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Brenda Ruggiero - Wed February 05, 2003

$122M Siemens Fuel-Cell Factory Powers Toward Summer Wrap-up

A $122-million fuel cell factory for Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. currently is under construction in the Pittsburgh, PA, township of Munhall on the Monongahela River. The site was chosen in Sept. 2001, winning out over eight cities, including Orlando, FL, and Ft....

Giles Lambertson - Fri January 24, 2003

Linda Construction Goes on Demo Spree in Charlotte

The building was a five-story residential unit called Charlotte Town Manor, a poured concrete structure about 40 years old that stood tall against the banks of a tributary called Sugar Creek. But in four weeks, it was nothing....

Thu January 23, 2003

Bobcat System Tag Teams on Sandy Soil Conditions in SC

It takes special equipment to work productively in the sandy soils of South Carolina. That’s why John Haus and Ron Bracebridge, partners of J & R Contracting, rely on their all-track Bobcat System....

Brenda Ruggiero - Wed January 15, 2003

Bookworms Await $10M Annex at Enoch Pratt Library

A new annex is taking shape at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in downtown Baltimore, MD. The project is particularly significant because it is the first major expansion at the facility since it opened during the Depression in 1933....

Giles Lambertson - Thu January 09, 2003

Sticking to Basics Proves Senter’s Formula for Success

Meredith Senter began selling small Ford farm tractors in 1962 from a dealership located on the south edge of Raleigh, NC. The low-powered, two-wheel-drive Fords in blue and gray were a common sight on small farms as well as on large ones....

Craig Mongeau - Fri January 03, 2003

Geppert Bros. Razes Housing Project in West Philly

Just as the dust and debris were settling after the implosion of the Mill Creek Housing Project in West Philadelphia, so were the hopes rising for neighborhood residents that new housing would bring a better standard of living to the area of 46th St....

Wed December 18, 2002

Revoli Construction Company Finds a Friend in CN Wood and Komatsu

When Shawqui Alsarabi and Aldo Palumbo decided to make their mark in the world, they decided to go into the construction business. With that decision made, they went to Bob Benard, owner of C.N. Wood, explaining the idea of forming their own construction business....

Wed December 18, 2002

Cherry Hill Rocks on With Custom NYE Grapple

Cherry Hill Construction Inc. began doing business with National Attachments Inc. (NA) in 1996 when Equipment Superintendent Gerry Clarendon purchased a NYE extendable dipperstick for a Komatsu PC95. Recently, Cherry Hill successfully bid the Patapsco River dredging project in Maryland....

Dick Rohland - Mon December 09, 2002

St. Paul’s I35E Bridge Job Maintains a Low Profile

For the nearly 80,000 motorists speeding across the I35E Bridge over the Mississippi River as they head into or out of St. Paul, MN, the only signs of construction activity are a couple of cranes towering slightly above the bridge deck....

Fri December 06, 2002

Southwest Virginia Memorial Bridge

In April 2001, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) began work to replace the 52-year-old Southwest Virginia Memorial Bridge over the New River and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks. The bridge, which is located on Route 11 and links Radford and Fairlawn in Pulaski County, is a single structure with two lanes for northbound traffic and two lanes for southbound traffic....