Technology has never built anything on its own. The contractors who win with AI will be the ones who invested as much in their people as in their platforms.

For the second consecutive category in this year's report, last year's projected decline failed to materialize at the contractor level.

Brady Umberger steps in from TAG Manufacturing, and ADM signals continuity for the contractors who run its plants.

SANY has produced its 1,000th electric excavator while expanding deployment of remote-controlled equipment, autonomous rollers and smart mining technologies.

The new FC75 features a modular tooth system designed to streamline demolition, pulverizing and material processing while reducing equipment changeovers.