Jennifer Rupp - Tue November 15, 2005
Excavation Begins for Convention Center on Lake Erie
On the shore of Presque Isle Bay in Erie, PA, the Erie County Convention Center Authority (ECCCA) is embarking on the largest development project in Erie’s history. Along with the 28,800 sq.-ft. (2,676 sq m) exhibition hall, the Bayfront Convention Center Complex also will feature an upscale hotel and restaurant development alongside the U.S....
David S. Chartock - Mon November 14, 2005
A Plant Grows in Brooklyn
For the $493-million upgrade to the Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) in Brooklyn, NY, for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, heavy construction equipment has been facilitating work on the project since it began in September 2003....
Gwenyth Laird Pernie - Tue October 25, 2005
Misfire Creates More Difficult Clean-Up
Massive steel chunks of the Silas N. Pearman Bridge became entangled as they collapsed into the Town Creek Channel after 2,250 lbs. of strategically placed explosives meant to slice the bridge into 11 sections, failed to completely discharge....
Linda J. Hutchinson - Mon October 24, 2005
Unstable Billboard Bumps Up Demolition in Columbus
Demolition plans for a vacant building were accelerated around 4:15 p.m. on Oct. 6 after chunks of an attached billboard crashed through its roof, causing it to implode. The building, located at the northeast corner of Broad and High streets in Columbus, OH, is part of the multi-building, $30 million reconstruction project by Columbus real-estate company, Casto....
Laurie Mercer - Wed October 19, 2005
New Crane Equipment Lifts Northeast Sales and Service to New Heights
Fifty-one years may seem like a long time to get around to working on a new idea, but that’s the back story behind one of the nation’s newest crane sales and service companies. Northeast Sales & Service Inc., located in Lockport and Syracuse, NY, opened its doors approximately a year ago....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Tue October 11, 2005
Worker Shortage Felt at Choctaw Point Terminal
While its surge flooded downtown Mobile, AL, and winds mowed down trees, ripped up signs and roofs, and caused widespread power outages throughout the area, Hurricane Katrina didn’t cause substantial damage at the Port of Mobile’s Choctaw Point container terminal construction site, an Alabama State Port Authority spokeswoman said....
- Fri October 07, 2005
Manitowoc, Grove Help Roll Out $1.5B TX Road
A $1.5 billion, 49-mi. (78 km) stretch of road in central Texas is being constructed with the help of a host of Manitowoc equipment, including 555 and 777 lattice-boom crawler cranes and eight Grove RT760E rough-terrain cranes....
Dick Rohland - Wed September 28, 2005
$226M Job Streamlines MN’s Agency Buildings
Aging facilities scattered throughout the Twin Cities forced Minnesota’s state planners to take on an ambitious building program to design and construct new buildings for the departments of Human Services, Agriculture and Health....
- Wed September 21, 2005
Cleveland Brothers Announces New Division, CB HYMAC
Cleveland Brothers, headquartered in Harrisburg, PA, has announced its newest division, CB HYMAC. CB HYMAC, formerly ECHO Hydraulics, is located in Camp Hill, PA. This addition elevates the company’s hydraulic, machining, and chroming capabilities to a level that establishes Cleveland Brothers as one of the premier hydraulic and machining vendors in the Northeast....
Lisa Coston - Thu September 15, 2005
Honda Transmission Plant Bringing Jobs to Tallapoosa
Rural Haralson County, GA, 40 miles west of Atlanta, is home to approximately 26,000 residents, most of whom have either grown up with someone who worked in the thriving textile mills in and around Tallapoosa, or they have worked in the textile mills themselves....
