Construction Equipment Guide

ARTBA Forecasts 4 Percent Growth in ’04 Highway Construction Market

2003-12-24T11:19:00.000-05:00

Spurred by continued increases in federal funding and renewed economic growth, the U.S. highway construction market should grow 4.2 percent in 2004, the chief economist of the Washington D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said.

William Buechner, ARTBA vice president of economics and research, said the expected congressional approval of $33.6 billion in federal highway investment for fiscal year 2004 –– an increase of $2 billion over fiscal year 2003 levels –– will drive the market growth. Click for more...

ARTBA Forecasts 4 Percent Growth in ’04 Highway Construction Market

GLF Raises Wilmington Bypass Over Protected Wetlands

2003-12-24T11:17:00.000-05:00

Travelers passing through Wilmington, NC, will soon have an alternative route –– the new U.S. 17 bypass.

Divided into four projects, construction of the new bypass will route traffic eastbound on I-40 and southbound on U.S. 17 around Wilmington, improving access to the State Port at Wilmington and Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal. Click for more...

GLF Raises Wilmington Bypass Over Protected Wetlands

Engine Distributors, CK Power Become Flint Power Systems

2003-12-24T11:16:00.000-05:00

Engine Distributors Inc., based in Albany, GA, acquired C K Power of Florida from its parent company, C K Power in St. Louis. With this acquisition, Engine Distributors Inc. and C K Power of Florida merged into a new company, Flint Power Systems.

Flint Power Systems is a full-service power systems dealer, providing sales, parts and service for engines, power units, generator sets and pumps. The company is a factory-authorized distributor of John Deere, Isuzu, Mitsubishi and Hatz. Click for more...

Engine Distributors, CK Power Become Flint Power Systems

Gregory Poole Celebrates Fluid Lab’s One-Millionth Sample

2003-12-24T11:15:00.000-05:00

Gregory Poole, a Raleigh, NC-based Caterpillar equipment dealer, celebrated receiving its one-millionth fluid sample on Dec. 1, an achievement illustrating the tremendous growth the company’s fluid analysis lab has experienced over the past six years.

“It took 22 years to reach half a million samples,” said Bill Wolf, Gregory Poole’s S•O•S fluid analysis lab manager, “but it only took six years to get the second half million.” Click for more...

Gregory Poole Celebrates Fluid Lab’s One-Millionth Sample

Athletic Services Rounds Third On Phillies’ Clearwater Ballpark Project

2003-12-24T11:05:00.000-05:00

When Ray Kinsella heard the words “If you build it, they will come,” the Iowa farmer plowed through his corn to construct a baseball field.

The 1989 movie Field of Dreamsand Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, left to the imagination what Athletic Services is making a reality at the new spring training facility of the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, FL. The company is transforming 12,000 tons (10,900 t) of rock, stone, clay, greens mix, sand and sod into a modern playing field that will begin hosting training games this upcoming spring.Click for more...

Athletic Services Rounds Third On Phillies’ Clearwater Ballpark Project

Six Decades Later, Work on World War II Memorial Begins

2003-12-09T11:12:00.000-05:00

SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) For Tom Proctor, there could be no better day than Sunday to break ground for Illinois' memorial to the veterans of World War II. Exactly 62 years earlier, Proctor was sitting down to breakfast at Pearl Harbor when his anti-aircraft weapons unit was called out. The Japanese had attacked, and America was suddenly fighting in World War II. Click for more...

Six Decades Later, Work on World War II Memorial Begins

Building Initiative Making Over Georgia Tech, Downtown Atlanta

2003-12-09T11:11:00.000-05:00

ATLANTA (AP) Students returning to Georgia Tech this fall found a half-billion dollars worth of labs, classrooms and other buildings that weren’t there when classes started in 2002.

One-sixth of all space in use at the college this fall is new, in what university officials call the biggest higher-education building boom in the United States. In the next few years, the price tag on construction projects at Tech is expected to near $1 billion. Click for more...

