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1000L of fuel in the komatsu. look at the scale, the fuel barrels are a bit over half as tall as the person on the rake end of the dozer. as the guys backaway on a fairly big bulldozer you can see the scale of the komatsu.

Equipment News


Orlando, FL
Auctioneers on Monday announced sales of more than $190 million at a large heavy equipment auction held in Orlando last week.

The five-day auction, which ended Feb. 23, beat the company's previous record of $172 million netted at the same site a year ago. More than 6,000 people from 71 countries registered to participate either in person or on the Web to bid on equipment ranging from more than 340 hydraulic excavators to 180 forklifts, according to a news release.


HK, China
HONG KONG: China Railway Construction Corp, a major builder in China, plans to raise up to $5.4 billion from its Hong Kong and Shanghai initial public offerings despite recent market volatility, a person familiar with the deal said on Monday.

China, aiming to ease bottlenecks caused by its surging economy, earmarked 1.25 trillion yuan for railway infrastructure investment in its five-year plan through 2010, nearly quadruple the levels under the previous five-year plan.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) and ISO today announced a strategic alliance to significantly increase the insurance industry's impact on equipment theft. Through the alliance, the databases of National Equipment Register (NER), a member of the ISO family of companies, will be made more widely available to law enforcement through NICB's network of agents working with law enforcement agencies throughout the country.
JERSEY SHORE — Borough police are looking for two young men who took a front-end loader for a brief joy ride Friday morning before crashing the construction equipment into a parked car and a garage.

Officers say they have a pretty good idea who the thieves are, thanks to a fresh coat of snow and a surveillance camera in a nearby convenience store.

“We’ve had several phone calls since the photo was aired on Channel 16. We’re pretty sure who they are. We’re trying to find them at this point,” Jersey Shore Police Detective Daniel Hull said Friday afternoon as he talked about the incident and the clues left behind.
Bridgewater, Mass. - Thieves find a flourishing market for stolen heavy construction equipment
Ronald Bussiere figured his company’s construction equipment was too big to steal. Then someone swiped a skid steer loader — commonly known as a Bobcat — from a Lynn demolition site eight years ago.

Bussiere expected to be one of the thousands of business owners with construction equipment stolen that would never be found.


Oman
Oman-based Octal Petrochemicals has announced the initial set-up of the heavy equipment for its new PET resin plant, a key element in the company’s drive to establish Oman as a global powerhouse in the plastic packaging industry.


CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill - VIPAR Heavy Duty announced the parts network’s expansion into the commercial vehicle equipment market. The new entity will be known as VHD Equipment Network, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of VIPAR Heavy Duty. VHD Equipment Network will focus on the $9 billion North American commercial vehicle equipment market that represents over 1,700 companies that distribute, install, buy, sell and repair truck-mounted equipment.
DUBAI: The Gulf’s booming construction industry is feeling the heat of soaring materials costs and labour shortages amid concern that supply pressures coud delay the completion of projects.
The economy minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose construction and real estate sectors contributed 23 percent of the economic output in 2007, has warned that supply constraints might slow construction in the area.

“Regional and international factors that could unexpectedly cause a recession (in construction) should be watched, Sheikha Lubna al-Qassemi told an industry conference in Abu Dhabi earlier this month.


List ranks Deere high as corporate citizen
Deere & Co. has achieved its highest rank ever in the annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens” list.
The yearly evaluation, compiled by CRO magazine, scored Deere fourth among more than 1,000 publicly traded, large-cap U.S. companies. The publication is a journal of The CRO, a membership organization for corporate responsibility officers.

Among the categories considered, the Moline-based Deere scored well in climate change and human rights. It also had strong scores for philanthropy, environment and financial performance.

Heavy Equipment News


CALIFORNIA, USA

Leasing Heavy Construction Equipment
Despite an ever-changing economy, equipment leasing might provide a simple solution to grow your business. Think: Fair Market Value Lease, Dollar Buy Out Lease and Commercial Leasing.
Capital is key in order to operate a successful business, especially when the economy is as fickle as it is today. The heavier your cash flow, the greater amount of growth your company will experience. This is especially relevant in the construction industry. For all types of construction, the goal is to complete projects in accordance with plans and specifications, on time, within budget, and at the lowest possible cost. A construction company's success and failure could very well depend on adding a fourth crane to your garage.


FLORIDA, USA

Spacewalkers move heavy equipment - Damage also could be inspected
On the mission's third spacewalk today, astronaut Stanley Love will function like a human forklift, holding three massive -- but weightless -- pieces of equipment while attached to the space station robot arm.
Love will begin the spacewalk at 8:35 a.m. by stepping into the footrests on the robot arm.



Going Once ... Going Twice ... Sold! Thousands to Bid for Equipment - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers to sell thousands of big items this week.

