Pete Sigmund was a longtime editorial consultant and journalist of Construction Equipment Guide for which he wrote incisive, biweekly news articles and features for more than three decades. Mr. Sigmund authored many standout features for Construction Equipment Guide.
In 1940, Chung Ju Yung ran an automobile repair business. Through hard work and enterprise, he established Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company in 1947. In 1972, the company broke ground for what is now the world’s largest shipyard....
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The clock is ticking on taking advantage of the "depreciation bonus" on new equipment. The temporary special depreciation allowance permits purchasers of new equipment to write off more of the cost of equipment "up front" the first year, thereby reducing tax liability that year and improving cash flow....
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How do the presidential candidates stand on construction-industry issues?Construction Equipment Guide (CEG) posed this question to close observers of the election race from national construction organizations....
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Despite attacks and assassinations, the rebuilding of Iraq’s decayed infrastructure is moving painfully ahead. Few construction projects are as important. Fully functional power, water, telephone and other basic services are key to holding support among the Iraqi people....
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The next time you drive on an interstate highway, remember the mud. People are still alive from the early days of the 20th century, when a federal road census reported in 1907 that there were just 141 mi....
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Could a single person, from a remote spot such as a home, operate a whole fleet of construction equipment?Sure. The technology is here — the Global Positioning System (GPS) positioning blades of graders, stringless pavers following terrain exactly as a 3D model dictates, on-board microcomputers sensing obstacles, video cameras showing everything which is happening, and wireless remote control....
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The construction industry generates an estimated 325-million tons (292.5 million t) of construction and demolition (C&D) waste each year, including 189-million tons (170.1 million t) from road and bridge projects and 136-million tons (122.4 million t) from building activity....
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Midway through 2004, the construction industry appears vibrant and poised to set some new records, but don’t start cheering yet. The industry still has problems....
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An unexpected shortage of cement has stunned the construction industry in many states, delaying some projects. The shortage crept up in the fourth quarter of 2003 and has hit the Southeast, Southwest, and New York/New England regions of the United States since March....
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It will point skyward like a spacecraft on its launch pad, like the spire of a cathedral, or, most fittingly, like the Torch of Freedom that the Statue of Liberty raises on her arm in New York Harbor....
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Is our highway funding system working?Advocates, including construction organizations, say the system approaches needs realistically, and is underfunded, not overfunded, in terms of reaching transportation goals....
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We’re winning an important war on terror. In this case, the terror lurks in the earth in the form of hazardous substances, which, if allowed to remain, would endanger lives....
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What material carries most of the nation’s cars and trucks, is a multi-million-dollar equipment market, is America’s most recycled product, and can be “hot-mixed” in hundreds of combinations for smoother rides and longer-lasting highways?The answer, of course, is asphalt, which covers 94 percent of the nation’s highways, according to some estimates....
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Construction is roaring ahead in China, the world’s fastest-growing economy. The exploding market, with great potential for multi-million-dollar contracts, includes all sectors, from highways, bridges and dams, to offices, factories and hotels, changing the face of the nation....
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(Editor’s note: “CEG” will provide a similar in-depth article on asphalt in an upcoming issue.)It’s being considered as the main material for the first structures on the moon....
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A startling and continuing rise in steel prices, caused partly by shortages of materials resulting from surging production in China, is sending shock waves through the United States and worldwide construction industries....
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New highway and bridge projects, thousands of jobs, stimulating the economy, relief of traffic congestion and other priorities hang in the balance as the Bush Administration and Congress wrestle over reauthorizing a new six-year highway and mass transit bill....
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Out of the sight and mind of most taxpayers, important construction projects affecting their futures are being decided in a demanding, exciting and sometimes frustrating world of costs, schedules, deadlines and the unexpected....
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A lone open “horseless carriage,” holding two men and a bulldog — that wears goggles — lurches, stops, coughs and burps, on a rutted dirt road. It’s America, 1903....
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The great exodus from the cities that began after World War II brought millions of motorists into suburbs and the outlying countryside, following their dreams of new homes on their own piece of the land. Now, population and the number of cars have multiplied....
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