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CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR Building a life and legacy are 2017 Contractor of the Year Roy Chipley’s biggest projects.

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Ditch Witch’s more powerful mini, Talbert extendable trailer, Altec truck-mounted cranes, Rockland Wear Pins, WD-40 grease, Universal HDD unveils drill, Felling Pan Series trailers

29 ConExpo Report

39 Engines ConExpo

Part 2 of our two-part report of announcements and product introductions from ConExpo 2017.

Next gen diesels: Engine manufacturers bring us some good news for a change.

71 Lifting Attachments Kenco Multilift, Caldwell’s Concrete Barrier Grab, Eterra E Series Backhoe Boom, JCB pipe grapple, Manitou Edge Boom TB77, Vacuworx lift systems, TobrocoGiant handling arms, Genie panel cradle, SkidCrane attachment EquipmentWorld.com | May 2017

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Features 47 Machine Technology

ConExpo provided a wealth of technology products that can empower your machines to work smarter, faster and more accurately.

53 Emissions Technology

New all-in-one exhaust emissions and aftertreatment systems simplify installation and maintenance.

56 Highway Contractor

How contractors can protect themselves against work-zone-accident lawsuits and keep the public safe.

Bridges 66 Better The Georgia Department of Transportation’s handling of the fire-damaged

I-85 span promises to be a case study in the art of accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques.

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A Cat by any other name

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Caterpillar is dropping the letter modifier that for so long announced a new generation of Cat products.

Data 55 Quick Compact track loaders Watch 63 Safety Alone, stoned…and dead

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A Cat by any other name

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irst the headquarters move out of Peoria, and now this.

With the unveiling of its 745 articulated truck in March, Cat quietly moved to a new nomenclature system.

The details are on page 11, but in a nutshell, Cat found itself running out of letters, the nomenclature it has used for decades to indicate new generations of machines. The company only considers 15 letters as usable (one example of why: the difficulty of distinguishing a “U” or a “V” from a distance). The key word here is “usable,” despite the snarky “doesn’t Cat know there are 26 letters of the alphabet?” comments we got on Facebook when we broke this story on our website.

In Cat’s view, the letter “T,” which has been on its high-drive dozers since 2006, is the last usable letter. What to do?

Cat’s solution: Drop the letter.

Going forward, there will be no generational marking on the side of a Cat machine. And so Cat’s new 745 articulated truck, which would have been a 745D under the former system, is now simply a 745. As product lines come up for their next generational update, they, too, will be converted to the no-letter nomenclature (with the exception of dozers; again, see details on page 11). This, Cat says, gives them a future-proof naming system.

Cat will now use what it’s calling a Build Number to indicate machine generations. The current 745, for example, is a fourth-generation machine, and so would be indicated by “745 (Build 04)” in internal and external communications. But you will not see this Build Number in the model name on the side of the machine.

Such a dramatic change in what has been a longstanding practice is bound to feel… shall

we say, different. Ed Stembridge with Cat, who briefed me on the details of the change, has seen this feeling played out in the company.

As one of the people who is explaining the new nomenclature system internally at Cat, Stembridge says he’s seen people “go through the five stages of grief” over the switch.

I know what he means. In fact, I was ready to moan over the demise of the letter system, when it hit me: Komatsu doesn’t put that generational dash on its machines. Neither do the many other manufacturers (Hitachi, Doosan, Kobelco, etc.) that follow a similar “dash-generational number” naming system. Cat’s Build Number would be in parenthesis instead of preceded by a dash, but it’s basically the same pattern.

But that logical thinking doesn’t take away the fact that we’re used to quickly determining the generation of a Cat machine by looking at its side. And while it’s true that some generational changes may mean a dramatic shift in a machine’s look, that’s not always the case. I’ve sat through many press briefings (including Cat’s) where presenters have said, “It’s not obvious from the outside, but we’ve made dramatic changes to this machine.” That means that external changes, beyond new paint and body tweaks, may not present the same at-a-glance differentiator the former letter system did.

And, dang it, it’s just going to feel awkward to write “the 745 (Build 05) replaces the 745 (Build 04).”

Maybe in about two years’ time I’ll get used to saying “Deerfield, Illinois-based Caterpillar.” And maybe by then writing about Build 07 and comparing it with Build 06 will feel natural.

Maybe.

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Aiming for a future-proof system, Cat changes machine nomenclature

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imply put, Caterpillar is running out of the alphabet.

Because of this, Cat is dropping the letter modifier that for so long announced a new generation of products, and it is replacing it with a “Build Number.” This Build Number will not be in the model name that appears on the side of the machine. It will, however, be spelled out on the Product Information Number plate on the machine, and in Caterpillar’s internal and external communications.

Caterpillar is easing into this new system with its 745 articulated truck, announced at ConExpo, and will gradually switch each product line to the new nomenclature as it receives a generational update.

Under Cat’s former nomenclature system, for example, the former 745C would have become the 745D. Instead, the new artic reads “745” on the machine’s side with no letter designation, and the model is known through internal and external communications as the 745 (Build 04), with the “04” representing the fourth generation of the machine.

One exception to the new no-letter system will be Cat’s dozers, which will continue with their current E, K, N and T letter designations (more on that later).

Major shift Understanding that this represents a major shift in product presentation, Cat’s Ed Stembridge, market professional and product identity manager, talked with Equipment World about the details of the new nomenclature.

“We’ve historically only used 15 letters out of the alphabet to indicate product series, and we’re running out of them on some of our products,” says Stembridge. In addition, product development curves are accelerating, making it apparent that “we needed to come up with a new way of tracking the series of our products.” Cat did not want to start over with the alphabet since it has many legacy parts in its support system.

Instead, Cat is opting to drop the letter (except in dozers) and will just use the model number as the primary identifier on the side of the machine. But in internal and external communications, it will refer to the machine with the Build Number in parenthesis.

Stembridge emphasizes that the Build Number is not the model year, but rather the product generation. As such, unlike the former letter-based system, it’s more

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future proof, he says.

Cat says it chose to keep the nomenclature as simple as possible on the product, which is why the Build Number won’t be on the side of the machine.

In the chart below, Equipment World took the liberty of showing how certain popular current machines’ names would appear and be designated in internal and external communications under the new system.

To be clear, this is for explanation only, and these example model numbers will not be changing to the new system until their next generational updates.

Current model designation

How a generational change would have been indicated under the former system

On the machine: How it will appear under the new system

In internal/ external communications: How it will be referenced under the new system

Cat 336F L excavator

Cat 336G L

Cat 336

Cat 336 (Build 07)

Cat 259D compact track loader

Cat 259E

Cat 259

Cat 259 (Build 05)

Cat 305E 2 CR compact excavator

Cat 305F

Cat 305

Cat 305 (Build 06)

Cat 950M wheel loader

Cat 950N

Cat 950

Cat 950 (Build 14)

Cat 420F 2 backhoe

Cat 420G

Cat 420

Cat 420 (Build 07)

Major updates – those that would have merited a letter change in the past – will be noted by a Build Number that represents the next generation (D is 04, E is 05, F is 06, etc.). Minor updates will be indicated by an additional letter (first minor update: A; second minor update: B, etc.). As an example of how a minor update would appear under the new system, the current Cat 420F 2 backhoe would be called the Cat 420 (Build 06A).

The change will occur on all future Cat product generations, including attachments. The exception will be engines and generators, which have never used the letter nomenclature. Letters, however, will remain part of Caterpillar dozer models (see following section).

In addition, Cat will trim some of the modifiers it uses, especially on excavators, which Cat says currently have a confusingly large number of modifiers in use. The “L” designation for long undercarriage, for example, will no longer be used, neither will CR for compact radius nor RR for reduced radius. “These product configurations will still be available, they just

won’t be indicated on the side of the machine,” Stembridge says.

Dozers the exception On the dozer side, Cat is already tapped out on what it considers useable letters. “We reached the T Series for high-drive dozers in 2006,” says Stembridge. But Cat’s dozer letter nomenclature is well established (primarily by horsepower and weight, with the K Series designed for finish grading, the N Series offering a balance of grading and production, and the T Series designed for heavy production). In addition, its popular D6 size comes in K, N and T versions. Because of this, dozers will be the exception to the new no-letter system. Instead of a generational indicator, however, letters on dozers will now identify the type of dozer.

A D6K dozer, for example, will be a D6K dozer from now on.

The Build Number will again be used to distinguish successive dozer generations. That means the next generation D6K will be designated D6K (Build 12) in internal and external communication, which indicates that it is the 12th generation of the D6K. (Under the former system, it would have been called a D6L.) What won’t change You’ll still see what Cat calls “value segment identifier” letters on models, much like the automotive industry uses letters to differentiate between trims of the same car model. This means, for example, the XE on the 336 XE will remain, as will the GC, such as on the 950 GC wheel loader. Other modifiers, such as “LGP” for low ground pressure dozers, will remain, in addition to special application designators, such as “Aggregate Handler” on wheel loaders directed toward the aggregates industry.

“We expect it to take about five years to fully integrate the new nomenclature throughout all of Caterpillar’s products,” Stembridge says. “The key message is that we are doing this so that long-term we have a system to indicate each machine’s generational changes for years to come.”

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Retracting to avoid permits

The 55SA-TELE extendable trailer from Talbert Manufacturing can haul everything from bridge beams to pressure vessels and then be retracted to eliminate the need for permits on return trips. The 55-ton trailer comes with a 90-inch swing radius that can be extended to 114 inches with a gooseneck extension.

