LeTourneau’s Electric Legacy Haunts Las Vegas Mega-Show
It’s showtime for heavy equipment as the worksite of the future evolves to meet the fast-paced needs of the 21st century. Electric drive, pioneered in the last century by earthmoving legend R.G. LeTourneau, is one method suppliers are tapping to push machines to new levels of productivity.
In today’s environment, project plans move so quickly that once contractors get mobilized, “we’re already late,” says Steve L. Massie, chief executive of Williamsburg, Va.-based Jack L. Massie Contractor Inc. and past president of the Associated General Contractors of America. Equipment that works cleaner, more safely and productively “is absolutely critical,” Massie said on March 10 at the Bellagio hotel-casino in Las Vegas, where ENR and AGC hosted a half-day summit titled “Equipment for the 21st Century.”