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Volvo’s Hagerstown Manufacturing Installs Parking Lot Solar Canopy

The canopy contains approximately 5,000 solar panels, producing 1.3 MW of electricity and is part of the plant target to reduce energy intensity by 25% over a 10-year period.

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Pavement Paved with Plastic

Pavement made out of recycled plastics bottles is the latest trend in building sustainable roads.

The latest innovation in sustainable roadways are those made out of recycled plastic bottles. Plastic bottles are recycled into jeans, toys, furniture and, yes, more plastic bottles. The Dutch city of Rotterdam wants to turn them into highways.

D. L. Gasser's Cold In-Place Recycling Cuts Road Material Cost 25%

D. L. Gasser, a division of Mathy Construction, also finds cold in-place recycling process halves reflective cracking over 10 years, compared to conventional mill-and-fill on rural roads

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Amazon to Build 900 Acre Solar Farm in Virginia

The project to be built for Amazon Web Services in Accomack County will span 900 acres and use 250,000 solar panels, enough to quadruple the state’s solar footprint when it is completed next year.

Backhoe Loaders

JCB Launches Compact Version of its 3CX Backhoe-loader

Compact model is 35% smaller than the standard 3CX but retains the power and speed of its bigger brother

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New Technique Could Make Cement Manufacturing Carbon-Neutral

Cement manufacturing accounts for 7% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. UCLA scientists have created a cycle that captures CO2 emissions before they are released into the air.

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OR Planning First Cross-laminated Timber High-rise Structure

A $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping pave the way for a 12-story cross-laminated timber building in Portland

Project Management

[VIDEO]Why Caterpillar Shot the Built For It Trials, And How it Worked

Caterpillar corporate creative director, Archie Lyons, talks about why the company shot seven little stories to put a human face on its heavy iron, and what kind of results they got

[VIDEO]Why Caterpillar Shot the Built For It Trials, And How it Worked

Construction News Tracker

[VIDEO]Special Report: 400-lb Strongman Challenges Cat D10 Dozer in Frozen Iceland

You won’t believe the outcome in a tug-of-war confrontation between Game of Thrones titan "Thor” Björnsson and a Caterpillar D10 dozer on the 400-lb. strongman’s home tundra in Iceland

[VIDEO]Behind the Scenes: What happens when a 400-lb strongman takes on a Cat D10 dozer in frozen Iceland

[VIDEO]Epic Tug of War: Cat D10 vs Game of Thrones' Mountain

You won't believe the outcome when Caterpillar's Built For It Trials pit a D10 dozer against 'Thor' Björnsson in a tug of war on the Game of Thrones star's Icelandic home tundra

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Mini Excavators

Hyundai Tier 4 Final 9A Series Compact Excavators

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1.7- to 8.2-metric ton models feature environmentally friendly engines that provide efficient fuel combustion and reduced noise

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[VIDEO]Tug of War Behind the Scenes: Cat #BuiltForIt Trials

See how Caterpillar pulled off a man-versus-machine tug of war in Iceland in four hours of daylight when temperatures fell to 22 deg. F below zero and the wind cranks up to 65 mph

[VIDEO]Tug of War Behind the Scenes: Cat #BuiltForIt Trials

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