News
1Q 2026 Cost Report: Equipment Pricing Maintains Stability, but Rising Fuel Costs May Impact Fleet Refreshes
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (176+ words) With seasonal pricing, expect a rise in the first half of the year and an ebb later on. "The previous month shows the same trend: At the new year [used equipment] resale prices start to creep up, and taper off…...
New Mexico DOT Named ENR Southwest Owner of the Year
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (307+ words) New Mexico DOT Named ENR Southwest Owner of the Year'ENR New Mexico DOT Named ENR Southwest Owner of the Year Crews complete one of the last major deck pours for the $268 million I-25 Improved project between Montgomery Blvd. and Comanche Rd....
John Laing to Acquire American Roads, Signaling Durable Demand for US Toll Assets
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (865+ words) Vehicles queue at the U.S. port-of-entry inspection plaza for the Detroit'Windsor Tunnel in Detroit, the American side of the cross-border crossing from Windsor, Ontario. The tunnel is part of the American Roads portfolio that UK-based John Laing Group has agreed to…...
AI Tools, Improved Collaboration and P3s Explored at National Transportation Conference
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (777+ words) One presentation at TRB discussed the benefits and challenges of placing energy infrastructure within existing highway alignments. While the transportation industry awaits a new federal funding bill as money made available from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act begins to…...
DOT Shares Guidance Around Major DBE Rule Change
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (457+ words) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has called the DBE program unconstitutional because of sex- and race-based presumptions." Any disadvantaged business enterprises that are not recertified as DBE firms under the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's new standards can be terminated from projects for…...
Can Driver-Facing Cameras Make Heavy Construction Trucks Safer?
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (702+ words) Is there a future for such cameras in construction vehicles? Recent studies show they can help if used right." The trucking industry has also used driver-facing cameras for a long time. In 2012, after Canadian trucking company Sysco Quebec began installing…...
What Makes a Safe Ready-Mixed Concrete Truck Driver?
8+ mon, 5+ day ago (1113+ words) In the Cab Lisa Lamons, safety training and DOT director for Concrete Strategies, says computer-based training followed by hands-on or computer-based'skills evaluations, on-the-job training and a qualification file review are done before a driver takes to the road. Why were…...
What Makes a Safe Ready-Mix Concrete Truck Driver?
8+ mon, 6+ day ago (1015+ words) In the Cab Lisa Lamons, safety training and DOT director for Concrete Strategies, says computer-based training followed by hands on skills evaluations or computer-based skills evaluation, on-the-job training and a driver qualification file review are done before a driver takes…...
Liebherr, Volvo CE See Bright Future for Autonomous, Electric Equipment
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (751+ words) citing GlobalData's Mining Intelligence Center, with the bulk of these are produced by Komatsu and Caterpillar. Material giant Heidelberg signed a deal with Pronto in February to deploy 100 ... Liebherr's demo of its 20-ton autonomous wheel loader at the Bauma equipment…...