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Decisiv Announces Collaboration with Navistar

Decisiv, Inc. collaborates with Navistar to provide the 30,000 fleet users of SRM with connectivity to all International Truck and IC Bus dealer locations across North America — providing customers a choice with open access to service communications.

NTEA Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions with New Climate Change Policy

NTEA – The Work Truck Association

NTEA announced its Board of Directors adopted a climate change policy that continues the commitment in facilitating productive use of alternative fuels and advanced technologies for commercial vehicles — reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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How Much Money Will Your State DOT Receive from Latest COVID Relief Bill?

Division M of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 provides full funding for highway and airport construction projects in 2021 and $10 billion allocated to the states in support of emergency relief for State DOTs

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John Deere Joint Tests Its First Electric-powered Backhoe with National Grid

The John Deere-developed backhoe will be used on National Grid jobsites, proving out the concept to help further enhance and improve the electric vehicle design.

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Maxim Equipment Joins the MAJOR Wire Industries Dealer Network

Major Wire Industries Limited

MAJOR appoints Maxim Equipment as its new aggregate and mining screen media authorized dealer for the Central Washington, Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho areas.

Maxim Equipment offers MAJOR’s variety of screen media solutions, including its signature FLEX-MAT high-vibration wire screens in tensioned and modular versions.

Three Promising Prospects for Construction and Infrastructure in 2021

There are positive opportunities ahead for the construction industry, with three key initiatives promising various forms of infrastructure investment.

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JLG Introduces DaVinci AE1932 All-Electric Scissor Lift

JLG Industries Inc.

JLG Industries has developed the all-electric DaVinci AE1932 scissor lift, which features zero hydraulics to help eliminate jobsite leaks and zero emissions to help control jobsite pollution.

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E&B Paving Pushes RAP Content to 40%

Trial with sustainable rejuvenator proves workability, durability of a high-RAP mix.

At the job site, the E&B Paving crew pours and rolls the RAP and Invigorate rejuvenator mixture, creating a smooth surface for the parking lot.

Use Plant Downtime to Improve Uptime

Scheduled maintenance at the asphalt plant helps to prevent failure while also ensuring the facility is running at peak performance

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Balfour Beatty Plans to Reduce Construction Site Carbon Emissions by 80%

Balfour Beatty, with Sunbelt and Invisible Systems, has developed technology to manage the power supply of construction sites and reduce carbon emissions on its sites by up to 80%.

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Investment to Create Synthetic Limestone Aggregate

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

Using sequestered carbon dioxide, Blue Planet Systems Corp. is developing a construction-grade rock, and ultimately concrete, that would have net-zero or net-negative carbon footprint.

Blue Planet’s limestone-coated light weight aggregate specified in Interim Boarding Area B at San Francisco International Airport was included in concrete poured in 2016 by Central Concrete. Testing showed that it met all necessary specifications.

Fuel Options Continue to Evolve

Advancements in various fuel types are providing more opportunities for emissions reductions and new application uses.

A Scania V8 engine running on renewable diesel is being used in its power generation configuration for a test program in Australia, which allows assessment of exhaust emissions, performance and response, fuel efficiency, cost and engine lifetime.

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