KOBELCO USA Introduces Large, Short-Radius Excavator

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KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA launched its new model SK380SRLC-7 in North America. This excavator sets the standard for large, short-radius machines, offering full-size benefits with short rear-swing capabilities and exceptional features, including the highest digging power, swing torque and travel performance in the 35 ton class. This machine takes on the heaviest up-close work with confidence with only 6.5 inches of counterweight tail-swing radius. With the ability to operate safely in a single 12-foot lane, this machine is ideal for any application requiring the use of a larger machine within a limited work area. The KOBELCO SK380 delivers unmatched power … Read more

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JLG ClearSky Smart Fleet Turns Connectivity into Interactivity

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JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh company, now offers standard ClearSky Smart Fleet connectively on most new JLG equipment. This breakthrough IoT technology launches with 25 features, including analyzers, telematics and productivity applications, into a single connectivity beacon on JLG machines for seamless back-and-forth interaction through a comprehensive mobile app, a user-friendly web portal or an advanced API. Equipment owners and operators can send a prompt to the beacon to identify a machine’s status or perform diagnostics wirelessly through the mobile app. The ClearSky Smart Fleet app provides a modern mobile experience to manage data and machine interaction, even when cellular … Read more

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Hilti Releases Cordless Stud Fusion System

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Hilti releases the new FX 3-A Cordless stud fusion system, cutting welding time significantly. Covering higher loads and thinner base materials than previous Hilti products, cordless stud fusion is up to 75% faster than traditional welding methods and is a fully mobile and autonomous system with no power cables needed. This fastening method is also safer than traditional welding methods as it helps shield users from heat and gas. With virtually no sparks, splatters, fumes and no angle grinder needed for the surface preparation, it offers more significant advantages from a health and safety perspective. Compared to welding and other … Read more

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Ontario’s First Mass-Timber, Net-Zero Institutional Building Closer to Completion

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Limberlost Place, Ontario, Canada’s first mass-timber, net-zero carbon emissions institutional building, has now reached the highest point in construction. The final wood and steel beams were installed in the 10-story facility located at George Brown College’s Waterfront campus in Toronto’s growing east Bayfront community. To celebrate the topping off milestone, project partners and the trades workforce signed a beam earlier this summer before it was lifted into place at the top of the building. Limberlost Place’s structure was completed using an intricate installation method including a sequence where each mass-timber column and cross-laminated slab band would be placed. The structure … Read more

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Design-Build Team to Deliver New Pomeranian Medical University

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The Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland has signed a contract for the construction of a new clinical, teaching and research building. The modern space will provide comfortable conditions for the development of a number of specialized departments and the expansion of the outpatient clinic complex. The contract was awarded to a consortium consisting of DORACO Construction Corporation (leader) and PORR (partner), who submitted a net offer of PLN 422,5m (EUR 95m). The Design-Build consortium will be responsible for delivering design documentation and construction of the higher education building of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, the Center for Translational … Read more

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