding sodium acetate to concrete increases strength, reduces water absorption | Dump Truck Company

Concrete treated with sodium acetate cured at -25(a) and +60(b) degrees. Photo courtesy of Brunel University London.

Researchers at Brunel University London and Mutah University in Jordan have shown that adding sodium acetate to concrete mixes not only significantly increases the compressive strength of the concrete in extreme hot or cold weather, but also reduces the amount of water the concrete absorbs, which means the concrete would be stronger and require less maintenance.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Bobcat is back in the tractor business; Komatsu intros PC2000-11 excavator; Ditch Witch intros JT24 HDD; Toro underlines multiple brand approach; Latest HDDs reflect improving market | Dump Truck Company

Latest directional drills reflect improving and expanding market

Directional drilling garners less attention than it did a decade or two ago. But it hasn’t gone away. If anything, it’s expanding.

There were 42 models listed in the 2009 Equipment World Spec Guide; there are 56 models this year.

Continue Reading

Dodge: Owners, contractors have different ideas of what makes multi-site work successful | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Fotolia

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • A new study from Dodge Data & Analytics and Sevan Multi-Site Solutions found that owners and columbus oh dump truck company don't see eye to eye about key factors of how a successful multi-site construction campaign plays out, though a positive relationship stemmed from solid communication is the single most important factor.

Continue Reading

Market watch: Track construction's economic health | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Industry experts, economists and construction executives rely on a long list of economic indicators to help them forecast the future of the business. But predicting what's on the horizon is tricky, said Associated Builders and Contractors chief economist Anirban Basu, because construction activity generally lags behind other sectors of the economy.

Continue Reading

Tutor Perini scores $31M of change orders for San Francisco subway project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, general contractor Tutor Perini revealed Tuesday that it has received a contract change order in the amount of $31.2 million as compensation for delays on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's (SFMTA) $1.6 billion Central Subway project.

Continue Reading

Tutor Perini lands $31M in change orders for San Francisco subway project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, general contractor Tutor Perini revealed Tuesday that it has received a contract change order in the amount of $31.2 million as compensation for delays on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's (SFMTA) $1.6 billion Central Subway project.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Bobcat unveils iPhone/iPad remote control for skid steers, CTLs; GMC Sierra 3L Duramax test drive; Cat intros new cold planers, RM400 rotary mixer; BOMAG intros gas-powered BPR 60/65 | Dump Truck Company

BOMAG intros gas-powered BPR 60/65 reversible plate compactor

Offered as a more economical alternative diesel-powered models, BOMAG has introduced the BPR 60/65 reversible plate compactor.

BOMAG says the BPR 60/65 consumes less than 1 gallon of gas per hour, is comfortable to operate and compacts large areas of at speeds reaching 91.9 feet per minute.

Continue Reading

Independent contractors now a big question mark in California after employment bill passes | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 into law this week. As part of a signing message, Newsom said that the new regulation would help reduce instances of worker misclassification as independent contractors, "which erodes basic worker protections like the minimum wage, paid sick days and health insurance benefits.

Continue Reading

Texas Central signs design-build agreement with Salini Impregilo-Lane JV for $20B high-speed rail project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Texas Central announced on Friday that it has entered into a design-build agreement for its $20 billion high-speed rail project between Houston and Dallas with the joint venture of Italian civil engineering contractor Salini Impregilo and The Lane Construction Corp.

Continue Reading

Denver airport commits to $770M budget and tighter schedule in wake of Great Hall firing | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • In a presentation to the Denver City Council's Business, Arts, Workforce & Aviation Services Committee,  Kim Day, CEO at Denver International Airport (DEN), gave an update on the termination of Great Hall Partners' (GHP) $1.8 billion public-private partnership (P3) contract and the future of the Jeppesen Terminal renovation, which now has a budget of $770 million.

Continue Reading

Barnard Construction affiliate begins $142M border wall section in Arizona | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

The White House

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • BFBC LLC, an affiliate of Barnard Construction Co., broke ground late last week on a 5-mile section of border wall along the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona, the second ongoing border wall replacement project in the area that is being paid for using diverted military funds, according to the Arizona Republic.

