Wed December 09, 2009
Nyrim Track Pads Stave Off Sinking in Swampy, Sodden Soil
Over the last few years BLS has had a number of applications for its Nyrim track pads, developed for low ground pressure applications. Last year Roy Strom Excavating and Grading Company, of Chicago, Ill., purchased Nyrim tracks pads to dig underneath a skyscraper being built in downtown Chicago....
Wed December 02, 2009
Road Machinery LLC Hosts Open House at Gilbert Facility
Road Machinery LLC (RML), the Komatsu dealer for Arizona, Southern California, New Mexico and the El Paso area of Texas, hosted a joint board meeting Oct. 28 between the Arizona AGC and Arizona Builders' Alliance (ABA)....
Wed November 25, 2009
Komatsu Delivers Hybrid Excavator to Job Site in Illinois
Komatsu America Corp. held a ceremony to commemorate the delivery of the first PC200LC-8 hybrid excavator to Montemayor Construction Nov. 3. The event took place at Montemayor’s facility located at 290 Willard Ave....
Fri November 20, 2009
Keeping Up With Changing Emission Regulations
Worldwide and nationwide, emission requirements are changing quickly. There are new and existing regulations, which can become an obstacle when undertaking a new project. If equipment doesn’t meet emissions standards, it can cost time, money and lost opportunities....
Peter Suanlarm - Wed December 02, 2009
Montemayor Uses Its First Hybrid Excavator on I-294 Job
The expansive Illinois Tollway’s reconstruction, rehabilitation and widening project is part of the $6.3 billion Congestion-Relief Program. By the end of 2009, the Illinois Tollway will complete nearly $3 billion in work to reconstruct/rehabilitate and widen about 120 mi....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed November 25, 2009
Crews Continue Important Mission in Bethesda, Md.
In Bethesda, Md., a major expansion and renovation to the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) is currently well under way and moving toward a 2011 completion date. The upgraded facility will be known as the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and will be a hospital and flagship medical institution for the Army, Air Force and Navy....
Mon November 23, 2009
T.J. Campbell Teams Up With Kirby-Smith Machinery
For practically every new business there’s a visionary, and for paving contractor T.J. Campbell Construction Co., that person was the late Ted Campbell. “He was the dreamer, the motivator and the risk-taker that you have to be to be an entrepreneur in these times,” said Campbell’s wife, Jo Anna Campbell, who initially helped her husband as a bookkeeper and today serves as president of the company....
James McRay - Wed November 18, 2009
Sheeting Guide Frame Helps Contractor With Utility Work
The Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) recently let a job to widen almost 3 mi. (4.8 km) of State Route (SR)-50 in the heart of Orlando, between the SR-417 Toll Road and SR-456. Lane Construction Co., headquartered in Cheshire, Conn., was low bidder on the project....
Eric Olson - Tue November 17, 2009
I-40 Landslide May Take Six Months to Clear
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) believe that a large rock slide blocking both directions of Interstate 40 just east of the Tennessee line could take as long as six months to clear....
Mon November 16, 2009
Hitachi Makes Productivity-Related Improvements to EX1200-6
The Hitachi EX1200-6 is equally at home in quarries, mines, and mass-excavation projects. In addition to the change to a Tier-II engine, a number of productivity-related improvements enhance this model’s performance in the field, according to the manufacturer....
