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Wed January 19, 2000

Oldest Maryland Contractor Breaks Ground With JCB

Angelozzi Bros. Inc, one of the area’s oldest and most respected contractors, last year became the first Maryland business to take delivery of a JCB tracked excavator — a move it has not regretted....

Wed November 22, 2000

Bear Paw Attachment Takes Extreme Role on NH Job

The Bear Paw attachment from National Attachments is grabbing attention across the United States as an "extreme" machine. On a job site in New Hampshire, the Bear Paw 200H has been delivering uncompromising strength for Mike Workman of Workman Excavating, based in Gilmanto, NH....

Wed November 08, 2000

Moxy MT36 Demo Truck Hits the Dirt in Massachusetts

The Moxy MT36 demo truck was recently hauled up to Goodall and Sons Tractor, Westboro, MA, because Carl Goodall, owner, wanted to see how the truck ran. John McCourt Construction Co, a large company in the Boston area, agreed to demo the truck....

Sat November 04, 2000

PBHs Level Multiple Structures in Colorado Cleanup

What was once an important site for the manufacture of nerve gases is being given back to nature. The U.S. Army’s 27-sq.-mi. (43.5 sq km) Rocky Flats Arsenal in Colorado is now a wildlife preserve…home to deer, eagles, rattlesnakes, and prairie dogs. But there is still a great deal of cleanup to be done....

Megan Nichols - Sat November 25, 2000

Route 36 Project’s Conditions Keep Missouri Contractors on Their Toes

North central Missouri boasts some of the country’s finest farmland. However, pockets of the region have more challenging geographical features, including glacial till and wetlands. The design and construction of Route 36 illustrate how the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and contractors are addressing the area’s unique topography....

Sat November 11, 2000

Patten Tractor Places Cat 320CL Front and Center

Patten Tractor & Equipment Co., hosted an exhibition on the new Caterpillar 320CL hydraulic excavator in Elmhurst, IL, on Sept. 27. The exhibition was a joint venture between Caterpillar Inc. and Patten Tractor & Equipment Co. The introduction was done by Crane Patten, owner....

Megan Nichols - Sat November 11, 2000

Fred Weber Inc. Finds Route 141 New Place to Reside

One of St. Louis County’s most congested intersections is receiving a complete overhaul that should improve the moods of many commuters. Route 141 will be relocated and enhanced from south of Clayton Road to Vance Road....

Giles Lambertson - Mon February 07, 2000

Sleepy Stretch of Highway 87 Gets Barnhill’s Wake-Up Call

Looking at a map of North Carolina, the 13-mile (21 km) stretch of NC 87 angling southeast from Interstate 95 would not seem to warrant four-laning. At its southern end, the roadway reaches nothing more than the outskirts of the small town of Tar Heel....

Wed May 16, 2001

Gradall Road Show Hits J.W. Burress in North Carolina

J.W. Burress hosted a Gradall Road Show at its Charlotte branch on Friday, March 30, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 100 area contractors came in to see and operate the three Gradall models that were on hand....

Giles Lambertson - Wed November 15, 2000

Beers-York Finds Creek a New Home During School Project

They had to move a creek to construct a new Hollis Academy building in Greenville, SC. The kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school building will replace an existing structure that sits in front of it on a 5-acre (2-h) building site at the intersection of Goodrich and Eighth streets....