In hydroexcavation, uptime is productivity. Every hour a vacuum excavator is sidelined for maintenance, repairs, or avoidable wear is time crews aren’t completing work...

While the skilled technician gap continues to widen, the downtime and repair cost rates for equipment operators continues to climb. This is a constant...

In the 1990s, the Federal Highway Administration conducted an ambitious test spanning several years at five locations across the US and Canada. The goal...

In addition to personnel, equipment is essential to heavy civil construction operations. Keeping a fleet on the job and in safe, working order is...

You already realize the importance of winterizing your construction equipment before cold weather hits in the winter. But did you know that you should...

To gain a competitive edge and save tens of thousands of dollars on some construction projects, proactive contractors who own, operate, and service their...

You change your oil not because you want to, but because you have to, or risk premature wear and untimely mechanical failures. You need...

By Michael Close, M.S., P.E. Frequently, an owner agency releases a letting for a bridge replacement or rehabilitation utilizing tried-and-true solutions without knowing that more...

DEUTZ Corporation will provide JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation Company, with DEUTZ Xchange remanufactured engines for JLG’s aerial work platform (AWP) reconditioning program. “JLG...

By Eric Matson Tires may seem like an afterthought in fleet management, but they are highly engineered products that serve as critical contributors to equipment...