It can be hard to find operators to work solar power installations in remote locations, prompting some contractors to explore autonomous earthmoving equipment. With a tight labor market and ...

Did you play with toy tractors and cranes when you were a kid? Construction equipment operators get to work with the real things and earn more money as they master each piece of equipment. But this ...

To help meet the industry’s persistent demand for heavy equipment operators, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers has gone virtual. Facing a bottleneck in getting apprentices ...

Paving equipment has come a long way in the past decade as manufacturers continue to improve their products’ features and capabilities in order to ensure optimal production speed and pavement quality.

After struggling to fill the equipment operator positions in its Highway Department in recent times, Logan Township is resorting to an open interview session from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the township ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville is answering a call directly from the local construction industry. The college’s heavy equipment operator training ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The best of the best from the Metro Public Works competed in a two-day showdown. They have been competing in the annual State Equipment Operators’ Safety and Training ...

Question: Now that spring if finally here, I am seeing a lot of tractors, sprayers and other large equipment on the highways. A number of them didn’t appear to be using their flashing lights, slow ...

There's a new venue for learning how to operate heavy equipment. Dig This Las Vegas, billed as the "world’s first heavy equipment playground," is opening its Dig This Academy, an entry-level heavy ...

Across Idaho’s six districts, a dedicated group of trainers is shaping the future of the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), one operator at a time. From safety-focused instruction to hands-on ...