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Wed July 12, 2006

Case Debuts New Iron at Its Tomahawk Experience Center

Case Construction Equipment out of Racine, WI, recently revealed expansions and enhanced modifications to its long line of light and heavy equipment. The additions and modifications emphasize Tier III compliance standards, ease of equipment maintenance and service, improved operator ergonomics and visibility improvements....

Wed July 05, 2006

Linder Machinery Co. Offers Expanded Komatsu Line

Komatsu America Corp. has introduced its new PC200LC-8, PC220LC-8 and PC600LC-8 hydraulic excavators, which are available through Linder Industrial Machinery Company’s 19 locations in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina....

Wed July 05, 2006

Crazy Horse Open House Showcases Work on Statue

For the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, Memorial Day Weekend and the onset of June marked both the beginning of the summer tourist season and the continuation of the non-profit Foundation’s efforts to create the largest statue on the planet....

David S. Chartock - Fri July 07, 2006

Unexpected Groundwater Causes Stir at Pump Station

Project challenges can always be overcome. But, sometimes there are surprises that test the mettle of a team’s quickness to respond. One of these surprises occurred at the $17.5 million pump station No....

Brian Kern - Thu July 06, 2006

Middlesex Takes on First Major Turnpike Project in 40 Years

A Manitowoc 888 230-ton crane sat briefly idle after an early May rain shower at the intersection of Interstate 4 and Florida’s Turnpike in Orlando. But Middlesex Company workers got it working again as soon as they could — there’s a financial incentive in their future....

Tue July 04, 2006

Contractor Has Fairy Tale Relationship With Volvos

School-age children and folk singers have long marveled at the legend of the mighty Paul Bunyan. As the story goes, Bunyan used a huge ax and a big blue ox to quickly and efficiently clear the woods of the upper Midwest....

Wed June 28, 2006

Damaged Columbia River Jetties Under Repair

Nature’s fury is played out in daily headlines: 2004’s southeast Asia tsunami, last year’s Gulf Coast hurricanes, the recent devastating earthquake in northern Pakistan, and so on. While not making national headlines, that fury also ia being felt on a daily basis on the Washington-Oregon border as massive waves pound — and are damaging — jetty walls at the mouth of the Columbia River....

Thu June 29, 2006

Lancaster County’s Warner Services Goes the Extra ’Miles’ to Clear Land

When it comes to landclearing or debris clean-up, there’s not much that Rick Warner, owner of Warner Services, won’t tackle. “We try to work with our customers as best we can,” said Warner....

Mon June 26, 2006

D’allessandro Corp. Squeezes Iron Into Boston Streets

As one of America’s oldest cities, Boston, MA, is a city steeped in history. Many of the city’s neighborhoods and streets were laid out long before the automobile was invented — making them narrow and cramped with the vehicle traffic now bustling on them....

Matt Matusek - Fri June 23, 2006

Sales Team Trained on Compact Machines, Attachments

Briggs Equipment held a training session in Charlotte, NC, for its eight new north region compact equipment salesmen May 10. “Compact equipment makes up about 53 percent of all units sold,” said Rob Jordan, compact equipment sales manager of Briggs....