Fri August 07, 2009
Get Big Mulching Performance With Mid Size, Smaller Excavators
Fecon now offers the Bull Hog for mid size and smaller excavators. The compact equipment mulcher features Fecon’s fixed rotor system that grinds material up to 4 in. (10 cm) in diameter. The compact equipment mulcher also features Fecon’s HDT tooling system that offers four tooling options to tailor cutting tools to the job application....
James McRay - Wed August 05, 2009
McCormick Sand Taps Shoring Solution for MCC in Mich.
Muskegon Community College (MCC) recently began work renovating several buildings on its Western Michigan campus. One challenging renovation was the addition of a new elevator in the Student Union Learning Center....
Mary Reed - Fri July 31, 2009
Structurally Deficient East Pittsburgh Span on the Mend
Late February saw the start of work on a $14 million project rehabilitating the bridge connecting the Tri-Boro Expressway (Route 2083) to Braddock Avenue in East Pittsburgh Borough, Pa. On average, the bridge carries more than 8,000 vehicles, daily....
Wed July 29, 2009
EX1200 Loads Trucks Every 80 Seconds at Quarry in Oahu
Fifty-ton (45 t) haul trucks scurry about the new quarry being established by Grace Pacific Corporation on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Like ants from a pile of honey they scurry from the Hitachi EX1200, one every minute and 20 seconds, their beds heaped high....
Rick Zettler - Thu July 23, 2009
N.J.’s Mercer Group Switches From Demo to Recycling
Few 25-year-old family businesses easily change their service offerings. Yet, this is what Trenton, N.J.-based Mercer Group International and its sister company, Morrisville, Pa.-based Fairless Iron & Metal LLC has done time and again to keep its businesses growing....
Angela B. Hurni - Wed July 15, 2009
Frank-Lin Excavating Races to Raze Kennel Club by 4th of July
Pete Charamut found a piece of history during his company’s demolition of the old Daytona Beach Kennel Club in Daytona Beach, Fla. claiming: “Welcome to Daytona Beach, World’s Finest Beach, Dog Racing June Thru Sept.” Charamut is president of Melbourne, Fla.-based Frank-Lin Excavating Inc., which is demolishing the 90,000-sq.-ft....
Wed July 08, 2009
Coddington Builds Right-of-Way-Clearing Niche in Iowa
Like other general services excavating contractors, Darrell and Wendy Coddington’s success story is typical. They wanted to be in business for themselves, Darrell had a desire to do dirt work, so he started Coddington Inc....
Mary Reed - Fri July 10, 2009
Test Tower Comes Tumbling Down
Over time, the 85 companies forming Haines & Kibblehouse Inc. (H&K) and The H&K Group Family of Companies have undertaken many complex and challenging demolition projects while serving the central and eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware areas....
Fri July 03, 2009
R. Baker & Son Dismantles Cooling Tower at Active Facility
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a specialized dismantling, rigging and demolition contractor, completed the total dismantlement of two cooling towers at an active pharmaceutical plant in New Jersey....
Fri July 03, 2009
Takeuchi-U.S. Announces New Dealer in Northeast Region
Tracey Road Equipment Inc. has joined the growing list of dealerships representing the Takeuchi line of compact track loaders, compact excavators and compact wheel loaders. Tracey Road Equipment is one of the leading new and used construction equipment dealerships in Upstate New York with facilities located in Syracuse, Rochester, Albany, Binghamton and Watertown....
