Lucky escape for driver of plummeting excavator in Ohio

July 21, 2015

Thankfully no workers were injured when an excavator plummeted onto a road during a bridge demolition in the US state of Ohio.

An amateur video captures the moment the bridge gave way, leaving a second excavator luckily in place on the other half of the bridge.

The incident occurs at the very start of the video clip, so viewers may have to ‘rewind’ several times to get the best picture of the excavator hitting the ground.

Parking problem

An Australian couple caused something of a parking problem with their vehicle in a quiet residential Sydney side-street. The issue was that their vehicle should have been in the air rather than on the ground, as it was a single engine Piper aircraft.

May 31, 2022

US labour shortage: an ever-growing problem

It’s a tight labour market that is hurting the construction sector. But there are ways to ensure a company has the best possible recruitment drive, according to the AEM, Association of Equipment Manufacturers*.