Brenda Ruggiero - Mon July 07, 2003
Oak Contracting Makes the Grade for $27.5M High School in Owings Mills, MD
By the start of the 2003 school year, high school students in the Owings Mills, MD, area will have a brand new school.
Construction of the building is well under way under the direction of Oak Contracting Corporation, Baltimore....
G.W. Hall - Mon June 30, 2003
Contractors Complete Key Phase of 17th Street Bridge
Contractors involved in building Atlanta’s new 17th Street Bridge reached a major milestone recently when they set the last of the structure’s 48 steel beams in place.
“The beam setting operations have been as smooth as we could have imagined,” said Mickey McGee, metro district construction engineer of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)....
Fri June 27, 2003
JWB Acquisition Purchases Assets of J.W. Burress Inc.
JWB Acquisition Inc. has purchased the assets of J.W. Burress Inc., a large mid-Atlantic equipment distributor from American Equipment Company, a subsidiary of Fluor Corporation headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA....
Tracy Carbasho - Thu June 19, 2003
Rockslides, Heavy Volume Spur Widening of Major WV Artery
Workers are literally “between a rock and a hard place’’ as they proceed with a multimillion-dollar project to widen the primary roadway through the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.
“We’re taking a sliver cut off a one-mile long hillside....
Gini and Dan McKain - Fri June 13, 2003
Link-Belt Helps Crews Ace Pasco County School Project
It’s seldom that you’ll encounter an endangered bird species confronting you in the middle of a paved public highway.
But, that is exactly what happened at the construction site of a new public elementary school in Pasco County, FL.
Several pair of Sandhill Cranes decided to avail themselves of one of the retention ponds that had been excavated at the site....
Mark Hoffman - Tue June 10, 2003
Capital Reopens Collapsed I-80 Span in 24 Hours
Holidays wreak havoc on the highways of Nebraska. Just ask Les O’Donnell, spokesman for District 6 of the Cornhuskers’ State Department of Roads.
Last Fourth of July, torrential rains washed out the approaches to two bridges on Interstate 80, closing the nation’s busiest highway for a week while repairs were made.
Last week, a bridge over Interstate 80 near Big Springs collapsed when a semi-trailer slammed into it, killing the driver....
Lori Lovely - Mon June 02, 2003
Palmetto Digs Into Florence, SC, Widening Job
Since the first of the year, Palmetto Paving has been trying to push forward with a road-widening project in Florence, SC. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has been pushing back. “It’s been the wettest winter in 10 years,” chuckled Project Manager Carl Rabon....
Wed June 04, 2003
Giles & Ransome Touts Cat Certified Operator Training
Today’s construction equipment has changed and Giles & Ransome is committed to offering its customers the benefit of training. Training can increase employee satisfaction while increasing safety and productivity.
Research and development have led to technological advancements in the design aspects of earthmoving equipment....
Fri May 16, 2003
Dealers Race to Inspect Daewoo Iron, Joe Gibbs Facility
Dealers and race fans had an opportunity in late February to not only check out a presentation of the 2003 Daewoo excavator models, but also to tour Joe Gibbs Racing Headquarters in North Carolina.
After a welcome and meeting topic outline from Tim O’ Malley, and an introduction and presentation from Joe Gibbs, guests were given Daewoo’s 2002 results and the company’s 2003 agenda.
In mid-morning, attendees were introduced to the new Daewoo excavator and wheel loader Solar V Series models for 2003, which include the 210 WV, 180 WV and 140 WV wheel loaders and the 470 LCV, 420LCV, 340 LCV, 300 LCV, 255 LCV, 225 LCV, 175 LCV and 55 VP excavators....
Wed May 21, 2003
Morbark, Bay Mulch Clean Up on Tampa Bay-Area Clearing Projects
When a surprise burning ban forced Tom Kirkland to haul away and pay to dispose of green waste material that he had cleared from a large building site after including burning in his site preparation bid, he said, “There’s got to be a better way to make a living.” With the help of a supportive grinding equipment manufacturer plus his own dedication to uninterrupted production, Kirkland shifted his site preparation business to landclearing and grinding....
