Photo by Jeff Rubenstone for ENR Hilti ran its new TE 1000 AVR breaker against competitor's breaker. Photo by Jeff Rubenstone for ENR The Wave Chisel has an undulating pattern along its sides, which prevents binding and helps eject dust and debris. Anticipating steady growth in the construction sector, Hilti has announced several new products at World of Concrete, including updates to its popular TE 1000 breaker. The second-gen TE 1000 AVR breaker is able to deliver 19 ft-lb of impact energy, and utilizes Hilti's newly introduced Wave Chisel, known internally during development as the "vampire chisel."Hilti's new breaker features
Photo by Jeff Rubenstone for ENR Kubota unveiled its first skid-steer loader at World of Concrete 2015 in Las Vegas. Photo by Jeff Rubenstone for ENR Kubota senior product manager Jorge de Hoyos (center) describes the features of the SSV 65 skid steer loader. Responding to rising demand from their U.S.-based dealers and customers, Kubota Tractor Corp. has introduced two models of skid-steer loaders. This is the Japan-based equipment maker's first entry into the skid-steer market, and fills a gap in their compact equipment offerings in the U.S.The Kubota SSV [Skid Steer Vertical] 65 and SSV 75 skid-steer loaders offer
Image Courtesy NIST This computer rendering shows some of the flow mechanics that were modeled in the NIST study. Related Links: Video of Computer Model of Flow Mechanics Supercomputer Simulations Yield Method for Predicting Behavior of New Concrete Formulas [NIST Tech Beat] "Scaling Laws for the Flow of Generalized Newtonian Suspensions" The Journal of Rheology, Vol. 58 No. 6 In an effort to better understand the behaviors of concrete made with unusual admixtures, the National Institute of Standards and Technology recently released the results of supercomputer modeling of the physical properties of wet concrete.The computer modeling, performed at the Argonne
Photo by Jeff Rubenstone/ENR ICP announced its deal with Lonking and IronPlanet to great fanfare at CONEXPO 2014, but it was barely a month later when problems began to emerge. Related Links: Chinese Equipment Manufacturers Making Inroads at CONEXPO Equipment importer International Construction Products filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 29, alleging that manufacturers Caterpillar, Komatsu America and Volvo Construction Equipment sought to suppress the entry of Chinese-made equipment into the U.S. market. The suit focuses on a collapsed deal between ICP and online auction site IronPlanet but also alleges that the equipment
Related Links: PennDOT Pushes On With P3 Plan To Replace 614 Bridges Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners In a $899-million deal to address the state's aging transportation infrastructure, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation signed a contract on Jan. 12 with Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners to replace 558 bridges by the end of 2017."Now that we have a contractor in hand, we can go full-steam ahead," says Erin Waters-Trasatt, PennDOT spokeswoman. She says the plan is to replace 58 bridges in 2015 alone, with construction to begin this spring. PennDOT performed much of the advance work on the first batch of spans,
Image Courtesy Trimble The ProjectSight iPad app allows for RFIs, check lists and other field management tasks to be performed and synchronized in a shared, cloud-based environment. Related Links: Trimble ProjectSight Expanding its offerings for mobile devices, Trimble has introduced ProjectSight, a subscription-based project-management software app for iPads.At a base cost of $20 per user per month, ProjectSight covers common field tasks, including RFIs, check lists and punch lists. In addition to paid users, the app allows for an unlimited number of free "collaborator" users on each job.The difference is that only paid users can create new tasks. Collaborators can
Rendering Courtesy of Cape Wind A rendering of the proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound. Construction has yet to begin on the project's 130 turbine installations. Rendering Courtesy of Weeks Marine After coming on board the Cape Wind project in August 2014, contractor Weeks Marine announced it was building a wind-turbine installation vessel to be used in the developing U.S. offshore wind energy market. Related Links: Weeks Marine Finds Green Niche Cape Wind Signs Power Purchase Deal With Utilities Utility companies National Grid and NStar on Jan. 6 said they were withdrawing from their commitments to buy power from the
