JCB has expanded its X Series of excavators with the reduced tailswing 28-ton 245XR while maintaining the lineup’s spacious cab. Between 2018 and 2019, JCB rolled out five X...
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Construction Management
Construction Begins on Tennessee’s Most Expensive Road Project
Work has begun on widening I-65 from Nashville to the Kentucky line, the highest-cost road project in the state’s history. The interstate will be widened from four to six...
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Industry Roundup: National Equipment Dealers buys Richardson
National Equipment Dealers (NED) has bought Richardson Service 1991, expanding its organization in South Carolina. Based in Conway, South Carolina, Richardson specializes in construction, forestry and compact equipment and...
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Vanair Debuts EPEQ Battery-Powered Truck-Mounted Compressor Line
Vanair unveiled its new electric battery-powered product line for its truck-mounted air compressors and other equipment at this year’s Utility Expo in Louisville, Kentucky. The new EPEQ equipment allows...
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Skycatch Releases Flight1x Cloud-Based Drone Solution
Using photogrammetry, drones can collect enormous amounts of information on earthmoving, industrial and mining sites. But when it comes to downloading all that data … put on a fresh...
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Task Force Racing to Develop Tech Guidance for Electric Trucks
Editor’s note: Trucking industry efforts to develop recommended practices for training techs on electric trucks may offer a glimpse of what the construction industry will go through as more...
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Ritchie Acquires SmartEquip, Makes Parts Play
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is acquiring SmartEquip for $175 million, a deal that will give Ritchie “asset-specific full-lifecycle parts and service support” to dealers, OEM partners and buyers, says Ritchie...
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Cat Electrifies Its Largest Dozer, the D11 XE
Fewer moving parts generally mean lower maintenance costs and longer life. Combine that with the power efficiency of electric drive on a D11 size dozer moving hundreds of tons...
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Truckers Banned from I-95 Work Zone in Delaware
To try to keep workers safe on a major rehabilitation project on Interstate 95, the Delaware Department of Transportation has banned tractor trailers on northbound lanes in the work...
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eBay “Doubles Down” on Used Equipment Market with Bidadoo Investment
Saying it is “doubling down” on providing tailored solutions for customer segments, eBay has taken a minority stake in online auction company bidadoo. While the two companies have had...
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