Angela B. Hurni - Wed September 03, 2003
Skanska Motors Through VA’s Pinners Point Project
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....
- Fri August 29, 2003
David Epps Joins ALL Crane Rental Sales Team in Atlanta
David Epps recently joined the sales staff of ALL Crane Rental of Georgia in Austell.
Epps began his career in the equipment industry in the early 1990s at Epps Equipment Sales, Conyers, GA, with his father, Eddy....
- Wed August 27, 2003
J & J Equipment Headquarters Opens in Brewerton, NY
George Lonergan, president of J & J Equipment, has announced the opening of the company’s new headquarters located at 9055 Brewerton Rd., Route 11, Brewerton, NY, north of Syracuse.
For several years, J & J has been the distributor of Tymco products in upstate New York where it has experienced a tremendous growth....
Maybelle G. Cagle - Thu August 21, 2003
$200M Bridge to Span Mighty Mississippi
Residents of both Mississippi and Arkansas are witnessing a new structure slowly stretching over the Mississippi River. The new Greenville Bridge, which has an estimated total cost of more than $200 million, will connect Greenville, MS, with Lake Village, AR.
“This is the largest single bridge project [in Mississippi]....
- Mon August 18, 2003
Roland Machinery Raises Bar With Crane Product Support
Roland Machinery, a full-service equipment distributor with more than 40 years in the business, has launched an extensive crane product support program conveniently located to handle repair needs in the Chicago metro region and beyond....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed August 13, 2003
Capitol Visitors’ Center to Be D.C. Magnet
An underground project is steadily progressing in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the Capitol Visitors’ Center (CVC) is to preserve and maximize public access to the Capitol and greatly enhance the experience for the millions who walk its historic corridors and see its monumental spaces every year, according to the project’s Web site....
- Thu July 31, 2003
Empire Crane Grows By Leaps, Bounds
Empire Crane Company, a soon to be two-year-old, full servicing crane distributor, sells rents and repairs cranes of all sizes and makes. While the company name may be new, its staff is experienced and organized with many established well-organized individuals....
- Mon July 07, 2003
Construction Skills 2000 Introduces NYC High Schoolers to Industry Trades at Jacob Javits Convention
Approximately 700 high school students got a close-up look at opportunities in the urban construction field recently at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The occasion was the Construction Skills 2000 career day sponsored by the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and the Building Trades Employers’ Association, and supported by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New York City School Construction Authority, the New York City Department of Education, the New York Building Congress and the Consortium for Worker Education....
- Wed July 02, 2003
Metro Steel’s Favco Luffing Boom Crane Stars in Big Apple
Recently, a Favco M760D-II diesel-powered luffing boom crane was purchased by Metro Steel for use on projects in the New York City area. The crane was used at the construction site of the Atlantic Center, a 25-story combined commercial and residential project in Brooklyn....
G.W. Hall - Mon June 30, 2003
Contractors Complete Key Phase of 17th Street Bridge
Contractors involved in building Atlanta’s new 17th Street Bridge reached a major milestone recently when they set the last of the structure’s 48 steel beams in place.
“The beam setting operations have been as smooth as we could have imagined,” said Mickey McGee, metro district construction engineer of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)....
