As California and several other states have recently found out, water conservation is a huge deal to resident’s quality of life and the environment’s overall health. Allowing water to drain naturally is a huge part of keeping our aquifers filled with water, but our roadways and parking surfaces are mostly impermeable surfaces, causing us to redirect rainfall unnaturally into drains and sewers. Sudden and large amounts of rainfall in a short period of time can lead to extremely hazardous conditions, like flooding.
Read moreWatch Two Power Station Chimneys Crash Into Each Other in an Incredibly Controlled Demolition
Building implosions are always fun to watch, although sometimes they just don't go quite right. So when companies can accurately control a demolition and have two structures hit in mid-air, it's a thing of beauty! The Cockenzie power station in Scotland has two 487 foot tall chimneys and when it came time to demolish them, there was no better way then to have them strike mid-collapse.
Read moreCAT Builds the World’s First Moving Golf Course on the Backs of their Dump Trucks
"Our customers work hard, but they also play hard,” said Archie Lyons, Creative Director of Global Brand Marketing for Caterpillar Inc. to explain the crazy site of watching a golf course move around on the backs of several of CAT’s heavy machines. After watching the video below, it seems like the perfect encapsulation of that phrase and a whole lot of fun to try out.
Read more[VIDEO] Two Turner Construction Workers Help Boston PD Catch Crime Suspect
As a crime suspect tried to flee from a veteran Boston police officer, two Turner Construction workers stepped in to help the officer arrest the man.
Read moreWatch this High Rise Building Be Demolished with Absolutely No Regard for Human Life or Safety
This will probably make you pretty upset and we can’t blame you. According to GlobalLeaks News, who posted the video, this approximately 12 story high building was located in India. In the video, you see the building implode successfully into a cloud of smoke. The only problem is, there were still several cars driving on the nearby street!
Read moreThis Construction Crane Sits 10,000 Feet Above Sea Level and It’s Absolutely Breathtaking
Crane manufacturer, Liebherr, is no stranger to clever marketing techniques, and we have to admit, they’re really good at it. In the past, they’ve showed us an incredible display of strength and balance with their biggest crawler crane lifting another crane, which was lifting another crane, which was lifting another crane. This time, they’re logistics and planning skills are on display, as they assemble a crane on one of the most interesting construction sites we’ve ever seen.
Read moreThis Timelapse Video of a 10 Hour Highway Overpass Demolition is Poetry in Motion
There’s no better way to make hundreds of thousands of people angry than top shut down a highly traveled road on a work day. Because of that, the pressure is on for many companies to demolish overpasses in less than a day and open the road back up in time for morning traffic.
Read moreConstruction Heavy Equipment Skills Challenges Are Extremely Fun to Watch
Every two years, the UK puts together a construction Exhibition called Plantworx, which showcases leading construction brands. During the event, there are equipment operator skills challenges, which include block stacking, maze maneuvering, and even basketball. Youtube channel, Awesome Earthmovers, was nice enough to film these for the world to see and the operators of these machines are extremely talented, it’s amazing how gently they can control them.
Read moreThe 10 Largest Construction Machines in the World
There’s no doubt that construction industry has some very impressively sized and powerful machines out there and unfortunately not many of us get to actually use them. Since most of will never be able to drive one of these, we can at least marvel at videos of them. Youtuber JD Rock recently put together a video compilation of the 10 largest construction machines in the world, which you can find at the bottom of this post. To help you understand just how big these things are, the descriptions of each will be listed directly below this paragraph.
Read moreWatch a Construction Crane Lift a Crane, That’s Lifting a Third Crane, That’s Lifting a Fourth Crane
Sometimes it’s not enough for a company to tell you how much weight one of their pieces of equipment can lift, so they have to show you. Liebherr, a German manufacturer of construction cranes, did just that, and in impressive fashion, when they put on a very impressive display of strength and engineering as they had a crane lift 3 other cranes at their yearly customer event.
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