Building Initiative Making Over Georgia Tech, Downtown Atlanta

Head of Animas-La Plata Construction Panel Replaced After Cost Overruns

2003-12-09T11:09:00.000-05:00

DENVER (AP) The chairman of a panel overseeing the Animas-La Plata Project has been replaced after cost overruns raised the estimated price of the water storage facility by nearly 50 percent, to $500 million. Pat Schumacher, a Bureau of Reclamation employee in Durango, was removed as chairman and replaced by Rich Ehat, the project's construction engineer, bureau Commissioner John Keys said Dec. 4. Click for more...

Head of Animas-La Plata Construction Panel Replaced After Cost Overruns

Digging Up Dirt for the New Newseum in Washington D.C.

2003-12-09T11:08:00.000-05:00

WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) The Freedom Forum broke ground Dec. 4 on its new, larger Newseum and showed off its plans for a six-story building west of the Capitol. "Today we start doing what newspeople are good at, we start digging up dirt," said Charles Overby, chairman and chief executive officer of the Freedom Forum, which funds the Newseum. Click for more...

Digging Up Dirt for the New Newseum in Washington D.C.

Tampa Firm Uses Grinder to Efficiently Rid Green Waste

2003-12-09T11:07:00.000-05:00

The Tampa-St. Petersburg area, like most of Florida, is experiencing solid growth at a time when a large segment of the construction industry is feeling a downturn in business in other regions of the country. Click for more...

Tampa Firm Uses Grinder to Efficiently Rid Green Waste

Marines Capture Vintage TD-18 From State Line Machine

2003-12-09T11:05:00.001-05:00

On Sept. 24, 2003, the United States Marine Corps 4th Combat Engineers Battalion descended on State Line Machine Inc., in Wilmington, DE, and captured a piece of history — an International Harvester (IH) TD-18 diesel crawler tractor equipped with a Bucyrus-Erie angle blade. Click for more...

Marines Capture Vintage TD-18 From State Line Machine

WI’s Highway 35 Affords Majestic River View

2003-12-09T11:05:00.000-05:00

Wisconsin’s picturesque, often gorgeous, Highway 35 sometimes winds between 500-ft.-high wooded bluffs, green woods and the Mississippi River. From the road you may see a white paddle wheel steamboat come into view like a ghost from the past, its large wheel pushing majestically through the water. Click for more...

WI’s Highway 35 Affords Majestic River View

RED HORSE Squadron Paves Way in Omani Desert

2003-12-09T11:03:00.000-05:00

The men and women in the RED HORSE Squadron of the United States Air Force are called upon to complete projects all over the globe. Often, they are the first unit in and will be the last one out. They are self-sufficient and have all they need when they travel, including carpenters, medics and cooks. Sometimes their projects are completed under enemy fire. It is the ultimate deadline pressure any builder can face. Click for more...

RED HORSE Squadron Paves Way in Omani Desert

Arcon Transforms NC Farm Into Modern Community

2003-12-02T09:40:00.000-05:00

When 500 acres of North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad was first settled in 1903, the land was home to a hunting lodge, a place for one New York man to enjoy a respite from the hurried streets of the Northeast. One hundred years later, the same 500 acres is being molded into Brightwood Farm, a modern mixed-use community with more than 1,600 single and multi-family homes encircled by walking and biking paths. Click for more...

Arcon Transforms NC Farm Into Modern Community

Volvo Makes Tracks in Hilton Head Soil

2003-12-02T09:39:00.000-05:00

In the wet soil of Hilton Head, SC, the arms of Volvo excavators reach high up into the blue skies. Beyond them, articulated trucks cut through mud in preparation for new development. And in what is becoming the highly-developed Lowcountry of South Carolina, P.B.G. of Hilton Head, based in Bluffton, SC, is developing an approximately 6,000 acre (2,428 ha) residential development that will include a total of 5,000 new homes. Click for more...

Volvo Makes Tracks in Hilton Head Soil

JCB Entertains, Educates at Third Savannahfest

2003-12-02T09:38:00.000-05:00

JCB hosted its third annual Savannahfest the week of Oct. 13 through 17 at its North American headquarters and manufacturing plant in Savannah, GA. Since it began, the event has been an opportunity for hundreds of JCB customers to come to Savannah with their local JCB dealer to tour the plant, operate equipment, experience the equipment show, get to know the people behind the scenes at the company and enjoy lots of good food and entertainment. Click for more...

