Rolling Meadows, IL, September 15, 2014 — Komatsu America Corp. introduces its HM300-5 articulated dump truck. The HM300 Tier 4 Final was exhibited earlier this year at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014.

Featuring a net 324 HP (242 kW), the HM300-5 is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D125E-7 engine that is EPA Tier 4 Final emissions certified. Komatsu’s Tier 4 Final engines are built on the solid foundation inaugurated in 1996 with the introduction of Komatsu’s Tier 1 engines. This new articulated ...

The Tier 4 Final/Stage IV-compliant EC480E crawler excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment combines superior efficiency, productivity and durability for maximum profitability in quarry and mass excavation applications.

Construction’s October unemployment rate fell to the lowest monthly level in nearly seven years, as the industry added 12,000 jobs, the Labor Dept. has reported.

Construction economists see the low jobless rate as one signal that the industry may start to have problems finding enough workers for important types of positions.

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its latest employment snapshot, released on Nov. 7, that construction’s jobless rate declined to 6.4% last month, from September’s 7.0%.

The industry’s rate also ...