.Build – Dedicated Construction & Building Online Space
.Build – the new Internet for the Building & Construction Industry.
.build is an online namespace focused solely on the needs of the building community. The internet is about to expand beyond the limits of the .com world. Beginning next year there will be hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLD), each one focused on a specific community, brand or geography. Associated General Contractors of America said back in March that the .build domain will make it easier for more people to find construction companies on the Web through search engines like Google and Bing.
Diggerland USA
Diggerland USA is a construction themed adventure park where children and their families drive, ride, and operate heavy machinery in a safe family-friendly environment. Experiences that were only dreamed of, or seen on television and in movies, were now made available to anyone who sought the thrill of these great earth-moving metal monsters.
The new theme park site is centrally located behind the existing indoor and outdoor water park in West Berlin, NJ. The facility footprint covers 14 acres and will feature over 23 attractions, all slated for an early summer 2014 opening. The majority of the attractions are comprised of modified JCB heavy construction equipment pieces. The rides have been engineered to allow parents and children the ability to safely operate the machines by themselves or together – digging, driving, and riding. The park is inspired by four other Diggerland locations, all in the UK.
Moley Alligator Shears: Mobile, Adjustable & Powerful
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Moley Alligator Shears: Mobile, Adjustable & Powerful.
Exclusive bolt supporting system that optimizes the cutting process.
BUFFALO, NY | APRIL 23, 2014 – Alligator shears play an important role for metal recyclers by cutting things down to size – literally – enabling shredders to handle oversized materials that would otherwise be difficult or sometimes impossible to digest. They also allow the recycler to “clean” or prepare scrap for shredding by removing unwanted fittings or other parts the shredder may not accept. This adds value to the scrap and improves the quality of the finished frag.
Earth Day: Brass House at Ogden Nature Center
“Brass House” a copper, brass and steel birdhouse, displays at Ogden Nature Center.
Celebrate Earth Day 2014 by taking a stroll down Birdhouse Trail at the Ogden Nature Center to view 66 new birdhouses along with 70+ birdhouses that are all part of the Ogden Nature Center’s annual Birdhouse Exhibit, on display April 19 through August 30, 2014.
The 21st annual birdhouse competition asked participants for creative, functional, environmentally friendly and durable backyard habitats for birds. The competition targets local artists of all ages, offering a chance to submit one or two birdhouses, and to be rewarded for their work.
The Waste & Recycling Industry: 10 Things You Need to Know Today
10 Things You Need to Know For the Waste & Recycling Industry Today
A program in Elmhurst, Calif., will convert food waste to energy. Plans for a waste transfer station in Georgia get scrapped. A Zero Waste community is being planned in Minnesota. These are all among today’s 10 things you need to know from around the waste and recycling industry.
Milton-Madison Bridge Slide
Time-lapse Video of Milton-Madison Bridge’s 55-foot slide from temporary piers to its permanent, refurbished piers.
The deteriorating 84-year-old Milton-Madison Bridge, carries US 421 across the Ohio River connecting the historic towns of Madison, Ind., and Milton, Ky. Using a construction method called “truss sliding,” a new 2,427-foot-long truss will be moved along steel rails and plates and “slide” into place atop the existing piers, which will be rehabilitated. So, on April 10, the new bridge’s 55-foot journey from temporary piers to its permanent, refurbished piers came to a successful completion. (more…)
Private Label Partnership with Minelli s.r.l. of Italy
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Moley Magnetics, Inc. Enters Strategic Private Label Partnership with Minelli s.r.l. of Italy.
Moley Magnetics and Minelli s.r.l. Form Partnership Focusing on A Full-Line of Grapples, including Demolition Grapples, Orange Peel Grapples, as well as Magnet Grapples.
BUFFALO, NY | APRIL 10, 2014 – Moley Magnetics, Inc. is a 20 year knowledgeable and dependable manufacturer and supplier who features three main product lines: magnets, shears & grapples. In addition to electromagnets, Moley has expanded their company to include specialty services, such as, custom fabrication, machining, VFD programming and panel building. Moley Magnetics, Inc. continues to offer the scrap, demolition, railroad, recycling, and distribution industry the best performing, most reliable electromagnets, accessories and repairs on the market.
Smart Recycling: Ford’s 2015 F-150 Use Four Blends of Aluminum
Smart Recycling: Under the advanced recycling plan, pneumatic scrap handling equipment will separate the four types of aluminum alloy.
Ford’s 2015 F-150 will use four blends of aluminum alloy that will be separated and returned to suppliers for recycling. Under the advanced recycling plan, pneumatic scrap handling equipment will separate the four types of aluminum alloy and place them in separate containers, which will be used to haul the scrap metal back to aluminum suppliers Alcoa and Novelis. The lighter material shaves as much as 700 pounds off the 5,000-pound truck, a revolutionary change for a vehicle known for its heft and an industry still heavily reliant on steel.
Construction Firms Add Jobs in 30 States
Even during severe winter weather, construction firms add jobs in 30 states between January and February.
Association officials said the jobs gains came even as many parts of the country experienced unusually severe winter weather, include cold and snowy conditions in the Northeast and Midwest, and warm and unusually dry conditions in much of the Southwest.
Stop Material Theft – ISRI launches Upgraded Version of ScrapTheftAlert.com
ScrapTheftAlert.com is a tool for law enforcement that allows you to alert the scrap industry of significant thefts of materials in the United States and Canada. Upon validation and review, alerts you post are broadcast by email to all subscribed users within a 100 mile radius of where the incident occurred.