Related Group Lands $359M for South Florida Construction

TractoPart | Dec 26, 2015 | 0 comments

Rendering of Park Grove at 2701 S. Bayshore Dr. Miami-based luxury developer Related Group secured $359 million in construction loans for three projects under development in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The company closed a $159.5 million loan Wednesday from an affiliate of Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies for its 50-condominium Park Grove development on 5.2

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Are the emerging markets obsessed with skyscrapers?

TractoPart | Dec 21, 2015 | 0 comments

In the past 15 years, construction in emerging markets has changed drastically with 190 new skyscrapers having been built in Dubai compared to just 23 in London. By the end of next year there will be 800 buildings above 152m tall in China while FMG estimates the country will build enough of these huge

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Work begins on London’s super sewer project

TractoPart | Dec 21, 2015 | 0 comments

Work begins on London’s super sewer project The start of major work on the Thames Tideway Tunnel – also known as the ‘super sewer’ – got underway today with the manoeuvring of a crane into place at Blackfriars on the Thames. The purpose of the super sewer is to drastically reduce the overflow into the

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Dakota Access Pipeline inches toward construction

TractoPart | Dec 20, 2015 | 0 comments

The good news keeps flowing for Dakota Access LLC, but not so much for opponents. On Monday, the final order of approval for Dakota Access to construct the controversial oil pipeline in South Dakota was issued by the state’s Public Utilities Commission, and two days later the Illinois Commerce Commission unanimously approved its state’s

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7 train construction will give NYC riders more headaches in 2016

TractoPart | Dec 20, 2015 | 0 comments

JAMES KEIVOM/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Good luck catching a 7 train for a number of weekends during the year. No. 7 train riders who suffered through nearly a dozen weekend closures this year are in store for more pain in 2016. The MTA is closing down 7 service between Manhattan and Queens for eight weekends

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Construction on this Miami-area condo building hasn’t even begun – and a penthouse already sold for $21 million

TractoPart | Dec 13, 2015 | 0 comments

A penthouse in a Miami building that has yet to be completed just changed hands for a whopping $21 million, according to developers Fortune International Group andChateau Group. The entire 51st floor of the 52-story Ritz Carlton Residences at Sunny Isles Beach is currently under contract. Construction will begin on the condo building in

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NYC construction deaths surging due to “overwhelmed” regulators, Times investigative report finds

TractoPart | Dec 11, 2015 | 0 comments

An investigative report from the New York Times has found that the number of construction workers killed on the job in New York City has surged in the last two years, far outpacing the rate of the city’s new construction in that time. Calling safety conditions on NYC jobsites “woefully inadequate,” the Times report says many of the

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Construction on Austin’s $300 million ‘Jenga Tower’ will begin in January

TractoPart | Dec 11, 2015 | 0 comments

Contractors in Austin will begin building the $300-million condo building that resembles a Jenga tower in January, according to media reports. Constructive Venture Inc. and Aspen Heights are coordinating together on the massive project, The Independent, which will feature 370 units, ranging from 675 to 3,485 square feet, spanning 58 stories. The lot that the

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Construction adds 46,000 jobs in November

TractoPart | Dec 11, 2015 | 0 comments

Despite the onset of colder months, construction job numbers are only heating up. Following the addition of 34,000 jobs in October, the industry added another 46,000 jobs in November, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Construction now employs 6.490 million Americans—the highest figure since January 2009 when it employed 6.567 million. This is

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Are ‘missing’ construction workers re-appearing?

TractoPart | Dec 6, 2015 | 0 comments

In surveys, builders keep flagging one major concern: they can’t find enough labor to keep up with their workflow. Yet construction hiring was one of the brightest spots in a stellar November jobs report, with 46,000 jobs added. Residential construction hiring has averaged 10,400 in 2015, down a bit from 13,525 per month in

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The gold mine in North Mara is situated in the north-west of Tanzania, at about 100 kilometres east of Lake Victoria and 20 kilometres south of the border with Kenya. The gold mine works an average of 8,000 tonnes of minerals a day and produced 287,188 ounces of gold in 2015. The gold

WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY

May 1, 2017

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Workers’ Memorial Day, observed each year on April 28, honors workers killed, injured, or made ill at work. Since 1992, BLS has collected data on both nonfatal work injuries and illnesses that result in days away from work, and fatal work injuries. In 2015, the occupations with the highest number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses

TOP 15 CONSIDERATIONS FOR MAINTAINING UNDERCARRIAGE HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY

Apr 28, 2017

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The undercarriage of a machine represents a significant portion of a piece of equipment’s purchase price. Proper maintenance and operation practices are critical for protecting your equipment investment. Undercarriage maintenance is critical to the overall productivity of a machine. It is the mechanism that gives tracked machines much of their power and stability. It also

Deere Adds 8-Year / 20K Hour Warranty on 944K Electric-Drive Components

Apr 27, 2017

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John Deere is now offering a 96-month / 20,000-hour power electronic components warranty on the Deere 944K hybrid wheel loader. The warranty is retroactive to existing machines in the field and provided on new 944K loaders through October 31, 2018. The warranty includes a 96-month (eight-year) or 20,000-hour (whichever comes first) non-prorated assurance on wheel

VERMEER SILVER SERIES DRILL RODS COMPOSED OF S135 COMMON GRADE STEEL

Apr 27, 2017

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Vermeer’s Silver Series drill rod is composed of S135 common grade steel and is threaded in the same facility as the company’s Firestick drill rod with the same column wall thickness. The Silver Series drill rod is available in four sizes: 1.66-inch, 1.9-inch, 2.06-inch, and 2.375-inch, for use on the D7x11 through the D24x40

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