Ultimately, the deck can be shortened to 32 feet 6 inches for an

Ditch Witch’s SK1550 mini skid steer is designed to tackle heavy duty landscaping projects typically reserved for traditional skid steer loaders, the company says. With a rated operating capacity of 1,558 pounds and a 44-horsepower Tier 4 Yanmar diesel engine, the machine is the company’s largest and most powerful mini skid steer. It can handle trees, transfer sod and load and unload material on a wide range of dump sites. The SK1550 runs at a top speed of 4.7 mph in forward and reverse. Its auxiliary flow control has low, medium and high settings, and optional dual-auxiliary connections allow it to better handle advanced attachments for heavier loads. A 74-square-inch ergonomic operator platform comes with dual-lever ground drive controls so the driver can independently control each track. A single joystick control is optional. For ease of maintenance, the SK1550 has no zerks that need to be greased daily.

overall trailer length of 53 feet. The trailer expands and locks in four increments. It has standard air ride suspension and is built with 100,000-psi minimum yield steel. Options include DuraBright aluminum wheels, strobe lights at each axle and a battery backup that powers the lighting package when the trailer is disconnected from the truck’s power.

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Reaching for tough jobs

Altering the design of its traditional chassis-mounted models, Altec has introduced two truck cranes for the Prinoth Panther T22 track carrier. The track-carrier-mounted AC45-127STC and AC40-152S-TC bring all the features of the mod-

els’ chassis-mounted variants to hard-to-reach jobsites, Altec says. The AC45-127S-TC can take all 127 feet of main boom and flat-stick it down to zero degrees. The AC40-152S-TC features a 152-foot boom and 80,000 pounds of maximum lifting capacity.

Know at a glance how much wear is left

Rockland Manufacturing’s Wear Pin technology eliminates the guess work in determining how much life is left on an attachment’s wear items. When a part is nearing replacement or repair time, the Wear Pins appear. The operator can see the Wear Pins and take necessary action on such parts as moldboards, blades, liners or wear plates. The product is available for excavator and loader buckets; dozer blades and liners; truck bodies, dump beds, chutes and other accessories.

Smooth products for rough conditions

WD-40’s new line of specialty greases is designed for construction’s extreme conditions and to protect against rust, even in wet environments.

The Superior Performance True Multi-Purpose Grease is an allin-one grease formulated with what the company calls “calcium-sulfonate technology.” WD-40 has also released three lithium complex-based greases for special conditions. The Heavy-Duty High Temperature Grease is geared toward heavy-duty trucks and construction equipment as is the Heavy-Duty Extreme Pressure Grease. The Marine-Grade Water Resistant Grease is designed to fight rust and stay in place in wet conditions on such things as trailer wheel bearings and chassis, water pumps, anchor reels and outboard motors. All the products can be used with one another without leading to cross-contamination.

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Drilling with power

Universal HDD’s new UNI 440x700 horizontal directional drill comes with a powerful engine and hydraulic system. The machine is powered by a 600-horsepower John Deere turbo diesel engine. The power train delivers 440,000 pounds of thrust and pullback force and 70,000 foot-pounds of torque. A high-flow hydraulic system provides the needed power for demanding jobs, the company says. The hydraulic system has been simplified with no proprietary parts and limited integration of electronic components. All daily service and routine maintenance points are accessible at ground level.

Widening the ramp

Felling Trailers has added more standard features to its Pan Series trailers.

All new trailers in the lineup have wider ramps, increased from 14 to 16 inches.

The trailers also now come with dual tail lights and EZ Lube Hubs.

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Building a life and legacy are 2017 Contractor of the Year Roy Chipley’s biggest projects

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hings were getting better for Roy left his small hometown at 17 with no Chipley. intentions to return. By 1995, his father After a successful but demandwas in his late 60s, and with no one to ing career with Lockheed Martin began pass the business along to, he paired the hurting his marriage, Chipley realized business down drastically. that changes must be made. His wife, The idea of what his father had Sian, led him back to church where he worked so hard to create vanishing had given his life over to Jesus Christ. weighed heavily on Chipley. So he went The couple renewed their wedding to Sian with a crazy idea: He wanted to vows and were getchange gears, and Roy Chipley, Chipley Company ting ready to build a walk away from a job house, “starting afresh that had allowed him City, State: Florence, South Carolina with restored purto work on the Space Year Started: 1960 pose,” Chipley says.

Shuttle program and But in the middle of then launch miliNumber of 42 his life’s reconstructary satellites for the employees: tion, Chipley had Defense Department.

Annual revenue: $8.5 million a troubling realizaHe wanted to head Markets served: Full-service selftion. Just as he had home to Florence performing site grown distant from and save the family contractor, including earthwork, water, his wife, he had also business. sewer, fire systems grown apart from The move would (vaults, hydrants, etc.), his and Sain’s homemean an 85-percent all storm drainage, erosion control meatown of Florence, pay cut and comsures, concrete work, South Carolina. Cape pletely uprooting grading and paving.

Canaveral was some the lives of his wife Also seal coating and painting.

450 miles away, and and two children the distance had also and leaving those in driven a wedge between Chipley and Florida they considered close friends his family. and family.

That turmoil struck 22 years ago and “I just told Sian we were the only might seem like ancient history. But it ones that were going to be able to take eventually led him over the next two demy dad’s company on,” Chipley recalls. cades to transform what his father, Roy “We would be writing new chapters in a Jr., started in 1960 as a paving company brand new blank book of our life.” into a successful and highly respected full-service site contracting business now ‘You’re the brains’ named Chipley Company.

It wasn’t as easy as just going home, That wasn’t always the plan. Chipley however. Chipley first had to convince

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I’m not a ‘woe is me’ kind of guy.

I know Who I serve and I know He didn’t have me destined for failure.

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– Roy Chipley

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his father of the plan. During a surprise visit in March 1995, Chipley’s father expressed his doubts after he learned of his son’s idea.

“He said there was no business here. I disagreed,” Chipley recalls.

He then drove all over Florence stirring up opportunities that his father hadn’t been able to chase down.

“I told him, ‘You’re the brains; I’m the blood, sweat and tears,’” Chipley recalls, noting that he hit the ground running once his father agreed to a transition plan. “I began doing all the estimating; I did drawings. I brought in computer technology.”

It was only six months after he moved back home that Chipley received his biggest test. Though his father never had health issues before, he fell ill and couldn’t work for about two years. By then, though, Chipley was ready to take the reins.

“Once I turned my life to the Lord, I can look back into my past

and see Him,” Chipley says, explaining how his time away from home prepared him not only to return but to carry the family business on his shoulders. “I left to go make my way, and I did make my way, and it made me stronger.”

Making it his own Chipley’s father died in 2010. But in the 15 years he spent learning at his side, Chipley soaked up every ounce of knowledge and experience he could, while sprinkling in his own instincts and understanding along the way.

Now, Chipley’s company is an $8.5 million per year business. “My dad was part of that greatest generation of World War II,” Roy says.

“And whatever they did, they did 100 percent. And he was brilliant.

That was who I had as my business partner.”

The company, which now employs 42 people, has transformed into a full-service site contractor

serving primarily commercial clients and doing an occasional residential job. “Our overhead is not so great that we can’t go do people’s driveways,” Roy says. “Back in the old days that might have been a strong part of the bread and butter. We’ve not lost sight of that and never will.”

Chipley Company self-performs just about everything, including earthwork, water, sewer, fire systems (vaults, hydrants, etc.), all storm drainage, erosion control measures, concrete work, grading and paving. “And we do maintenance like seal coating and painting,” Chipley says.

“We got tired of holding our subs’ hands,” he explains. “Around 2002 or 2003, I started buying concrete forms myself, and we started doing the hand work. We hired more people that had concrete experience, and we began to self-perform concrete work. Water and sewer we would sub to other people.

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Chipley Company employees perform a concrete pour at GE Healthcare in Florence, South Carolina. The new pad will accommodate dumpsters at the plant and allow access for forklifts.

“This business operates under my GC license and my license covers everything, and we began to selfperform our own utilities in 2009.”

Chipley manages his operations from a MacBook. He doesn’t even have his own office within the company’s building, saying he prefers to not be tied down to a single location throughout the day. “My laptop goes with me everywhere. I can be reached anywhere, and I’m always out on the jobsites,” he says.

Some disassembly required And though he’s not keen on keeping an office, one place Chipley does love to be is in the Chipley Company shop. Among other machines that he’s returned to working order, Chipley tells the story of a 30-year-old motor grader he brought back to life. He took on the 1966 Galion 503A not long after returning home. “It took new pins, new bushings, new clutches, but I got it back to being fully operation-

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al and tight,” he says with a smile.

Maybe it’s the Clemson engineering background, but things in Chipley’s life rarely seem whole until they have been taken apart, the pieces spread across a greasestained concrete floor, before carefully being put back together.

Reconstruction has saved Roy Chipley’s soul, his marriage, his equipment, his family and his business. But it is not a simple approach toward life, he says. There is much pain in the disassembly.

“I lost my sister to pancreatic cancer in 2007 and had health issues myself in 2008 when the recession hit us,” Chipley recalls. “I just put my nose to the ground and started plowing. We weren’t in that struggle because I didn’t know how to do my job. We were in that struggle because the whole country was in that struggle.

“I’m not a ‘woe is me’ kind of guy. I know Who I serve and I know He didn’t have me destined

Robert Tumblin has been with Chipley Company for nearly 60 years. Chipley considers the expert equipment operator family.

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That type of resilience requires an ability to keep one’s eye on many moving parts. It’s what Chipley calls “multi-functionality.” He sees it in his employees, too, and believes it’s a major part of the company’s success.

His clients agree.

“I think Roy is very particular about his employees and treats them well, so I think he has a really good personal relationship with the guys that work for him,” says Wayne Taylor of Five Star Automotive. “They’re not just an employee to him. I think he really cares about them. And you can kind of sense that from the guys on site also.”

“The same guys that you’ll see today pouring concrete can lay asphalt tomorrow,” Chipley says. “And if our guys in the shop need help, our guys in the field can turn wrenches, too. If you work for me, you will become a bit of everything, which is only to your advantage.”

