Wed March 05, 2008
Link-Belt 210 X2 Wins Energy Conservation Award for Design
LBX Company has announced that its Link-Belt 210 X2 hydraulic excavator has won the Energy Conservation Award. The award is bestowed jointly by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy in Ministry of Economy, Japan and the Industry and Energy Conservation Center, Japan....
Jeff Cronin - Mon February 25, 2008
Heavy Equipment Rolls Into Action After Tornadoes Hit
What nature’s fury destroyed Feb. 5 with a rash of tornadoes in the South must now be cleaned up. And answering the call are an army of private contractors, department of transportation crews and the National Guard....
Fri February 15, 2008
Hoffman International Delivers Doosan Excavator to Russia
Hoffman International, a Doosan and Bay Shore Systems dealer in Piscataway, N.J., delivered a Doosan Solar 370 excavator equipped with a Bay Shore Systems LoDrill HTFB-24 to Sochi, Russia, the home of the 2014 Olympic Games....
Mon February 18, 2008
Shanahan Offers Komatsu’s New PC300HD-8 Excavator
Shanahan Equipment’s seven locations in California and Nevada now offer Komatsu America’s new PC300HD-8 hydraulic excavator. Komatsu has developed an upgraded version of this model designed for operator comfort and control as well as the same stability, performance and reliability features that differentiated this model’s predecessor in the marketplace....
Lori Lovely - Tue February 12, 2008
INDOT Completes $175M Super 70 Reconstruction
Drivers can breathe a sigh of relief — the $175 million reconstruction of Interstate 70 that put the east side of Indianapolis in turmoil through most of 2007 is now complete. Dubbed “Super 70” by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), it was the biggest single-season construction project ever undertaken by the state....
Mon February 11, 2008
Allu Screener-Crusher Expedites Gas Pipeline Project
Gary “Red” Bailes of Leslie Equipment puts his pickup truck into four-wheel drive and heads up the nearly-vertical slope of the construction right of way to where the workers from ST Pipeline are installing the Big Sandy Pipeline....
David S. Chartock - Wed February 06, 2008
Skanska Builds Super New Giants Stadium
Site work and ongoing adjacent construction projects are among the challenges faced by the team that is building New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The $998 million, 2.2-million-sq.-ft. (204,387 sq m) steel and concrete facility will include 82,000 seats and 217 luxury suites for New York Giants and Jets fans....
Tue December 25, 2007
Deere 27D Boasts Reduced Cycle Times, Long Arm Option
The John Deere 27D compact excavator provides even more productivity due to reduced cycle times and a long arm option, as well as better operator comfort with updated controls and a redesigned cab. Additionally, fuel economy and long service intervals combine to deliver low operating costs....
Fri January 25, 2008
Gorilla Hammers Its Way to Success in Concrete Jungle
Gorilla Hammers of Randolph, Mass., the attachment division of Tech Hydraulics, does not believe in taking shortcuts, according to Robert “Bob” Tedesco, president and CEO. “My father started the family business in the 1940s by repairing gas pumps and other petroleum delivery equipment....
Fri January 18, 2008
Chadwick-BaRoss Volvos Used on Extreme Makeover
Chadwick-BaRoss Inc., Maine’s Volvo Heavy Equipment Construction dealer, had two of its customer-owned Volvo EC240 excavators along with a Volvo L90F wheel loader equipped with forks and bucket at work on the site of the recent Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Milbridge, Maine....
