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Eric Olson - Fri December 25, 2009

S.C. Firms Working on Fort Jackson Cemetery Expansion

Heavy construction equipment is currently working its way across the gently rolling sandhills of central South Carolina as part of a project to expand the recently dedicated Fort Jackson National Cemetery....

Dorinda Anderson - Tue January 05, 2010

St. Paul Sewage Lift Station

What should have been a fairly routine sewage lift station installation, turned out to be a much larger project when overly wet soil was encountered. The project is located just east of downtown St. Paul, Minn., and a quarter of a mile away from the Mississippi River on Highway 61 and Lower Afton Road....

Jennifer Rupp - Tue December 29, 2009

PennDOT Begins Replacing ’Seriously’ Deficient Span

The Six Mile Creek Bridge project in Erie County, Pa., is part of Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s Accelerated Bridge Program, which is adding $200 million a year to the mix of federal and state funds the state invests in bridges....

Thu December 31, 2009

Komatsu Unveils New Hybrid PC200LC-8 Excavator in NYC

Fourth and fifth graders from P.S. 115 in Brooklyn, N.Y., learned about the newest environmentally friendly construction equipment — a Komatsu Hybrid PC200LC-8 — when they visited a construction site adjacent to the Canarsie Pier near exit 13 of the Belt Parkway on Dec....

Wed December 16, 2009

Third-Generation Texas Firm Tackles Pipeline Project

Few families can claim the pipelining experience of the Gorman family of Perryton, Texas. From their home base in the panhandle of northwestern Texas, three generations of Gormans have been involved in building pipelines for almost 75 years....

Wed December 16, 2009

Cashman Supplies Cat Backhoes to Install Huge Pipes

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and equipment aficionados could certainly call Reliant Construction’s projects a sight to behold. Reliant’s underground utilities installation project for Freeman Decorating (just to the east of the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and Sunset Road) features three Caterpillar excavators, two Cat backhoe loaders, a 938 wheel loader, two large water trucks, and an 1175XHD Tesmec chainsaw....

Wed December 16, 2009

Franklin Construction Adds Bobcat Iron to Its Fleet

The recession hasn’t slowed Mark Wanke of Franklin Construction, San Antonio, Texas. The company recently closed on a construction contract that will keep its crews busy well into 2010. In response to the growing demand, Mark Wanke is adding Bobcat compact equipment to his fleet....

Wed December 16, 2009

Composite Cutting Edge From Nye Designed for Excavator, Loader Buckets

Nye manufacturing’s composite cutting edge for excavator and loader buckets features the toughness of QT (quenched and tempered alloy) and the abrasion resistance of AR (Abrasion Resistant Heat Treated Alloy) to come up with the Duralam cutting edge....

Tue December 15, 2009

Columbus Equipment Unveils Komatsu Hybrid Excavator

Columbus Equipment Company unveiled a newer, greener future to the Ohio construction industry when it demonstrated the world’s only hybrid excavator, the Komatsu Hybrid PC200LC-8, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov....

Brenda Ruggiero - Tue December 15, 2009

Final Segment of Anniston Eastern Bypass Under Way

Ground was recently broken for the latest phase of construction of the final segment of the Anniston Eastern Bypass (state route 192) in Calhoun County, Ala. The ceremony was led by Gov. Bob Riley, U.S....