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Florence, guys on the crew threw jokes at Chipley from afar as he had his picture taken. As the crew laid a pad on a blustery January day, the jokes and laughter continued among the crew.

Equipment operator Nate Haney says that scene is a fairly typical day at the company.

“I was a union operator before I came here and I would go sit on a piece of equipment, and I wouldn’t come off that piece of equipment all day,” Haney says. “Here it’s not that way. Your people are more diverse here than at most companies that I’ve worked for, and I enjoy working for Roy. He’s a good man. His son is a good man to work for, too. They help you out in any way possible.

They’re good to talk to no matter what it is that you have to talk to them about.”

Another example of Chipley’s care for employees is his relationship with Robert Tumblin. The 71-yearold expert equipment operator has been with Chipley Company since he was 15 years old. “He came to

me on his 62nd birthday and said, ‘This is my last day,’” Chipley recalls.

He convinced Tumblin to stay, and nearly a decade later, it’s a decision that at least appears to be indefinite.

Chipley says he considers Tumblin to be not only a vital piece to the operation, but more important, he considers him to be family. To show his appreciation for Tumblin’s hard work over the years, Chipley threw him a surprise birthday party recently and handed over the keys to a new pickup.

Down the line Just as Chipley’s father passed the business down to him, the Chipley Company legacy will continue. He plans to pass it down to his son Marshall, who now serves the business as a project supervisor. The company has a succession plan, and Roy says, when it’s time to hang it up, he knows the business will roll right along.

After all, every success requires a bit of disassembly.

Chipley has a succession plan to pass the business down to his son Marshall, who serves as a project supervisor for the company.

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In a continuation of our April report, Equipment World editors delve into what caught our attention during North America’s largest construction equipment show. Extended reports on these stories can be seen on equipmentworld.com.

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Mecalac announces Americas initiative

French manufacturer Mecalac used ConExpo to launch its Americas initiative, including establishing a holding company, Mecalac Americas, and showcasing its agreement with dealer Larusso Heavy Equipment (LHE), based out of Walpole, Massachusetts.

As part of this initiative, the company acquired the Terex production facility in Coventry, England, a deal that closed this year. Renamed Mecalac Construction Equipment UK, the plant manufactures a line of backhoe loaders and site dumpers formerly sold under the Terex, Fermec and Benford brands, in addition to compaction rollers. It will bring some of these products to the United States, and appears to be still using the Terex badging on the 6-ton TA6S site dumper and TLB840R backhoe.

Mecalac manufactures several lines of equipment, some of which do not fit easily into established equipment categories in the states. For example, Mecalac’s MCR Crawler Skid-Excavator line is both a skid steer and an excavator.

The company says the product is “150-percent loader, 150-percent excavator,” doing more than the sum of the two machines. Dealer LHE will distribute the MCR line in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, along with the company’s AX and AF wheel loaders and MWR wheeled excavator.

Kawasaki-KCM expands compact wheel loader line

Kawasaki-KCM added two machines to its lineup of compact wheel loaders, including its smallest loader, the 30ZV-2, which joined the 40ZV-2. The 30ZV-2 runs on a 30-horsepower Kubota 3-cylinder diesel engine and Hitachi hydrostatic drive system that gives it a top speed of 9.3 mph. The 40ZV-2 rises to a 45-horsepower, 4-cylinder engine, with 10.5 mph maximum speed.

Fuel consumption for the 40ZV-2 is about 1 gallon per hour, and drops below 1 gallon per hour for the 30ZV-2.

Both models have standard limited slip differentials and a third spool valve for attachments. The 30ZV-2 has a .52-cubic-yard quick coupler bucket and SSL coupler, and the 40ZV-2 expands to .65 cubic yards. The 30ZV-2 has a dump clearance of 6 feet 7.75 inches and a reach of 2 feet 11 inches. The 40ZV-2 extends bucket clearance to 7 feet 7.75 inches and reach to 3 feet.

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Dual LED screens offer drill visibility Hydradig wheeled tool carrier gets North American debut

Hydradig, JCB’s wheeled excavator, made its way stateside with an official North American launch at the show. JCB calls the machine a “wheeled tool carrier,” featuring a Tier 4 Final 108-horsepower JCB EcoMAX engine. JCB says the engine has cut fuel use by 4 percent over the first generation Hydradig, introduced at last year’s Bauma trade show in Munich, Germany.

With this machine, JCB has placed the engine, transmission and tanks in the chassis instead of within the upper structure. Beyond giving the Hydradig a slim look above its four wheels, JCB says it gives operators the ability to see all four of those wheels from the cab.

The design also makes the machine more stable since it has a lower center of gravity, while the added weight in the chassis reduces the counterweight and tail swing for increased obstacle avoidance.

The Hydradig features all-wheel steering, a triple articulation boom and the ability to tow up to 7,716 pounds at up to 25 mph, meaning it can be used to trailer attachments and other jobsite tools.

Inside the cab, operators will find a 7-inch monitor with rotary control, a 12-volt power outlet, USB port, 3.5mm headphone jack, climate control and a high-back, heated, air-suspension seat.

The Ditch Witch JT40 horizontal directional drill uses two 7-inch LED displays to give operators visibility of critical machine functions and operations. A real-time carriageposition indicator tells the operator the exact carriage location. On one of the displays, a multifunctional, radial operator control helps operators track mud flow, rotation and more. In addition, tracker information is integrated into the displays for increased visibility of jobsite functions beyond the drill’s operation.

Powered by a 160-gross-horsepower Tier 4 Cummins, the unit packs more horsepower into a smaller package, says the company. A two-speed, rotational drive system produces 5,500 foot-pounds of torque. The machine minimizes pipe-entry distance, designed to increase drill pipe support as it enters the ground. The drill holds up to 600 feet of drill pipe onboard. The machine’s add-a-pipe design allows operators to manually insert multiple sticks of drill pipe once the pipe box is empty.

Bridgestone now offers CTL rubber tracks

Bridgestone’s new line of rubber tracks is designed for compact track loaders. The Bridgestone Vortech line has an H-shaped tread pattern for a smoother driving experience and expanded edges to help grip the ground and improve traction in a variety of conditions including gravel, turf and sediment. An optimized internal structure and a slightly thinner tread lowers the bending resistance that happens when rubber tracks pass over the main sprocket. Bridgestone says this reduces engine power loss by 26 percent.

JLG enters utility vehicle market

JLG debuted a two-model lineup of gas-powered utility vehicles and is manufacturing the three-seat 315G and six-seat 615G through an agreement with Arctic Cat. Diesel models will come later this year.

Both models can be switched in and out of four-wheel and two-wheel drive while in operation. They have 10inch ground clearance and independent suspension. They come with a rugged axle, standard skid plate, brush guard bumper, heavy duty steel frame and powder-coated paint.

Towing capacity is 1,500 pounds, and the cargo box can hold up to 1,000 pounds.

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Boom lift designed to meet overload restrictions

Genie’s ZX-135/70 Boom Lift meets North American and European overload restriction guidelines. The machine comes standard with new load-sense cell technology that shuts off drive, steer and certain boom functions if the load exceeds the 600-pound platform capacity.

Genie says it has cut the time for calibration to 15 minutes and has reduced the number of calibration points to two: when the boom is in stowed position and fully raised. The lift has a maximum height of 135 feet, horizontal reach of 69 feet 9 inches and an up-and-over clearance of 75 feet. The telescoping jib can extend from 12 feet retracted to 20 feet. It has a 360-degree continuous rotation turntable, 160-degree platform rotation and 110-degree vertical range.

The lift uses a mini XChassis axle that extends and retracts the axles to and from the stowed position at two-thirds the footprint of a full-size version. Retracted, the axles form a footprint of 8 feet 2 inches by 13 feet 6 inches. The extended footprint is 12 feet 11 inches by 13 feet 6 inches. Genie says that gives the machine stability on the job, yet makes it narrow enough for easier transport.

Doosan loader gains CVT

Doosan’s DL420-5 wheel loader now has a Continuously Variable Transmission, which switches between a hydrostatic transmission and automatic transmission based on the speed of the engine. At lower engine speeds, the machine uses the hydrostatic part of the CVT. A hydrostatic transmission not only provides better fuel efficiency at lower rpms, Doosan says, but also boosts machine performance and position control (especially when climbing or working on an incline), and reduces heat development in the digging range. Once engine rpm rises, the transmission switches to automatic. And unlike torque converter transmissions, the CVT automatic transmission is a oneto-one ratio with the engine. The machine has a color and text indicator on the dash panel to inform operators when it is operating in hydrostatic mode

Remotely operate grinder up to 300 feet away

The Vermeer 950-horsepower HG6800TX horizontal grinder self-propels into remote jobsites on 20- or 24-inch double grouser track pads and uses a Series III duplex drum designed to make maintenance more convenient.

Compared to previous models, the drum has an independently secured wedge system and enhanced drum balancing. Low side walls aid in feeding whole trees and other large materials with less restriction into the machine’s 60-inch-wide feed table. The unit’s wireless remote control lets operators control the machine from up to 300 feet away. A SmartGrind system automatically controls grinding speed based on engine rpm levels.

40 percent more breaking power

Brokk’s remote-controlled demolition robot comes in at about the same size as its predecessor, the Brokk 400, while delivering 40 percent more breaking power. The company credits the Brokk 500’s SmartPower electrical system with adding more punch and length to the hydraulic arm when compared to the Brokk 400. The machine delivers 1,086 pounds with each blow of its 1,510-pound Atlas Copco SB 702 hydraulic breaker. Its three-part arm system extends 24.3 feet vertically and 23 feet horizontally.

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Kobelco adds compact excavators

Two compact excavators, the Kobelco SK30SR-6E and SK45SRX-6E, were introduced at ConExpo. The company designed the SK30SR-6E for a 25-percent reduction in fuel consumption and increased hydraulic performance.

