Articles by Jeff Rubenstone

When highway contractors get their finances in order, it can be hard to square their operations with common accounting software. Seeing an unmet need, Sage is now partnering with start-up Tractics on integrating their respective software tools.

Fear of tariffs has not impacted prices yet, but OEMs weigh their options.

Robotic system eases human strain of massive solar photovoltaic projects and significantly speeds build-out.

New compact equipment was out in force at the Las Vegas show, with an emphasis on doing increasingly challenging jobs with smaller machines.

AI analysis of real-time video imagery is offering benefits not just for detecting workers in unsafe conditions but automatically logging delivery and installation of materials and equipment on site.

Global consultant STV has formed a strategic partnership with a maker of generative design tools for wastewater treatment plants that include full 3D models, as facility market demand grows.  

With some new pressures bearing down on the equipment market, there has been a slow decline in prices at resale and auction over the past year, but there may also be concerns about a softening market going into 2025 as well.

The renovation of the home of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays had a firm six months to finish, with no extra innings.

It took serious coordination and a bit of quick thinking to turn a 95-year-old landmark Toronto hotel into a sustainability showcase while it was fully occupied, but the team on the Fairmont Royal York made it happen.

Building a pair of automated container berths for 100,000-ton-class container vessels is already a significant project, but the two new berths at Qinzhou Port are also the first in China to be built with a modern, U-shaped layout designed to better maximize intermodal logistical efficiency.