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Equipment Manufacturers Call for National Manufacturing Strategy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is calling on the federal government to develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy for manufacturing to strengthen the economy, create new jobs and opportunities, [...]
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Lift Line Goes Digital

Realizing it is necessary to have variety of touchpoints with its audience, for ten years the ALL Family of Companies has stayed connected with customers via Lift Line, a compendium of product for sale mixed [...]
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COVID-19 and the Construction Industry

by Mark Rice, esq. In anything I write here, please do not take my attempt at humor as making light of the dire circumstances we are in. When politicians in Washington stop throwing spitballs and [...]
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Volvo Financial Services Offers Finance Program to Help Customers

Volvo Financial Services (VFS) is offering customers in the U.S. an enhanced finance program on the purchase or lease of a model year 2020 or 2019 Volvo VNL, VNR, VNX or VHD model during this [...]
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Volvo Trucks Partners with Fontaine Modification to Offer Reduced-Height VAH 300 Day Cab

The Volvo Auto Hauler (VAH) 300, Volvo Trucks’ signature day cab in the North American market, is now available for order at an unladen 94.5-inch height. This reduced-height cab option is currently the lowest in the industry [...]

Pavement Preservation Checklist

March 17, 2020 0

View complete article here. This checklist was originally created by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. September 2013. Publication No. FHWA-HIF-13-061. This checklist [...]
Repairing Cracked Pavement Part II: P...

April 2, 2019 0
Repairing Cracked Pavement Part I: Ev...

April 2, 2019 0
Concrete Paving Design Basics: Fundam...

June 28, 2018 0

Hazards of Unintended Movement of Dump Truck B...

March 9, 2020 0

Preface Performing maintenance work underneath the dump body of a dump truck presents extraordinary hazards to maintenance or servicing personnel. During an OSHA inspection at a heavy construction equipment maintenance shop, an employee was observed [...]
Breeze Through Road Inspections

February 24, 2020 0
6 Safety Tips for Hauling Heavy Equip...

December 30, 2019 0
What You Must Know Before You Hire a ...

September 16, 2019 0

Abandoned Underground Mine Inventory and Risk ...

March 23, 2020 0

You and the family are happily on your way to Grandma’s house. The kids are buckled up in the back seat. You and your spouse are talking about how much you’ll enjoy Grandma’s meatloaf and [...]
10 Most Impressive Tunnel Projects

February 24, 2020 0
Collision Avoidance in Mining & ...

November 1, 2019 0
11 Safety Tips for Mining & Tunn...

July 31, 2019 0

Has Your Equipment Been Tagged With Graffiti?

January 15, 2020 0

View complete article here. It happens all too often. Heavy equipment left overnight at a jobsite becomes the latest target for a tagger, a graffiti artist intent on leaving his or her mark. Tagging is [...]
Reliable Wins

January 14, 2020 0
Indemnification Clauses: Is Yours Enf...

December 30, 2019 0

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