It features a Tier 4 Final engine and the company’s iNDr cooling system that reduces noise, protects from dust and makes it easier to maintain. It also comes with a minimal rear swing radius and zero tail overhang for working in tight spots.

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Trelleborg intros pneumatic tire line

Trelleborg Wheel Systems chose ConExpo to unveil the company’s lineup of pneumatic tires to the North American market. The debut includes the Earthmover Radial Series (ERL) for loaders and graders, the Earthmover Diagonal System (EM) for heavy duty earthmoving jobs, the Skid Steer Diagonal Series (SK) for skid steer loaders and the Backhoe Diagonal Series (TI) for most construction vehicles. ERL tires feature steel radial construction; enhanced traction on sand, mud and gravel; reduced vibration on concrete and asphalt; and puncture resistance.

Its SK series offers various tread patterns to add strength, productivity and efficiency, as well as enhanced traction on sand, mud and gravel, according to Trelleborg.

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Miller has expanded its EnPak lineup of work truck power systems with a new model that adds welding capability.

Designed for Class 3 to 5 mobile service trucks and powered by a Kohler gasoline engine, the EnPak A28GBW provides the following: • 28 cfm of compressed air for powering most jobsite tools • 5,500 watts of generator power • 100 amps of DC power for 12V/24V battery charging • Up to 300 amps for crank assist • Remote panel controls to save time hopping in and out of the truck cab • Built-in weld functionality with a 210-amp stick welder.

The big draw to such a power system is the potential fuel savings for field mechanics. Typically, service trucks will run a PTO to power an air compressor or an engine-driven welder/generator. The EnPak A28 allows you to turn the truck off and still carry out jobsite tasks. Miller says the EnPak A28 can cut truck idle time up to 75 percent.

Wacker Neuson’s battery-powered AS50e vibratory rammer produces no emissions and less noise than engine-driven hammers and is designed for working in spots with poor ventilation and where noise is a concern. A push-button start cranks the rammer’s engine, which runs on a lithium-ion battery. The device weighs 154 pounds and has a percussion rate of 680 blows per minute. For convenience, the battery is separate from the rammer and can be replaced quickly without any additional tools.

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Vögele’s Super 1700-3i tracked paver and Super 1703-3i wheeled paver are designed to work in both confined conditions and on highway jobsites. The universal class 8-foot pavers have canopies and use a North Americanstyle compaction-type screed. The pavers offer the company’s ErgoPlus 3 control system, with operating consoles that are similar for both the driver and screed operator and multiple machine functions accessible at both consoles.

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FAE debuts dust-busting forestry mulchers Get closer to trucks with vertical-lift loader

The new vertical-lift VL80A loader from LiuGong has a Z-bar loader arm design that allows you to get closer to trucks for loading. The loader has a 162-horsepower, Tier 4 Final, QSB 6.7 Cummins engine and a new ZF 210 gearbox with four forward and three reverse speeds and wet axles. Load sensing hydraulics and a VL80A Rexroth pump power the working functions and deliver power on demand. The full-turn tipping load is 39,000 pounds and the operating weight is 44,000 pounds.

FAE’s new UML/S/EX/VT rotary forestry mulchers for excavators are designed to keep dust at a minimum, using a hydraulically actuated rear dust hood. A belt transmission mated to a 110/60 cc variable torque hydraulic piston motor with a flow control valve drives the unit, and the motor is integrated into the frame. There are two models. Both put out 110 horsepower minimum and 200 horsepower maximum, with min/max flow rates of 40 and 70 gallons per minute. They are designed for excavators between 20 and 25 tons. The main difference between the models is their size: the VT125 model is 53 inches wide and weighs 3,307 pounds. The V150 measures 63 inches across and weights 3,660 pounds.

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etween now and 2020, you’ll hear a lot about Stage V engines. Stage V is a European regulation designed to reduce the number of ultra-small soot particles in diesel engine exhaust. But not to worry.

The technology needed to meet Stage V emissions levels is not as complex or expensive as the technology that took the industry from Tier 3 to Tier 4 Final. In fact, many smaller engines already meet the standard. To get the remaining engines up to snuff only requires a more efficient particulate filter, which will be an inexpensive, plugand-play change.

So far, there is no indication that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency will require diesel engines in this country to meet the same spec. But since engines are a global product, most OEMs say they’ll build the same engine for U.S. and European markets, and when needed for the European market, just bolt on the more efficient diesel particulate filter.

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Cummins Stage V engines include more power and torque, lighter weight and smaller footprints, plus a reduction in diesel and DEF consumption.

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uring the past two decades, engine manufacturers poured billions of dollars into developing diesel engines that meet the government’s strict exhaust emissions limits. All that money and manpower went into solving a problem created by government regulations.

Now that the Tier 4 Final emission reduction technology is settled, engine OEMs have turned their focus toward making these engines better, not just cleaner. These new engines have smaller footprints, less complexity, extended service intervals and increased power density. Here are some examples from ConExpo that show how this new generation of engines will do more for the end user.

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CUMMINS Last year at Bauma, the big German construction machinery show, Cummins announced its Stage V engines would do away with exhaust gas recirculation (see sidebar on page 39). EGR is an effective technology for reducing emissions, but force-feeds a lot of heat back into the engine.

Performance details were not included in the Bauma announcement, but at ConExpo, Cummins revealed some impressive horsepower and torque test results. The EGR-free models that Cummins will debut in 2019 include the F3.8, B4.5, B6.7 and L9 engines that range from 100 to 430 horsepower.

The F3.8 engine gets boosted from 130 to 155

JOHN DEERE POWER SYSTEMS The big reveal from John Deere Power Systems at ConExpo this year was a 13.6-liter diesel engine, the first of a next-generation line.

The clean sheet engineering on the 13.6 was aimed at making an engine with installation flexibility, lighter weight and more power in a compact package.

The company claims reductions in both diesel fuel and diesel exhaust fluid consumption for the 684-horsepower engine. In addition to full-authority electronic controls, cooled EGR and a high pressure common rail fuel system, the engine offers single or dual turbocharger configurations depending on customer preferences.

The 13.6-liter engine offers full power from the front and rear of the engine and the capability of offering more pumps with an integrated PTO. Multiple auxiliary drive connections maximize packaging flexibility. And hydraulic lash adjusters eliminate valve lash maintenance and optimize valve train performance while delivering less noise and wear.

horsepower. The B4.5 engine increases from 173 to 200 horsepower. Torque for the F3.8 increases by more than 20 percent to 440 foot-pounds, while the B4.5 ratchets up 11 percent to 575 foot-pounds.

The B6.7 power plant jumps up 30 percent to 326 horsepower with a peak torque of 1,015 footpounds. And the L9 rating increases from 400 to 430 horsepower, together with a 13 percent increase in peak torque to 1,360 foot-pounds.

Additionally, overall fuel and diesel exhaust fluid costs will be reduced by up to 3 percent compared with the current Tier 4 Final systems, depending on engine and application. And the company is promising a 1,000-hour oil change interval.

JDPS’s new 13.6-liter engine will put more power into a smaller, more flexible installation package.

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JCB JCB took the wraps off a new 3-liter diesel engine, the JCB430 DieselMax. The 74-horsepower engine generates 295 foot-pounds of torque at just 1,300 rpm. The new mill meets Tier 4 Final emissions requirements without the need for a diesel particulate filter (DPF), diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), selective catalytic reduction (SCR) or aftertreatment.

A cast-iron bedplate structure and a rear-mounted gear train keeps noise low and extends service life.

Automatic valve adjusters eliminate regular valve train maintenance, and integrated glow plugs provide faster starting in cold weather.

JCB engineered the engine’s mass air flow system to deliver the optimum fuel mass to the engine regardless of temperature, altitude or air density. This minimizes the amount of air intake development required for different machine configurations.

The new engine shares the same mounting footprint as the company’s 4.4- and 4.8-liter engines for ease of installation.

No longer a maker of engines just for compact equipment, Kubota has introduced the V5009 engine, which pulls 211 horsepower out of 4 cylinders and 5-liters displacement.

For installation versatility, the JCB430 DieselMax optimizes air flow and shares a footprint with the company’s bigger engines.

KUBOTA Kubota unveiled its first Stage V-ready engine above 100 horsepower: the 4-cylinder, 5-liter V5009, which is rated at 211 horsepower. In that size class, the company says the engine will be well matched to larger equipment such as production excavators and wheel loaders. Previous engines from Kubota were geared toward compact equipment.

The company started with a clean sheet of paper for the design of the V5009. The block has been designed with a small footprint for installation flexibility but also with large channels for coolant circulation, which will help dissipate heat faster. For aftertreatment, the engine comes with a DPF and SCR system. A variety of power takeoff options will be available to power accessories. Production of the V5009 will begin in 2020.

And for those of you who don’t like to stop work to change your oil, Kubota announced a 750-hour oil change interval for all its engines used in light tower applications with typical load and duty cycles.

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PERKINS Perkins engines range from tiny to huge industrial models, and at ConExpo, the company added four product platforms ranging from 9 to 18 liters.

Perkins unveiled the 9.3-liter 1700 series. It’s a 6-cylinder, turbocharged and aftercooled Tier 4 Final engine with direct injection and fully electronic control system.

Power ratings for the 9.3-liter range from 335 to 456 horsepower. Also new are a 13-liter 2200 series, a 15-liter 2500 series and an 18-liter 2800 series. The engines are

Perkins 9.3-liter 1706J-E93TA is one of a new 1700 series family of engines.

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Perkins Synchro 1.7- and 2.8-liter engines were also on display at the show. The 3-cylinder 1.7- liter model generates 39 horsepower and 89 foot-pounds of torque. The 4-cylinder, 2.8-liter model cranks out 74 horsepower and 239 foot-pounds of torque and is available as a turbocharged or turbocharged aftercooled variant. Both are Tier 4 Final, common rail models with electronic controls.