Continue Reading

Skanska USA transcends challenges on its largest IPD project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Skansa USA

Skanska USA has employed nontraditional project delivery methods for years, especially on health care jobs. The columbus oh dump truck company has long been a fan of integrated project delivery, which has been used on projects ranging from the Palo Alto Medical Center in California to the renovation of the George Washington University Hospital ICU department in Washington, D.C.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Skid steers vs. CTLs; The “Ultimate” Ford Raptor; Bollinger to intro first Class 3 electric pickup; Brokk intros its smallest demo robot; Golight intros improved Stryker ST remote-control work lighting | Dump Truck Company

Golight intros improved Stryker ST Series remote-controlled charlotte nc dump truck company lighting

Golight, makers of pan-and-tilt remote-controlled lighting, have introduced a “new and improved” version of its Stryker ST Series of remote-control LED and halogen searchlights.

Continue Reading

Levelset tries to level the playing field between subs, GCs | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Levelset, a columbus oh dump truck company that helps subcontractors navigate pay application processes, tracks payment-related regulations from state to state and facilitates the filing of mechanic's liens, is rolling out a new feature — Contractor Profiles — on its website, one that could help subcontractors identify slow-paying general columbus oh dump truck company before taking on columbus oh dump truck company with them.

Continue Reading

Worker sues Marriott, PCL, other contractors after witnessing construction deaths in Florida | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Fotolia

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • A construction worker who claims he witnessed two co-workers plunge to their deaths in August 2018 while performing concrete columbus oh dump truck company at the JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort in Orange County, Florida, near Walt Disney World, is suing Marriott International and PCL Construction Services as well as developers and other columbus oh dump truck company affiliated with the project for emotional distress and other alleged injuries.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils D3 Series CTLs, skid steers; Diesel Ram 1500 Test Drive; Bobcat ships its first electric excavator; New Cummins engines; Ford intros FX2 Ranger; | Dump Truck Company

Cummins intros 2020 X15 Efficiency Series engines alongside new Productivity Series rating

Cummins for the coming model year will expand its X15 portfolio with a new X15 Efficiency Series engine and the new X15 Productivity Series rating to further optimize fuel economy and power.

Continue Reading

Drilling deeper into lean with target-value design, delivery | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

While it’s probably safe to say that most construction managers have either been involved with a project that used lean construction or at least have heard of lean principles, championed by the Lean Construction Institute, the same can’t be said for target-value design (TV-Design) and target-value delivery (TV-Delivery), even though both have been around for several years and fall under the lean umbrella.

Continue Reading

Illinois enacts new retainage law amid national trend | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Illinois Gov. Jay Robert "J.B." Pritzker (D) has signed into state law a new regulation that sets the maximum retainage clients can withhold from contractor payments on private projects and that will help many general columbus oh dump truck company and subcontractors receive bigger checks earlier on in the project timeline.

Continue Reading

Moody's: Denver airport wise to terminate Great Hall P3 | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • A new Moody's Investors Service report on the credit impact of Denver Airport Enterprise's (DEN) decision to terminate for convenience Great Hall Partners' $1.8 billion contract for renovation of the airport's Jeppesen Terminal and 34 years of concession management has revealed that the bond credit rating business believes the move will have minimal negative financial and credit impact for the city and the airport.

Continue Reading

What will be the fallout from Denver airport's Great Hall P3 termination? | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • A new Moody's Investors Service report on the credit impact of Denver Airport Enterprise's (DEN) decision to terminate for convenience Great Hall Partners' $1.8 billion contract for renovation of the airport's Jeppesen Terminal and 34 years of concession management has revealed that the bond credit rating business believes the move will have minimal negative financial and credit impact for the city and the airport.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Komatsu unveils Proactive Dozing Control; Deere intros 3 new L-Series loaders; Roush unveils the Nitemare F-150; Komatsu launches D155AX-8 LGP; Artics seeing steady improvements | Dump Truck Company

In high demand, popular articulated dump truck models seeing steady improvements

Articulated dump trucks, with their ability to efficiently move dirt throughout the jobsite, are in high demand these days. Dealers report they can’t keep them in their rental fleets, and customers are scrambling to find someone, anyone, who can meet their need for artics.

Continue Reading

Can Louisiana handle $32B of industrial construction? | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • There are approximately 125 construction projects worth $32 billion along the Interstate 10-12 Corridor either underway or preparing to break ground this year, and industry experts agree that it will be a challenge to handle them all given the state's low unemployment (4.7%) and strained skilled labor pool, according to the 10-12 Industry Report.

