Caterpillar - Thu August 31, 2023
Caterpillar Celebrates 130 Years of Earthmoving Innovation in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The year — 1893. Only 44 of today's 50 states formed the union, and Grover Cleveland was elected the country's 24th president. College basketball was in its infancy, holding its first official game, and the Bucyrus Steam Shovel and Dredge Company opened a new manufacturing facility in South Milwaukee, Wis., to improve and expand its production facilities....
Independence National Historical Park - Wed July 19, 2023
Philadelphia Historic First Bank Building Gets $22.2M From Feds for Rehab Project
Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park (INHP) has received $22.2 million in federal funding to help rehabilitate the landmark First Bank of the United States building, one of the first federal buildings constructed by the U.S....
CEG - Tue May 23, 2023
Lakeside Sand & Gravel Hosts Antique Equipment Show
Lakeside Sand & Gravel is kept busy supplying aggregates for both commercial and residential construction projects in northeast Ohio throughout the year. Located in Mantua, Ohio, the company was established by brothers Harry and Henry Kotkowski in 1954....
Bobcat - Tue May 23, 2023
Bobcat Commemorates its History With Exhibit at National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum
Bobcat Company, a global compact equipment, innovation and worksite solutions brand, has its history on display in a new exhibit within the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum in Alexandria, Va. The opening of the museum exhibit follows the announcement from earlier this year that Cyril and Louis Keller, the brothers who invented the world's first compact loader (later named the Bobcat skid-steer loader), have been selected as 2023 inductees for the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF)....
Bobcat - Tue April 25, 2023
Bobcat Prototype Arrives at NIHF Museum
A legendary piece of construction history arrived at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum on April 19. Joe Keller, the son of 2023 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee Louis Keller and nephew of Inductee Cyril Keller, was on a cross-country trip with the Keller brothers' invention — a 1958 prototype skid-steer loader....
East Hampton Star - Wed February 15, 2023
New York's Montauk Point Revetment to Finish Six Months Ahead of Schedule
The new 874-ft.-tall stone revetment at Montauk Point on New York's easternmost tip of Long Island will be completed six months ahead of schedule but with many more boulders than were originally budgeted....
Gettysburg Times & CEG - Wed February 01, 2023
New Gettysburg, Pa., Tour Center to Begin Construction Near Battle Site in Mid-February
Construction of a new two-story Gettysburg Tour Center on Baltimore Pike in the historic southern Pennsylvania town is expected to begin in mid-February, the Gettysburg Times reported Jan. 31. After the current facility at 778 Baltimore St....
Mainebiz - Wed February 01, 2023
Lewiston, Maine's Tallest Building to Convert from Office to Residential Space
After changing ownership three times in three years, the latest owner of the narrow Professional Building at 145 Lisbon St. in Lewiston, Maine, plans to convert the structure from office to residential use....
HCEA/CEG - Wed January 04, 2023
Construction Chronicle: Vintage Equipment in Action
The British philosopher, historian and archaeologist R.C. Collingwood once wrote, "The subject matter of history is not the past as such, but the past for which we possess historical evidence."Thanks to our friends at the Historical Construction Equipment Association, here are some great photos of vintage iron at work that provide a glimpse (and evidence) of the imagination and innovation of our industry many decades ago....
Old Iron Show - Tue August 30, 2022
Old Construction, Mining Equipment Show Returns to Ohio
The 19th Annual Old Construction and Mining Equipment Show will be Sept. 10 to 11, 2022 on Ohio 519 (43672 Stumptown Road), between U.S. 22 and New Athens, Ohio. Antique trucks, construction and mining equipment will be on static display and in operation throughout the weekend....