The Perkins Syncro 2.8-liter puts out 74 horsepower and 239 footpounds torque.

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DEUTZ Deutz hauled a lot of new iron into the South Hall of ConExpo this year and announced an engine partnership with Liebherr that will create a family of 4- and 6-cylinder engines.

The engines in the partnership include the TCD 9.0 4-cylinder (300 to 400 horsepower and 1,253 foot-pounds of torque) and a pair of 6-cylinder power plants including the TCD 12.0 (536 horsepower/1,843 foot-pounds torque) and TCD 13.5 (600 horsepower/2,065 foot-pounds torque). There will also be a 6-cylinder, 18-liter behemoth later added to the lineup – the TCD 18.0, featuring 830 horsepower and 2,655 foot-pounds of torque.

Another Deutz-only engine designed to meet European Stage V emissions regulation, the TCD 5.0 will be introduced in 2019. Compact, turbocharged and charge-air cooled, the engine puts out 135 to 200 horsepower and 656 footpounds of torque. Deutz engineered this engine to deliver more power in a smaller displacement and footprint while minimizing pipework and components for less complexity and more versatility when it comes to installations.

On the smaller end, Deutz debuted the 75-horsepower, 3-cylinder TCD 2.2 and two spark-ignited engines that run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG): the G 2.2 and G 2.9.

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MACHINE TECHNOLOGY ConExpo provided a wealth of technology products that can empower your machines to work smarter, better, faster and more accurately

Trimble now has 2D/3D GPS machine control without the need for GPS receivers mounted on the dozer blade.

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or the past several ConExpo shows, “machine technology” almost exclusively meant GPSguided automatic blade control. In 2017, however, technology companies are looking at the entire

universe of construction machines and applications and coming up with all kinds of interesting ways to turn digital capabilities into contractor profits. Here’s a sample of what we saw.

Trimble eliminates dozer masts for GPS, puts a full-featured tablet computer in trucks and partners with new OEMs Trimble has announced it is joining the ranks of manufacturers that offer “mast-free” aftermarket 3D GPS systems for dozers.

The hardware for Trimble’s Earthworks for Dozers uses three inertial measurement units (IMUs) to locate the blade of the dozer in space and two GPS/GNSS receivers mounted on the cab of the machine. Contractors and operators told the company they wanted a simple software interface, so Trimble built its Earthworks grade control application on an Android operating system. A new Trimble

TD520 touch-screen display for the cab is customizable and can be configured for a variety of workflows and jobsite requirements.

For digging applications, the Trimble Earthworks for Excavators includes 3D aftermarket grade control automatics. In the auto mode, the operator controls the stick, and the system controls the boom and bucket, ensuring that every cycle cuts to the exact grade specified on the plan. You never overcut the trench or stray from the plan, resulting in faster production, no backfilling and no need to

put a worker in the trench with a grade rod.

For fleets in the ready mix and aggregate materials industry, Trimble unveiled a new ruggedized mobile computer, the ConnectedTablet. A little bigger than an iPad, the tablet snaps into a holder mounted to the dash of your cement or dump truck and connects wirelessly to the Trimble Vehicle Gateway. Turn it on and you get a suite of information such as in-cab navigation, Hours of Service data, vehicle tracking with real-time updates, load and unload counts, EquipmentWorld.com | May 2017 47

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machine technology inspection reports, text messaging, push-to-talk capabilities and voice communication. At the end of the day, the device snaps out of the holder and can be secured or taken back to the office.

The back-end software for the Trimble Vehicle Gateway enables you to design truck routes so the GPS doesn’t just take the truck to the gate or entrance to the site. It can direct the truck to the exact location it needs to be for its next cycle. This eliminates the frustration and time loss that occurs when drivers have to back up, turn around or radio the site super to find the optimal loading or unloading point.

Trimble also announced several partnerships at ConExpo. A deal with Teledyne to distribute its software for underwater survey and dredging operations will bring realtime, 3D bucket or dredge-head

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Fully portable, the Trimble ConnectedTablet combines voice, push to talk, load counts, GPS maps, inspections and Hours of Service information in one device that mounts in the cab of your mixer or dump truck. visualizations to underwater sites.

Applications include dredging, pipe and cable laying, monopole placements, breakwaters, windmill parks, rock dumping, barge management and general excavation.

K-Tec Earthmovers partnered

with Trimble to set up a factoryready option for Trimble GCS900 2D and 3D grade control for its pull-behind scrapers. The setup also includes an enhanced joystick, software upgrades, wiring harnesses and brackets.

Hitachi and Trimble announced a partnership to use Trimble’s Connect software, a cloud-based collaboration system, with Hitachi’s machine interfaces. The collaboration came from customer demand for mixed fleet functionality and to support Japan’s iConstruction initiative, a plan to promote innovation and productivity on construction sites.

Trimble also announced that its VisionLink and Field Service Management software support the new ISO telematics standard 15143-3 developed by the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.

Topcon’s concrete paving system offers tracking, guidance with less hardware

Measuring 10 inches across, the new Topcon GX-75 in-cab display can communicate wirelessly to the office.

Topcon unveiled a slew of products and product upgrades at ConExpo. The most significant is the new ZPS concrete paving system, a robotic total station that uses less hardware than a traditional local positioning system (LPS).

For tracking and guidance, the ZPS system’s Z-Robot uses what Topcon calls Z-beam laser technology. The Z-beam provides optically based vertical control in addition to maintaining horizontal accuracy across the paver.

This cuts setup time in half, says Murray Lodge, senior vice president and general manager of the construction business unit. The Z-robot eliminates the need for multiple robotic total stations to

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The Topcon ZPS system for concrete pavers integrates multiple robotic total station components into one.

control the paver and another set of instruments for downrange transitions.

On the paving machine, the Topcon Zstack modular system integrates GPS, optical targeting and Z-beam reception into one unit or “stack.” The system does not require a separate base station and needs only one cable for power and connectivity. It also offers a wider working area, up to 150 feet more than traditional methods, says Lodge.

In line with industry trends, Topcon also unveiled a 10-inch monitor for its machine control systems. The GX-75 touch screen display is bright enough to be read in sunlight and uses LED light bars to enable operators to see at a glance where they are in relation to the grade. An adjustable bracket lets you mount the display on the right, left or center of the cab. Using the company’s Sitelink 3D monitoring and management service, the GX-75 can instantly communicate job progress to the office and receive updated plans and job files in the field. The display also has USB ports for saving and downloading job files.

For excavator automation, Topcon upgraded its entry level, 2D machine control system, the X-52, with a new MC-X1 controller that

is compatible with all brands and models. The X-52 system will be configured to be 3D capable later this year.

The company also has expanded the capabilities of its data processing software. The Magnet Collage system now works with laser scanners, mobile mapping devices, modern paving scanners and traditional surveying instruments, allowing you to stay within one software environment to process any source of point cloud data and imagery.

And if you’ve ever felt frustrated using your phone to tell somebody what you see on your monitor in the field, the SiteLink3D Support Desk now allows Topcon support

staff and distributors to see what you’re seeing. Service and support technicians can view and adjust configurations and settings on the control box and send and install updates remotely from anywhere.

Topcon also announced: • An agreement to bundle Bentley reality modeling software with Topcon drones (or unmanned aerial systems).

• The addition of advanced Wi-Fi connectivity options for its DS200i direct aiming station.

• A new integration to extend compatibility of the Topcon GT series of robotic total stations with Autodesk DIM 360 Layout software.

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Leica’s new ConX cloud solution and web interface seamlessly integrates, manages and analyzes survey and machine control workflows for heavy construction projects. ConX allows users to share and visualize positioning, reference models and constructed data.

Field and machine control devices connected to ConX can remotely receive and share information, and users can see the data anywhere they have internet access.

The new MSS400 Series sensors from Leica offer higher speed digging without loss of precision on excavators. The MSS400 series incorporates what the company

calls SP technology and can receive accurate signals over a 360-degree range. Used with Leica’s iCON excavate solution, the sensors employ inertial measurement technology with gyroscopes and accelerometers that work even with a temporary loss of base station signals.

Leica has also announced its Leica Ready machine control kits will be offered on G-series motor graders by John Deere.

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emissions technology

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New all-in-one exhaust emissions and aftertreatment systems simplify installation and maintenance

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he move from Tier 3 to Tier 4 Final diesel engines above 74 horsepower brought with it a whole grab bag of new components and systems – diesel particulate filters (DPFs), diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs) and, finally, selective catalytic reduction (SCR), which involves a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) dosing system and a DEF tank.

That’s a lot of hardware to hang on any engine block, not to mention all the sensors, fittings, brackets and weldments that go along with it. There is a trend underfoot now, however, that seeks to simplify this arrangement. We took a look at a handful of these devices at ConExpo.

A few years back, Cummins started talking about a single module arrangement that would put all the exhaust aftertreatment components into one streamlined device.

Then last year at Bauma, the big construction equipment trade show in Germany, Cummins announced it would use the single module concept in its forthcoming Stage V diesel engines.

The single module system combines a diesel particulate filter and selective catalytic reduction in one torpedo-shaped canister. According to the company, this cuts the size of the aftertreatment in half and the weight 30 percent. Passive regeneration keeps the DPF clean with no impact on equipment operation and no operator intervention.

American contractors got their first look at the system at ConExpo.

Cummins calls this a “fit and forget” system. That means simplified installation for the OEM, and for the

Cummins’ single module system for exhaust aftertreatment allows the company to do away with heat generating EGR systems.

John Deere Power Systems’ integrated exhaust emission module can be mounted vertically or horizontally depending on application needs.

end user, it can reduce emissions almost entirely by passive means, requiring no work slowdowns or operator interventions. Cummins will use the system on engines ranging from 100 to 430 horsepower.

