HCEA - Mon June 15, 2020
Looking Back: Cranes of Yesteryear
A look at cranes from the past courtesy of the Historical Construction Equipment Association. ...
VDOT - Mon June 01, 2020
VDOT Archaeologist Helped Uncover 'Witch Bottle' From I-64 Work Site
Prior to joining the Virginia Department of Transportation in March 2019, Chris Shephard, the agency's Richmond District archaeologist, made a "bewitching" discovery during the Interstate 64 widening project....
CEG - Thu May 21, 2020
Character Being Restored to Historic 19th Century Building in Birmingham, Ga.
Atlanta-based Engineering Design Technologies (EDT) currently is hard at work renovating one of downtown Birmingham's oldest existing buildings. The three-story Taylor Building is located on the edge of the city's historic theater and retail district along 19th Street North....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Mon April 06, 2020
Historic 1800s Building Comes Down Amid Safety Concerns in Oxford, Miss.
When Tim Smith bought a run-down building on the Oxford city square, he planned to tear it down to make way for a new restaurant. The Courthouse Square Preservation Commission denied permission to demolish the nineteenth-century structure, however, forcing Smith to alter his plans....
Mon April 06, 2020
Remembering Our Past The Advent of the Modern-Day Skid Steer
In 1958, Louis Keller drove his truck into the barnyard of western Minnesota turkey farmer John Sonstegard. He entered the building where Sonstegard was working and told the farmer he had a machine outside that would efficiently clean his manure-laden barns....
JCB - Tue March 03, 2020
Historic Day as 750,000th Backhoe Rolls Off JCB Production Line
JCB celebrated a unique milestone as its 750,000th backhoe loader rolled off the production line in Rocester, Staffordshire — the very location where the first JCB backhoe was manufactured almost 70 years ago....
AASHTO Blog - Thu February 27, 2020
Women in Transportation History: Luella Bates, Truckdriver
Luella Bates of Wisconsin played an influential role in the history of trucks during a time when those vehicles — still in an early stage of development and use in the United States — were widely seen as contraptions that should be operated only by men....
AASHTO Blog - Thu February 27, 2020
Despite Long Name, This Week-Long Event Was Successful
May 22, 1920 was the final day of the National Ship by Truck-Good Roads Week in the United States took place. The week had been coordinated by the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company as part of its ongoing and ambitious efforts to promote the short-haul shipping benefits of trucks and — in a priority shared by such other organizations at the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) — emphasize the need for improved highways nationwide....
Mon February 10, 2020
Looking Back: Hydraulic Excavators
Take a look back at some of the original hydraulic excavators, which began as a variation on the steam shovel and progressed into the the excavators we know today. ...
Bryan McTaggart – BangShift News - Wed February 05, 2020
Swamp Thing: Recovery of IH TD24 Crawler Buried 45 Years in Minnesota
The following article is reprinted with permission.
There's a line attributed to EOD bomb technicians. Reportedly, when asked about whether or not they were stressed out when it came time to defusing a bomb, the answer was something to the effect of "I'm not....
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