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Komatsu Ltd. updated two advanced technology initiatives in April, one aimed at the moon and the other confined to Japan. Komatsu is running simulations of its lunar construction excavator, and a ...

Excavations and trenches have become so commonplace on work sites that some employers and employees have developed a sense of complacency with some of the most basic requirements of excavation safety.

Editor's note: This article has been updated with the assistance of Sejong Ko, product manager—large excavators, Volvo Construction Equipment. If you would, step into the cab of our imaginary ...

Above, a peek inside the construction fence at 135 Lefferts Place, on the northeast corner of Classon Avenue. The Department of Buildings approved permits for a four-family, eight-story residential ...