Emily Buenzle - Fri December 29, 2017
Editors' Picks: Top 10 Construction Stories of 2017
From high-profile infrastructure to politically-charged projects, innovative equipment to billion-dollar builds, the construction industry made a big impact all over the country in 2017. While there were countless projects, events and stories worth talking about throughout the year, here is a list of our editors' top 10 picks:1....
Thu December 21, 2017
Mack Trucks Hosts 'Share the Road' Drivers, Mack Anthem at Oakland Raiders Game
Mack Trucks recently hosted six Share the Road program drivers and displayed a Mack Anthem model at an Oakland Raiders game in Oakland, Calif. Mack is the primary sponsor of Share the Road, an American Trucking Associations highway safety program that educates all drivers about sharing the roads safely with large trucks....
Wed December 20, 2017
Ritchie Bros.' LA Auction Attracts Bidders From 40 Countries
More than 3,450 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros.' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 8, 2017. With bidders from 40 countries, approximately 31 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as Germany, New Zealand and the Philippines....
Wed December 20, 2017
$38M Cabrillo Bridge Retrofit Wins Seismic Safety Award
Caltrans announced that the Laurel Street Overcrossing/Cabrillo Bridge Retrofit and Rehabilitation Project was awarded the 2017 Seismic Safety Award. The $38 million project brought the 100-year-old bridge up to current earthquake safety standards, all with almost no impact to the historic bridge's architecture....
Chuck Harvey - Wed December 20, 2017
UC Merced in Second Year of $1.3B Expansion
Construction crews are in their second year of a massive four-year $1.3 billion expansion of the University of California campus in Merced. The Merced 2020 Project will add about 1.2 million gross sq. ft....
Wed December 20, 2017
Topping Out Port of Long Beach Bridge
State, local and federal officials were joined by construction crews to celebrate the completion of the two 515-ft.-tall towers for the new bridge under construction at the Port of Long Beach. The “topping-out” ceremony marked the end of a three-year construction process to build the signature towers that will be the centerpieces of California's first cable-stayed bridge for vehicular traffic....
Mon December 18, 2017
Genie Expands Its Sales Team in North America
Committed to earning customers' business with responsive support, Genie has hired six new sales representatives in North America to represent the company — Dickey Bennett, Justin Kelley, Dave Porter, Tim Schmidt, Mike Shaw and Brad Trask....
Emily Buenzle - Mon December 18, 2017
Concrete Salvaged From Wildfire Damaged Repurposed For New Roads
Burned concrete salvaged from the recent fires in Sonoma County, Calif., is being repurposed to create new roads. Dump trucks are in the process of delivering the damaged concrete to the Stony Point Rock Quarry, where it will be crushed and recycled, Aggregates Manager reported....
Fri December 15, 2017
American Concrete Pavement Association Presents Lifetime Pavement Recognition Award
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) has presented its Lifetime Pavement Recognition Award to a 70-year old section of concrete pavement on California's Interstate 10 (Ontario to Colton Freeway)....
The Associated Press - Mon December 11, 2017
Subway Paleontology: LA Construction Unearths Fossil Trove
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by. When her phone buzzes, she quickly dons a neon vest, hard hat and goggles before climbing deep down into a massive construction site beneath a boulevard east of downtown....
