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Equipment
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. |
Latest Headlines
| 08/25/10 | Caterpillar Shifts Its Engines Into Overdrive After Record Earnings in Second Quarter Caterpillar Inc. is ramping up for several new capital construction projects following a record-setting second quarter of earnings. |
| 08/18/10 | An Incentive To Take Asphalt’s Temperature A new thermal-imaging device is helping contractors build better roads, and transportation owners are offering incentives to use it. |
| 08/17/10 | Caterpillar Shifts Production Into Overdrive Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest construction and mining equipment maker, is shifting its economic engine into overdrive with several new capital projects following a record-setting second quarter. |
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04/28/10 Despite Downturn, Munich’s Megashow Still Delivers
04/21/10 Feds Study Fuel-Economy Standards for Work Trucks
04/14/10 Next Round of Federal Regulations Has Suppliers Retooling Clean Diesel
04/14/10 Three Ways Manufacturers Will Meet the Tier 4 Standards
04/14/10 Rental Veteran Opens Innovative Parts Store, Where Online Orders Are Clicking Away
04/07/10 'Inverted' Drill Press Cuts Pain, Fatigue in Overhead Drilling
03/24/10 Komatsu's Hybrid Excavator Takes First Stab at U.S. Market
03/24/10 Welding Machines Are Choice Target for Jobsite Thieves
03/17/10 Banging and Shaking Get Beat By 98 Tons of Quiet Persuasion
03/17/10 At This Year’s Work-Truck Show, Vendors Roll Out New Wheels as Fleets Remain Idle
03/10/10 Overhauled by Ford, the ‘Super Duty’ Pickup Pulls Over 10 Tons While Using Less Fuel
02/24/10 Ford Waves Green Flag, While Oshkosh Fights Global Terrorism at Midwest Exhibition
02/24/10 Imported Aerial Lift Will Be Tallest in North America
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02/17/10 Clean-Air Costs Will Come In Stages, Caterpillar Execs Say
02/03/10 Chicago Hosts Chinese Pump’s Big U.S. Debut
01/27/10 Manufacturers Are More Upbeat About Sales But Don't Expect Full Turnaround Until 2012
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12/22/09 Contractor Takes the Keys To World's First 'Hybrid' Dozer
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09/30/09 Ford Unveils Latest 'Essential' Work Truck at Texas State Fair
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09/23/09 Airport To Squeeze Fuel Costs With Hydraulic Hybrid Pickup
09/16/09 Dodge To Lose Sprinter Van
09/09/09 Traylor Bros. Tackles Tough Projects By Building Up An Iron Army
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08/05/09 New Diesel Regs Push Prices
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07/08/09 Dual-Mode GPS Doubles As Vehicle Backup Camera
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06/10/09 Navistar Asks Courts To Review EPA Ruling on Clean Diesel Fluid
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02/25/09 California Pushes Back Schedule To Clean Up Off-Road Diesels
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