Equipment
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.

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10/28/09 Redesigned Dodge Trucks Deliver Power and Comfort

Heavy-duty work trucks are the backbone of many operations, charged with transporting people and materials while serving as a mobile office.
10/07/09 DeWalt Drives Tradeworkers To Fast-Growing Impact Line

In Japan, space comes at a premium, so it is no surprise that small drills rule the jobsite there.
09/30/09 Ford Unveils Latest ‘Essential’ Work Truck at Texas State Fair
Last month, Ford executive Mark Fields underscored the importance of the company’s new work truck, ironically by botching a speech.
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09/30/09 Manitowoc Bets Its $30-Million Supercrane On World’s Nuclear-Power Renaissance
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
09/02/09 How Ford's Scorpion Cuts Clatter But Keeps Its Sting
08/05/09 New Diesel Regs Push Prices
07/08/09 Intelligent Compaction Is on a Roll
07/08/09 World's First Hybrid Bulldozer Keeps Up With the Bigger Cats
07/08/09 Dual-Mode GPS Doubles As Vehicle Backup Camera
06/24/09 New Database Will Track Crane Repairs and Inspections
06/24/09 Cat Reveals Pricing of World's First Hybrid Dozer
06/19/09 AmQuip Builds World's First Crane-Tracking Website
06/10/09 Navistar Asks Courts To Review EPA Ruling on Clean Diesel Fluid
06/03/09 Ford's Transit Connect Van Will Find Use In Construction
06/03/09 Crane Professor Pinpoints Key Risks Around Tower Cranes
05/27/09 Monster Machines Doing Heavy Duty in California
05/27/09 Volvo's Fenix Asphalt Paver Concept Is a Vision Of Automated Processes and Sustainability
05/27/09 General Motors Tests Diesel-Like Powerplant To Meet Future Fuel Economy, Carbon Cuts
05/13/09 Virtual Reality Sparks Success In Next Generation of Welders
04/15/09 As Builders Farm Out the Fleet, AMECO Tightens Its Iron Grip
04/01/09 As the Economy Worsens, Machinery Auctions are Swamped
04/01/09 Caterpillar Crawls Into Auction Territory
03/25/09 By Giving Operators Freedom of Choice, Deere Steers Grader Debate Back to Center
03/11/09 Battle of the Vans Rages On As Truck Makers Redefine the Urban Contractor's Rolling Office
03/04/09 California Budget Deal Gives Contractor Fleets More Time To Phase Out Dirty Diesel Machines
03/04/09 Emergence of Fake Cranes Has Manufacturers Blowing the Whistle Again on Chinese Copycats
02/25/09 California Pushes Back Schedule To Clean Up Off-Road Diesels
02/25/09 Nevada Machinery Dealer’s Sustainable Shop Turns Greasy Work into Something Greener
01/21/09 Quick, Careful Operation Lifts ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ Plane
01/07/09 GM's Hybrid Silverado Truck Sips Fuel but Lacks Giddyup
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Equipment of the 21st Century
Equipment for the 21st Century is a multi-platform special report, in print, online and live in-conference, designed to help those who work in the construction industry's $100-billion equipment sector prepare for the roads ahead. Read on to learn about the coming changes in management, design, controls, operations, training and safety.
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