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BRAMCO INTRODUCES CHAD DOBSON AS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia Powerscreen Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
PO Box 2505 • Kernersville, NC 27285 Tel: 800-797-7276 Web: www.powerscreenmidatl.com
Bramco Inc. Introduces Chad Dobson as Its New Chief Financial Officer
Bramco Inc., parent company of Brandeis Machinery and Supply, Power Equipment, Certified Rental and Bramco-MPS, introduces Chad Dobson as chief financial officer effective April 11, 2022.
“The Bramco Family of Companies are well respected throughout our region, accustomed to delivering a high level of trust and value to our stakeholders,” said Mike Paradis, Bramco CEO. “As we continue to expand, we feel it is important to invest in experience and leadership for all aspects of our business.”
“Our companies are continuing to grow and change,” said Michael Brennan, president of Bramco. “It is imperative we have a strong financial leader at the helm, ensuring we continue to deliver exceptional quality and service to our customers.”
“Bramco has a wonderful reputation in the industry,” he said. “With such an established history, it is truly remarkable to be part of the growth that is currently taking place at the company. I look forward to being a part of the leadership team and honored to take part in the company’s already prestigious legacy.”
Dobson comes to Bramco with more than 20 years of executive level finance management experience, both in public and private accounting.
Bramco Inc. is one of the largest construction, mining and industrial equipment sales, rental and service networks in the country. Bramco is headquartered in Louisville, Ky., and is the parent company of Brandeis Machinery and Supply in Kentucky, Indiana and portions of West Virginia and Power Equipment in Tennessee, Arkansas, northern Mississippi and southwest Virginia.
ALABAMA
Stone Equipment Co., Inc. 1797-A Fulton Spring Rd. Alabaster, AL 35007 844-786-6373
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CAROLINAS
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Formerly MAY-RHI, Richardson Service 1991, Inc Charlotte, NC 704-228-0455 Clayton-Raleigh, NC 886-629-3784 Grimesland, NC 252-752-1500 Lexington, NC 866-629-3784 Columbia, SC 888-865-1002 Conway-Myrtle Beach, SC 800-968-0754 Piedmont-Greenville, SC 864-434-1154 Summerville-Charleston, SC 843-501-0566 www.nedealers.com
FLORIDA
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772-212-4043
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813-940-4405
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Crosby Equipment Company, Inc. 1826 South Peterson Ave. Douglas, GA 31535 912-384-4664 5368 Hawkinsville Rd. Macon, GA 31216 478-257-8300 www.crosbyequipmentco.com
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Mid South Machinery 3233 Hwy. 80 W. Jackson, MS 39204 601-948-6740 www.gomidsouth.com
Taylor Construction Equipment 3637 N. Church Avenue Louisville, MS 39339 833-773-3421 103 Industrial Park Road Philadelphia, MS 39350 833-773-3421 www.taylorconstructionequipment.com
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Taylor Construction Equipment 104 Brickmill Commercial Dr. Maryville, TN 37801 865-444-0883 132 Industrial Dr. White House, TN 37188 615-392-4803 www.taylorconstructionequipment.com
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of Civil Engineers (ASCE) reported that the state utilized a grant from the Federal Highway Administration to improve work zone safety with an “autonomous impact protection vehicle.”
Impact protection vehicles, driven by humans, protect construction crews from other drivers on the road who are not paying attention to the construction site or have lost control of their vehicle.
A crew member will remotely control the autonomous vehicle, but no humans will be inside during shifts.
“This is a great day for North Dakota to showcase its commitment to innovation,” said NDDOT Director Bill Panos in announcing the program. “This technology is one more tool that we will have available to enhance the safety of work zones in our state.”
The state DOT believes the autonomous vehicle, dubbed the Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator (ATMA), will improve safety in work zones by removing the driver from the impact protection vehicle during normal operation.
“The NDDOT remains committed to its Vision Zero initiative and our goal is to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes,” said Panos.
According to ATMA developer Kratos Defense, highway workers are at especially high risk when assigned to drive an impact protection vehicle.
The truck follows behind slow-moving highway maintenance vehicles as a human-driven mobile crash barrier, absorbing the impact of traffic accidentally entering the work zone.
“Driving a TMA is extremely dangerous and drivers are at serious risk of lifelong injury, painful rehabilitation and even death,” said Maynard Factor, business development director of Kratos. “To eliminate this dangerous assignment, Kratos Defense developed the Autonomous TMA [ATMA] by retrofitting standard TMA vehicles with driverless technology to enable unmanned operation.”
