Kerry Lynn Kirby - Mon December 01, 2008
Trains Keep a Rollin’ as Morris Group Spans Busy Rail
Heavy truck traffic coming in and out of the Mobile Container Terminal at Choctaw Point gets backed up by the long CSX freight trains that block Virginia Street when they chug by several times a day. A six-span bridge being built by The Morris Group Inc....
Tue November 25, 2008
Deere Rolls Out New Wheeled Excavators
John Deere Construction & Forestry has introduced two new wheeled excavators, the 190D W and the 220D W, featuring Tier III-certified engines and significant increases in horsepower, weight and digging forces over their predecessors....
Jay Adams - Thu November 20, 2008
Maxymillian Scales Mt. Greylock for Road Rehabilitation Project in Mass.
Mt. Greylock became the first state park in Massachusetts in 1898 and has been retouched by man from time to time, decade to decade, in carving out more than 70 mi. of trails and nearly 14 mi. of access roads....
Mon November 17, 2008
Creature Comforts, Productivity Enhanced on Komatsu’s PC45MR-3 Compact Hydraulic Excavator
Komatsu America Corp.’s (KAC) PC45MR-3 compact hydraulic excavator is designed to bring increased production and added operator comfort to contractors in a variety of construction, utility, landscaping and other applications....
Jennifer Hetrick - Fri November 21, 2008
Elk River Pipeline Relies on JCB for First Major Project
Twenty-five years ago, Terry Gandee started working as a laborer in the pipeline industry. Through the years, he worked his way up to head superintendent in charge of major construction projects, some of which covered more than 60 miles from set-up to completion at costs up to $69 million....
Wed November 19, 2008
Metrac, Pierce Pacific Spawn Material Handler From John Deere Excavator
Combine the need for a new material handler with a heavy dash of brand loyalty and you’ll see the newest machine that’s hard at work at Jones Recycling. Gary Jones, CEO and co-owner of the Jefferson, Ga., auto recycling business, had been talking with Metrac, the local John Deere dealer, for nearly two years about his need of a specialized machine....
Giles Lambertson - Mon November 10, 2008
Widened Road Juts Off Side of Mountain
A highway “hanging off a mountain” in far western Canada is being widened by an American contractor using some imaginative construction techniques. Omaha, Neb., company Peter Kiewit Sons, a subsidiary of Kiewit Corp., is the project’s design-builder and key member of a business consortium that undertook the $600 million highway job in partnership with the province of British Columbia....
Mon November 10, 2008
Patuxent Materials Forges Big Business From Small Jobs
There are plenty of contractors who are in the business of demolition that are rarely heard of even in the demolition industry, because they are not involved in the big high profile projects such a stadiums or large industrial building complexes....
Wed October 29, 2008
Trevcon Helps Pave Way to Big Apple Through Waterways
Building a large metropolitan city on an island means more than putting in roads, tunnels and bridges that connect it to the mainland. It also takes constant care and maintenance of the infrastructure in and out of the water that surrounds it....
Tue October 28, 2008
SSC’s System 4000 Vacuum Excavators Clear Track in Ariz.
Specialized Services Company (SSC) used its vacuum technology to clear debris from more than 8 mi. (12.9 km) of track to allow Metro Light Rail to safely expand testing to the majority of its new line across the valley....
