The 30 year mark for predictions made by the movie Back to the Future has come and gone, which has sparked a lot of speculation as to what the next 30 years will look like on Earth. Though we didn’t get everything that the movie had promised, the amount of technological advances that have already been made obsolete by newer and better technology is nothing short of amazing.
Read moreThe United States Will Be Pushed Out of the Top 10 Tallest Observation Decks by 2020
If you are looking to visit one of the tallest buildings in the world or, for that matter, experience one of the top ten observation decks in the world, you might want to start looking outside the USA. The Willis Tower in Chicago, IL currently ranks as the 9th tallest observation deck in the world and the only high rise in the United States in the top ten. However, it won't stay this way for very much longer. By 2020 the Willis Tower is expected to fall all the way to #17, and #18 by 2021.
Read more[VIDEO] This Metal Drum Makes Forming Curbs a Whole Lot Easier
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If you have ever had to form and pour curbs before you know they can be an absolute pain. Even the extruded curbs have their limitations and come along with a large piece of machinery. The Curb Roller is a new easy solution to the curb problem.
Read morePneuhook Adds a Hook to Your Pneumatic Tools in 4 Seconds
If you’re frustrated by never having a place to conveniently set down your pneumatic tools, Pneuhook could be the solution you’ve been waiting for. In just 4 seconds, the stainless steel device attaches between your tool and the hose to create a hook that will allow you to hang your tool on your belt, ladder, or any other safe place, instead of trying to balance it in your arms or between your knees.
Read moreDon’t Try This at Home: Bobcat Skid Steer Loads Itself onto Trailer
The most terrifying thing on a job site is when workers get creative with heavy machinery. Sometimes it works out and nobody thinks anything of it, but, if they’re not extremely careful, chaos can’t break loose.
Read moreNew Utility Locator Rope Could Make Accidentally Cutting Utilities a Thing of the Past
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Even after calling the utility companies and waiting for them to come out and mark the ground, it’s still way too easy to hit unknown utility lines and it happens all the time. Call811.com explains that calling 811 (this is for the American folks) before you dig, reduces your chance of hitting a utility line to less than 1%. That may seem like a very small percentage, and it is, but with hundreds of billions of dollars in construction spending each year, that 1% is actually spread across thousands of projects. This also does not include poorly drawn as-built plans that result in major maintenance and renovation problems down the road due to mismarked and misplaced utilities.
Read more[VIDEO] Demolition Nightmare: Hundreds of Rats Found Living Under Concrete in Brazil
Just in time for Halloween, here’s a video of a bunch of dirty rats living below a concrete slab in Brazil that a group of lucky contractors had the pleasure of uncovering. As the crew broke up piece after piece of concrete, more and more rats scurried out in a hurry, much like that scene in the movie Ratatouille, when hundreds of rats fell out of the ceiling. At least those were animated.
Read more[VIDEO] 6 Scottish High Rises Imploded Simultaneously. Well, almost.
Six high rises residential housing building in Glasgow, Scotland were demolished recently with several thousand pounds of explosives, but, just like a championship boxer, a couple of them refused to go down.
Read moreFirst 3D Printed Bridge in Amsterdam Has Officially Begun Construction
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Back in June, we wrote about a 3D bridge printing project in Amsterdam that was in development, the first of its kind. Now, the construction of that bridge has officially begun, though there is one major change to the construction of it.
Read moreMassive 580 Ton Chinese Girder Erection Machine Drops Girders Into Place From Above
A bridge needs to be built, so time to bust out the cranes, right? Not so fast, a Chinese company has built a machine that has a creative way of setting girders into place.
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