Tue January 16, 2007
Ingersoll Rand TC-13 Offers Remote Trench Compaction
The Ingersoll-Rand trench compactor — the TC-13 — is a 1.3-ton (1.18 t) compactor that has a heavy-duty battery and is designed to operate with a standardized remote control. The TC-13 eliminates the need for an operator to enter the trench while compacting....
Wed February 21, 2007
S&S Paving’s Move to New Model Pays Big Dividends in California
A California paving contractor who traded in his model 880 WB paver from Vogele America Inc. for its successor, the 2116W, had documented improvements in productivity and profitability of the new model over the old....
Tue January 09, 2007
Hamm Compaction Offers Line of Three Asphalt Rollers
The HD O120V is Hamm Compaction Division’s largest oscillation roller. This 78-in. (198 cm) wide, double drum roller has an operating weight of 26,345 lb. (11,949 kg) with oscillation in the rear drum and conventional vibration in the front....
Wed February 14, 2007
Halifax Crew Raises Daytona Runways Above Water Table
In the shadow of the famous Daytona International Speedway, the Wirtgen Group’s “Three Amigos” of Hamm oscillation “Ozzie” rollers, Vogele America paver and Wirtgen mills were helping Daytona Beach International Airport in Florida to beat rising groundwater that was threatening its paved surfaces and operations....
Jeff Cronin - Mon January 29, 2007
Workers Roll Out the Green Carpet for Super Bowl XLI
Well before anyone knew which two teams would battle to become Super Bowl XLI champions, Ed Mangan and his team took to the field at Dolphin Stadium. Mangan, the field director of the NFL; Alan Sigwardt, director of grounds at the stadium; and a team of 25 to 30 workers, from both the NFL and the stadium, laser graded and resodded the playing field on which the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts will play....
Thu January 18, 2007
Blalock, Wirtgen Mills Return to the Smokies
Once again, Charles Blalock & Sons Inc., Sevierville, Tenn., has returned to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to work on U.S. 441, the spectacular scenic highway that traverses the park. In May, Blalock was using its Wirtgen W 2000 and older 1900 DC to mill asphalt ahead of paving contractor APAC Inc....
Lori Lovely - Wed January 03, 2007
V3 Companies Builds Tollway Through Illinois
Winter won’t stop work on the Illinois Tollway’s construction of a 12.5-mi. (20 km), three-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80....
David S. Chartock - Wed December 27, 2006
NYC Unwraps Three Bridges for Holidays
The “Reconstruction of Three Bridges in the Bronx,” a $42.7-million project, is nearing completion, according to Mike McCotter, the engineer-in-charge of the project of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Region 11, Long Island City, N.Y....
Thu November 23, 2006
Walsh Construction Uses Intelligent Compaction Roller
Dawn Watson’s excavation crew worked hard to stay on schedule and maintain the required project specifications on the rebuild and widening of a 3.5-mi. segment of Tri-State Tollway I-294 in East Hazel Crest, Ill....
David Hunt - Wed November 15, 2006
Mascaro Assembles Arsenal on Bradford Bypass Project
Mascaro Construction, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has assembled an arsenal of heavy equipment on Route 219 to complete an ambitious two-year, $55-million project to rebuild the Bradford Bypass in northcentral Pennsylvania....
