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Day: August 3, 2020

Glass and GFRC cladding do courthouse justice

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A global player in glass fiber reinforced concrete facade systems, Austria’s Rieder Group, has helped Vienna architect Franz&Sue put a new face on a 19th century courthouse. GFRC cladding equipped the architect to create “an open space of encounter” and relieve the Salzburg courthouse of “authoritarian character,” an aesthetic owing to the original designer’s charge to communicate state power. Sustainability and a sensitivity to the needs of groups associated with the courthouse transformation were overriding project themes.

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Report Profiles Technician Talent Pool

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The latest AED Foundation’s report, “The Equipment Industry Technician Shortage: Reassessing Causes, Impacts and Policy Recommendation,” cites critical near and longer term workforce development challenges for operators of diesel powered fleets. Compiled by the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va., it finds the industry has a job opening rate three times higher than the national average and will need to fill up to 73,500 heavy equipment technicians over the next five years. Among Associated Equipment Distributors member dealerships, nearly 90 percent have a job opening rate above the national average, along with a shortage of workers in their companies, and 95 percent see a skills gap across the industry.

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Small wheel loader series

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Manufacturer recently introduced its largest articulated wheel loader, the WL95, and has additional models planned for later this year. The machine’s variable hydrostatic transmission provides traction and high travel speeds (12.4 mph). With a standard 2-yd. bucket and straight bucket tipping load up to 14,394 lbs., the WL95 is capable of quick material movement. Its compact design enables a tight turning radius and generous steering angle, while the articulated joint and a pendulum axle at the rear ensures optimum maneuverability and traction. A return-to-dig function, ride control and reversing fan as standard ensure optimum productivity.

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Programmer premiers first VR simulator for lift planning

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The 3D Lift Vision simulator enables users to execute in virtual reality mode a lift plan for precast or other structural member. “Each simulation is as unique as the lift plan that it is based on,” says A1A Software President Tawnia Weiss. “There is no better way to visualize the outcome of a lift than to allow the crane operator and other team members to simulate it in a virtual environment. 3D Lift Vision extends the ability of 3D Lift Plan to be used as a communication and risk mitigation tool.”

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Precast-grade hatches

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Company has launched an aluminum product line to support the national precast market. Effective immediately, it is offering the domestically manufactured Aluminum Access Hatch series for utility vaults. The hatches are fabricated in angled or trough frame designs, both available in single or double leaf versions. The former is configured for applications where rainwater entering the vault is not a concern, while the trough frame suits applications where rainwater intrusion control is needed.

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Dense phase pneumatic conveying

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Company’s latest DenseFlow PHF system suits a diverse range of free- to poor-flowing coarse and fine powders, automatically setting them into a single layer for continuous, gentle, first-in-first-out transport at rates up to 88 cubic feet per minute. The design introduces the air or other transport gas from both the pressure vessel and separately from a discharge elbow downstream to achieve a desirably low air to material ratio averaging 88 pounds of material per pound of conveying air.

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