John Deere Power Systems also showed contractors its simplified solution at ConExpo. Deere will initially offer its system in two sizes on its new 13.6-liter engine.

One mounts vertically, the other horizontally. The emissions system’s design uses an inline aftertreatment containing a DPF, SCR and diesel oxidation catalyst packaged into a single unit.

“Our ability to tailor the configuration of our integrated emissions control system allows us to accommodate increasingly complex package requirements while meeting the expanding complexity in world

emissions standards,” says John Piasecki, director of marketing, sales and customer support.

The company claims the benefits include improved integration, reduced connection points and reduced leaks.

Deutz is using the same concept in some of its engines. The Deutz DVERT (Deutz variable emissions reduction technology) system combines a DOC/DPF with SCR module in either a single long canister or what the company calls its “flexible unit,” which is two shorter canisters mounted side by side.

And back in 2013, JCB introduced a “one-can” engine solution, which is unlike the others mentioned above in that it does not need a DOC or DPF and reduces the length of the mixing tube for the SCR dosing to take up less space in the engine bay.

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Compact track loaders

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price service.

Year-over-year change*

Auctions

NEW: UP 11%

Compact track loaders, 2012-2017 YTD $28,000

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High: $27,500

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April 2012

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Top three states for compact track loader buyers*

$23,000 $22,000 $21,000 $20,000

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$15,000 $14,000 $13,000 $12,000

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2012 Terex PT100G, 911 hours, Deanco Auction, May 25, 2016, in Philadelphia.

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highway contractor

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WORK ZONE

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MANAGEMENT Focus on the basics of developing traffic control programs and consider liability issues

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his year marked the celebration of the 10th National Work Zone Awareness Week, an annual set of events that highlight hazards for both workers and motorists in road-construction zones.

The organizers’ message centers on motorists traveling in work zones, with this year’s theme being “Work Zone Safety is in Your Hands.” While distracted driving is a major cause of accidents, contractors also must make sure their own house is in order on this issue. This involves not just the warning and transition areas for traffic leading to a work zone, but also safety measures for the work flow on the jobsite.

Traffic control programs This means you need to spend time properly developing both temporary traffic control plans for the traveling public and internal traffic control plans (ITCP), according to Bruce Drewes, an instructional consultant with 3T Group, based in Garden City, Idaho.

Drewes provided an overview of strategies for safer work zones during the 2017 National Asphalt Pavement Association meeting.

According to Drewes, about half of work zone fatalities occur not because of distracted drivers but because of situations within a contractor’s own jobsite – crew members “running over people, or capturing them in the wrong position at the wrong time or maybe crushing them,” he says.

ITCPs designate safe areas for workers and appropriate routes for work vehicles and equipment; they set up “no go” zones for workers, vehicles and equipment; and they define operating procedures for trucks hauling materials to the area.

“You need to think about what’s going to take place in that workspace,” Drewes explains. “Consider how you are going to

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Mobilizing work zones A work zone on U.S. 50 in Cole County, Missouri.

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ne challenge contractors face in setting up their work zones is the need to move protective barriers. Concrete barriers are commonplace, but require lengthy adjustments when a work zone shifts.

Many contractors are incorporating movable safety barriers into their projects.

One manufacturer, Mobile Barriers, has seen the use of their MBT-1 on projects in Colorado, Florida, Oregon, Texas and Washington, D.C. The MBT-1 is hooked to a semitractor, driven to a work zone and set in place. It works much like a concrete barrier, but it can be moved as needed.

“With high volumes of traffic, minimizing disruption can help a lot of people,” says David Palladino, vice president of Mobile Barriers. “How to take care of work and incidents while better keeping the public flowing is always a challenge.”

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Training resources

Law enforcement involvement is a major factor in temporary traffic control programs.

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get your vehicles, equipment and materials into that work area through your access and egress points and what those points are going to look like. Think about how that equipment is going to work in that space and how you’re going to separate the people on foot away from your equipment.”

Both temporary traffic plans and ITCPs need to be designed before anyone occupies a work location, Drewes says, and the plans need to require everyone be trained for the job decision he or she is supposed to make – from the flagger, to the technician, to the supervisor, to the plans’ designer.

“The plan details how you communicate; it’s used to communicate with the people setting up traffic control, the people working within the traffic control and those driving into the area hauling material,” he adds.

Contractors also need to make sure they’re giving the traveling public correct information and that traffic control devices are legible and updated. For example, if a sign is posted that indicates a flagman is ahead, make sure a flagger is in place.

Inconsistencies can lead to public mistrust.

In developing an ITCP, contractors need to consider what each individual is supposed to do and the common behaviors of people on foot, such as cellphone usage or the condition of retro-reflective clothing. This extends to communication among workers, particularly with operators and

crew on the ground.

“They need to keep their head in the game,” Drewes says. “We get very focused on our job and forget where we’re working. In those high-risk locations, we need to make sure we have our best staff.”

For instance, a flagger is a position that often gets scant consideration by contractors, Drewes says.

“Who do you have flagging? A lot of companies will use their newest employee because they can’t do anything else,” he says. “But think of the risk of having that flagger that has no experience with traffic control.”

Drewes adds that contractors must develop their temporary traffic control programs to comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

Taking the liability approach “With external traffic control, it’s important to have certain standard operating procedures in place, because when there is an injury to the traveling public in or near your work zone, there is going to be a liability suit,” says Greg Stefan, vice president of risk control for Arch Insurance Group, based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Stefan also spoke during the NAPA annual meeting and focused on the legal ramifications of not following proper traffic control plans.

“What you and your teams have done before a bad event occurrs is going to

3T Group’s Bruce Drewes recommends contractors use the training tools available on the Work Zone Safety Consortium website, workzonesafety.org.

The main tool there is the Roadway Safety + series of training modules, for which he is an onsite trainer.

The program offers basic training that provides an overview of the more common hazards in road construction as well as prevention, and an advanced module for supervisors, managers and staff who create work zone designs and set up or control them.

Roadway Safety + offers programs on a series of topics, including runovers and backovers, operator safety, flagger safety, temporary traffic control, night work, fall protection, health hazards and working with law enforcement.

“You can select which modules you want your people to look at, and you can either have it run by an instructor or automatically. In the automatic mode, there are audio explanations offered in English, Spanish or Portuguese.”

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be way more important than what you’re able to do after an incident,” Stefan says. “You’ve got to look at your best management practices and standard operating procedures and what your teams are doing in the course of the day and the course of the week, because you never know

when one of these incidents is going to happen.”

Stefan has recognized a pattern to litigators’ approach to work zone incidents.

First, contractors are questioned about any violations of MUTCD or a state equivalent. “That is a nail in

your coffin, because it is a minimum standard,” he says. “There will be an element of this in every lawsuit.”

Attorneys will also make general allegations that a contractor did not “effectively” warn the public. “‘Effectively’ is an important word because that can be construed and sliced in a lot of different ways,” Stefan adds.

Contractors will be asked about the proper placement of vehicles and equipment and sight line issues.

They will be hit with questions regarding inspection of traffic control devices; failing to properly inspect is a common allegation. Stefan says attorneys will challenge contractors to prove they complied with their project’s plans.

To combat this, he says, contractors must have a process for ongoing inspections. “Trust but verify.

Trust your teams, trust your crews, train them, get them out there, trust them,” Stefan states. “But you’ve got to have verification.”

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Another legal tactic that works against contractors in work zone incidents is delaying a suit as long as possible, which makes it harder for contractors to prove they were in compliance. Contractors can meet this challenge by documenting everything related to warning devices that were in place the day of an incident. They need to list employees involved in placing or modifying these devices. They also must show device placement conformed to project specifications and provide any other details related to contracts, agreements, scope of work and who is responsible for them.

“Focusing on these issues is a good exercise everyone should go through, because these incidents don’t happen every day, and when they do happen, it’s important to be prepared to realize how you’re going to defend yourself,” Stefan says.

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tation is not about getting a form done. It’s about verifying that you are executing the management of the work zone as it was intended.

You’ve got to have a means of verifying. You’ve got to make folks accountable for it. Video and photos are good, but you also need to have a good process for storage and retrieval.”

Safety leadership Perhaps the best way to ensure work zone safety is to make it a company’s core value.

“We have to have a culture of personal responsibility in which safety comes ahead of production and your management tools reflect that culture,” says Peter Wilson, president and CEO of Barriere Construction in Metairie, Louisiana.

“You must talk the talk and walk the walk in your actions.”

Also speaking at the NAPA annual meeting, Wilson said his company

recently completed a large project in Slidell, Louisiana, where three interstates meet. During construction, at least eight work zone intrusions occurred in which vehicles came behind the cones, barrels and barriers.

“We must be proactive leaders with safety in our workplace, and it is management’s responsibility to train our employees to carry that safety culture with them in their activities at work and at home,” he says.

“The real issue is, how can we make our employees embrace advances in safety, use them, and how can we ensure all our employees, both managers and hourly workers, are as committed to safety as we are as owners? It’s important that our safety director reports to the CEO, in my opinion, and the message of safety is the responsibility of everyone in the organization, not just the safety director.”

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t should have been an easy day. A 22-year-old surveyor was tasked with general maintenance activities, changing batteries on a series of fixed equipment locations spread over a large Indian reservation.

It was New Year’s Day and only a few employees were at work. The surveyor acquired a six-wheel all-terrain vehicle (ATV) at the company shop and headed into the staging area and then into woods to perform his chores.

He had worked for the company for five months and operated on ATVs much of that time.

After 45 minutes his supervisor attempted to contact him by radio but got no response. After 30 more minutes the super started a search and headed in the same direction with crew members. The surveyor was found three hours later underneath the overturned ATV with the bar of the ATV storage rack slammed against his neck. The search crew attempted to find a pulse, but to no avail, and he was pronounced dead shortly afterward.

