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James A. Budd - Mon November 20, 2006

Utility Relocation Adds Year to Project

Gwinnett County, located in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, has ranked as one of the fastest growing counties in the country for several decades, a fact that keeps state and local transportation planners jumping just to stay ahead of traffic gridlock....

David Hunt - Wed November 15, 2006

Mascaro Assembles Arsenal on Bradford Bypass Project

Mascaro Construction, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has assembled an arsenal of heavy equipment on Route 219 to complete an ambitious two-year, $55-million project to rebuild the Bradford Bypass in northcentral Pennsylvania....

Thu August 10, 2006

Caterpillar Releases Versatile BG-230D Asphalt Paver

Caterpillar Inc. of Peoria, IL, released the BG-230D asphalt paver, a medium-sized, rubber tire paver for new construction, overlay and maintenance work. The BG-230D is suited for airports, highways, urban and rural roads, industrial sites and large parking lots....

Wed July 26, 2006

Caterpillar Rolls Out New Line of M-Series Motorgraders

Caterpillar has announced the new, seven-model lineup of M-Series motorgraders. The new machines feature a number of new concepts in motorgrader design — a pair of joysticks replace as many as 15 levers and a steering wheel....

Jennifer Rupp - Tue June 13, 2006

I-80 Job on Track, Despite Undercutting

The 7-mi. (11.3 km) refurbishment of I-80 between Yarnell and Bellefonte in Pennsylvania is running on schedule, despite extensive undercutting because of clay and other fine materials. The project began on Feb....

Brian Kern - Tue May 09, 2006

Citrus Canker Sparks Projects for Florida Contractor

In a place where citrus groves once dominated the landscape all the way to the horizon, coconut palm saplings and sprawling subdivisions are now sprouting up. On the western edge of Vero Beach, FL, Joe Massagee, vice president of Heavy Equipment Services (HES) drives his truck through a decontamination spray on the way to one of the company’s work sites....

Thu April 13, 2006

Lowe’s Distribution Center Project Fast Tracked

Rockford Blacktop Construction Company, one of the oldest and largest contractors in northern Illinois, is fast tracking a challenging site development project for a large distribution center by applying its full-service capabilities....

Brenda Ruggiero - Mon April 10, 2006

Design-Build Team Tackles U.S. 1/64 in N. Carolina

The design-build team of The Lane Construction Corporation, SEPI Engineering Group and The LPA Group of North Carolina is well on its way to earning a bonus for the early completion of improvements to U.S....

Dawn Weinberger - Thu March 09, 2006

Interchange Build Opens Path to ’Treasure Valley’

The Idaho Transportation Department has known about the inadequacies of the highway between Boise and Nampa for nearly 20 years. In 1987, the agency held its first public meeting on the issue, but funding problems caused delays in getting started....

Tom Stoebenau - Tue June 14, 2005

Laser-Grader Provides More Precision, Maneuverability For Indoor Projects

When the job is indoors, a grading project can be a daunting, if not impossible task. Most graders are too large to fit into plans for indoor jobs. Without the mini-grader, most of these jobs had to be done by hand, which could be problematic, especially in large-scale jobs....