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Sun February 01, 2009

Case Upgrades Its Largest Excavator Model CX800B

Case Construction Equipment has upgraded its largest excavator — the CX800B — to its B Series line of excavators. The new CX800B features increases in fuel efficiency and productivity, as well as improved operator comfort and ease of maintenance....

Sun February 01, 2009

Case Adds CX130B Long Carriage to Excavator Line

Case Construction Equipment has added the CX130B LC (long-carriage) excavator to the Case CX B Series lineup. The CX130B LC track length is increased by nearly 1 ft. (.3 m), to 12 ft. 4 in. (3.7 m). Heavy Lifting Capacity With an operating weight of 28,400 lbs....

Sun February 01, 2009

Case Expands CX B Series Excavator Line With Three New Models

Case Construction Equipment has added the CX350B, CX470B and CX700B to its CX B Series line of excavators. These new models feature increases in fuel efficiency and productivity, as well as improved operator comfort and ease of maintenance....

Sun February 01, 2009

Atlas Copco Construction Tools Offers HB 7000 Hydraulic Breaker

The HB 7000 hydraulic breaker attachment from Atlas Copco Construction Tools LLC boasts a service weight of more than 7 tons (6.3 t), making it ideal for primary and secondary quarry breaking, demolition, tunneling, trenching and foundation work....

Sun February 01, 2009

AIM HD33 Excavator Buckets Are Part of a Complete Line

AIM Attachments manufactures a complete line of heavy-duty, severe-duty and ditch cleaning excavator buckets for machines of all sizes. These buckets feature hardened steel construction highlighted by AR400 steel cutting edges and side cutters....

Sun February 01, 2009

Volvo’s ECR Short-Swing Excavator Range Work in Confined Spaces

The result of extensive customer consultation — highlighting the need for short swing machines that offer productivity, ease of operation and safety equal to their “conventional” counterparts — sees the addition of a third, larger model to the Volvo range....

Jay Adams - Wed March 18, 2009

McCourt Construction Begins Widening Infamous Route 128

Work has begun on a major component of MassHighway’s Route 128 highway expansion project, a lane-widening effort that will bring rush hour relief to thousands of Boston area commuters. Already under way, following Gov....

Brenda Ruggiero - Mon March 16, 2009

Concrete General Leads $47M Md. Project

A new interchange is making steady progress in Montgomery County, Md. The project involves MD 355 at Montrose/Randolph Road in Rockville. The $47.2 million Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) job is funded through a combination of federal and state monies....

Kerry Lynn Kirby - Wed March 11, 2009

RaCON Puts Some ’Mussel’ Into U.S. 82 Widening Job

Contractors widening a roughly 3-mi. (4.8 km) stretch of U.S. 82 through the Sipsey River Swamp in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., have had to contend with a number of water-related issues, from endangered species relocation to destabilizing wet clay in the soil to flooding....

Maura Bohart - Thu March 05, 2009

Safer Ten Mile River Span on Fast Track

There is a bridge on Route 1 in Mendocino County that travels over a wide river. It is beautiful, scenic and peaceful — but it is also dangerous, as it is susceptible to collapse during an earthquake....