Cleanup and construction crews may still be working hard to repair the damage done by Hurricane Harvey, but that isn’t stopping Houston’s residents from looking toward the future. This month, two local nonprofit groups revealed a “master plan” that could make sweeping design changes to Downtown Houston over the next 20 years. Officially known as… Read Full Article »
Texas’ Bullet Train Gets One Step Closer to Construction
Currently, it takes about three and a half hours to make the drive from Houston to Dallas-Fort Worth on Interstate 45. Thanks to investor-owned railroad company Texas Central, however, a new bullet train could one day cut the 240-mile trip down to just 90 minutes. Once complete, the train will be the first of its… Read Full Article »
Texans Rally Together in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey
On Saturday, August 26, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the shore of Copano Bay and swept across Texas in one of the most powerful weather events in recent memory. When the storm was over, it had dropped so much rain on Houston that the entire city sank by roughly two centimeters. But by the time… Read Full Article »
How ESCO® Creates Their Loadmaster® Lips
Have you ever wondered how these big loader bucket edges are made? It takes a great deal of engineering, designing, welding, and painting to make these parts. ESCO Corporation has a facility located in Covington, Kentucky that does exactly this along with creating excavator and loader buckets. They put steel plate and castings together for… Read Full Article »
Recycle Bits and Earn Credit With Kennametal’s buyback Program
Modern milling bits might be pretty rugged and durable, but they don’t last forever. We subject our ground engaging tools to some serious wear and tear, and sooner or later those bits will need to be replaced. Chances are, you’ve got a healthy pile of used worn out bits lying around right now. Thanks to… Read Full Article »
“Buy American” Bill Heads to Governor Abbott’s Desk
Thanks to a bill that was recently approved by both the state Senate and House of Representatives, American steel and iron will continue to reign supreme in Texas for the foreseeable future. Commonly known as the “Buy American” bill, Senate Bill 1289 will expand an existing provision which requires many state projects to use steel… Read Full Article »
Industry Groups Come Together to Tackle Texas Labor Shortage
Construction companies in Texas have plenty of work to do, but in recent years many of them have struggled to recruit the talent they need to get the job done. This labor shortage is stretching companies thin in many places, and that’s why a number of different industry groups have launched campaigns to educate people… Read Full Article »
The Texas Oil and Gas Industry Is Getting Some Good News
Things are looking up for crude oil and natural gas producers in the Lone Star State. After weathering an economic slump that has lasted since the market peaked in November 2014, the Texas Petro Index (TPI) has seen steady increases for the last several months. Although some of the metrics that govern the TPI have… Read Full Article »
See Our Custom Concrete-Busting Bucket in Action
Every now and then, one of our customers will approach us with a unique challenge that requires a bit of creative problem solving to overcome. Recently, a Houston-based company called Southern Crushed Concrete, Inc. came to us with just such a challenge. This company tears up paved concrete and hauls it to one of its… Read Full Article »
Bucyrus Blades Branding Announcement
At the end of last year, ESCO sent out a communication that ESCO Corporation is taking the Bucyrus Blades brand back into the global market. This letter is an update to that communication. Two key elements are the development of an all-new Bucyrus Blades logo (shown below) and our fully integrated presence in the ESCO… Read Full Article »
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