Sure, Central Florida has roller coasters and water slides, but from Tuesday through Saturday, for thousands of people from all over world, the biggest attraction will be Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.


During those five days, bidders will vie for more than 6,100 pieces of equipment, including everything from dump trucks to cranes.


Ritchie Bros. has no idea of how many people to expect, said Doug Tverstol, office manager for the company, located at 700 Ritchie Road in Davenport, but the company has advertised in countries around the globe. An auction in February of last year attracted more than 5,800 bidders from 63 countries.


ILLINOIS, USA

Deere profit up 55% on global demand

Farm-equipment maker Deere & Co., citing what it called 'strongly favorable conditions throughout the global farm sector, topped analyst forecasts by reporting a 55 percent jump in fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday.
For the quarter ended Jan. 31, the Moline manufacturing giant said net income climbed to $369.1 million, from the year-ago $238.7 million, or 52 cents a share.


NEW YORK, USA

International sales boost Deere & Co. profits by 54%

Deere & Co., one of the world's largest producers of farm equipment, said on Feb. 13 that fiscal first-quarter profits increased 54 percent as the heavy equipment maker posted strong international sales.



TENNESSEE, USA
Father, son brought heavy equipment to help save trapped Union students

Randy Campbell felt scared stiff as he worked in a trackhoe to pull students from collapsed buildings on Union University's campus the night of Feb. 5 tornado.
"I was scared I'd make a mistake and break a slab or hit the (trapped) boys," said Campbell, 49.
Firefighters and rescue personnel also dug at the debris with their gloved hands to reach students.While on the scene, officials requested Campbell, a former longtime Madison County firefighter, to bring his trackhoe to help with rescue efforts.
"The machine was able to move the heavy stuff that they would have had to break up into pieces to move," Campbell said Saturday. "It just made things go so much faster."

INDONESIA

Indonesia`s United Tractors January heavy equipment sales up 60 pct
Indonesia's PT United Tractors said Friday its "Komatsu" heavy equipment sales rose 60 percent to 491 units in January from 306 a year earlier, led by sales to the mining and agriculture sectors.


The "Komatsu" heavy equipment grabbed a 55 percent market share in Indonesia during the month, the company told Thomson Financial.

Backhoe Dance

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IECM Conference 2008

Dear CEIM Students


Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) is organizing "International Engineering and Construction Management" Conference on 3-4 March 2008. http://www.iecmthailand.com/ Asian Institute of Technology/CEIM is one of the sponsoring organizations.

The organizer is kindly inviting 15 CEIM/AIT students to attend this conference for free (including lunch).

CEIM will provide and arrange transportation for students who are interested to join.

As of today, I received several names who are interested to join:
01. Mr. Arthasit (Thailand)
02. Mr. Alex (Myanmar)
03. Mr. Phoutassen (Lao PDR)
04. Ms. Cam Thien (Vietnam)
05. Mr. Hiep (Vietnam)
06. Mr. Kang Ning Fu (Taiwan)
07. MR. Tran Minh Tung (Vietnam)
08. Mr. Tran Huong Quang (Vietnam)
09. Mr. Bhanupong (Thailand)
10. Mr. Rathsayam (Thailand)
11. Ms. Piyada (Thailand)
12. Mr. Hassan Faziliani (Iran)
13. Mr. Weerayudh (Thailand)
14. Mr. Andreas Adihartanto (Indonesia)
15. Mr. Alvin (Indonesia)

Below students have to wait for the organizer to confirm whether more than 15 students can join:

16. Mr. Ahsem Maqsoom (Pakistan)
17. Ms. Vivi Megawati (Indonesia)
18. Ms. Atcharaporn (Thailand)
19. Ms. Katsuda Limsila (Thailand)
20. Mr. Braj Mahato (Nepal)


Regards
Hadikusumo

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Global Used Construction Equipment D11R Cat for sale

Well todays blog will be related to my recent trip to Saudi and the potential to sell D11R Cat crawlers. Wow. I'm well traveled but this was a new experience for me! Defiantly a different place culture wise! However, I was treated well and have no complaints about the people I met (with the exception of the cab drivers).

There is huge potential for selling used equipment in Saudi. The Saudis' are in the process of diversifying their economy and improving their infrastructure. For example, the $5 billion Land Bridge project which is connect Jeddah and Riyadh will serve a two fold purpose. First it will help transform the regions existing railway system and will also service the newly developing mining sector.

CEIM Community congratulates Dr. Nguyen Duy Long (CEIM 2003) who has succesfully finished his PhD at UC Berkley

From Dr. Chotchai:

Dear Dr. Long,

I am very happy on ur major mailstone acheivement. Seeing our students
being successful is one of the major job statisfaction of teachers. One
student told me that AIT was like a star gate. Ordinary people came to
AIT. Once they go out, they can go as far as they can be.

