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Skanska Battles US Chamber's Opposition to LEED v4

Contractor resigns from chamber because the organization supports a ban on the use of voluntary LEED environmental certification for government construction

Earthmoving Equipment

Komatsu D61i-23 Dozer Takes GPS Machine Control Undercover

Komatsu America Corp.

Komatsu claims up to a 13% improvement in rough dozing efficiency with the D61i-23 over a conventional D61-23 with add-on machine control.

The D61i-23 with automatic blade control monitors blade load and adjusts blade elevation to minimize track slip.

Don't Let Diesel Engine Reliability Go Out the Exhaust Pipe

How to maintain diesel exhaust aftertreatment systems in your construction work trucks for maximum uptime

Frequency of DPF cleaning intervals can vary depending on the vehicle duty cycle. Trucks operating at highway speeds for extended amounts of time may go as long as 350,000 miles before an ash cleaning is required.

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Skid Steers Rise to the Tier 4 Challenge

Tier 4 Final offers more options and increased performance for your skid-steer loader.

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USGBC's LEED v4 Passes Ballot and Will Launch This Fall

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

The newest version of the LEED green building rating system moves toward an official market launch at Greenbuild

Green Seal Begins Environmental-Certfication Blog

Blog designed to share lessons learned, helpful habits developed over Green Seal's more than 20 years of work

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Construction Safety

AEM Bulletin Warns of ULSD Associated Hazards

Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)

Best-practices bulletin, “ULSD…Not Your Same Old Diesel Fuel Anymore” warns of greater static-electricity-ignition hazards with Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD)

NRMCA Member Takes Leadership Role by Establishing Sustainable Concrete Plants

National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)

Powhatan Ready-Mix's Bryan Park plant in Richmond, Va., has earned NRMCA Green-Star and Sustainable plant certifications

Self-Erecting Tower Crane Helps Restore Ancient Cambodian Mountain Temple

Terex self-erector scrambles up to remote location to lift stone blocks to a max. radius of 78 ft. in shoring up and rebuilding ninth-century temple

A Terex CBR 24 Plus self-erecting tower crane is lifting stone blocks and other materials up to a maximum of two tons or up to its maximum radius of 78 feet.

Fleet Maintenance

Heavy-duty Diesel Engine Oils

EcoPower/Safety-Kleen Inc.

EcoPower heavy-duty diesel engine oils are recycled and refined from reclaimed motor oil

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Telescopic Terex Crane Picks 92 Tons to 262 ft. Erecting German Wind Turbines

German contractor relies on a Terex AC 1000 all-terrain crane to quickly adapt to different-sized towers at multiple locations

The Terex AC 1000 crane was set up with an SSL configuration, a 207-ton counterweight and a 177-ft.-long luffing fly jib on a 39-ft. variable extension (VA) for erecting five wind turbines in Germany.

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2013 Excavator Spec Guide

Green features and model specifications from all of the leading excavator suppliers

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