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.
Many signs indicate that 2004 will be an excellent year for much of the construction industry. Construction and sales of single family homes beat all projections and set new records in 2003....
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The construction industry generally supports the Bush administration’s decision to lift tariffs on steel imports, including types used in equipment, bridges and buildings....
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The High Road to Taos is one of the oldest, and most captivating, roads in the country. This article is part of an occasional series on interesting highways, roads and bridges in the United States....
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Over the rivers and through the woods lie many scenic roads, like Highway 12 that runs along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Here is an installment in a series of articles on the most interesting roads, highways and bridges in the United States....
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Wisconsin’s picturesque, often gorgeous, Highway 35 sometimes winds between 500-ft.-high wooded bluffs, green woods and the Mississippi River. From the road you may see a white paddle wheel steamboat come into view like a ghost from the past, its large wheel pushing majestically through the water. Highway 35, mostly two-lane, is Wisconsin’s portion of the Great River Road, which borders the Mississippi for more than 2,000 mi....
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Over the rivers and through the woods lie many scenic roads, like Route 58 in Northern Vermont. Here is another installment in a series of occasional articles on interesting highways, roads and bridges in the United States....
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Amid the violence in Iraq, the U.S. construction industry is playing a major role in the battle to reconstruct the country’s power and water facilities, bridges, roads, schools and other infrastructure....
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In the 100 years since Orville and Wilbur Wright pioneered the first powered flights on Dec. 17, 1903, the takeoff and landing area has changed from the sand hills of Kitty Hawk to concrete runways throughout the country....
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(The first in a series of occasional articles on the most interesting roads, highways and bridges in the United States. We invite readers to send us their suggestions for future stories.) Many consider Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT, to be the most spectacular mountain road in the United States. The only road through the park, it brings you up, up, up from Lake McDonald near the west entrance, past snow-capped mountains with clouds hovering over their summits, up again over Logan Pass and the Continental Divide, past glaciers, and down, down to St....
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The U.S. construction industry is engaged in a fierce worldwide competition for projects that will be valued at hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 50 years. As the industry emerges from recession along with the rest of the country, worldwide markets beckon for construction equipment. Will U.S....
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On the second anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the white dome of the U.S. Capitol, a symbol of hope and unity, stood against the blue sky of a gorgeous September morning in Washington, D.C....
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The 3.1-mi. long Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River approximately 20 mi. above New York City can be a beautiful or excruciating driving experience. As they cross the span between Nyack and Tarrytown, NY, motorists often see white sailboats on a broad expanse of blue water stretching north and south between palisades and hills....
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Back in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, many bridges were privately owned. You paid your penny or nickel to a toll collector, perhaps went through a turnstile, and crossed to the other side on your horse and buggy. Settlers were happy to use the bridges rather than crossing on a wooden ferry, especially when the waters swelled because of storms. “Going back into misty time, the first toll bridges, and toll roads, were operated by local landowners,” said Neal Gray, director of government affairs for the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association (IBTTA) in Washington, D.C....
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Route 66, America’s legendary highway, is a worldwide symbol of lost dreams and new searches. In the mid-1930s, “Okies” and “Arkies,” heading west seeking a living in California for their families, putt-putted along it in beaten-up jalopies, carrying mattresses, chicken coops and other scant possessions atop their vehicles....
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New baseball parks being built throughout the country carry the feeling of the familiar song, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” and capture some of the essence of old-time stadiums....
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The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA, a unique structure that both symbolizes and explains the nation’s continuing commitment to individual freedoms, opened on July 4 facing Independence Hall from the north end of the Independence National Historical Park Mall. The $137.5-million center, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, New York, NY, with Henry N....
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How’s the construction industry — and the economy — doing half-way through 2003? Construction Equipment Guide (CEG), in its annual mid-year outlook, asked leading economists and other observers from main sectors of the industry for frank appraisals. Their overall assessment: The industry is still working hard to move up to its usual strong activity at the crest of the economic wave — but it’s not easy....
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From the federal government to states, contractors, conservation groups and the man and woman in the street, everyone is worried about global warming. There’s a growing feeling that the “greenhouse effect” is part of the reason for long stretches of desert-like droughts, or gray skies and rainfall rivaling Northern England and Ireland....
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The 1939 World Fair stirred visitors with a “World of Tomorrow,” including sleek cars moving smoothly along wide superhighways, through majestic skyscrapers....
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The reconstruction of Iraq is fraught with problems but rich in potential. Rebuilding power stations, water treatment and sewage plants, airports, roads and other infrastructure facilities will cost at least $25 billion in funding from all sources, including revenues from Iraqi oil, according to some estimates....
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