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Amazing Excavator Attachment Combines Digging and Hammering in One Machine

October 7, 2015 Shane Hedmond
Photo courtesy of The Bayonet Breaker

Photo courtesy of The Bayonet Breaker

During excavations, we typically hope we run into mostly “soft stuff,” that easy to remove dirt that lets us get our work done quickly.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t go exactly like that a lot of the time, whether you run into a large rock that needs broken up or a huge chunk of concrete gets in the way.  When that happens, you either need to change attachments or have another piece of heavy machinery to get the job done.  A Texas business man decided there had to be a better way, so he did something about it.

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In Tools, Technology Tags construction, excavator, excavation, hammer attachment to excavator, Bayonet Breaker
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Contractors Dig Up 200,000 Year Old Fossils, Wooly Mammoth Bones During Excavation

September 17, 2015 Shane Hedmond
Screen shot of Fox 5 News in San Diego, CA

Screen shot of Fox 5 News in San Diego, CA

There has certainly been a lot of interesting things dug up in preparation for construction recently, including a 121 year old time capsule and a mass burial site (yikes).  This time, contractors have uncovered dozen of Ice Age fossils that are between 50,000 to 200,000 years old.

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In Project Management Tags cornerstone communities, carlsbad fossils, excavation, construction, fossils found during construction
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Construction Workers Uncover 121 Year Old Time Capsule and Bottle of Whiskey in Scotland

September 4, 2015 Shane Hedmond
A view from the bridge in Ruthvern, Scotland.  Photo by summonedbyfells, CC BY 2.0

A view from the bridge in Ruthvern, Scotland.  Photo by summonedbyfells, CC BY 2.0

A couple weeks ago, a Pennsylvania construction crew was startled to dig up a century old mass grave site.  This week, a Scottish construction crew uncovered something much less disturbing: a time capsule from the 1800s.

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In Project Management Tags construction, excavation, weird things found during excavations, 1800s time capsule, scotland, kingussive, ruthvern bridge construction
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