Giles Lambertson - Thu November 11, 2004
Firm Makes Fresh Tracks Through South Florida Muck
A 50-year-old marina in Naples, FL, is being recycled into a brand new condominium-hotel-yachting complex on Naples Bay. One of the first steps in the redevelopment process is deepening the basin around which the complex will be built....
Tue November 09, 2004
Pro-Tec Slide Rail Provides Backbone for Excavation Job
A need for increased wastewater treatment facilities in a growing community 20 mi. southeast of Wausau, WI, involved the construction of a lift station in a 40-ft. (12.2 m) deep, 28-ft. (8.5 m) wide, 45-ft....
Giles Lambertson - Thu October 28, 2004
Storms Place Heavy Demand on Contractors
“We’re not a storm-chasing contractor,” said David Sharpe, whose C-Sharpe Company LLC nevertheless is overrun with hurricane reconstruction work. The storm came to him. The restoration and waterproofing company’s office is in Orange Beach, AL, which pretty much was ground zero for Hurricane Ivan....
Fri October 22, 2004
Richman Sons Set Sights on Scrap Supremacy With Sennebogen
Bruce Richman had never seen a Sennebogen material handler until late in 2002. But he had looked forward to the day a machine like the Sennebogen 835 R-HD would come along for years before. Bruce and his brother David are third-generation scrap processors in Philadelphia, PA, sharing duties in the management of S.D....
Thu October 14, 2004
Georgia Contractors See Big Results With Daewoo Iron
Necessity is the mother of invention — but value is often the determining factor when buying that invention. So for two Georgia-based contractors, getting a powerful “invention” at a great price has been a profitable blessing....
Tue October 05, 2004
Volvo CE North America Wins Multimillion Dollar Contracts for Iron in Iraq
Volvo Construction Equipment North America has been awarded contracts totaling approximately $30 million by the United States government to build and deliver more than 200 units of construction equipment to the Iraqi government to be used in the reconstruction of that country....
Pete Sigmund - Mon October 04, 2004
North American Distributors Tour Hyundai Asian Facility
In 1940, Chung Ju Yung ran an automobile repair business. Through hard work and enterprise, he established Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company in 1947. In 1972, the company broke ground for what is now the world’s largest shipyard....
Thu September 30, 2004
Malphrus Puts Volvo to Work on Hilton Head Links
While some people head to the links to get away from work, others head to the course to get their work done. Such is the case with Malphrus Construction Company Inc., based in Hilton Head Island, SC. Whether it’s new construction for an entire course carved out of dense forest and murky swampland or a refurbished facelift to an existing course showing its age, there’s a lot of work to be done on the course....
Mary S. Yamin-Garone - Tue September 21, 2004
Stiles Excavating & Trucking Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Do you believe in destiny?Mike Stiles, owner of Stiles Excavating & Trucking Inc., in Halfmoon, NY, does. It was back in the 1960s — when New York’s north country didn’t even have a Northway — that Stiles discovered his love of earth....
Darryl Seland - Fri September 17, 2004
West Side Digs Up Faster Profits for Troutman Excavating
Nine months ago, Troutman Excavating Inc. in Channahon, IL, purchased a John Deere 200CLC excavator from West Side Tractor and the company has since shaved two-and-a-half hours off of its dig time. “It’s quick....
