Mon September 24, 2007
James River Takes on Hitachi Line
James River Equipment was named the authorized Hitachi dealer Sept. 10 for North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. It now offers Hitachi excavators and mini-excavators, as well as front shovel and rigid-train trucks used for mining applications....
Maura Bohart - Fri September 28, 2007
Firm Finds Niche With Crushers
Kids in yellow hats playing with Tonka trucks may be the construction workers of the future. For Chandler Lloyd, owner of Able Contracting, all the toy trucks paid off. “I was a kid that never grew up,” he explained....
Matthew Willett - Tue September 25, 2007
InfraSource Adding Extra ’Swank’ to Buckhead
It’s a project that will define the area. The first — and sometimes only — impression that visitors take is not a bridge or a building, but a streetscape. On Peachtree Road in Atlanta’s ever-swankier Buckhead district, the streetscape will be like no other in the world....
Thu September 27, 2007
JCB HMEE-1 Races at Gateway International Speedway
Usually, highly tuned trucks compete for Victory Lane at the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 Craftsman Truck race in St. Louis. However, all focus was on the high speed JCB Backhoe Loader specialized specifically for the U.S....
Bond Brungard - Wed September 19, 2007
Lancaster Development Flies Through Route 747 Project
Construction activity abounds on a new east-west connection road being built into Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y. To the east, a short line of rotating three-axle Volvo end dump trucks were taking turns as a Caterpillar excavator removed more of the hillside to make room for the four-lane connector road, which will be the new entrance into the airport....
David S. Chartock - Mon September 17, 2007
Teamwork Key to $141M Expressway in New York
The $141.8 million I-287 Cross Westchester Expressway Stage III reconstruction project has been a handful for all involved. "With over 550 items of work, communications between and amongst the principal parties involved is expected to be the key to success for the project," explained Kerril Hynes, engineer-in-charge, New York State Department of Transportation, Region 9 (NYSDOT), Poughkeepsie, N.Y....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed September 12, 2007
Traffic Stop Foils Equipment Theft Ring
Citronelle, Ala., police officer Corey Henderson was on routine patrol in the wee hours in November 2005, when he spotted a pickup truck weaving back and forth. Henderson pulled the pickup over and then walked toward it to confirm his suspicions that the driver was drunk....
Tue August 28, 2007
JESCO Customizes Deere Excavator, Loader for Scrap Yard
JESCO has recently customized a new John Deere 450DLC excavator with shear and a 544J loader with forks and specialized foam filled tires for Fortune Riverside Scrap Yard. JESCO enhanced the 450DLC’s Genesis 990 Maxx shear capabilities with a special hydraulic setup that will more efficiently utilize the machine’s hydraulic system during shear cutting operations....
Matthew Willett - Mon August 27, 2007
Razing the Bars
Veteran demolition contractor Price and Sons is razing the bar. No stranger to high-profile jobs, the team that handled demolition at Centennial Park prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics began work Aug. 3 at the former Buckhead Village, a district in Atlanta known for years for its bars and wild nightlife....
Jeff Cronin - Fri August 31, 2007
Contractor Stays the Course Through Saturated Conditions
On a golf course, water hazards can prove to be a challenge for those who walk the links. At Hampton Pointe near Hilton Head, S.C., water is already proving to be a challenge while the course is still under construction....
