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Kate Zanoni - Thu September 08, 2005

Athletic Field Services and Ehrbar Tear Up Some Turf

Years ago, Jon Sweeney, president of Athletic Field Services, turned his love for sports into a career when he constructed his first ballpark for St. Luke’s High School in New Canaan, CT. By the completion of that first job, he knew that he had found his niche....

Angela B. Hurni - Wed August 31, 2005

Excavator a ’Gneiss’ Addition to White Water Quarry Fleet

LBM Industries Inc., owner of White Water Quarry in Sapphire, NC, has been using a new Hitachi EX1200 front shovel since October to mine toxaway gneiss from the quarry. Toxaway gneiss is the only material produced from the quarry, which has been in business since 1976....

James A. McRay - Fri September 02, 2005

Safe-T-Shore Assists With Shaw Air Force Base Job

Understanding and implementing strict federal accounting and management procedures on government utility projects can be a challenge for some contractors. But Chandler Construction Services Inc., headquartered in Ninety Six, SC, has answered the challenge for more than three decades....

Bonnie L. Quick - Thu September 01, 2005

Interstate 95 Improvements Part of $400 Million ’Mobility 2000’ Project

As with most of the Interstate 95 corridor in Florida, changes and upgrades need to take place periodically in order to keep up with the steady population growth, the growing traffic flow, the damage from tropical storms and hurricanes and general heat and moisture damage that plague all Florida roadways....

Brenda Ruggiero - Mon August 29, 2005

$12M Job Expands Arlington National Cemetery by 40 Acres

Our nation’s military burial ground is in the midst of a needed expansion project. A total of 26,000 graves are being added to the current 215,000 graves at the 200-acre Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA....

Mon August 29, 2005

BTI Lends Versatility to Interstate 74 Rehab

Each year more than 24 million vehicles travel on Interstate 74, inching their way through Peoria, IL, and the surrounding tri-county area, on a highway designed to handle only a fraction of today's traffic....

Wed August 24, 2005

S. F. Lutzky Turns to Caterpillar, Foley Inc. for Earthmoving Equipment, Service

S. F. Lutzky Contracting Inc., located in Hillsborough, NJ, specializes in earthmoving and digging. This company works on projects of various magnitudes, including septic, utility, drainage, and excavation work....

Kate Zanoni - Mon August 22, 2005

Schmidt Equipment Provides Excavators for Giant Flag

If only Betsy Ross were alive today, surely she would be proud of artist Dave Cole’s patriotic creation. It took two 30-ft. (9.1 m) long John Deere excavators and a team of Cole’s assistants to hold up his 20-ft....

Kate Zanoni - Fri August 26, 2005

Power Crush: NYE Stump Harvester ’Fits Like a Glove’

When Toby Carlson purchased the Power Crush Company in 2000, he only had three pieces of equipment – a tub grinder, a screener and a small jaw crusher. With only 4 acres of space to utilize initially, Power Crush had to expand as business volume increased significantly....

Thu August 25, 2005

Morris Iron & Steel Takes Pride in Scrap Recycling

Most of us think of recycling as a fairly recent development — and in terms of cans, bottles and paper being recycled by residential households — that may be true. But for heavy metals, the concept of recycling is anything but new....