Continue Reading

$1.5 million awarded to add public artwork to Fla. I-4 corridor | Dump Truck Company

The I-4 Ultimate Project Art Endowment Committee—representatives of I-4 Mobility Partners, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and Skanska Granite Lane (SGL Constructors)—will provide $1.5 million to integrate public art installations into the project landscape along a 21-mile stretch of Interstate 4 to create a more scenic and cultural experience for motorists and pedestrians.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Komatsu intros WA900-8 loader; Nissan drops Cummins diesel in next Titan XD; Doosan intros DX170LC-5 excavator; BFP Retro F-150 offers two-tone styling; Used equipment market softens…a bit | Dump Truck Company

Stellar used charlotte nc dump trucks market softens … a bit. Here’s what’s hot and what’s not.

Although the used charlotte nc dump trucks market has been steady, it doesn’t mean there won’t be softer prices ahead, especially compared with 12 months ago.

Continue Reading

Naval base damaged in California earthquake could need $2.2B in repairs | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • After a 13-day, 3,600-building, multi-team assessment following the July 4 and July 5 earthquakes near Ridgecrest, California, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) estimates that it will take approximately $5.2 billion to repair all of the damage at the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, California.

Continue Reading

Naval base buildings damaged in California earthquake could need $2.2B in repairs | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • After a 13-day, 3,600-building, multi-team assessment following the July 4 and July 5 earthquakes near Ridgecrest, California, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) estimates that it will take approximately $5.2 billion to repair all of the damage at the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, California.

Continue Reading

Managing prevailing wage compliance in the digital age | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Sponsored Content By

LCPtracker

If you’re a contractor and reading this article, you’re likely finding yourself at a crossroads with three possible scenarios: 1) you are considering the idea of taking on public works projects for the first time; 2) you are experienced in the public sector, but finally looking to alleviate the administrative headaches that come with the territory; or 3) you are already leveraging technology to lessen these burdens, but are wondering if there are better options out there.

Continue Reading

Canadian GC: Equipment that killed worker 'manifestly faulty' | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Fotolia

UPDATE: Aug. 19, 2019: In a statement to CBC News, Graham Construction said that prosecutors were correct not to pursue charges against the columbus oh dump truck company in relation to the 2016 jobsite death of one of its subcontractor's employees, Eric Ndayishimiye, and called the piece of columbus oh dump trucks that hit Ndayishimiye "manifestly faulty.

Continue Reading

Florida authorities investigating We Build the Wall | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services is investigating We Build the Wall, a privately funded group that has built a section of border wall in New Mexico, after the state attorney general's office received complaints about how the group raises and allocates donations, according to ABC News.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Manitou launches self-branded compact equipment; Goliath is a 6-wheeled Chevy Silverado; Toro intros TRX-250, TRX-350 walk-behind trenchers; Diesel Silverado 1500 fuel economy; Stringline or stringless? | Dump Truck Company

Stringline or stringless? Manufacturers of curb and gutter pavers let operators decide

When it comes to curb and gutter concrete slipform pavers, one word tends to crop up.

“It’s very unusual to go into a sales call and walk out without having spoken about ‘stringless,’” says Wade Bowman, Wirtgen product manager for concrete slipform paving.

Continue Reading

Tutor Perini's Q2 marks near-record backlog, new group CEO | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • General contractor Tutor Perini announced its second-quarter 2019 earnings, and, despite a decline in its quarter-over-quarter gross profit — from $118.6 million to $100.9 million — the columbus oh dump truck company booked a near-record backlog, along with gross revenue of more than $1.1 billion, up slightly from the same period last year.

Continue Reading

Researchers develop a stronger, salt-resistant concrete | Dump Truck Company

Researchers from Brunel University London announced that researchers have created a new concrete mix that absorbs 64 percent less water and 90 percent less salt than normal concrete, and is as much as 42 percent stronger than normal concrete, which could lead to salt-resistant pavements that withstand the corrosion caused by salt applications in the winter.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Venieri intros heavy-duty loader to U.S.;Deere intros 344L High-Lift loader; Dynapac upgrades commercial pavers; Vermeer’s new D23x30DR S3 Navigator; SnowEx updates Power Pusher snow pushers | Dump Truck Company

SnowEx’s new Power Pusher snow pushers deliver cleaner scrapes

SnowEx has introduced new snow pushers for skid steers, compact track loaders, wheel loaders, backhoes and tractors.

