Caterpillar has transformed a 1,858 square-meter outdoor exhibition space at the Las Vegas Convention Center into a park where CONEXPO-CON/AGG visitors can learn more about the company’s long history of innovation and sustainability leadership. Called Generations Park, the venue was built by Las Vegas-based Sun City Landscapes, Inc. using Cat equipment that was sold and supported by Cashman Equipment Co., the regional Cat Dealer.
Following CONEXPO-CON/AGG, more than 98 percent of the materials used in the construction of the park will have a second life. Paving blocks and concrete products donated by Pavestone Company of Las Vegas will be returned for reuse or recycling. Other materials will be donated to Opportunity Village, a local organization that provides vocational training, employment services and social experiences to people with intellectual disabilities, and Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas, an agency devoted to helping children and youth achieve their full potential.
On display in Generations Park are both the oldest and newest products in the Cat line. The Caterpillar Expo Twenty Tractor is a pre-production example of the first tractor model wholly designed and built by what was once called Caterpillar Tractor Co. Manufactured in 1927, it shares exhibit space with the Cat CT660 Work Truck, a 21st-century vocational truck that is being introduced at CONEXPO-CON/AGG and will be commercially available later in 2011.
