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Thu August 10, 2006

Lancaster Development Muscles Up With New Volvo Trucks

When people approach the 60-year mark, they are referred to as “senior citizens.” When a company approaches the 60-year mark, it can be referred to a “seasoned company.” One such “seasoned” company is Lancaster Development located in upstate New York....

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....

Amy Westfeldt - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed May 31, 2006

Trucks Roll Down Ramp to Work on Freedom Tower

NEW YORK (AP) After spending months wrangling for control of buildings and money at ground zero, politicians and a private developer gathered April 25 as excavation trucks rolled out to mark the beginning of construction of the Freedom Tower, the symbolic skyscraper designed to replace the destroyed World Trade Center....

Thu May 18, 2006

Texas Gravel Company Supplies Material for State’s Largest Projects

Some of the world’s biggest construction contractors operate on the high plains around Dallas-Fort Worth. Their high-rise buildings, six-lane concrete ribbons and soaring bridges only get built if there is a reliable supply of concrete, rock and sand....

Amy Westfeldt - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed May 10, 2006

Trucks Roll Down Ramp to Begin Work on Freedom Tower

NEW YORK (AP) After spending months wrangling for control of buildings and money at ground zero, politicians and a private developer gathered April 25 as excavation trucks rolled out to mark the beginning of construction of the Freedom Tower, the symbolic skyscraper designed to replace the destroyed World Trade Center....

Wed May 03, 2006

J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers Achieves NTEA MVP Status

J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers, a division of Somerset Welding & Steel Inc., and a manufacturer of dump bodies, trailers, and specialty truck equipment, has achieved Member Verification Program (MVP) status through the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA)....

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....

Thu April 13, 2006

Riverside Providing New Sand for North Topsail Beach

Riverside Sand Co. Inc. of Wallace, NC, has added two new JCB 722 trucks to its equipment fleet this year and has been keeping them rolling at full speed. They’ve proven useful in the sand quarry’s latest mission — to supply 55,000 cu....

Fri April 07, 2006

MD Property Proves to Be Worth Its ’Wait’ in Sand, Gravel

Thousands upon thousands of years ago, eroded material from the Appalachian Mountains was carried down the Potomac River and deposited throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. One such deposit area in what is now Prince George’s County, MD, near Washington, D.C., is known as the Brandywine formation....

Tue March 14, 2006

Landirr Adding 5th Golf Course to The Villages

With a population of more than 50,000 and the expectation of another 5,000 more, one of the fastest growing “active adult communities” in the country is doing the obvious — adding a golf course....