As always,

Dr. Chotchai
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From Prof. Ogunlana:

Dr. Long,

Congratulations!

Please use S.O.Ogunlana@hw.ac.uk in further correspondences.

Best wishes,

Stephen Ogunlana
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From Dr. BHW Hadikusumo:

Dear Dr. Nguyen Duy Long

Congratulations for you successful achievement in getting the highest
degree in education.

Regards
Hadikusumo
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From Mr. Setha Yoosomsook

Hi Mr.Long,
Long time no see, "Our usual words".
Congratulations !!!
Wish you enjoy the work there, and
when back to here, do not forget to
get pass Bangkok.
Take Care
Settha
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From Suchanya:


Dear Long,
...You Did So Well...
CONGRATULATIONS!!

Suchanya (moodang)
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From Ria:

Congratulation Mr. Long
May you have a bright future a head with PhD in your hand
-ria-
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From Dr. Dinh Tuan Hai:

Best wishes to Long and families.
Hai
Vietnam
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From Patchawarat Jasopasrat

Congratulation naka... Mr. Long...
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From Nguyen Van Thuyet:

So great Mr. Long. Big Congatulations....
Hope to see you there in US :-)
P/s: Happy new year to All
Regards,
Thuyet NGUYEN



Posted by
Dr. BHW Hadikusumo
CEIM Coordinator
http://www.set.ait.ac.th/ceim/

" CEIM offers Master and Doctoral degrees in Construction Project Management and Infrastructure Management in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam "

Job Vacancy at CUEL - Project Planner

Dear All

I received this from our alumni, Dr. Djoen Santoso.

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My company CUEL is looking for a project planner who have experience in P3.

Urgent!

Best Regards,

Kanchana Varoonchotikul
CUEL Project Planner

Tel 0-2500-1338

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Note: CUEL is a company operating in oil and gas projects.


Posted by
Dr. BHW Hadikusumo
CEIM Coordinator
http://www.set.ait.ac.th/ceim/

" CEIM offers Master and Doctoral degrees in Construction Project Management and Infrastructure Management in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam "

Yakety Excavator


The background music is classic!

Caterpillars at Work Video


Caterpillar 345 B and D9N

Recent Heavy Equipment News


UK
It's happening over there too :(
Heavy mining equipment stolen
THIEVES broke into Edwinstowe's Thoresby Colliery earlier this week stealing 20 brass connector blocks from a compound area at the Ollerton Road site. Police are now investigating the incident which happened overnight between 28th and 29th January.

Insp Andy Ghan, local area commander for Sherwood, says the brass connector blocks were newly delivered heavy mining equipment.


KOREA
Hyundai Heavy's Profit Soars 79 Percent
SEOUL, South Korea - Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Thursday its profit soared 79 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, rounding out a record earnings year for the world's largest shipbuilder.

Hyundai Heavy Industries earned 512.9 billion won ($546.8 million) in the three months ended Dec. 31, the company said in a statement. It posted net profit of 286.9 billion won in the same quarter a year ago.

Sales during the quarter rose 18 percent to 4.25 trillion won ($4.53 billion) from 3.6 trillion won a year earlier.


OREGON, USA
When construction slows, workers turn to snow
Heavy equipment sits silently at an excavation site, one of many such job sites around Central Oregon where winter snow means work slows or grinds to a halt.

The operations manager says they have to wait out the snow, and while it's interesting to see it collect atop mounds of material, the weather is putting many local construction workers out of work.

"Vacation is not an option this year," concrete worker Ken Dority said Wednesday.


MICHIGAN, USA
Snow equipment can handle heavy storm
Road commission equipment is able to remove large quantities of snow.

Would Lenawee County be paralyzed for nearly a week by another storm of the magnitude of the 1978 blizzard?

Lenawee County Road Commission equipment would still be pinned down while heavy snow is falling and being whipped by 60 mph winds. But a break in the weather would give drivers a chance to push snow faster and farther with the equipment the agency is stocked with today, said road commission officials.


ARIZONA, USA
Big machines to vie at Rodeo Grounds
The Tucson Rodeo Grounds will be the site of the third annual Heavy Equipment Rodeo involving dump trucks, graders, and backhoes Saturday.
City and county transportation departments will provide the heavy equipment and operators competing in maneuvering the big machines through a maze of cones and barricades.


USA
Caterpillar upsets some Methodists
Methodist renewal advocate Mark Tooley says United Methodist Church officials are urging church agencies and members to divest their holdings in Caterpillar Incorporated, for doing business with Israel.

Tooley, who directs the United Methodist Committee at the Institute on Religion and Democracy, says the UMC has about $15 million of Caterpillar stock in its pension fund. But he says the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society has unveiled a proposal to divest from Caterpillar ahead of the church's governing General Conference in April. Several United Methodist regional conferences have endorsed anti-Israel divestment, according to Tooley.

