Tips To Create a Heavy Equipment Maintenance Routine

Any contractor, builder, landscaper, or other industrial leader works with heavy machinery daily. These tools have additional maintenance needs due to their size and moving parts. To keep your equipme

November 07, 2022

Volvo Group Spins out New Company Fyrqom AB

Volvo Group, Qamcom Group and the inventor Roman Iustin form a new start-up company, Fyrqom AB. The new company will offer an automated system for calibration of the tire pressure monitoring system on

November 07, 2022

How to Keep Workers Safe and Improve Job Site Metrics with Wearable Technology

Wearables have become a fashionable topic in the construction industry. But it's not all just talk. Every day, wearables are promoting health, safety, connectivity, productivity, and accuracy on job s

November 04, 2022

Overall Demand for Mining Drills Market is Projected to Grow at a CAGR of 4.7%

The increased mining activities in the world's rapidly rising economic regions are the primary drivers of the Mine drilling machines market. The Mining Drill Market in Europe is expected to accumulate

November 04, 2022

MMD to Deliver Prime Sizing Station to Gold-copper Mine in Southeast Asia

MMD says it has signed a contract to deliver a 1150 Series Fixed Sizer Station to an open-pit gold and copper mining operation in Southeast Asia in 2023.

October 31, 2022

Why Construction Equipment is Yellow

Bulldozers, forklifts, cranes, excavators and other types of construction equipment each have unique capabilities. However, they share one commonality — the color yellow.

October 31, 2022

Giant Machines Dominate Munich at Bauma Expo

In the world of construction, size matters. And in terms of showing off new kit, nowhere is bigger than Bauma, a trade expo in Munich, Germany.

October 31, 2022

Steering towards Sustainable Roadbuilding

As towns and cities expand their infrastructure, the demand for better transportation grows. Whilst roadbuilding is certainly not on the list as one of the most sustainable sectors of construction –

October 28, 2022

World’s First Underground Structure Built by Robots

HyperTunnel, a UK-based technology company, has revealed the world’s first entirely robot-constructed underground structure, built at its R&D facility in the North Hampshire Downs, UK.

October 26, 2022

Bauma 2022 Opens in Munich

The world’s largest construction exhibition, Bauma, was officially opened this morning by the German Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Dr. Volker Wissing, and Bavaria’s Minister Presiden

October 25, 2022

In Pictures: Bauma Build-up Progresses

Bauma organiser Messe München has released pictures of stand construction underway as the Monday 24 October start-date approaches.

October 24, 2022

Drum vs. Batch Plant: Learn the Differences That Will Make Your Asphalt Mix Just Right

Often, preparing an asphalt mixture is compared to baking a cake. A contractor needs to make sure he/she has an accurate recipe and proper ingredients and that he/she blends everything at the correct

October 24, 2022

Electric Construction Machinery on the Rise

Low-emission driving and working is currently one of the main development goals of the construction machinery industry, with an international focus on battery-electric drives. The electrification of

October 21, 2022

Pre-Owned Construction Equipment Market to Reach $484.3 Billion, Globally, by 2031 at 11.2% CAGR: Allied Market Research

Recently, Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Pre-Owned Construction Equipment Market by Product: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2031." According to the report

October 20, 2022

How to Control Asphalt Milling Depth to the Millimeter

As in performing earthwork to grade, accuracy is the goal. Efficiencies, speed, and cost savings follow. Traditional milling, using stringlines and markings, has its limitations.

October 17, 2022

Construction Companies Realize Soft Benefits of Replacing Aging Equipment

Construction companies with heavy duty trucks are increasingly realizing the need to upgrade the trucks in their fleet more frequently by replacing older, less efficient units that cost more to operat

October 16, 2022

13 Pavement Defects and Failures You Should Know

Correctly identifying pavement problems and their causes is at the heart of our business. Below we have identified and pictured 13 specific distresses/failures any pavement contractor should be able t

October 14, 2022

Choosing the Right Lubricant

If you operate haul trucks, tractors, bulldozers or dump trucks, you’re likely familiar with heavy-duty oils, but you may not know that different types of heavy machinery require different lubricant

October 12, 2022