Articles by Jeff Rubenstone

Photo by Jeff Rubenstone/ENR Scheuerle's on-road trailers, on display at CONEXPO/CON-AGG 2014. Photo Courtesy of TII Group Scheuerle's trailers can be customized to transport wind-turbine blades. Related Links: Heavy Lifters: How Much Can You Bench? Tools of the Trade for Heavy Lifting When the massive components for petrochemical refineries, wind turbines and hydropower plants need to be transported, crews don't have many options. Only a few companies in the world build trailers capable of handling such large loads over the road. Up until now most platform trailers needed to be imported as well, at high costs.Scheuerle—part of German-based TII Group,

Related Links: ASEAN Infrastructure Spending To Top $500B by 2020 Vietnam, Indonesia Hold Opportunity for U.S. Infrastructure Firms With an expanding population and a stated goal of adding roughly 60 gigawatts of power-generating capacity by the year 2022, the government of Indonesia has advanced multiple major power projects in recent months. While many of the projects are traditional coal-fired and gas-fired powerplants, the archipelago nation is looking to expand its renewables mix, with a heavy emphasis on geothermal power.In an press conference on April 8, state-owned enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan announced plans to build a 2,000-MW coal-fired powerplant in the

Caterpillar Inc. is undertaking a new ad campaign that represents a shift for the Peoria, Ill.-based equipment manufacturing giant. A new video on YouTube, titled "Built for It Trials: Stack," has been viewed over 1.5 million times in only two weeks.The company used its Demonstration & Learning Center in Edwards, Ill., to stage perhaps the largest version of the game Jenga ever attempted. Five Cat machines pushed, pulled and stacked 600-lb wooden blocks in the video, a game that took two weeks to play according to Caterpillar. (The trademarked name Jenga was added to the video title after the licenser

This week, we look at a drill-driver from Bosch Tools and a laser scanner from Leica Geosystems. Click the image to begin the slide show.

This week we look at an articulated hauler from Volvo Construction Equipment and a diamond core drill from CS Unitec. Click to begin the slide show.

Related Links: See all of ENR's Coverage of CONEXPO 2014 This week we look at a giant crane from Terex and a barrel-mounted jobsite camera from Eye Trax. Click to begin the slide show.

Photo by Jeff Rubenstone/ENR Several barges at the Tappan Zee Bridge project site have come unmoored recently. Related Links: Perfectly Aligned Political Will Pushed New NY Bridge Process New York State Secures $1.6-Billion DOT Loan for Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement The New York State Thruway Authority said on March 31 that it will withhold up to $1 million per month in progress payments to Tappan Zee Constructors LLC due to repeated incidents of construction barges at the site of the new Tappan Zee Bridge coming unmoored and drifting down the Hudson River. The most recent incident took place on March

This week we look at a compact excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment and a fast-erecting crane from Liebherr. Click to begin the slide show.

This week we look at an updated Cary-Lift from Pettibone and a new welding helmet from Tweco. Click to begin the slide show.

This week we look at a telescopic handler from Manitou and a vibratory roller from JCB. Click to begin the slide show.