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Infrastructure
Cummins Power Generation Ready for Tier 4 Final 3 Years Before EPA Deadline
Cummins Power Generation
Along with EPA certification of the entire generator line at the Tier 4 Interim level, Cummins claims the line is "Tier 4 Final ready"
Technology
Safety Video: Laser Safety
This Alabama AGC construction safety video talks about using caution around lasers to prevent skin and eye injuries.
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Plant Maintenance
Liebherr Enhances Opportunities for After-Market Repair Parts
Liebherr USA, Co.
Michael Balella takes on the new position of manager for parts marketing to help enhance opportunities and increase sales and customer service for after-market repair parts
EPDs
Slab Edge Forming and Insulation System Offers Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Custom Home
EnergyEdge is designed to prevent energy loss along the concrete slab edge.
The designers of this sustainable custom home in Kansas City, Kan., utilized EnergyEdge in its concrete slab foundation to increase the home's energy efficiency.
Infrastructure
Navistar Plots Course to Selective Catalytic Reduction
Steps to replacing advanced exhaust gas recirculation with Cummins SCR complicated by reliance on an interim EPA rule that may not survive court appeal
Navistar expects to introduce in-cylinder-technology plus selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to in first quarter 2013 on MaxxForce 13 engines. A Caterpillar-branded version of the engine is used in the Cat CT660 vocational truck, and is expected to appear with SCR in a similar time frame.
Infrastructure
CAH-400 Floor Level Cabinet Oven
The Grieve Corp.
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Safety
TCA Accepting Entries for 2012 Safety Awards
Tilt-Up Concrete Association
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association's Alphonse J. Engelman Safety Awards program recognizes companies for tilt-up safety achievement, improved safety achievement, zero lost time and an incident rate below the national average
Submissions for the 2012 Alphonse J. Engelman Safety Awards must be sent to the Tilt-Up Concrete Association by August 15, 2012.
Milling
Telematics System Diagnoses Problems Quickly
Roadtec’s new remote diagnostics system can quickly find any problem
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EPDs
J.D. Power Measures Drop in Truck Satisfaction Due to EPA Diesel Exhaust Requirements
J.D. Power and Associates
Freightliner ranks highest in satisfaction with heavy-duty trucks in vocational and on-highway segments; Kenworth ranks highest in dealer service
Overall satisfaction with one-model-year-old heavy-duty trucks declined to 737 index points (on a 1,000-point scale) in 2012, primarily due to an increase in the number of engine and fuel-system problems experienced. The number of problems per 100 trucks in 2012 rose 223.
Plants
A Solution to the High Price of Diesel Fuel
In August 2011, Blalock installed their first OptiBlend system on a Caterpillar C32 at their Sevierville, TN plant. The system was able to reduce the diesel usage by up to 70% in the middle of the electrical load range.
Quality Control
Veda Software
The Transtec Group, Inc.
Infrastructure
10 Reasons Energy Retrofits Will Be the Next Big Thing in Commercial Buildings
Performance contracting, new financial tools and government mandates to reduce carbon emissions suggest that energy retrofits will overcome barriers currently limiting this work
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