2010 Top Rollouts

Brooke Wisdom - Dec 01, 2010

Best of the Best The year 2010 will be remembered, fondly we anticipate, as a year of transition for the road building industry. This is represented in the range of new equipment that rolled into the marketplace and across the pages ...

LB Performance Paving debuts Blaw-Knox lineup

Marcia Gruver Doyle - Nov 09, 2010

LB Performance Paving Products, the recently created division of LeeBoy, says it will launch a new line of Blaw-Knox branded commercial pavers and road wideners. In an agreement with Volvo Construction Equipment, LeeBoy has licensed the Blaw-Knox brand and will ...

Highway Contractor

Brooke Wisdom - Oct 01, 2010

The Wages of Smart Completing the early stages of road building is all about doing it right the first time with new technology, say equipment manufacturers. By Mike Anderson When an equipment owner sends his gear and his people out on a road-building ...

2011 Construction Challenge open for entry

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Sep 13, 2010

The 2011 Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Construction Challenge presented by Volvo Construction Equipment is now open for entry. The challenge is for high school students from across the United States and Canada to allow them the opportunity to learn about careers in ...

LeeBoy’s new Blaw-Knox division introduces road widener

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Aug 31, 2010

VT LeeBoy showcased its new RW-80A road widener at the 2010 American Public Works Association (APWA) trade show in Boston in late August. The machine will be part of a product line of five road widener and commercial paver products ...

Volvo offering Fuel Efficiency Guarantee program

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Aug 31, 2010

Volvo Construction Equipment has started a Fuel Efficiency Guarantee program that is being offered on the company'slarge wheel loaders through Dec. 31, 2010. Based on fuel consumption reports, Volvo Construction Equipment will evaluate the fuel efficiency and share the difference in ...

VT Leeboy creates Blaw-Knox division, reveals distribution plans

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Aug 26, 2010

Lincolnton, N.C.-based VT Leeboy has created a new business division known as Blaw-Knox Commercial Paving Products. The new division has developed a product line in which it has collaborated with Volvo Construction Equipment on several products based on traditional Blaw-Knox models. “We ...

Volvo’s Road Institute 2010-11 covering asphalt paving, compaction equipment

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 15, 2010

Volvo Construction Equipment has set the 2010 – 2011 schedule for the Volvo Road Institute. The course curriculum ranges from two- to five-day sessions beginning in September and continuing through June 2011, at its two training ...

Find out the 2010 AEM Construction Challenge results

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jun 04, 2010

Twelve student teams from the United States and Canada have won the 2010 AEM Construction Challenge presented by Volvo Construction Equipment during the Global Finals competition of Destination ImagiNation. The competition took place May 26-29 at the University of Tennessee, ...

AEM recognizes “Statistics Outstanding Merit Award” winners

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jun 01, 2010

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has presented 65 member manufacturers with “Statistics Outstanding Merit Awards” for exemplary 2009 performance in AEM’s data reporting programs. The association says these manufacturers' actions "enhance the association’s ability to provide meaningful market information to member ...

Highway Contractor: A hard day’s night paving

Better Roads Staff - Jun 01, 2010

According to equipment industry leaders, successful paving projects at night start with three things: planning, planning and planning. By Mike Anderson Working all night” may sound like a long, drawn-out sentence for anyone punching a clock. For a paving crew, it’s anything ...

Applications and Innovations: Cool graders

Brooke Wisdom - May 01, 2010

Cool graders By Mike Anderson On most jobsites, the grader operator is king. Nobody dares get in his way … and, should anyone need to tell him anything, such a task is left to only the most senior of supervisors. The “blade hand” ...

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