An investigation found that the victim had not followed the assigned path to the station but attempted to drive into a 6-foot-deep, 20-foot-wide washout alongside a steep hill. Investigators concluded he attempted to cross the washout at a steep angle, which caused the ATV to overturn, but noted there were easier and safer paths nearby. They also noted that he had removed his hardhat and replaced it with a ball cap.

A bag of a suspected controlled substance was found on the victim’s body, and later blood tests showed traces of methamphetamine, amphetamine and cannabis sufficient to suggest chronic drug use and recent marijuana use.

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How this accident could have been prevented: • As the victim was under the influence of drugs, a comprehensive pre-employment drug screening and regular random drug testing might have kept this employee off the payroll.

• Coworkers and supervisors should be trained to look for drug use symptoms on the job and empowered to report violations.

• All workers should be warned about removing personal protective gear including hard hats, and fines instituted for any violations.

• Consider welding or installing roll bars or rollover protective structures on ATVs that traverse steep hills, ravines and challenging terrain.

• On days with few people in the field, consider using the buddy system or more closely monitoring workers who venture alone long distances from the staging area.

• Consider putting GPS-based tracking devices on vehicles or equipment that venture out of sight.

For more information go to: www.cdc.gov/niosh/ face/stateface/wy/95wy004.html

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Solo, drogado… y muerto.

enía que haber sido un día fácil. A un inspector de terrenos de 22 años se le asignaron actividades de mantenimiento general, cambiando las baterías de una serie de ubicaciones de equipos estacionarios esparcidas en una extensa reservación india.

Era el día de Año Nuevo y solo trabajaban unos cuantos empleados. La víctima se posesionó de un vehículo todoterreno (ATV, por sus siglas en inglés) de seis ruedas en el taller de la compañía y se dirigió al área de despliegue y de ahí hacia el bosque para realizar sus tareas. La víctima había trabajado para la compañía cinco meses y la mayor parte de ese periodo se la había pasado operando las ATV. Después de 45 minutos su supervisor intentó contactar al trabajador por radio pero no obtuvo respuesta. Después de 30 minutos más decidió iniciar una búsqueda visual y siguió la misma dirección acompañado de otros miembros de la cuadrilla. La víctima fue hallada tres horas más tarde debajo de la ATV volcada, con la barra de la parrilla de almacenamiento aplastándole el cuello. La cuadrilla de búsqueda intentó infructuosamente hallarle el pulso y la víctima fue pronunciada muerta casi inmediatamente después.

Una investigación subsiguiente encontró que la víctima no había seguido la ruta asignada para llegar a la estación sino que había intentado manejar sobre una quebrada de seis pies de profundidad y 20 pies de ancho a lo largo de una colina empinada. Los investigadores concluyeron que había intentado cruzar la quebrada a un ángulo agudo, lo cual hizo que la ATV se volteara, pero también hicieron notar que existían rutas cercanas más fáciles y seguras. Enfatizaron también que se había quitado el casco y lo había reemplazado por una gorra.

Una bolsa de lo que se sospechaba era una sustancia controlada fue encontrada en el cuerpo de la víctima y unas pruebas de sangre posteriores mostraron más tarde suficientes trazos de metanfetaminas, anfetaminas y cannabis como para sugerir un uso crónico de drogas y un uso reciente de marihuana.

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Cómo pudo haberse prevenido este accidente • Ya que la víctima estaba bajo la influencia de las drogas, unas pruebas completas de descarte de drogas previas al empleo y unas pruebas regulares al azar habrían puesto a este empleado fuera de la planilla de pagos.

• Los colegas de trabajo y los supervisores deberían estar entrenados para advertir los síntomas del uso de drogas en el empleo y tener la capacidad de reportar infracciones.

• Todos los trabajadores deberían recibir advertencias respecto a quitarse la indumentaria de protección personal, incluyendo cascos, y deberían fijarse multas para cualquier infracción.

• Considere soldar o instalar barras de volcadura o estructuras de protección contra volcaduras en las ATV que atraviesen colinas empinadas, barrancos y terrenos peligrosos.

• En los días en que hay poco personal en el campo de trabajo, considere el uso de un sistema de ayuda mutua o un monitoreo más cercano de los trabajadores que se aventuran solos por largas distancias a partir del área de despliegue.

• Considere la colocación de aparatos de monitoreo basados en GPS en los vehículos o maquinarias que se alejen del contacto visual.

Para mayor información visite: www.cdc.gov/niosh/ face/stateface/wy/95wy004.html

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ll eyes are on Atlanta now as the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and its contractor C.W. Matthews work around the clock to reconstruct a fire-damaged I-85 span. With a total of $3.1 million in incentives on the line to get the project completed by May 21st, GDOT’s handling of I-85 promises to be a case study in the art of accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques.

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That section of interstate, which has at least 250,000 vehicles traveling on it daily, is a major artery in and out of the city. On any given day, a minor accident in any spot along this route can cause delays and then mushroom to side streets and alternate roads commuters use to circumvent the backup. Removing an entire section of that interstate creates the potential for chaos.

A fire that was reportedly started

The Federal Highway Administration, the Arizona Department of Transportation and Mohave County officials partnered to build a bridge using ABC techniques such as precast components in just 96 hours at the Sacramento Wash on the Oatman Highway in March.

underneath the bridge burned construction materials, including high-density polyethylene piping, weakening the substructure enough that the deck collapsed. Roughly 350 feet of interstate both north and south are being replaced, along with 61 steel beams and 13 columns.

Made for such a scenario ABC techniques represent a broad classification of methods and man-

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GDOT takes center stage The I-85 bridge collapse required immediate response. “Within minutes of learning about the incident, we all started to communicate and move into the site,” says GDOT State Bridge Engineer Bill DuVall.

Staffers on site gathered as much information as possible to determine their first steps.

“We were also contacting our employees that we needed to bring in the office as well, so we could start preparing for whatever was going to come out of the incident,” he adds. “We had to go pull our resources in, pull what information we had on the structure itself, communicate with the field to find

he Accelerated Bridge ConstrucTCenter tion University Transportation (ABC-UTC) at Florida Inter-

national University (FIU) offers a storehouse of resources and training on ABC techniques.

The center in its current form has been in existence since 2013 when FIU and partner universities Iowa State University and University of Nevada-Reno received an initial round of funding from the U. S. Department of Transportation. A second round of funding from USDOT was issued in December 2016, a move that allowed the center to expand and additionally partner with the University of Washington and Oklahoma University.

Beyond the typical manuals and research papers, the ABC-UTC provides a series of monthly webinars in which bridge engineers and construction professionals discuss their ABC projects. These webinars cover the details of a project from an insider’s viewpoint and provide lessons learned in real-world settings and not from a research-only perspective.

In December, the ABC-UTC will hold the 2017 National ABC Conference in Miami.

Image: Arizona DOT

agement systems designed to build, reconstruct or rehabilitate a bridge as fast as possible.

The American Society of Civil Engineers said in its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card the use of ABCs is one of the saving graces for the nation’s bridges, despite the overall U.S. bridge system receiving a C+ grade.

The group reported that techniques such as prefab bridge components and the use of improved materials are helping to reduce construction time to minimize traffic disruptions.

On the management side, the acceleration of a bridge job comes in the form of a design-build contract.

By combining the design and construction into one contract, agencies can cut construction time and lower project costs. Contractors that either have design engineers on staff, or who partner with design firms, have the edge in taking on large ABC jobs.

This front-end approach is transparent to the traveling public, which is focused on getting its bridge, and getting it now.

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Contractor C.W. Matthews demolishes the fire-damaged and collapsed portion of I-85 over Piedmont Road at the end of March.

out where the damage was localized to.”

One big challenge for GDOT was the steel beams. Ideally, the agency would have just used the same design for the beams and simply ordered replacements. However, the bridge was built in 1953 and then updated in 1985, and the beams were of an older design and not used in the department’s current specs. Plus, it would have taken too long for the new beams to be fabricated.

So GDOT’s bridge engineers had to incorporate the current beam design with the other elements of the existing deck and column designs.

About 24 hours after the collapse, the agency sent the redesigned beam plans to the contractor and the beam fabricator to start making the beams.

The bridge design team, made up of 15 to 20 engineers, worked the next two days over a weekend to develop plans for the entire bridge

Image: Georgia Department of Transportation

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] replacement.

To hasten the project even more, the agency decided to use 24-hour accelerated curing concrete, according to GDOT Chief Engineer Meg Pirkle. “This is a very expensive product and is not something we typically use in all of our projects, but this will expedite the construction progress,” she says.

Some of the initial costs were offset by $10 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration. That federal help, along with a disaster declaration issued by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, gave GDOT the green light to speed things even more, as the agency did not have to follow the normal process of environmental review, and it was completing a reconstruction within an existing structural footprint.

“What that has afforded us is the ability to do concurrent design work and piecemeal that information out

to our contractor in a method that accelerates work,” says GDOT Director of Construction Marc Mastronardi. “Otherwise, the conventional approach was to complete a full set of plans, advertise that for some period of time, receive bids, analyze those bids and award them to the lowest reliable bidder. We feel this greatly accelerated the activities and could not have occurred without the cooperation of our federal highway partners.”

Upon the original design, GDOT announced the project would be completed by June 15, but to compress the deadlines further, the agency offered incentives to C.W. Matthews to complete the project this month. The agency offered an additional $1.5 million if the work was completed May 25, an additional $2 million for May 21, and an additional $200,000 for each day completed before May 21, with a maximum amount of $3.1 million.

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DOTs push progress State departments of transportation across the country have been working in recent years on their ABC techniques. Many of these efforts have centered on building superstructure components in temporary staging areas next to the bridge being replaced.

