Komatsu - Mon January 06, 2020
Komatsu Will Create Connections at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2020
Komatsu will be a major exhibitor at this year's ConExpo-Con/AGG 2020 in Las Vegas. With the theme "Creating Connections," Komatsu's booth N-10825 will demonstrate how Komatsu's distributors and customers are increasingly connected through solutions that leverage digitalization to control costs and timelines....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 26, 2019
USACE Keeps Indiana Harbor, Canal Clean
Monitoring efforts are under way following completion of this season's dredging operations at Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) in East Chicago, Ind. It is one of the most polluted waterways in the Great Lakes area....
CEG - Tue December 17, 2019
Generator, Engine Sales Leader Started Out as 'a Dream'
California emission standards. Those were three dirty words for many in the construction industry at the turn of the century as the state was at the forefront of a nationwide push to clean up the discharge of the diesel engines it relied so heavily upon....
Komatsu - Mon December 16, 2019
Komatsu America's New HD785-8 Off-Highway Truck with High Horsepower
Komatsu America's new HD785-8 rigid frame off-highway haul truck, with a Tier IV Komatsu SAA12V140E-7 engine, has the highest in class net horsepower, 1,140 hp (849 kW) in North America. With a payload capacity of 101.6 tons (92.2 t), it's built for mining, quarry and aggregates....
Construction Publications Inc. - Wed December 11, 2019
Growth Over Decades Proves Dixon, Mo., Company's Success
When Bud York graduated in 1978 he had a plan. He married his high school sweetheart, Susie, and the two started a foundation business, the aptly named Susie's Construction. It's a plan that has evolved through four decades, but it has worked....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 09, 2019
After Years of Flooding, Work Still Remains in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Engineering District 3 continues to work to remedy the challenges created by above average precipitation in north central Pennsylvania. This has occurred since 2016 and has resulted in flooding in many areas....
Construction Publications Inc. - Tue December 03, 2019
Coal Mine Continues to Uncover Millions of Tons Annually
The four types of coal used in energy production are classified by the amount of carbon they contain as well as how much heat energy they can produce. Lignite is the lowest-ranked, however, power plants in Texas commonly use it, due to its abundance across a large area of the Lone Star state....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 02, 2019
Morganza to the Gulf Protection Project Yields Billions in Work Contracts in La.
The Terrebonne Levee & Conservation District (TLCD) and the Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) are taking the lead on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' $10.3 billion Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection Project in Louisiana, which so far has received an investment of more than $450 million in construction work for levees and floodgates....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 27, 2019
Greg Bair Track Hoe Service: Preparation Proves Vital to Meeting Demolition Deadline
For Greg Bair and his team, the recent demolition of two exit ramps connected to MoDOT's I-435/ I-70 interchange project was business as usual. Bair's chosen profession, however, is anything but routine....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 27, 2019
Kansas City's I-435, I-70 Overhaul Under Way
To ease crashes and help prevent traffic backups, construction crews in Jackson County, Mo., are replacing multiple bridges within the I-435 and I-70 interchange. In addition to building new bridges, workers will enhance the safety of the interchange overall with a new design, as part of a $47 million effort....