JCB Entertains, Educates at Third Savannahfest

Knightdale Bypass Rises Near Raleigh

2003-12-02T09:36:00.000-05:00

Contractors have one year left before the scheduled completion of North Carolina’s Knightdale Bypass, a project that includes 14 mi. (22.5 km) of six-lane divided highway and 24 bridges near Raleigh, NC. Click for more...

Knightdale Bypass Rises Near Raleigh

Digging Beneath a New York City Landmark Church

2003-11-25T17:28:00.000-05:00

When the Gothic-style Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church was built in 1873, its 286-ft. spire was the tallest in New York City. Click for more...

Digging Beneath a New York City Landmark Church

Whitney and Son Counsels Shaw on the Right Metsos

2003-11-25T17:25:00.000-05:00

When a company finds a way to significantly increase efficiency in these economically tough times, it wants to spread the word. This is how Shaw Brothers feels about the two pieces of equipment it recently purchased: a used Metso (Nordberg) LT125SBR portable crusher with a 37x47 jaw and accompanying Metso NW300HPS mobile cone crusher and screening plant. Click for more...

Whitney and Son Counsels Shaw on the Right Metsos

Reed & Reed Spans ME’s Kennebec With Link-Belt Crane

2003-11-25T17:24:00.000-05:00

Reed & Reed celebrated its 75th anniversary by submitting the award-winning bid to build a new $10-million bridge over the Kennebec River in Augusta, ME. Almost as if to put the final candle on its birthday cake, the company took delivery on a new 250-ton (225 t) capacity Link-Belt LS-278H crawler crane. Click for more...

Reed & Reed Spans ME’s Kennebec With Link-Belt Crane

CK Power Celebrates New St. Louis Facility With Open House

2003-11-25T17:22:00.000-05:00

A total of 675 people turned out at an open house held Oct. 16 to celebrate CK Power’s new facility at 11 Research Boulevard in St. Louis. Click for more...

CK Power Celebrates New St. Louis Facility With Open House

Deere Workers Ratify Six-Year Contract

2003-10-08T13:10:00.000-04:00

MOLINE, IL (AP) Unionized workers at Deere & Co. on Monday ratified a new six-year contract with the farm equipment maker covering retirees and employees in five states.

The agreement boosts newer workers' salaries, maintains company-paid health care benefits and prohibits Deere from closing plants. More...

Deere Workers Ratify Six-Year Contract

JLG Begins Sky Trak Telehandler Production At McConnellsburg, PA, Facility

2003-10-08T13:08:00.000-04:00

JLG Industries, Inc. announced that Sky Trak telehandler production has begun at the JLG manufacturing facility in McConnellsburg, PA. These units were formerly produced at the OmniQuip facility in Port Washington, WI. More...

JLG Begins Sky Trak Telehandler Production At McConnellsburg, PA, Facility

New Mexico Administration Suspends Workers Comp Rule

2003-10-08T13:03:00.000-04:00

SANTA FE, NM (AP) The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration has temporarily suspended an interpretation of state law that required contractors without employees to purchase workers' compensation insurance.

Sole-proprietor contractors were not required to get the insurance in the past. But earlier this year, the administration determined that all contractors have to buy the insurance, regardless if they employ anyone. More...

New Mexico Administration Suspends Workers Comp Rule

Iron Exports Rise as Economy Recovers

2003-10-08T13:01:00.000-04:00

The U.S. construction industry is engaged in a fierce worldwide competition for projects that will be valued at hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 50 years.

As the industry emerges from recession along with the rest of the country, worldwide markets beckon for construction equipment. More...

Iron Exports Rise as Economy Recovers

Arch Bridge Rises in Walden Village

2003-10-08T13:00:00.000-04:00

The Route 52 bridge over the Wallkill River in the village of Walden, NY, is not your typical bridge. Instead of being constructed with steel girders lying flat across the river, it boasts a concrete arch design dating back to Roman times.

