Caterpillar announced April 15 that Chief Operating Officer Joe Creed will succeed Jim Umpleby as CEO of the world’s largest construction equipment manufacturer. Umpleby, 67, a 45-year Caterpillar veteran, held […]
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Tadano is bringing a new line of wheeled and crawler chassis mobile elevated work platforms to the United States and Canada, including a 2,200-pound capacity model that can hold up […]
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The American Society of Civil Engineers has raised the grade on Texas’ roads to a “C–” in its latest Infrastructure Report Card, while bridges stayed at a “B–”. The state […]
Read More »MEC has introduced its tallest lift yet, with the 141-foot-working-height 135-RJ Diesel Telescopic Boom. The boom lift features a standard 8-foot multi-directional, high-capacity jib with 135-degree vertical and 120-degree horizontal […]
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Caterpillar showed the first of its next-generation rigid-frame dump trucks at the Bauma construction equipment show in Germany this week. The 71-ton 775 off-highway truck gets a new frame design, […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation will host the kickoff event for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, which includes calls for safety training, social media outreach and a […]
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Caterpillar’s 100-year anniversary celebration is also a celebration for the Holt family, which owns the Holt Cat dealership group based in San Antonio, Texas. So when the delivery arrived last […]
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Two all-new boom and arm configurations turn KOBELCO’s SK260DLC-11 excavator into a scrap loader or a material handler. Purpose-built for the waste and recycling market, the specially configured excavators offer […]
Read More »JLG Industries is stepping into the agricultural sector with a five-model lineup of telehandlers designed specifically for farming and ranching applications, including handling and stacking heavy materials, moving feed and […]
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Work has begun on a new Interstate 70 viaduct in downtown Topeka, Kansas, which aims to improve safety and traffic flow in the city. Forecast to wrap up in 2027, the […]
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