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation, for example, replaced two bridges last September, the East Shore Expressway Bridge and the McCormick Quarry Bridge, using this slide-in method.

Each was completed in an 80-hour period in which the roadways were closed, mostly during weekends to limit traffic impact.

These moves, along with other work that did not impede traffic, cut construction time by about a year.

And Atlanta commuters will be glad to know GDOT has a long ABC resume. The agency has worked for a decade to develop multiple ABC techniques to boost

bridge construction.

DuVall says that in 2005 the agency first used Exodermic panels – also known as composite, unfilled steel grid panels – to rapidly replace decks on two bridges on Atlanta’s I-285. During construction over a series of weekends, the contractor only closed lanes, rather than the entire section of interstate, to keep traffic open.

“This is not uncommon. It’s been used around the country, but this was our first use,” DuVall says.

“Since then, we’ve used it in a few other places around the state as well. That really proved that doing the construction with the traffic could be a real benefit to the state.”

Last summer, GDOT replaced a bridge on S.R. 211 about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta using full-depth precast deck panels with ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) closure pours. This was the first time time the agency used UHPC in these connections, and its success

led GDOT to add it to other projects in design to help accelerate those bridges.

The project required only 60 days of road closure, with actual work on the structure lasting just 41 days.

“Sixty days was a huge win for us,” DuVall says. “It’s not just proving it to ourselves and to the contractor you can do it quicker, but it’s also proving it to our field people.

We had to convince them this is something we can do.”

Duvall says knowing the total working-days figure will help planning for similar projects.

“If I know I’ve got a similar bridge, I’m not going longer than 40 days, and honestly if we really want to get it done quicker, we just need to tell the contractor to reduce the time,” he says. “It should be that simple.”

Determining savings on the S.R. 211 project was more complex, Duvall explains. For a single span bridge in Georgia, replacing just the bridge costs about $100 per square foot.

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For a direct comparison, he looked at a conventional project similar to the S.R. 211 structure and found a cost of about $170 per square foot. The actual cost for the S.R. 211 project was $218 per square foot.

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$2.64 million. The S.R. 211 project was let at a bid amount of $2.68 million. So in this case, comparing the two projects there was only a 1.4-percent difference. That’s a shock to me. I was pretty pleased with that.”

] Image: Georgia Department of Transportation

Progress occurs on the I-85 reconstruction just two weeks after the collapse.

“If you look at that 28-percent increase to get this thing done in two months – that’s huge,” he says.

“But when I compared the projects one-to-one, the first project including an overall roadway, all the roadway costs were about

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FLIP A LEVER UP/DOWN TO POSITION AND LOCK LOAD The Kenco Multilift has adjustable legs that automatically grab and release concrete wall, block and slabs. Users flip a lever to slide the legs up to 68 inches wide. When the desired width is reached, they can flip the lever down to lock the legs in place. The attachment hooks up with a typical sling-and-shackle assembly and does not require hydraulics. It can be configured to grab either from the outside, or from inside out to lift objects such as culvert boxes. It is available in a 3,000-pound capacity, 30-inch grip range model or in an 8,000-pound, 68-inch grip range unit.

Optional legs give the attachment the ability to grab curved surfaces such as manholes or rough-cut stone.

Place and remove concrete barriers with ease Caldwell’s Concrete Barrier Grab places and easily removes concrete barriers. The pressure grip design eliminates man hours spent attaching chains and reduces damage to barriers. The attachment is available in capacities from 8,500 to 14,500 pounds and handles barriers that have a nominal width on top of 6 to 12 inches. The barrier grab has a stainlesssteel auto latch, along with adjustable handles and replaceable polyurethane pads. With an optional extending kit, the unit can handle barriers up to 40 feet long and up to 29,000 pounds in capacity.

Lift, grab, dig and reach The Eterra E Series Backhoe Boom lifting attachment combines several functions, giving skid steer and compact track loader operators the ability to grab, dig and reach out 6 to 7 feet. A boom-lifting accessory gives the attachment an added reach of up to 13 feet when fully extended. Fitting universal quick-attach systems, the unit’s boom extension is designed to lift trusses and trees and stack and move pipes. The boom accessory can be quickly exchanged for a digging bucket, grapple or ripper.

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Secure pipe loads, convert to straight forklift Available on JLG and SkyTrak telehandlers, the JLG pipe grapple handles various pipe diameters and configurations. The attachment’s arms fold down on the pipe/poles, securing the load and preventing it from rolling off or tipping sideways. The clamping arms, mounted on top of the 72-inch carriage, can handle 2- to 30-inch diameter pipe. When idle, the arm assembly pivots to the full vertical position so the 48-inch forks can be used for typical forklift loads.

Economically load/ unload materials The Edge Boom TB77 Lift/ Tree Boom by Manitou offers an economical way for skid steers, compact track loaders and compact wheel loaders to load and unload materials from hard-to-reach areas. It can also be used to place and remove concrete forms, as well as move and transport trees. The 182-pound, 59.25-inch-wide unit has a 3,500-pound capacity.

Efficiently lift in congested areas The Vacuworx AMC 4 and AMC 6 vacuum lift systems are designed to work in congested streets or other tight areas on compact to mid-sized excavators and truck-mounted articulating cranes without significantly reducing the host machine’s lifting power. The AMC systems can load and unload materials, such as steel, poly or concrete pipe, trench plate and concrete slabs, with a small footprint. The AMC 6 can lift 13,200 pounds and comes with a pin adaptor for mounting to an excavator.

The AMC 4 has a lift capacity of 8,800 pounds, and its hydraulic quick change adaptor is made for truck crane applications.

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Reach up to 12.5 feet Material handling arms from Tobroco-Giant give the company’s compact loaders the ability to lift materials and reach up to 12.5 feet. The attachment is also suited for loading, carrying and setting trees and large shrubs in landscaping applications. The single multi-angled boom provides increased visibility to the load. Two lift points, one at the end of the boom and one closer to the machine’s midpoint, offer increased reach plus load and carry capabilities.

Safely lift panels, windows and drywall The Genie panel cradle for boom lifts allows an operator to lift panels weighing up to 250 pounds outside of the existing guard rails of the boom platform. The panel cradle system features two cradles and comes with hardware, two high density pads and a load-retaining strap. The cradles can either be mounted on the end or the side of the platform. The pads can be easily removed and repositioned to protect the panel.

The attachment is also available on select scissor models to lift panels up to 160 pounds.

Turn your skid steer into a crane The SkidCrane is a compact, hydraulically controlled skid steer attachment that can be easily transported and can work in confined spaces. The attachment can lift up to 5,000 pounds to heights of more than 40 feet. Designed by a contractor, the unit offers an economical lifting solution, says manufacturer SkidCrane. It extends hydraulically to about 36 feet and another 10 feet with manual pullout extension.

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Liebherr Construction Equipment Co.

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Link-Belt Excavators

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10

Mobile Barriers, LLC

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69

Pengo

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76

Pioneer Bridges

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Progressive Commercial Insurance

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51

RAM Commercial Trucks

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25

Rubbertrax, Inc.

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44

Shantui America Corp.

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Sullair Corp.

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61

Top Bid

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46

Topcon Positioning Co.

www.topconpositioning.com

23

Toy Trucker & Contractor Magazine

www.toytrucker.com

76

Vacuworx

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34

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VMAC

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Volvo Trucks North America

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17

Wirtgen America, Inc.

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41

Zoro Tools, Inc.

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orty-seven years ago this month, some 200 construction workers walked off the job in lower Manhattan and waded into a crowd of about 1,000 hippies and anti-war protesters. Carrying American flags and signs that read “America, love it or leave it,” the hard hats punched, kicked and beat the protesters as they tried to flee from the now famous Hard Hat Riot.

Undeterred, the Democrats embraced the antiwar message and got clobbered in the 1972 election by Richard Nixon and his “silent majority.”

But as the years went by, liberals pushed even further leftward, abandoning the working class along the way to becoming the party of special interests and social justice killjoys. After Nixon, the Republicans spent four decades proclaiming family values and law-and-order boilerplate, but actually doing nothing for the working class.

What also happened was that the working class and their political interests disappeared from the public stage. One reason is that in 1970 most journalists had some connection to the blue-collar world. Once journalism became a profession requiring a college degree, a selection process weeded out those without the proper credentials and promoted those with a college-curated, progressive mindset. And journalists, until recently, have had almost complete control over the national dialogue on politics and policy.

Colleges also became economically segregated. In the 70s, plenty of guys worked construction during summer breaks. That doesn’t happen anymore. Engineering, ag and construction management degrees aside, college graduates and their children today are now not only

ignorant of blue-collar America, few have ever met anybody who has ever done construction, farming or factory work. The distance between those who work with their hands and those who do not has never been greater. Collegelevel government jobs used to pay a pittance and construction used to pay good money. The people in power restructured society and now the reverse is true.

Still, the working class never went away. Big corporations still sell our factory jobs to cheaper foreign labor, and politicians high and low starve our government budgets of infrastructure funds.

Wall Street keeps blowing up the mortgage markets, and employment in the building trades goes up and down like a yo-yo. So, the bluecollar world has shrunk. But in 2016, Donald Trump was elected President primarily on the enthusiasm of those long neglected blue-collar Americans.

Nixon’s silent majority didn’t have the media tools to enable their voice to be heard. Now they do. It’s called the Internet. And the voice of these long disenfranchised blue-collar workers is decidedly less progressive, less global and less accepting of the crony capitalism and warmaking machinery so adored by the denizens of Washington, D.C. Whether Trump can do anything for the blue-collar voters remains to be seen. So far, his actions bring to mind all the clichés of a circular firing squad. But politicians had better realize that the hard hats are back, and they’re a little pissed. They wrecked the Republican establishment in 2016. They just might take down the Democrats next.

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