Arch bridges — one of the oldest types of bridges — possess great natural strength. Instead of pushing straight down, the bridge’s weight is carried outward along the curve of the arch to the supports at each end. These supports, or abutments, carry the load and keep the ends of the bridge from spreading out. More...

Arch Bridge Rises in Walden Village

PHOENIX Appoints EESSCO as New Sales Representative

2003-10-08T12:59:00.000-04:00

PHOENIX Process Equipment Co. has appointed EESSCO, of Norwell, MA, as its exclusive sales representative for the aggregate market in the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire.

PHOENIX Process Equipment Co. was established in Pompano Beach, FL, in 1984 with a Department of Energy grant that helped in the development of the company’s initial technology, the separation of clean coal from coal refuse. More...

PHOENIX Appoints EESSCO as New Sales Representative

Sweeney Excavation Looks to the Sky for Direction

2003-10-08T12:58:00.000-04:00

Robert Sweeney founded Sweeney Excavation in 1986 and from the very beginning, he’s had his eye on the future of the industry. Now there’s an eye in the sky helping him do his work.

Originally, Sweeney worked with the owner of a pool company installing swimming pools. Over time, his company has grown into a substantial site development business, which also does septic work, sewer and water systems, asphalt paving and maintenance. What’s more, Sweeney owns and operates the Blue Diamond Quarry, with locations in East Haven and Meriden, CT, which manufactures and sells aggregate products and topsoil. More...

Sweeney Excavation Looks to the Sky for Direction

Contractors Profit From Universities’ Growing Pains

2003-10-01T18:23:00.000-04:00

College campuses are a growth industry for general contractors. In an economy that is in transition from manufacturing to service and is struggling to regain its footing after the terrorist attacks of 2001, thousands of people are going back to school to reinvigorate their careers or to start new ones.

Add to that influx of second-chance students a general growth in college-age populations and you have campus infrastructure under stress. Construction companies are feeling this stress, but in a profitable way. More...

Contractors Profit From Universities’ Growing Pains

Drive Against Diabetes Reaches OH

2003-10-01T18:22:00.000-04:00

Sgt. Craig M. Schultz stopped in at the Ohio Cat headquarters in Broadview Heights, OH, recently on his Drive Against Diabetes, which will take him from New York City to Los Angeles.

Schultz is headed cross-country to raise awareness of Juvenile Onset (type 1) diabetes, which compromised the health of his late father. Schultz is driving a Caterpillar 236 skid steer donated by Cat and Syracuse Supply Company, a Syracuse, NY-based Cat dealer. At a top speed of 12 mph, Schultz hopes to complete his journey Nov. 14. More...

Drive Against Diabetes Reaches OH

Homestead-Miami Construction Nears Final Lap

2003-10-01T18:16:00.000-04:00

Race fans from all over will be coming to a new and more exciting track at Homestead-Miami Speedway when it is it finished in November. The new configuration will result in increased excitement for fans and drivers when the Homestead-Miami Speedway becomes the first NASCAR Winston Cup track to be planned and constructed to include a variable banking system. More...

Homestead-Miami Construction Nears Final Lap

At 75, FL’s ‘Greatest’ Construction Job Tells State’s Story

2003-10-01T18:15:00.000-04:00

TAMPA, FL (AP) It stretches 274 mi. through the vast open spaces of Florida, skirting the Gulf Coast just close enough for drivers to notice the sky is a little bluer there and then turning to forge through the River of Grass.

Tampa to Miami — Tamiami. Seventy-five years after the trail was built, the remarkable road that carried dreamers, land speculators and tourists to the Sunshine State still tells the tale of Florida. More...

At 75, FL’s ‘Greatest’ Construction Job Tells State’s Story

Bones at Construction Site Might Have Been From Slaves

2003-09-23T11:04:00.000-04:00

PASSAIC, NJ (AP) Two individuals whose remains were accidentally unearthed last month at a school construction site might have been slaves, the Herald News of West Paterson reported.

Archaeologists have found bits of coffins and nails recently outside Martin Luther King Jr. elementary school, according to a statement released by the Schools Construction Corp. More...

