The HeavyQuip Magazine

De Klerk Werkendam is installing 162 sheet piles from an electrified pontoon with a Liebherr LR 1130.1 unplugged, and plans to add more electric cranes

On the Brouwersdam in the Netherlands, the sheet pile structures that help regulate the flow of water between the North Sea and the Grevelingenmeer are 50 years old and due for replacement. The contractor doing the work, De Kl...

Six cameras, AI people recognition and three radars on the Series 9 crawler excavators point to anti-collision systems becoming a jobsite requirement

Collisions between excavators and people on foot remain one of the most serious risks on any construction site. Given the size and weight of the machines, the outcome is often critical and can be fatal. DEVELON’s answer, now ava...

Up to 800,000 Pirelli-branded tyres by 2030 in a new BKT plant, with a 50-50 joint venture envisaged in a second phase

BKT is best known to readers of this magazine for tyres that work in fields, quarries, mines and construction sites. Its latest agreement points somewhere else entirely. Balkrishna Industries (BKT) and Pirelli have signed a strategic agreement under which BKT...

The patented attachment regenerates damaged road surfaces on site, reusing 100% of the existing material

Small patches of damaged asphalt are one of the most frequent jobs in road maintenance, and one of the most wasteful: milled material is removed, hauled away and replaced with new mix. Simex’s ART 1000 takes a different route. The patented technology regenerates the bitumi...

The approval keeps the truck’s warranty intact and lets North American dealers order K-Tec scrapers, hitches and parts directly

For contractors moving dirt over long distances, the choice between haul trucks and scrapers has usually meant running two different fleets. Komatsu is now offering a way to blur that line. The manufacturer has approved the K-Tec 1237 ADT scraper for...