The first ATMA systems were deployed in 2017 and have since then been deployed across the United States and Europe.
The unmanned vehicle operates in a multi-vehicle leader/follower configuration with a human driven highway
Autonomous attenuator vehicles take the driver out of harm’s way while still effectively shielding roadside workers.
maintenance vehicle, the company said.
In the leader/follower configuration, the system enables the maintenance vehicle, or leader, to transmit navigation data via encrypted V2V communications to the ATMA as the follower.
From there, the ATMA uses the data to follow the leader, unmanned, as it travels along the route.
The ATMA systems features component redundancy, an active safety system, high accuracy GPS/GPS-denied navigation, encrypted V2V communications, and multi-modal front and side-view obstacle detection, the companies added.
It also includes a user interface that provides system feedback, situational awareness, multi-camera views and operator controls, according to Kratos.
“These vehicles follow road crews and create a physical barrier between workers and the public that can save a life in the event of a work zone intrusion,” said Terry O’Sullivan, general president of Laborer’s International Union of North America. “Remotely operated equipment protecting the work zone could potentially eliminate deadly work zone intrusions and that is a positive step for work zone safety.”
The Colorado Department of Transportation began using automated TMAs in 2017 after recording 26 incidents of motorists crashing into the vehicles over a four-year period.
Usually unoccupied when protecting a stationary work site, these vehicles have workers following alongside as paving jobs progress.
CDOT began using a remote-controlled impact protection vehicle operated by a driver in another truck traveling ahead of it.
If the wireless connection is lost, the driverless vehicle automatically comes to a stop. If the vehicle with the TMA is hit, there’s nobody sitting in the cab that can be injured.
“People often talk about the coming job displacement of automated vehicles — well this is actually one job I want to get people out of,” said Shailen Bhatt, executive director of CDOT. “The idea that we have a truck (whose) job is to get hit, with someone sitting in it, well that doesn’t make a lot of sense.”
CDOT tried out the driverless TMA on a road striping project in Fort Collins and plans to use it on other projects.
The department believes the technology has the potential to improve work zone safety now and productivity in the future as automation frees up workers to take on other tasks.
Bhatt believes technology “can take transportation safety to a new level and forever improve the way we work. By using self-driving technology, we’re able to take the driver out of harm’s way while still effectively shielding roadside workers.” CEG
John Deere Unveils Its ‘Own It’ Monthly Payment Program
John Deere empowers customers to complete their fleet with the 2022 “Own It” Low Monthly Payment program.
The program allows customers to utilize the low monthly payment offers to get on the path to equipment ownership for a variety of compact and midsize equipment models, including the 317G compact track loader, 318G skid steer loaders, 35G compact excavator, 310L and 310SL backhoes, and 75G and 85G mid-size excavators with specific factoryinstalled configurations.
“Our goal in revamping the ‘Own It’ program for 2022 is to support our customers in growing their business by enabling them to build or expand their fleet with our low monthly payment program,” said Doug Laufenberg, manager, Tactical Marketing and Production Systems.
“These compact and mid-size equipment offerings allow customers to pursue their business goals in a financially friendly and flexible way while tackling the jobs at hand with reliable, powerful equipment models.”
For the first time, select backhoe loaders models are included as a part of the 2022 low monthly payment program.
The 310L and 310SL backhoe loaders, available in both canopy or cab configurations, are designed to take on even the toughest of jobs and are ideal additions to any fleet. The 310SL backhoe loader delivers all the advantages of PCLS hydraulics in the 14- to 15-ft. digging-depth category, enabling operator efficiency and productivity.
The 310L and 310SL are great machines for loading trucks, placing pipes, digging trenches, moving materials and tearing up asphalt, according to the manufacturer.
With the low monthly payment program, operators can own various mid-size excavator models, including the 75G with the cab configuration and the 85G with the engcon tiltrotator. The 35G compact excavator model also is available in canopy or cab configurations within this year’s offers and can be purchased with the attachments and performance package, expanding job site and machine capability.
Attachments included in the performance package include select auger, bucket, grapple and trencher options, promoting machine versatility and efficiency.
Additional compact offerings include the 317G compact track loader, the 318G skid steer loaders and the 35G compact excavator, which is available in canopy or cab configurations.
This year’s “Own It” program will run through Oct. 31, 2022. Exclusions apply. This program will only be available at participating U.S. dealers.
For more information, visit deere.com/ownit.
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www.ccsequipment.com Raleigh/Durham, NC • 919-556-9110 Angier, NC • 919-935-0505 Greenville, NC • 252-712-1033 CLM EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
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