Happy Lunar New Year


Dear All

CEIM wishes you Happy Lunar New Year (Rat Year)!

May this New Year bring happiness, health and prosperity to you, family and friends.

Posted by
Dr. BHW Hadikusumo
CEIM Coordinator
http://www.set.ait.ac.th/ceim/

" CEIM offers Master and Doctoral degrees in Construction Project Management and Infrastructure Management in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam "

Dr. Chotchai and Dr. Hadikusumo organized MPM and CEIM Introductory Seminar in Saigon on 29 Jan 2008

On 28 January 2008, Dr. Chotchai and Dr. Hadikusumo organized "MPM and CEIM Introductory Seminar" in SEAMEO, Saigon. The purpose of the seminar is to explain our MPM and CEIM program and curriculum to potential students.

Dr. Chotchai made a presentation on "The Need of Higher Education in Project Management". According to him, the construction growth in Vietnam is very high at about 12% of the National GDP. Vietnam is facing a new environment in constructing projects such as international investors and high complexity projects. He discussed that there is a big opportunity in the project management career especially for students who get their degree from international universities. Many Foreign Direct Investors project need qualified engineers who have good project management knowledge and English proficiency.

He mentioned that so far engineers learn project management through (i) short course training which is not sufficient to learn holistic view of project management and (ii) experience which may cost a lot of money since delay and cost overrun may happen.

Short course trainings usually only teach the hard components of project management such as cost estimation and control and project scheduling. However, due to the nature and characteristic of projects in which many companies and people work together at the same time, Project Manager needs to have the 'soft components' of project management such as communication management and skills, negotiation, team management, leadership, project organization and contract risk management which hardly can be learned through a short course training. This is one of the reasons for why CEIM offers higher education (i.e. master and doctoral) in Project Management in Construction.

Another reason, project manager needs to develop his/her problem solving skills. This problem solving skill can only be learned through intensive research work in which a scientific approach is used (observation, hypothesis development, hypothesis testing and analysis).

After Dr. Chotchai's presentation, Dr. Hadi made a presentation about 'Professional Master of Engineering in Project Management in Construction (MPM)' and 'Two-Phase Master and PhD'. Dr. Hadi highlighted that MPM is designed based on a balance between theoretical and practical aspects of project management knowledge while two-phase programs emphasize more on the theoretical aspects. Therefore, MPM is suitable for professionals who have been working in construction industry for at least three years, while two phase programs are suitable for fresh graduate engineers and researchers.

The seminar was attended by 25 potential students.

Posted by
Dr. BHW Hadikusumo
CEIM Coordinator
http://www.set.ait.ac.th/ceim/

" CEIM offers Master and Doctoral degrees in Construction Project Management and Infrastructure Management in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam "

CEIM Joined SET Promotion in Vietnam

On 28 to 29 January 2008, CEIM joined SET Promotion in Vietnam. We visited several organizations and universities in Vung Tau and Saigon as follows:
  • VietSov Petro, Vung Tau
  • Ba Ria Vung Tau University
  • PetroVietnam Manpower Training College, Vung Tau
  • Hoa Sen University, Saigon
  • Van Lang University, Saigon
From our visits, we receive several potential collaborations to expand CEIM operation in Vietnam.

Posted by
Dr. BHW Hadikusumo
CEIM Coordinator
http://www.set.ait.ac.th/ceim/

" CEIM offers Master and Doctoral degrees in Construction Project Management and Infrastructure Management in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam "

Senior Project Manager Job Vacancy in Vietnam

Dear All

I read this advertisement in UK Telegraph News.

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http://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/job/105670-permanent-vietnam-senior-project-manager-vietnam.aspx?FromRSSFeed=14


Employer: Beresford Blake Thomas
Location: Vietnam
Salary: On Application
Benefits: Full Remuneration and Benefits Package

Senior Project Manager

Vietnam

Excellent Remuneration Package

Our client is an international management consultancy advising, facilitating and delivering projects in property and commercialization. The company services the sectors of property, hotel, commercialization, retails, infrastructure, aged care, telecommunications, technology and infrastructure. They require an experienced Senior Project Manager.

You should have tertiary qualifications in construction, engineering or building discipline. Relevant experience in hotel, resort, retail or commercial experience is an advantage, and international work experience is highly preferred.

You must have highly developed communication skills and be confident in coordinating multiple activities and staff, You must be willing to take a ‘hands on’ approach and strong leadership skills are a must.

In return you will get great career development, an excellent remuneration package and the opportunity to work ona variety of exciting projects.


========= Good Luck ====================

Posted by
Dr. BHW Hadikusumo
CEIM Coordinator
http://www.set.ait.ac.th/ceim/

" CEIM offers Master and Doctoral degrees in Construction Project Management and Infrastructure Management in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam "