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Maybelle G. Cagle - Wed August 17, 2005

APAC Warranties Mississippi Road Project for Seven Years

An Interstate 55 overlaying project near the Montgomery/Carroll county line on Mississippi’s Highway 8 may look like routine work, but it will have a unique feature. It will be warrantied by the contractor for seven years after completion as part of a maintained pavement project....

Jeff Cronin - Thu August 04, 2005

KY Contractor Tackles First Sunshine State Project

Elmo Greer and Son’s first project in Florida should improve safety for the state’s residents when Mother Nature rears her ugly head. The London, KY-based contractor is widening 27 miles of Route 60 in Indian River County from Interstate 95 to the Florida Turnpike in three separate contracts....

Jeff Cronin - Tue August 02, 2005

TDOT’s Largest Highway Contract Starts in Knoxville

Bruce Nicely is stressing the importance of Ray Bell Construction Co.’s deadline to his crew members like never before. The Brentwood, TN, company started work this spring on an $85-million SmartFIX40 project in downtown Knoxville....

Thu August 04, 2005

Airy’s Inc. Flexes Its Staying Power With Volvo Equipment

In highly competitive industries, successful companies find ways to stay busy. Thanks to Airy’s Inc.’s “unparalleled service and quality work” motto, the company has enjoyed success and staying power for the past 40 years....

Brenda Ruggiero - Tue August 02, 2005

McAninch Makes Over Missouri’s Route 60

Since February of 2002, Iowa-based McAninch Corporation has worked on three consecutive contracts involving the reconstruction of Route 60 in southern Missouri. The dollar amount for the entire project totals more than $48.5 million with funding coming from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and federal sources....

Kate Zanoni - Fri July 22, 2005

John Deere Machines Keep Laser Construction on Target

Fifteen years ago, Gary Klein and Mark Ellickson initially struggled to find work as they began their own construction company, Laser Construction Inc., in Lemont, IL. The two had been working in large construction together since the 1970s....

David S. Chartock - Thu July 14, 2005

Delaney Rebuilds After Fort Ann Dam Fails

Failure of the new Fort Ann Dam in upstate New York is under investigation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the New York State Department of Conservation (NYSDEC), the new dam’s contractor and by its design engineer, according to a source familiar with the situation....

Jennifer Rupp - Tue June 28, 2005

Trumbull Leads $93M Rehab of ’Burgh’s I-79

Remember lava lamps and Archie Bunker? After more than 30 years, these pop icons have become outdated, just as the 5.8-mi. (9.3 km) stretch of Interstate 79 North near Pittsburgh has. Original construction of this highway began in the late ’60s and was completed in 1972....

Wed June 29, 2005

Asphalt Care Takes on Yanmar Excavator Line for Southeast PA

MMD Equipment, the parent company for Yanmar Excavators, has announced that Asphalt Care Equipment & Supplies, of Bensalem, PA, will be a dealer for Southeastern Pennsylvania. Yanmar Excavators has eight models on the market ranging from 2,340 to 17,310 lbs....

Beverly B. Nichols - Tue June 21, 2005

Dirt Finally Moving at Library Site

When the city of Fairhope first voted to build a new library in 2003, the projected cost was $3.9 million. By 2005, when the groundbreaking actually took place, this figure had risen to more than $7 million....