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A grader, also commonly referred to as a road grader, motor grader, or simply blade, is a form of heavy equipment with a long blade used to create a flat surface during grading. Although the earliest models were towed behind horses, and later tractors , most modern graders are self-propelled and thus technically "motor graders".
Associated Training Services, commonly known as ATS is a heavy equipment training institution based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was founded in 1959 by Robert Klabacka as the National Institute of Concrete Construction.
A heavy equipment operator operates heavy equipment used in engineering and construction projects. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Typically only skilled workers may operate heavy equipment, and there is specialized training for learning to use heavy equipment.
Section through railway track and foundation showing the sub-grade. Grading in civil engineering and landscape architectural construction is the work of ensuring a level base, or one with a specified slope, [1] for a construction work such as a foundation, the base course for a road or a railway, or landscape and garden improvements, or surface drainage.
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The Galion Iron Works Company of Galion, Ohio, was founded by David Charles Boyd and his three brothers in 1907.In its early years, the Galion produced a wide range of road-building and other construction equipment, such as drag scrapers, plows, wagons, stone unloaders, rock crushers, and a variety of other "experimental machines".
Accredited Crane Operator Certification OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1926 Subpart CC, released August 9, 2010, requires crane operators involved in construction to be certified by an accredited certification provider by November 10, 2014. [1] An operator is defined as any person operating the equipment.
Adams Leaning Wheel grader no.21, outside the original offices the Nungarin roadboard 1910 company catalog, image of Road King No. 12. J.D. Adams & Company was founded in 1885 by Joseph D Adams who invented the first leaning-wheel pull grader and was based in Indianapolis. The company manufactured construction machinery including sheepsfoot ...