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Giles Lambertson - Thu December 20, 2007

Cleveland Wrecking Nukes Unfinished N.C. Power Plant

A Cleveland Wrecking Company crew has halfway demolished a nuclear power plant in South Carolina that was “built to last a lifetime” and was instrumental in the filming of an Academy Award-winning underwater adventure movie....

Fri December 21, 2007

Giberson Demos Its Jaw Crusher Bucket in Ill.

Giberson Enterprises LLC recently demonstrated how recycle, demolition and concrete contractors, as well as aggregate producers, can lower costs using its Eco-Crusher excavator-mounted jaw crusher bucket at Brackenbox Inc....

Wed December 12, 2007

First Excavator Rolls Off Volvo CE’s Asheville, N.C., Production Line

The first Volvo excavator to be built at the Volvo Construction Equipment manufacturing facility in Asheville, N.C., rolled off the production line Nov. 9. The rollout event in Asheville was attended by several hundred city, county, state and Congressional officials, private industry executives, company management, dealers, customers and personnel and members of the Swedish embassy from Washington, D.C....

Mary Reed - Wed December 12, 2007

Brubacher on Par for Applecross Course Finish

Applecross Country Club Community, featuring more than 1,000 town, carriage, classic, estate and active adult homes, is currently under construction in East Brandywine Township, approximately 4 mi. from Downingtown, Pa....

Sun October 28, 2007

Komatsu Launches PC300HD-8 Hydraulic Excavator

Komatsu America Corp.’s PC300HD-8 hydraulic excavator combines the PC300LC-8 upper structure with the PC400LC-8 fixed gauge undercarriage, providing increased stability and lift capacity in its competitive size class....

Lori Lovely - Mon November 19, 2007

Tollway Links Future to Ecological Heritage

The 12.5-mi. (20 km) six-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80 opened to bicycle traffic on Veteran’s Day Nov....

Angela B. Hurni - Tue November 20, 2007

Project to Reduce ’Near Misses’ During Trips to Airport

Airport Drive at Richmond International Airport will soon be rid of a flawed intersection near the toll plaza that is notorious for its thousands of near misses as well as a number of nonfatal collisions....

Giles Lambertson - Wed November 21, 2007

Mainline’s Work Allows Honda Jet Engine Plant to Take Flight

Before Honda Corp. can put Burlington, N.C., on the map as the manufacturing center for a heralded new product, the company needs a facility in which to build it. This fall, Mainline Contracting Co. of Durham, N.C., jump-started the construction that will put the Japanese company in its facility....

Maura Bohart - Tue November 13, 2007

Site Prep Work Leads to Growth for Pustola & Associates

Stephen Pustola, founder of Pustola & Associates of Naugatuck, Conn., had a design-build firm that did everything, taking customers through all steps of the process from design to permitting to construction....

Maura Bohart - Fri November 16, 2007

Specialty Rentals and Attachments Builds New Facility

Specialty Rentals and Attachments Co. Inc. will soon have a new place to show off its equipment. Its 5,000-sq.-ft. facility, located in Winslow, N.J., will open in mid to late 2008. Bob Harrell, owner of Specialty Rentals and Attachments, said his company “outgrew” its old location in Sicklerville, N.J....