Turner Construction Uses World's First Electric Skid Steer on Project

Turner Construction, the country’s largest general contractor by revenue, deployed what it claims is the world’s first all-electric skid steer on the $550 million Gateway project at the University of California, Berkeley. 

The Bobcat T7X electric track skid steer uses a 62-kilowatt lithium-ion battery that lasts for four hours of continuous use, or a full day of intermittent work, and can be deployed for both exterior and inside jobs, since it doesn’t produce emissions. 

“The electric construction equipment market depends not just on the development of the technology itself, but on a contractor’s willingness to pilot, rent and streamline that equipment too,” said Emi LaFountain, Turner’s regional sustainability manager. “It’s thrilling to be at the crux of both positions and be a part of that push for a lower-carbon jobsite.”

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