Wed June 07, 2000
Komatsu Compact Dozers Put Big Power at Fingertips
Komatsu Utility Corporation’s (KUC) expanded line of compact equipment includes a new class of compact dozers: the D21A-7 and the D21P-7.
These two models feature an operating weight from 3,951 to 4,182 kilograms (8,710 to 9,220 lbs.) that makes these machines easier to transport to a job site....
Tom Nicholson - Wed August 30, 2000
PA Disposal Facility Wastes No Time Building Landfill
More goes into the construction of a landfill than meets the eye, and at the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority, a small municipal waste disposal facility in Bradford County, PA. A project to expand the landfill there is employing state-of-the-art technology and materials to meet the stringent demands of today’s environment-conscious waste disposal industry.
As the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority’s (Authority) original 27-acre landfill nears full-capacity, an additional 19-acre plot has been purchased and is being prepared to accommodate the steady flow of waste that arrives at the facility daily, said Dave Terrill, executive director of the Authority.
Terrill and his crew at the landfill spent most of the spring and summer excavating the first, four-acre plot of the new landfill in preparation for the next phase of work, which includes the laying down of a liner and 18 in....
Tom Nicholson - Wed August 16, 2000
Erosion Control Job Helps Save Pennsylvania Creek
Excavating contractors and conservation officers are working together to solve the problem of soil-eroding and flooding creeks in a unique project that is under way in northeastern Pennsylvania and may serve as a model for similar projects around the country.
Using the concept of fluvial geomorphology, in which erosion-causing sediment build up on the creek bed is eliminated by redirecting the water flow back into its original course at the center of the bed, the project is transforming the 20-mi....
Joe Bird - Wed August 16, 2000
West Virginia University Invests $100M for Expansion
Maybe it’s the seven-year itch. It seems like every seven years or so, West Virginia University embarks on a major construction project. Judging by the whirlwind of activity on the Morgantown campus, it must be that time again....
George Graham - Wed March 22, 2000
Polk Parkway Paving Slips on Mining Slime
Road building contractors are all too familiar with the problems encountered in Florida — shallow, sandy soil, igneous limestone, environmental restrictions and water, water everywhere. But problems facing the state Department of Transportation in constructing the recently completed Polk Parkway were different.
Before they could begin construction of the 40.2-kilometer (25 mi.) toll road circling the city of Lakeland, engineers had to figure out how to overcome soil conditions resulting from decades of phosphate mining.
“It was a very special challenge,” said Turnpike District Construction Engineer Charles Wegman....
Rita Howe Schweiss - Wed April 05, 2000
Wet Weather Bogs Down Smith Gap Landfill Crew
Branch Highways of Roanoke, VA, has begun work on a $1.42-million project expanding the Smith Gap Regional Landfill (Phase III/ IV, liner system and sediment basin No. 3) located in Roanoke County in southwestern Virginia....
Sheila Irvine - Wed August 23, 2000
Fifi, Fergie & Big Red Head Hackney’s Team
Andy Hackney has one of the first clasping four-in-one buckets in Cherokee County, AL, on his front end loader, which he calls Fifi.
“We call her Fifi because she was made in France,” said Deanna Hackney, Andy’s wife and partner in Hackney Dirtworks Inc....
Sheila Irvine - Wed July 12, 2000
Pernas Eliminates Blasting Problem With Help From Deere’s Iron Giant
In Dade County, FL, contractors cannot blast in order to form the man-made lakes needed for drainage in every new development, “unless it’s two miles away from residential areas, and that never happens,” according to Delfin Pernas, owner, with his brother Carlos Pernas, of Persant Construction Co....
Cindy Riley - Wed May 03, 2000
Birmingham Tees Off for 2001 Senior PGA Tour at Legacy
It promises to be a premier attraction for Birmingham, AL: a championship 18-hole, par-72 golf course designed by world renowned architect Rees Jones. The Legacy at Greystone (the site of next year’s Senior PGA tour) will be ready for play this summer after more than a year of construction....
