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Earth Augers (handheld)
Drilling Safely With Earth Augers
Little Beaver
Remind rental customers these 4 safety tips when operating an earth drill.
May 17, 2025
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Equipment
Equipment Today Releases 2025 Annual Equipment Showcase
Designed to highlight hundreds of next level solutions for challenge construction jobsites, this year's showcase delivers the top equipment solutions in eight main categories, all aimed at improving your business and its jobsite operations.
March 24, 2025
Equipment Today's Annual Equipment Showcase highlights hundreds of today's latest product releases in earthmoving, attachments, lift equipment, worksite equipment, fleet maintenance, trucks and transportation, roadbuilding, and technology.
Excavators
5 Ways Alternative Drilling Solutions Spark New Revenue Streams
REV Drill Sales & Rentals, Inc.
Learn how excavator-drill options can not only drive new project possibilities, but also help contractors gain more work and diversify types of work.
February 27, 2025
5 Ways To Spark Revenue Et 1
Concrete Equipment & Products
Contractor Opts For Piling Rig On Navy Yard Project
Junttan USA
How James J. Anderson Construction Co. Inc. traded their diesel hammer for Junttan Piling Rig on Navy Yard Project.
January 22, 2024
Junttan Piling Rig Key to Pile Installation On Navy Yard Project
CONEXPO-CON/AGG
Epiroc Announces CONEXPO Plans
Epiroc
Epiroc to showcase a range of new products, including new surface drill rigs, grouting systems, drum cutter and more.
March 8, 2023
SmartROC T25 R will be showcased during CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023.
Trucks & Transportation
Load Chart Knowledge Central to Safe Digger Derrick Operations
Terex Corporation
Understanding how to read load charts and applying that information to the operation of a digger derrick is critical.
November 18, 2022
Reading and understanding digger derrick load charts is vital.
Earthmoving
Liebherr Drill Rig Digs Deep on South Carolina Bridge Project
Liebherr USA, Co.
Liebherr LB 36-410 drill rig is used for to build 18 drilled shafts up to 115 ft. deep for the new Harbor River Bridge.
August 14, 2020
Liebherr Lee & Sims Lb 36 On Barge
Vertical Drilling Equipment
Boring Through Boulders Under Brooklyn is Made Easier with BAUER BG Rigs
Urban Foundation/Engineering used two state-of-the-art BAUER BG Drilling Rigs to drill through massive boulders underground in preparation for a new Brooklyn residential tower
September 25, 2019
Urban purchased the BG 28 H and BG 33 H from Bruce Langan of ECA’s New York/New Jersey branch after a short rental period to overcome challenging soil conditions at 18 Sixth Avenue.
Underground
The Digital HDD Jobsite has Arrived
InSite from Vermeer is a suite of software tools that makes directional drilling more productive.
August 17, 2015
InSite Productivity Tools were developed with the components shown, which can be used individually or bundled together. These tools guide the contractor from planning through invoicing projects, plus provide accurate electronic records.
Earthmoving
Specialized Excavators Tunnel Through German Railway Project
Nine Liebherr tunnel excavators perform drilling on massive infrastructure project under the city of Stuttgart, Germany
October 27, 2014
With its 3.07 m long swing arm, the Liebherr R 944 C Tunnel crawler excavator has a maximum tear-out force of 164 kN and a maximum breakout force of 191 kN.
Vertical Drilling Equipment
Barriers Prove No Obstacle for Drilling
Customized Minnich Manufacturing drill helps move the I-57/70 project forward.
July 9, 2014
By having a tethered controller, the operator is removed from debris and dust and is away from live traffic.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Wide Spacing is No Road Block for Dowel Drills
Chester Bross Construction overcomes space challenge with E-Z Drill horizontal concrete drilling and doweling machines
December 16, 2013
The E-Z Drill 210-4SRA 4-gang Slab Rider was modified to achieve a maximum of 33-in. spacing for drilling tie bar holes along the shoulder of Nebraska 92. The modified drill doubled Chester Boss' drilling productivity over the 2-gang models.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Drills Play Integral Part in Florida Runway Expansion
Minnich A-4SCW dowel pin drill provides a quick solution for drilling 170,000+ dowel pin holes on the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport runway expansion
December 10, 2013
By attaching the Minnich A-4SCW to a 750-cfm portable air compressor, Archer Western's crew was able to employ a fully contained, fully powered unit that could be driven down the slab via remote control.
Underground
Liebherr LB 44-510 Rotary Drill Debuts on FAIR Particle Accelerator Project
New drills provide the foundation for antiproton and ion research facility in Darmstadt, Germany.
October 30, 2013
A drill bucket is used to loosen and remove the drill cuttings.
Underground
Badger Underground Aims High with Compact Drill
Boring 80 ft. up a bluff is just another day on this residential trenchless utility contractor's busy schedule
March 15, 2012
Badger Underground used a Grundodrill 4X compact directional drill to complete a difficult gas, water and sewer line installation in Oconomowoc, WI. The homeowners wanted a trenchless application that would not disturb extensive landscaping.
Lifting Equipment
"Octakong" Completes Record Breaking Pile for Hong Kong Bridge
American Piledriving Equipment's massive vibratory pile driver hammer proves instrumental on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Seaway project
February 24, 2012
The Octakong is set up to drive one of the 72-ft.-diameter, 550-US ton steel piles measuring 130 ft. in length.
Vertical Drilling Equipment
Center Rock Drill Breaks Through to Trapped Chilean Miners
Drilling operations at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, have broken through to the miners trapped 2,070 feet underground.
September 20, 2010
Underground
HDD Enables Geothermal Installation
Horizontal drilling application article.
October 1, 2009
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