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The best jobs often raise new challenges for designers and contractors as projects push the envelope of what can be done. And equipment makers can be counted upon to do their part by supplying the critical machines to help make the impossible possible. ENR monitors the equipment industry to make sure our readers know where the advances are being made, and what can be done now.

2008 Headlines

12/26/08	Showdown Between Dodge and Ford Proves That Tough Times Call for Tough Trucks By Thom Blackett Starting at $22,170, the 2009 Dodge Ram’s trims range from the base ST to the luxed-out Laramie, and buyers can opt for the Regular, Quad or new Crew Cab style.
11/12/08	Liebherr Offers Sneak Peak At 2009 Digging, Drilling Lines Catching its breath from record sales over the past two years, Liebherr next year plans to keep digging ahead with an updated line of beefier excavators marked for unveiling next spring at the Intermat show in Paris.
10/29/08	In One Week, Crane Operators Receive A License to Learn By Tudor Van Hampton I had just spent a week at the Tower Crane School of Phoenix, a one-acre facility in Apache Junction, Ariz., learning the ropes from Ronald M. Gray, the school’s owner.

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10/29/08 The Ultimate Construction Video Game
10/15/08 MINExpo Launches Bigger and Better Machines For Mining and Construction Companies
10/01/08 New Machines Catch Waves To Generate Electricity
09/24/08 Cat Unveils Electric Haul Trucks
08/27/08 At 'Dig This,' Ordinary Folks Test Their Skills in the Seat
08/13/08 Iron-Rich, Cash-Poor U.S. Contractors Offload Assets As Domestic Markets Tumble
08/13/08 Industrial Designer Draws on Animal Kingdom While Dreaming of Tomorrow’s Dump Truck
07/23/08 Airship Partners Push Helium-Filled Envelope By Pumping Up Big Blimp for Heavy Hauls
07/09/08 Chinese Firms Boost Overseas Spending
06/25/08 New Standards Push Biofuels
05/07/08 Nation's Largest Crane Outfit To Merge With Private Equity Firm
04/30/08 Cranes Mounted Atop Finished Skyscraper Are Odd Sight But Serve Higher Purpose
04/23/08 Stuck TBM Shuts Down Job
04/16/08 Cat Buys Underground Supplier
03/12/08 Electric Earthmover Arrives To Bulldoze Surging Oil Prices
03/05/08 Used Equipment in Demand
02/14/08 Surveyors' World Gets Smaller
02/13/08 Ford Work Vehicles Show Off Cosmopolitan Connections at Midwest Auto Show
02/06/08 Caterpillar Buys Chinese Firm
02/06/08 On-Site 'Electrocoagulation' Treatment Helps Rental Operator Recycle Powerwash Water
02/06/08 Dodge Ram Pickup's Redesigned Suspension Will Spring Into Action Later This Year
01/30/08 Terex To Make Tracks In Proposed Merger With ASV
01/30/08 Homebuilding Slump Hits Concrete Construction
01/25/08 Commodities Flow Through Internet, But Buyers Beware
01/24/08 Cement Overshoes Keep Workers Afloat
01/23/08 World of Concrete Venders Vie for Title of Largest Boom Truck
01/16/08 Machinery Innovation Opens New Doors While Homebuilding Slump Closes Others
01/03/08 GM and Navistar Near Deal For Medium-Duty Truck Sale