Even a historic hurricane couldn’t bring Houston to a halt in 2017. The city’s booming housing market hit record highs last year, and major road upgrades are underway throughout the region. Perhaps even more exciting though, is the renewed surge of industrial space being developed in and around Houston. After six straight quarters of steady… Read Full Article »
Check out Our New Esco Bucket for Ponce Services [Photos]
Recently, we had another opportunity to work with the folks at ESCO to design an excavator bucket solution for our customer, Ponce Services. This local family-owned business has being working with us since 2012. They offer a number of different services, but we have been selling them our ESCO teeth for the demolition side of… Read Full Article »
ESCO Customized XDP Bucket Product Testimonial
If you’ve been following our blog, you may remember that earlier this year we worked with ESCO to design and build a custom excavator bucket for a Houston-based company called Southern Crushed Concrete, Inc. This unique bucket was made with one purpose in mind: breaking up paved concrete so it can be hauled to a… Read Full Article »
Houston Unveils Ambitious 20-Year Downtown Design Plan
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 »
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