The latest Power Pusher snow pushers are available in 8- and 10-foot-wide models and feature new steel trip-edges that SnowEx says deliver “maximum scraping performance” and cleaner scrapes of the pavement.

Continue Reading

USDOT announces $856 million in INFRA discretionary grants | Dump Truck Company

Photo: Gannett Fleming

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced $856 million in proposed grants through its Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program, which aims to fix the nations’s infrastructure through government and private funding, using technology to improve building processes, and increasing project accountability.

Continue Reading

Seattle's Sound Transit awards JV $729M light-rail project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) has awarded the joint venture of Stacey and Witbeck and Kuney Construction a $729.3 million contract to complete the design for and build the 3.4-mile Downtown Redmond Link Extension in the Seattle suburb of Redmond, Washington.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Hitachi intros “do-it-all” ZW220-6 loader; State-of-the-Art Dozers; 2020 Chevy Silverado 3500 towing test; Electric Ford F-150 tows 1 million lbs.; Pettibone intros Extendo 1246X telehandler | Dump Truck Company

Pettibone Extendo 1246X telehandler boasts 12,000-lb. lift capacity

Pettibone’s new Extendo 1246X Telehandler features 12,000-pound lifting capacity for dump trucks charlotte nc and rental users working in demanding construction jobsite conditions.

Continue Reading

Contractor facing federal kickback charges | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Fotolia

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Federal prosecutors have brought criminal charges against a Tennessee construction columbus oh dump truck company executive whose columbus oh dump truck company performed columbus oh dump truck company at two Georgia Army base construction projects — one at Fort Benning in Columbus and the other at Fort Gordon in Augusta — with a combined value of approximately $37 million.

Continue Reading

$6B Silver Line on track despite construction issues | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Despite persistent construction challenges at a new $290 million rail yard, a Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board project manager told members during a monthly cost and schedule update this week that the Metrorail's Silver Line service to Dulles International Airport and Ashburn, Virginia, will be ready for passengers around July 2020, according to WTOP.

Continue Reading

California bullet train officials issue RFQ worth $1.6B | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) approved this week the issuance of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for an estimated $1.6 billion worth of track and systems columbus oh dump truck company for a piece of the $20 billion Bakersfield-to-Merced bullet train, the Associated Press reported.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: New graders balance simplicity with power; Diesel Chevy Silverado 1500 test drive; LiuGong’s new high-production loader; 8 landscaping attachments; Jarraff quad track trimmer | Dump Truck Company

Jarraff quad track tree trimmer delivers added capability, pinpoint precision in right of way work

Tree trimming is a challenging job in the best of circumstances and Jarraff Industries has introduced a new quad track model of its All-Terrain Tree Trimmer to make that charlotte nc dump truck company more productive.

Continue Reading

Big rig hits Caltrans paving machine in work zone | Dump Truck Company

Photo: Caltrans District 3.

According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), all lanes on southbound Highway 99 near Fruitridge Road in Sacramento were closed for a while June 20, after a big rig hit a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) paving machine and overturned, spilling its load across the southbound lanes of the highway, KCRA reports.

Continue Reading

Federal study highlights dangers facing military construction contractors | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Onsite safety measures are nothing new for U.S. construction workers and for the columbus oh dump truck company that employ them. Private companies have instituted a wide range of initiatives to keep their workers as injury-free as possible, driven by both the financial benefits of a safer workplace and a desire to foster a columbus oh dump truck company culture that values its employees.

Continue Reading

Equipment Roundup: Spider excavator climbs rockslide; Maximus is a 1,000-hp Jeep Gladiator; Volvo intros EC200E excavator; ZF intros driver-assist features for heavy trucks; New Oshkosh concrete mixer | Dump Truck Company

New Oshkosh S-Series concrete mixer has better visibility, capacity and steering

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing has updated its Oshkosh S-Series front discharge concrete mixer with increased hauling capacity and several improvements that make the mixer easier and more comfortable to operate.

Continue Reading