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Keith Gribbins has been a technical journalist in the construction industry for the past 20 years, and he’s been working on Compact Equipment since day one. He’s also traveled the world operating equipment and interviewing the minds behind them. In the last three years alone, he’s picked up eight different awards. Find him at kgribbins@benjaminmedia.com.

Articles by Keith Gribbins

Industry Events
Editor at Large: Visiting Caterpillar at Its Tinaja Hills Demonstration & Learning Center

Every time I visit Caterpillar’s massive demonstration and learning center out in the Arizona desert, we end up talking about the futu...

May 15, 2015
Industry Events
Benjamin Media/Compact Equipment to host the 2015 ICUEE Demo Stage

You read right. Compact Equipment and its mother ship company Benjamin Media will have a huge presence at the upcoming ICUEE show, which onl...

May 4, 2015
Engines
John Deere extends generator drive options with new engine lineup

John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) will extend its generator drive power solutions with the introduction of four new PowerTech prime power gene...

April 23, 2015
Publisher's Message
The H-2B Program Gets Shutdown: Pubisher’s Message

Sorry, readers, here’s another new challenge in finding willing workers. The construction and landscape sectors require quality employ...

April 10, 2015
Industry Events
Editor at Large: Visiting Cat’s new facilities in Athens, Ga.

If there’s a Caterpillar facility, we intend to visit it — whether it’s in Peoria, Ill., Tucson, Ariz., or (this week) Ath...

April 8, 2015
Business and Software
Unemployment rate hits 8 year low of 10.6 percent in February

Construction employers added 29,000 jobs in February and 321,000 over the past year, reaching the highest employment total in six years, as ...

March 11, 2015
Industry Events
Bobcat launches third Create & Conserve Contest

Bobcat Co. has once again teamed up with longtime partners Rick and Julie Kreuter — co-hosts of the hit television show “Beyond ...

March 10, 2015
Generators
The Rental Show: Magnum expands product portfolio

Magnum, a leading designer and manufacturer of mobile power products, announced today that its product line has broadened with the introduct...

February 24, 2015
Publisher's Message
Send Us Your Letters

Write or E-Mail Us Your Insights, and We’ll Get Them in the Mag We want to hear more from our readers in 2015. That means you — ...

February 23, 2015
Features
Telehandler Showcase

Compact Telehandlers Continue to Lift Eyebrows Aerial work environments call for extra reach. Construction, landscape and agricultural profe...

February 16, 2015
Features
The options to consider when renting a compact excavator

Earth movers need solid steel to tackle tough terra firma. The shovel, the backhoe and the excavator have all made an impact in the applicat...

February 13, 2015
Business and Software
Construction firms add 39,000 jobs in January, unemployment drops to 9.8%

Construction employers added 39,000 jobs in January and 308,000 over the past year, reaching the highest employment total since February 200...

February 11, 2015
Business and Software
2015 will be the Year of the Contractor

2015 Is the Time to Turn Your Growing Business into a High-Powered Machine An optimist stays up to celebrate the New Year. A pessimist stays...

January 27, 2015
Features
An analysis of the American skid steer market

From Ergonomics to Engines, the Changing Skid Steer Industry of 2015 As in years past, five big brands of skid steers continued to rule the ...

January 20, 2015