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Month: July 2019

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Earthmoving & Excavation

11 Safety Tips for Mining & Tunneling

July 31, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on 11 Safety Tips for Mining & Tunneling

View the complete article here. There’s no question that the mining industry is a hazardous place to work. Mining has been reported to be one of the most dangerous jobs, which is why safety is […]

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Volvo Releases Video Series Lampooning Traditional Equipment Telematics

July 31, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Volvo Releases Video Series Lampooning Traditional Equipment Telematics

Videos offer humorous take on confusing telematics codes, shedding light on how ActiveCare Direct® — Volvo’s 24/7/365 machine monitoring and fleet utilization service — is different. MID: 140, PSID: 15, FMI: 8 — many construction […]

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Epiroc Donates Rock Drill to Colorado School of Mines

July 31, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Epiroc Donates Rock Drill to Colorado School of Mines

Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has donated a COP 1238K rock drill to the Excavation Engineering and Earth Mechanics Institute (EMI) at the Colorado School of Mines. The COP […]

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John Deere Raises the Bar With New High-Lift Option

July 30, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on John Deere Raises the Bar With New High-Lift Option

John Deere compact wheel loader operators can now reach new heights with the addition of the high-lift option on the 344L Compact Loader. The 344L High-Lift offers operators increased height and further reach for dumping […]

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Registration Open for DFI Shotcrete Short Course

July 30, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Registration Open for DFI Shotcrete Short Course

Registration is open for the DFI Shotcrete Short Course on September 9-11, 2019, at the historic Argo Mill in Idaho Springs, Colorado. This 2.5-day course, hosted by DFI’s Tunneling and Underground Committee, covers engineering, mix […]

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Earthmoving & Excavation

Bertha – A Massive TBM’s 2 Mile Journey Underneath Seattle

July 22, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Bertha – A Massive TBM’s 2 Mile Journey Underneath Seattle

View the complete article, including interview, here. Big construction requires big ideas, big money — and mammoth equipment. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) proposed a project back in 2009 to replace the Alaskan […]

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Industry News

Awards For 3D Lift Plan Software

July 17, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Awards For 3D Lift Plan Software

A1A Software LLC announces the winners of its 2018 Lift Plan of the Year Competition. The awards program is for companies that use A1A Software’s 3D Lift Plan as a sales tool, for bid proposals, […]

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John Deere Construction & Forestry Builds New Illinois Training Facility

July 12, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on John Deere Construction & Forestry Builds New Illinois Training Facility

John Deere recently completed the construction of a 7,500 square foot facility in Coal Valley, Illinois to better meet internal training demands, along with supporting customer visits and events. The building is part of the […]

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Earthmoving & Excavation

A Complete Guide to Earthmoving Equipment

July 8, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on A Complete Guide to Earthmoving Equipment

View the complete article here. You couldn’t ask for a more powerful and perfectly descriptive title for heavy-duty equipment than “earthmovers”. They do exactly what their name indicates, providing an array of methods for capturing […]

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Concrete

Concrete vs. Shotcrete vs. Gunite

July 8, 2019 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Concrete vs. Shotcrete vs. Gunite

  View the complete article here. For those embarking on a construction project involving the use of concrete, there may be some question about the best method of application.  There are three primary methods that […]

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