Tue March 20, 2001
ROMCO Puts Acme Brick to the Test With Iron Skills Competition in Texas
Acme Brick celebrated its annual Safety Day on Jan. 26 as employees competed for prizes and learned how to reduce hazards in the workplace.
At the company’s Denton, TX, plant, employees from every department took part in events like the Volvo Wheel Loader Rodeo and the Hitachi Excavator Skills Test.
“We want to create a safer working environment and let people see what other people do in their departments,” said Ronald Carpenter, mining supervisor of the Denton plant.
Carpenter was quick to point out that Safety Day does make a difference in educating and protecting workers.
“We look forward to this all year,” said Preparations Supervisor Chet Harris....
ShelClark - Tue March 20, 2001
Three Rivers Stadium Takes Final Bow
Nearly 25,000 hardy souls braved Pittsburgh, PA’s cold this Feb. 11 to watch, hopefully without blinking, as one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks was reduced to a pile of rubble in just 19 seconds....
Wed September 13, 2000
Mercando Reaches for the Stars With Westchester Ford
It was 1934, Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run against Detroit, the New York Giants defeated the Chicago Bears 30-13 for the NFL championship; John Dillinger broke out of jail using a wooden pistol; a stamp cost three cents; and Mercando Contracting Company Inc....
Wed February 21, 2001
Link-Belt Saves R&J Time, Money by Squeezing Into Confined Work Sites
R & J Crane Service of Vero Beach, FL, did not waste any time implementing the new 27-ton (24.3 t) capacity luffing attachment that it recently acquired for its LS-238H lattice-boom crawler crane. Wedged between existing structures and the Atlantic Ocean, R & J couldn’t complete the project without the new luffing attachment....
Wed August 30, 2000
Navy Destroyer Retires With Honors, Dismantled in Maryland
The USS Patterson FF 1061 recently was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy. This destroyer was scrapped by North American Supply Inc., Ruxton, MD, for Baltimore Marine Industries (BMI), Baltimore, MD.
Commissioned in 1970, the USS Patterson saw a long and successful career before retiring....
Wed August 16, 2000
Komatsu’s Tight Tail Swing Delivers Right Prescription for Small Spaces
As most contractors know, working in confined and congested areas can not only be hazardous to their health but their machines’ health as well. When Komatsu introduced its PC128US-2 and PC228USLC-2 hydraulic excavators....
Wed August 02, 2000
Maryland Tire Plant Topples With Earthmoving Force
The Allegany County Public Works department of the city of Cumberland, MD, selected Earthmovers Unlimited, Kylertown, PA, to perform the demolition of the three- and four-story former Kelly Tire Plant....
Wed July 19, 2000
Pennsylvania Networking Company Expands Service With Cat Excavator
When Kevin R. Ehst founded Ehst Information Services, a network integration company providing a full range of networking services and support, in 1998 he only dreamed about how quickly the company would grow....
Wed June 21, 2000
Suffolk County Cleans Up Mosquito Breeding Grounds
All Island Equipment recently sold a specialized Kobelco 70SR zero-tail-swing excavator to the Suffolk County, NY, Vector Control to help slow the spread of encephalitis in the metro area. This excavator was uniquely equipped to skim out across the marshes and bogs on Long Island to clean up the mosquito breeding grounds....
Wed June 07, 2000
New York’s H&R Parts Scraps its 2,000th Machine
Parts is parts, right?
To Steve Hansen and Marv Ruch, owners of H&R Parts Inc., Buffalo, NY, it’s a little more complicated than that.
H&R Parts specializes in disassembling construction equipment and salvaging the valuable components....