Bones at Construction Site Might Have Been From Slaves

New High School Opens Near WTC Site

2003-09-23T11:02:00.000-04:00

NEW YORK (AP) As awestruck teens explored their new facilities, the first school created in lower Manhattan since Sept. 11 opened Sept. 5 on the 13th floor of an office building less than a mile from Ground Zero.

The governor, mayor and several other public officials called the opening of Millennium High School and the dedication of a residential tower in Battery Park City a symbolic renaissance in the neighborhood days before the anniversary of the attacks. More...

New High School Opens Near WTC Site

IRS Issues New Regulations Regarding Depreciation Bonus

2003-09-23T11:01:00.000-04:00

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued temporary regulations that provide detailed guidance on the use of the additional first-year 30- percent depreciation deduction (“depreciation bonus”) created by Congress in 2002 and expanded to 50 percent as part of the Jobs and Growth Act earlier this year. More...

IRS Issues New Regulations Regarding Depreciation Bonus

Posillico Uses Finesse to Rehab Third Gen Bridge

2003-09-23T11:00:00.000-04:00

Sometimes transportation rehab projects don’t require a massive attack by equipment but just a case of a lot of hand work, supplemented by equipment where necessary.

That’s the case with the rehabilitation of the Long Beach Road/Austin Boulevard bridge over the Reynolds Channel, between Long Beach and Island Park NY. J. D. Posillico Inc., Farmingdale, NY, is performing the bridge rehab under a $12.4-million contract with Nassau County, Long Island, in partnership with the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT). (The funding split is 80 percent Federal, 20 percent county.) Hardesty and Hanover is the outside engineering consulting/inspecting firm. More...

Posillico Uses Finesse to Rehab Third Gen Bridge

Marshall University’s $40M Expansion Thunders Ahead

2003-09-23T10:58:00.000-04:00

Enrollment at Marshall University in Huntington, WV, is soaring. And so the school is spending $40 million on four new residence halls, a new dining facility and a parking garage.

The new suite-style residence halls — a far cry from the college “dorms” of yesteryear — were completed in time to be occupied by students arriving on campus for the current fall semester. The adjacent dining facility is slated for completion in December. They join a new 1,000-space parking garage that opened last year — all necessitated by Marshall’s record-high enrollment. More...

Marshall University’s $40M Expansion Thunders Ahead

Safeguarding a TX Causeway

2003-09-23T10:57:00.000-04:00

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) Almost two years after barges knocked a 240-ft. gap in the Queen Isabella Causeway and vehicles plunged off the broken span, highway engineers are working to ensure that motorists crossing Texas’ longest bridge are better protected. More...

Safeguarding a TX Causeway

UT Construction Uplifts Athletic Program’s Goals

2003-09-16T10:46:00.000-04:00

When the University of Tennessee (UT) at Knoxville decided that its 20 men’s and women’s intercollegiate teams needed a first-class facility, alumni donors answered the call with the “Step Up” initiative.

Toby and Brenda McKenzie were the first to come forward with a significant gift. Such a tribute to inspire excellence was the funding foundation of the new athletics center that will bear their name. More...

UT Construction Uplifts Athletic Program’s Goals

East to West, FL’s I-4 Spreads Out

2003-09-16T10:44:00.000-04:00

Contractors are upgrading Interstate 4 in central Florida, section-by-section, reshaping the future of the heavily-traveled highway.

The 20 or so projects planned, completed or in progress along its 140-mi. (224 km) length carry a total price tag of approximately $1 billion in construction costs. Funding comes partly from an economic stimulus program pushed through the legislature by Gov. Jeb Bush. More...

East to West, FL’s I-4 Spreads Out

D&D Cranks Up Production With MCB 516REG Trommel

2003-09-16T10:42:00.000-04:00

D&D Enterprises Inc. loves variety. The company focuses on landscaping and masonry restoration in the greater Boston market. At times, D&D goes from building ball fields to pouring seawalls while the tide is out. More...

