Hitachi to debut LANDCROS CONEXPO-CON

In October 2025, Hitachi Construction Machinery announced that beginning in April 2027, its official corporate and brand name will change to LANDCROS. Hitachi’s exhibit at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 in the Festival Grounds will celebrate the company’s past and present while looking ahead at its future as LANDCROS, offering solutions beyond machinery. Hitachi’s open area booth will […]
ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator Falls to Four-Year Low in January; Contractor Confidence Grows

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Associated Builders and Contractors reported that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.0 months in January, according to an ABC member survey conducted Jan. 20 to Feb. 3. The reading is down 0.2 months from December and 0.4 months from January 2025. View ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator and Construction Confidence Index for January. View the full Construction Backlog […]
GOMACO debuts new machines CONEXPO-CON

The new GP348 slipform paver is the industry’s first combination concrete slipform pavers and placer/spreaders on two tracks. GOMACO GOMACO introduces its first four-track placer/spreader slipform paver With the new GP348, GOMACO is building on the success of the GP360 and GP460, the industry’s first combination concrete slipform pavers and placer/spreaders on two tracks. The […]