Angela B. Hurni - Wed September 29, 2004
Kraft Continues to Revitalize Sarasota With High-Rises
Kraft Construction Company Inc. has been awarded contracts to build two of downtown Sarasota, FL’s, largest projects: Plaza at Five Points and One Hundred Central/Whole Foods Market Centre. Both projects are mixed-use developments that will include condominiums, retail and office space....
Fran Foran - Tue September 21, 2004
Crews Rebuild Spires One Block at a Time
If Hercules were alive today, there is no doubt that the Chapel Towers project at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME, would be one of his 12 labors. What on the surface may look like just another rebuild project is nothing of the sort....
Darryl Seland - Thu September 02, 2004
Duneland Sand Raises Pit Production With Roland, Komatsu
Duneland Sand Inc. in Valparaiso, IN, recently purchased two Komatsu WA500-3 wheel loaders from Roland Machinery’s Portage, IN, location to help increase production at its plant. “[They] have dramatically cut our time on loading trucks, going from two and a half buckets with our old machine,” said Josh Lambert, manager of Duneland Sand Inc....
- Fri August 06, 2004
Southeastern Crane Opens Charleston Branch, Announces Personnel Changes
Southeastern Crane recently expanded into the Charleston, SC, area with the opening of a branch office in Ladson, approximately 12 miles west of the city. As the Grove distributor for the state, Southeastern Crane established the store to fulfill a requirement for the South Carolina dealership....
Jennifer Conway - Tue August 03, 2004
Atlantic Coast Cranes Prospers in Both Good, Bad Economies
T.S. Elliot once wrote: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” For Wally Jones, founder and current president of Ashland, VA-based Atlantic Coast Cranes & Machinery Inc....
Jennifer Conway - Tue August 03, 2004
Bryson Crane Helps Speed Raceway Job Toward Finish Line
In the late 1800s, the area now known as Daytona Beach, FL, caught the attention of mogul Mathias Day, who built the town’s first hotel, the Palmetto House, in 1874. The area has since drawn entrepreneurs and vacationers alike –– and like so much of Florida, Daytona Beach has expanded with the demand....
- Wed July 14, 2004
Jersey’s Hoffman Equipment Earns Manitowoc Crane CARE ’Elite’ Status
One of Hoffman Equipment’s major achievements during its first year of representing Grove and Manitowoc was earning special recognition from Manitowoc as a Crane CARE “Elite” dealer. “Elite” status means that Hoffman has satisfied a detailed set of Manitowoc specifications relevant to total support of the manufacturer’s products....
- Fri July 09, 2004
ALL Crane Celebrates 40 Years of Growth, Achievement
Our nation was founded on the idea that it is every man and woman’s right to live freely, prospering in a fair and open society. It was in this belief that as a free nation we could work hard and use our freedom to achieve our dreams and improve our lives, as well as improve our country....
Jennifer Conway - Wed July 07, 2004
Grove Provides Muscle for Lee Hi’s VA Crane Business
Robert Berkstresser is in the crane business. He’s also in the towing business ... and the excavating business ... and the equipment rental business. Berkstresser’s office sits on the property of his trucking operation and travel plaza, which is attached to his restaurant, appropriately named Berky’s Restaurant, which offers dinner specials every evening....
James Van Horn - Fri July 02, 2004
Crane, Boring Rig Combo Drop Shafts in Tight Quarters
To sink a pair of 6.5-ft-diameter open shafts 250 ft., mostly through rock, a specialty contractor is using a compact dry boring rig originally designed for cast-in-place piles. Raito Inc., Geosystems Construction Specialists, the American arm of a Japan-based construction firm, is installing two concrete-lined vent and drop shafts for the new Combined Sewer Overflow tunnel in Providence, RI....