D&D Cranks Up Production With MCB 516REG Trommel

Bob Russell Equipment Brings Used Cat Iron to Life

2003-09-16T10:41:00.000-04:00

In 1974, Bob Russell joined his father, Edward, in running what was then called the Russell Tractor Company. Several years later, his father retired and Bob, after purchasing the assets of his father’s business, renamed the operation the Bob Russell Equipment Company More...

Bob Russell Equipment Brings Used Cat Iron to Life

U.S. 41 Project Modernizes Venice’s Infrastructure

2003-09-11T15:43:00.000-04:00

Surrounded by the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Venice, FL, is modernizing its sleepy, tropical island image through road and bridge construction and much-needed rehabilitation.

The $68-million U.S. 41 project, which began in April 2001, is progressing ahead of schedule, said Mary Ellen Norton, Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) public information officer, and should be complete by January 2005. More...

U.S. 41 Project Modernizes Venice’s Infrastructure

Providence Proceeds With ‘Little’ Big Dig

2003-09-09T10:23:00.000-04:00

It’s no exaggeration to say that an enormous piece of tunneling machinery was shipped to Providence, RI, recently. The hard rock tunnel boring machine weighs 690 tons (621 t) and came all the way from Japan on a ship large enough to haul it.

The machine will be used to bore an immense tunnel beneath Providence, which is designed to store up to 62 million gal. (235.6 million L) of sewage and prevent it from flowing into the nearby Narragansett Bay. More...

Providence Proceeds With ‘Little’ Big Dig

NY Officials Scratch Heads Over Aging Tappan Zee Bridge

2003-09-09T10:10:00.000-04:00

The 3.1-mi. long Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River approximately 20 mi. above New York City can be a beautiful or excruciating driving experience.

As they cross the span between Nyack and Tarrytown, NY, motorists often see white sailboats on a broad expanse of blue water stretching north and south between palisades and hills. However, when the traffic is backed up with thousands of vehicles, the beauty fades and grim frustration sets in. More...

NY Officials Scratch Heads Over Aging Tappan Zee Bridge

Cat 980G Proves to Be a Real Workhorse for Edison Quarry

2003-09-08T17:27:00.000-04:00

Joe Bucciarelli knows stone. He is the third generation of family ownership to operate Edison Quarry, a Doylestown, PA, producer of crushed and broken stone.

Bucciarelli's grandfather opened Edison Quarry in 1929. Joe took over from his father in 1985 and has been operating the quarry ever since. The Bucciarelli's had an idea that has allowed them to operate in a niche market for many successful years. More...

Cat 980G Proves to Be a Real Workhorse for Edison Quarry

Deal of the Century – How to Deduct 50 Percent Off New Iron

2003-09-08T17:25:00.000-04:00

In May 2003, President Bush signed the Jobs and Growth Act into law.

The law expands the depreciation bonus enacted in 2002 and allows buyers of new equipment to depreciate (i.e., “write off”) an extra 50 percent of the cost of the equipment for the tax year in which it’s placed in service.

The 2003 stimulus law also increased Section 179 business expensing levels. More...

Deal of the Century – How to Deduct 50 Percent Off New Iron

Phillies Decide to Implode Veterans Stadium in February

2003-09-04T15:14:00.000-04:00

PHILADELPHIA (AP) For many Eagles and Phillies fans, it will be a dream come true.

After months of engineering studies, the Philadelphia Phillies have decided that an implosion is the best way to demolish Veterans Stadium early next year. More...

Phillies Decide to Implode Veterans Stadium in February

Construction Spending Grows Significantly in Second Quarter

2003-09-04T15:10:00.000-04:00

WASHINGTON (AP) Spending on construction ventures around the United States increased in July to the highest level seen since the beginning of the year, a promising sign for the economy's anticipated second-half rebound.

The Commerce Department reported Sept. 1 that the value of building projects under way clocked in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $879.8 billion in July, representing a modest 0.2 percent increase from June's level.More...

Construction Spending Grows Significantly in Second Quarter

House Speaker Hastert Meets With ARA Reps

2003-09-04T11:16:00.000-04:00

U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., held a private meeting with representatives from the American Rental Association (ARA) in Moline, IL., on Wednesday, Aug. 27, to discuss legislative issues important to the rental industry. Hastert is the third highest elected official in the United States.

