Volvo - Wed January 16, 2019
Volvo CE Goes Electric on Smaller Machines
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) will start the launch of an electric range of Volvo branded compact wheel loaders and compact excavators in 2020. In a pioneering commitment to future technology, Volvo CE has announced that by mid-2020 it will begin to launch a range of electric compact excavators (EC15 to EC27) and wheel loaders (L20 to L28), stopping new diesel engine-based development of these models....
Volvo - Thu January 03, 2019
Better Roads: The American Dream
Politicians around the world take great pleasure in disagreeing with each other, but in the United States there is one topic lawmakers on all sides can find common ground — that the country's highways network is in urgent need of repair and improvement....
Volvo - Thu December 20, 2018
Tech School Receives 'Gold Rush' Haul Truck from Volvo CE
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has donated an articulated haul truck to train future equipment operators at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute (LCTI) in Schnecksville, Pa. The Volvo A35D hauler had been used on Discovery Channel's "Gold Rush" television series and will now serve as a training tool for high school students enrolled in the institute's Heavy Equipment Operations and Preventive Maintenance program....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Thu December 20, 2018
Hoffman Equipment Ramps Up Volvo Presence in Northeast
When Hoffman Equipment's acquisition of Penn-Jersey Machinery became official on Nov. 19, 2018, it was the culmination of the usual back-and-forth business negotiations — maybe it'll happen … maybe it won't....
Volvo - Tue December 18, 2018
Driving a 60 Ton Hauler? That's Child's Play
Bringing construction to life in the imaginations of children around the world, the 1:16 toy model of Volvo CE's A60H articulated hauler provides children with the "real-world" experience of handling one of the industry's top heavyweight machines....
Volvo - Tue December 11, 2018
Paving the Way for Vital Infrastructure with Volvo
The transport infrastructure needs in economically emerging regions of the Asia-Pacific are so significant that roads are being built at an unprecedented rate. According to the Asian Development Bank, the Asia-Pacific alone requires an investment of $1.7 trillion a year over the next decade in order to keep up with economic growth and tackle poverty and climate change....
CEG - Thu December 06, 2018
D'Amato Construction Refaces Shepaug Dam in Waterbury
Resurfacing a dam that is 450 ft. long with 100 ft. of main spillway might be a daunting task to some. But D'Amato Construction is up to the challenge. Shepaug Dam, which is owned by the city of Waterbury, Conn., was constructed in the 1930s....
Volvo - Thu November 29, 2018
VIDEO: 60 Seconds on Urbanization
How do we build cities that radically reduce our carbon footprint while improving well-being?Volvo CE recently sat down with Carina Borgström Hansson, senior advisor of WWF One Planet City, to get her take....
Volvo - Wed November 21, 2018
Carbon Emissions Reduced by 98 Percent at Volvo, Skanska Electric Site
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and its customer Skanska have been testing the viability of the Electric Site research project over a 10-week span at Skanska's Vikan Kross quarry, near Gothenburg, Sweden....
Volvo - Wed November 21, 2018
Volvo CE's Megaproject Listing: Building a New City From the Ground Up
In the fifth episode of The Megaproject Listing, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) breaks ground on construction of the New Santa Cruz – a sibling city just 20 minutes outside of Santa Cruz – which is being built to house more than 370,000 new inhabitants and 10,000 new businesses....
