Her name is Lena Turek–but on the job site, everyone knows her as “Teaspoon.” The 24-year-old is commanding some of the ...

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.

Seasoned equipment operators can probably share a few horror stories about their time behind the controls of heavy equipment when they first started out. For many, working in the chill or heat and ...

Maximizing the productivity and cost effectiveness of construction equipment is the foremost objective of maintenance managers. To reduce unscheduled downtime and cost, they use a sophisticated ...

The City of Toledo adopted a Vortex simulator due to its versatility and the wide variety of machines that operators can be trained on. In Toledo, Ohio, the Department of Public Service and the ...

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 ...

Five employees from the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Culpeper District earned championship trophies at the annual equipment operators’ competition on June 1 and 2. The event, known as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Luzerne County is trying to attract road and bridge heavy equipment operators by boosting the compensation, but some council members questioned if it will be enough. “We’re undermanned. That’s the ...