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BETTING ON A SURE THING
Back in January, billionaire Warren Buffett partnered with Quicken Loans to give away $1 billion to anyone who successfully predicted the outcome…
FIELD OF GLORY
Today marks the 12th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States that took 3,000 innocent lives. While the impact…
FACT OR FICTION?
A recent article on thoughtcatalog.com, describes the “23 Things Everyone Believes that Have Been Disproven by MythBusters.” Here are just a few…
MOVING HISTORY
When the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis started a major renovation in November 2012, they were looking for a company that…
Impressive Crane Power
At Barnhart, we appreciate amazing crane feats and this demonstration from Liebherr is pretty impressive, even when captured by amateur video. A…
A BALANCING ACT
On June 15th, Nik Wallenda a seventh-generation circus performer, and scion of the famous Flying Wallendas crossed Niagara Falls on a two-inch…
PARTING WORDS
The recent commencement speech given by English teacher David McCullough Jr. to the graduating class of Wellesley High School has ignited a…
THE STARBUCKS LESSON
Fast Company’s list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies includes Starbucks. Why is a company that makes a pretty unimaginative product…
‘Big Al’ handles a range of heavy lifting at the Port of Mobile, AL
Barnhart’s barge-mounted ‘Big Al’ lifts a lot of equipment used to upgrade the port cranes at the Port of Mobile in Alabama….
DID SOMEONE ORDER AN INSTANT BRIDGE?
The New York Times ran an article last week, profiling the replacement of a span of the River Street Bridge in Boston….