Mary Reed - Tue July 21, 2009
Veterans Airlift Command Aids Wounded U.S. Soldier
In 2007 Army Sgt. Josh Ben had already spent a year as a cavalry scout with the 82nd Airborne Division, headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan. In October of that year his unit was attacked by Taliban fighters and a number of soldiers were wounded....
Mary Reed - Mon July 20, 2009
Stimulus Funds Spur Key Pa. Bridge Job
Federal stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has been welcomed by the construction industry nationwide, and perhaps nowhere more so than in southwestern Pennsylvania’s Beaver County, which had the honor of kicking off the first transportation project funded by the ARRA to be awarded by District 11 of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)....
Fri June 19, 2009
JLG Awarded $76.9M Contract to Rebuild Forklifts for U.S. Army
JLG Industries Inc. has received an order from the United States Army to rebuild 500 all terrain lifter army system (ATLAS) telehandlers and 300 other rough terrain forklifts. Valued at $76.9 million, this contract has a final delivery date of April 2014....
Solange Reyner - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon June 08, 2009
Pauley Pavilion to Get $185M Facelift
LOS ANGELES (AP) UCLA is giving Pauley Pavilion a $185 million facelift in hopes of putting one of college basketball’s most recognized arenas on the national map again. The renovation plans, announced May 11, will include a new entrance, locker rooms for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams and more than 1,000 additional seats to bring its capacity to nearly 14,000....
Fri May 22, 2009
One Call Rentals, JLG Raise Money, Awareness for Breast Cancer Research
One Call Rentals, a division of Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co. Inc., is adding four JLG 600S boom lifts to its rental fleet but they look like nothing else seen on a construction site…because they’re pink....
Tue April 14, 2009
Tramac MuscleMate Super Cosmo Lifts in Excess of 9,000 Lbs.
Tramac Corporation’s MuscleMate Super Cosmo pulverizer/magnet offers powerful pulverizing with the added benefit of a built-in magnet with lifting capacity in excess of 9,000 lbs. (4,000 kg). Various models are available for carriers ranging from 10 to 45 tons (9 to 41 t)....
Jennifer Hetrick - Fri April 10, 2009
Manitowoc Crane Helps Lift Planking Firm to New Heights
Barry Saylor had a very specific goal in mind in October 2000 when he founded Say-Core, Inc. of Portage, Pa., a manufacturer of precast concrete hollow-core plank. “I wanted to be one of the premier precasters of hollow-core floor plank in the Northeast....
Fri February 27, 2009
Gehl Introduces Vertical-Lift V270 Skid Loader
Gehl Company debuted the V270 skid loader at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., and the National Farm & Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky., in mid-February. The V270 has an 84-hp (62.6 kW) Yanmar turbo-diesel engine and a rated operating capacity of 2,700 lbs....
Fri February 27, 2009
Gehl V270 Skid Loader Achieves Near-Vertical Lift, Extended Reach
Gehl Company debuted the V270 skid loader at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., and the National Farm & Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky., in mid-February. The V270 has an 84-hp (62.6 kW) Yanmar turbo-diesel engine and a rated operating capacity of 2,700 lbs....
Fri December 19, 2008
New Holland L175 Skid Steer Features Full 10-Ft. Lift Height
Produced at the New Holland Construction plant in Wichita, Kan., the New Holland L175 skid steer loader features a New Holland turbocharged engine rated at 60 gross hp (44.7 kW), and has a 2,000-lb. (907 kg) SAE-rated operating capacity, a bucket breakout force of 4,300 lbs....
