A new bridge in downtown Spokane, Wash., links the University District and east Sprague neighborhood. The dual-span University District Gateway Bridge crosses the BNSF railway and East Martin Luther King Jr. Way, generating new connections within the local community and fostering development in an underserved neighborhood.
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Python Protective Covers and Sleeves put safety at the forefront of concrete pumping by reducing the risks associated with pipe blow-outs and slurry spatter. Product developers credit Python performance to ballistic-grade fabric technology coupled with a user-friendly, universal design to protect workers, equipment and jobsites. The covers and sleeves are designed to distribute high pressure mix or slurry bursts through overlapping-pocketed material. Upon impact, internally tucked fabric releases, absorbing kenetic energy and ballooning the cover or sleeve up to 30 percent more than its original size.
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The Navistar Inc. Severe Service team recently launched an Application Engineering Hotline to provide an added margin of expertise for vocational truck sales. “Because of the highly customized and often complex configurations severe service customers require, our dealers’ support for [them] can be enhanced through direct access to Navistar application engineers,” says Vice President, Vocational Truck Mark Stasell. “The Hotline supports dealers’ strong relationships with customers by giving them the ability to get direct, expert advice when they need it.”
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The newest and most advanced version of the Link Mfg. Cabmate cab suspension, widely specified in on/off- and on-highway Class 8 trucks, features Road-Optimized Innovations (ROI) technology, imparting what product engineers call a new level of ride quality by responding to road and weather conditions.
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Over the last 12 to 24 months, it seems as though topics such as autonomous driving and electronic logging device mandates have flooded the headlines for the transportation industry. And deservedly so: they are no doubt topical, important issues. However, in running your fleet day-to-day, understanding the evolution of maintenance and repair (M&R) issues and costs continue to be on top of the level of importance.
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As peak 2019 construction season approached, Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Corporation briefly assembled ready mixed concrete producers from across the industry to showcase and open the order book for the new namesake S-Series front discharge mixer truck. President and CEO Wilson Jones framed the vehicle in terms of an overall diesel-powered equipment migration from mechanical to digital, Internet of Things-heavy operation. He and senior business leaders underscored TCO, or total cost of ownership, as the driving force behind the new S-Series design and specs. Measured against a legacy model introduced 25 years ago and upgraded in 1999, they outlined the truck’s features and performance potential:
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Material science behind lightweight concrete and self-consolidating mixtures yields a principal element of the Monarch Sanctuary, a 15-ft. “vertical butterfly meadow” prototype on display at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City.
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