Maura Bohart - Fri July 25, 2008
Massive Forklift Assists With Housing Project for Fish
Weeks Marine of Cranford, N.J., had a problem. It had a contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit to take some 1,662 retired work cars and “B Division” subway cars and drop them into the ocean, where they would serve as luxury homes for sea grass, blue mussels, sponges, black sea bass and tautog....
Wed June 18, 2008
Optional Magnet Adds Versatility to Jaw Crusher Bucket
Demolition and concrete contractors using the Eco-Crusher, a jaw crusher bucket for crushing material onsite, have the option of adding a magnet to provide an easy and efficient means of removing rebar from crushed debris....
Wed June 18, 2008
Allu Launches Stabilization System for Earthmoving Jobs
Allu Group has developed the new stabilization system for earthmoving contractors. The Allu stabilization system also gives the opportunity for small contractors to step into the mass stabilization business that was before accessible only to bigger contractors with self-developed stabilization machines....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu July 17, 2008
Walton Construction Company Widens Hillcrest Road
Crews have been at work for a little more than a year widening a nearly 2-mi. (3.2 km) stretch of Hillcrest Road in Mobile, Ala., to accommodate increased traffic flow in the growing area. Meanwhile, they’ve had to make sure not to exacerbate the problem....
Giles Lambertson - Tue July 15, 2008
Manufacturers Begin to Tout Fuel Efficiency
Contractors trying to cope with zooming fuel costs have short-term and long-term options. They can immediately take steps to operate their heavy equipment as efficiently as possible, though many contractors already are squeezing every last ounce of efficiency from machines and crews....
Fri July 18, 2008
LBX Company LLC Announces Top 5 Excavator Dealers
LBX Company announced its 2007 Top Dealers of Link-Belt excavators for North America. The Top Dealers were recognized at AED Convention in Chicago, Ill. They are in no particular order. • Cisco Ford Equipment with headquarters in Odessa, Texas....
Maura Bohart - Wed July 09, 2008
Tearing Down Giants Made Easier, Safer for Company
Bianchi Industrial Services needed a new excavator. The company was performing demolition work at major commercial and industrial sites and its management knew that a large excavator would increase productivity and help to ensure a safe work environment....
Jeff Cronin - Tue July 01, 2008
Arkansas State Residence Hall Comes Tumbling Down
For the faculty and students of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, the demolition of the Seminole Twin Towers is the end of an era. From 1967 to 2006, the Twin Towers housed university students. It was a place to study, to sleep and to call home for the academic year....
Thu June 26, 2008
CTI’s Fleet of Orange Machines Dig Into Emerald City
Seattle, Wash., is a city on the grow. Nicknamed the Emerald City for its majestic evergreen trees, it is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest, and home to many legendary Fortune 500 companies like Nordstrom, Starbucks and Amazon.com....
Jennifer Hetrick - Wed June 25, 2008
Hill Remediation Relishes Taking on the Garden State’s Dirty Work
Hill Remediation & Construction Services, Pennington, N.J., does a lot of the industry’s dirty work: jobs with daunting names like “air sparging,” “soil vapor extraction” and installing and maintaining “dewatering systems.” The woman-owned business enterprise got its start in 1992 and has been growing steadily ever since to become a full-service remediation company with hundreds of clients throughout New Jersey and the surrounding states....
