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Peterbilt Motors Company is displaying its lineup of vehicles for the concrete industry at World of Concrete in Las Vegas, January 22 β 25, 2019. Attendees are invited to...
ALE has performed one of North Americaβs heaviest crane lifts using a land based heavylift crane, lifting the 3179.5 US t (2,884.4 metric tonnes) MRU module, for an oil a...
The State of Maine Department of Transportation is at the forefront of research on how to improve road pavement quality and extend service life. They focus on improving b...
ALE has used the 354,000te/m high capacity and long outreach of the worlds largest capacity land based crane to lift the first of three modules on top of the offshore top...
GSSI, the worldβs leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be highlighting its latest GPR Technology at the 2019 World of Concrete conferenc...
With the condition and funding of the USβs road network stuck in the slow lane, what does the future hold for Americaβs motorists? ARTBA Chairman Bob Alger and Chief Econ...
The new Hard Rock Hotel in Florida will raise pulse rates among music fans everywhere. It will be the first-ever guitar-shaped building anywhere in the world. Standing 12...
A Kentucky concrete slipform contractor has moved in a big way into curb, gutter and parapet construction by utilizing the advanced technology available to them. Fox Ente...
Waterproofing for the Washington Weather Washington residents can thank the climate for the lush green foliage, but roads and bridges donβt share their enthusiasm. The we...
At Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens, guests of all ages and abilities can now discover the woods, ponds and meadows on the nation’s longest canopy walk, which is 1,400...
After 34 years, Venuti Enterprises is closing shop, selling all its assets with Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers The four Venuti brothers: Donald, Michael, Tim, and Peter, start...
Following the devastation of Hurricane Michael, Beard Equipment and John Deere donated the use of a John Deere backhoe to four local counties and municipalities in the Fl...
Pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group is part of the Bridging North America team which was awarded the Gordie Howe International Bridge public-private partnership...
On November 1 the new Central Library in Calgary, designed by SnΓΈhetta and DIALOG, opened its doors to the public. With aims to welcome over twice as many annual visitors...
StreetLight Data the leader in big data analytics for mobility, today announced another major transportation market innovation with the launch of its new Annual Average D...
Austin-based pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group provided pavement design expertise to Flatiron-Dragados, LLC regarding the new Harbour Bridge project in Corpus...
Exciting change will reward the aware contractor Hop in a car and drive anywhere and chances are the drive will be on roads and highways that need patching, resurfacing,...
Producing kerbs as if by magic: in Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico in the US state of Alabama, a Wirtgen slipform paver SP 15i operated fully automatically. When a new r...
Volvoβs EWR150E, EWR170E and EW220E, the latest in Volvo Construction Equipmentβs wheeled excavator line-up, can now be bought in the US using purchasing cooperatives Sou...
The Metro-Atlanta Northwest Corridorβs reversible express lanes, made possible with Parsons iNet Software were officially opened to the public in a dedication ceremony th...
Stowers Machinery Corporation will offer Metso’s mobile and stationary crushing and screening products to Eastern Tennessee contractors in the construction, recycli...
The Chicago Smart Mobility (CSM) Project, Phase 1, recently won the ITS Midwest 2018 Project of Year Award. The project supports the City of Chicagoβs Smart City Initiati...
The answer to the above question is yes β but not without some repercussions. The ELD Mandate is the most recent, widely encompassing directiveΒ laid down by the FMCSA (Fe...
Parsons was recently awarded a 2-year services agreement to provide traffic safety engineering design services to the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT). The firm...
The asphalt industry has a new resource for information from the West Coast and Pacific region: The PacCoast Smooth Ride Sentinel blog. The blog is managed by the Asphalt...
Tailored for a mix of owners, operators and fleet managers, The Scoop by Volvo CE North America provides practical content that is helpful in day-to-day equipment managem...
Registration is now open for Volvoβs 2018-2019 Road Institute, the paving industryβs premier training program. Offering a mix of classroom and hands-on training on a vari...
Cleverciti Systems delivers high-tech solutions for outdoor and on-street parking detection, monitoring and guidance. They have just announced that Steve Gorski has joine...
Asphalt pavement mixture producers continue to apply technologies and innovations to make long-lasting asphalt pavements more energy-efficient to produce and more resourc...
Metso welcomes Yancey Bros. Co., the USA’s oldest Caterpillar dealer, to its North American distributor network. Georgia-based they will offer Metso’s mobile...
Enables live, statewide, real-time monitoring of roadway weather conditions Baron Services, the worldwide provider of critical weather intelligence, has released a new pr...
From serving a few surrounding counties to spanning the entire Midwest, Catom Trucking has grown significantly over the years. But it isnβt catchy advertising or feet-on-...
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for managing over 8,000 miles of state and interstate highways within Oregon as well as managing programs re...
Domino’s Pizza, the largest pizza company in the world based on global retail sales, is saving pizza with their Paving for Pizza campaign – one pothole at a t...
Aquajet Systems AB, a global leader in hydrodemolition machine manufacturing, provides North American operators advanced training through its new Aquajet Academy. The Aca...
Parsons Corporation recently won the International Partnering Instituteβs (IPI) 2018 John L. Martin Partnered Project of the Year Award for their work on the Rouchleau Mi...
Mack Trucks, a part of Volvo Group, plans to have a fully electric Mack LR refuse model equipped with an integrated Mack electric drivetrain operating in North America in...
Striping Service and Supply, Inc. (SSS) is the first USA striping contractor certified by TxDOT to operate the RetroTek-MU road striping Retro-reflectometer. The Texas A...
Parsons was recently presented with the 2018 Public Works Project of the Year Award by the American Public Works Association (APWA), Illinois Chapter, for its work on the...
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) executed a year-long project throughout 2017 to demonstrate the use of intelligent compaction (IC), infrared scanning (I...
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