Yes, America's got talent. And Gary Russo, a construction worker in New York City, doesn't need a fancy stage or TV cameras to prove it. Russo, equipped with a microphone, spends his lunch hours singing for audiences passing by. At a recent jobsite, a handwritten sign hung nearby invited people to ...

Here’s a good example of why you need to measure your loads and pay attention to those bridge height markers on the highway. As reported by theINDYchannel.com, this road grader was recently being hauled on the back of a tractor-trailer when it clipped a bridge overpass near downtown Indianapolis. Thankfully, there ...

Jukka Mutanen, a resident of Finland, made it into the Guiness Book of Records and collected 50,000 Facebook followers by traveling from Hanko to Kuusamo, Finland. The thing is, he traveled in a mini-excavator. Traveling at a top speed of 2-1/2 miles per hour (4 km per hour), the trip ...

How hot does it get inside an unventilated vehicle, be it a car or the closed cab of a construction machine? Studies have shown that the temperature inside can rapidly rise to a dangerous level. Leaving the windows slightly open DOES NOT significantly decrease the heating rate. The atmosphere and the ...

Vocational truck owners hoping to be among the first to get behind the wheel of the new Cat® CT660 Vocational Truck have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when Caterpillar launches its “Win a Cat Truck” contest on Aug. 1. One lucky winner, chosen through online voting, will be presented with a brand-new CT660 ...

Because the weather can effect construction work — and planning for it — it can help to know what's on the way. Here's a real-time weather radar site, http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?region=default, that we find geographically accurate, detailed, versatile and about as localized as you can get for any location in the United ...

If you need even more ammunition in your argument for building a better U.S. transportation system, here it is: New research by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis at the School of Public Health estimates that the additional fine particulate matter emissions that can be traced back to traffic congestion in ...

Fresh off the news that Caterpillar is developing and evaluating a natural gas engine for its heavy equipment (see story here), Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, has announced that its researchers are working on an electric power transmission system that captures and uses energy on heavy construction equipment. On some machines, ...

A new decal for cranes — “Designated/Certified Operators ONLY” — has been developed by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and approved by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The decal signifies that the machine should be operated only by personnel who have received employer certification of training ...

The recent Dozer Days fundraising event at Fisher Quarry near Vancouver, Ore., drew nearly 20,000 adults and children for a hands-on experience with heavy construction equipment, according to a report by The Oregonian. The quarry is owned by building materials company Cemex, and the seventh annual Dozer Days was a benefit for a ...

The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) welcomes entries in its construction photo contest. The photos should depict real-life construction scenes from interesting or dramatic projects. Submissions will be used to raise awareness of construction as a fulfilling career path with rich opportunities for everyone. The NCCER will regularly ...

Bryan Force, owner of Force Inc., based in Indiana, Pa., won the 11th annual Contractor of the Year award sponsored by construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar and leading national trade magazine Equipment World. Force was chosen by the magazine’s editors for his dedication to growing his company, his passion for maintaining an ...