ARA Chairman of the Board Dave Wilcox II, ARA CEO Christine Wehrman, and Terry Bryant, a rental store owner and veteran ARA member, met with Hastert, who is serving his ninth term as the Republican Congressman for Illinois' 14th Congressional District. A series of communiqu�s between Hastert's office and John McClelland, ARA senior director of government affairs, led to the visit. More...

House Speaker Hastert Meets With ARA Reps

Skanska Motors Through VA's Pinners Point Project

2003-09-04T10:57:00.000-04:00

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has selected Tidewater Skanska Inc. to build the Pinners Point Interchange, VDOT's largest single construction contract, in Portsmouth, VA. The road and bridge project will provide an interstate-type connection from Portsmouth's Western Freeway into the Portsmouth Marine Terminal and the Midtown Tunnel, which connects Norfolk and Portsmouth. Tidewater Skanska has reached the halfway mark on the construction, which was scheduled to take 1,000 days. More...

Skanska Motors Through VA's Pinners Point Project

Superior Maintains Commitment to Quality with Link-Belt

2003-09-04T10:56:00.000-04:00

It’s imperative that a company be very honest in its dealings, diligent in the pursuit of its objectives, and production oriented.

“In other words, it must have a commitment to quality in everything it does. To accomplish this, it must employ personnel of the highest caliber. I am very proud to feel that we meet these criteria,” said the President-Treasurer of Superior Paving Inc., Willard R. Elsberry. More...

Superior Maintains Commitment to Quality with Link-Belt

Machine Operators Test Their Mettle From Grading to Gravedigging

2003-09-03T09:16:00.000-04:00

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) With a buddy's hearty ``hi yo Silver'' send-off, Kord Raley lurches out of the chute and bounces into the arena on Bobcat S250.

The Mesa County Road Department worker's jaw is set, his shoulders hunched and his focus intent. As the clock ticks down, he maneuvers between and around orange barrels in dust-raising fits and starts, turns and crowd-pleasing wheelies. More...

Machine Operators Test Their Mettle From Grading to Gravedigging

Balfour Beatty Broadens Horizons With SC 170 Job

2003-09-03T09:15:00.000-04:00

The South Carolina Department of Transportation has selected Balfour Beatty Construction Inc. (BBCI) as the managing partner and lead contractor on the SC 170 Widening Project, located west of the city of Beaufort. The $105 million design/build project involves the widening of 12.5 mi. (20 km) of roadway east of SC 462 to just west of S-761. It also includes the replacement of bridges over both the Broad and Chechessee Rivers. More...

Balfour Beatty Broadens Horizons With SC 170 Job

Pioneer Crusher Makes the Day on Granite State Project

2003-09-02T12:59:00.000-04:00

When you’re doing highway work in New Hampshire, “the Granite State,” it comes as no surprise that you’ll run into that hard rock. That’s why Alvin J. Coleman & Sons Inc. of Conway, NH, is using a Pioneer 26 by 49 portable tracked crusher from Thompson Equipment Inc. of Lewiston, ME, on its latest project. More..

Pioneer Crusher Makes the Day on Granite State Project

Mystery Stains Discolor Retractable Roof at Houston’s Minute Maid Park

2003-09-02T12:56:00.000-04:00

The state-of-the-art retractable roof on Houston’s Minute Maid Park is a lot less dazzling today than during its debut just over three years ago. An as-yet unidentified organism is growing on the exterior of the roof, and the stadium’s principal residents, the Houston Astros, are calling on the manufacturer to correct the problem. More...

Mystery Stains Discolor Retractable Roof at Houston’s Minute Maid Park

OK Bridge Project Relies on Boom Pumps, Barge

2003-09-02T12:34:00.000-04:00

Luther Stem Concrete Pumping of Fort Smith, AR, and Jensen Construction Company of Des Moines, IA, once again teamed up for “Part II” of the bridge crossing the Arkansas River at Sallisaw, OK. More...

OK Bridge Project Relies on Boom Pumps, Barge

Balfour Beatty Broadens Horizons With SC 170 Job

2003-09-02T12:32:00.000-04:00