With a cloud hanging over the show from concerns about the spread of COVID-19, CONEXPO-CON/AGG still managed to bring well over 100,000 attendees to Las Vegas. But the triennial equipment trade show itself was cut short due to virus concerns, ending a day early on March 13.

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 opened on Mar. 10 under cloudy skies, but crowds in Las Vegas were not visibly deterred by the weather or threats of COVID-19. 

With industry backlogs still strong and overextended fleets always aging, the industry’s triennial equipment trade show blows into town just as some construction professionals are looking to buy some heavy iron.

Contractors, equipment dealers and a curious public turned out for World of Concrete 2018 in Las Vegas on Jan. 23.

High-tech advances in concrete placement and futuristic designs for heavy equipment were some of the winners of the 2016 Bauma Innovation Awards, held April 10 in Munich, Germany.

As the world's largest construction equipment trade exposition, the Bauma show draws in half a million people to Munich every three years to see the latest developments in heavy iron. But attendees to the show on April 11-17 next year will also see a renewed focus on mining equipment, according to show organizers.