Mon February 18, 2008
’Burgh Show Shines; Heading to Reading, Next
The Steel City again proved a great setting to shop for iron where, for the fifth consecutive year, the Pittsburgh Construction Expo was held Feb. 5 and 6 at the ExpoMart in Monroeville, Pa. New and repeat visitors, as well as first time and veteran exhibitors enjoyed two days of meeting up, exchanging numbers and making sales....
Tue February 12, 2008
Mack Boring Expands Location in Wilmington, N.C.
It’s always good to outgrow a facility, especially twice in a decade. Ten years ago, Mack Boring & Parts opened in Wilmington, N.C. Four years later, the branch grew from 4,000 to 8,500 sq. ft. This spring, Mack Boring will build a 15,000 sq....
Mon November 05, 2007
Kenworth Opens Its Largest Dealership in America
Kenworth Sales Company’s new $13 million, 122,000 sq.-ft. (11,341 sq m) flagship location represents a “far cry” from the small three-person, family-run shop that the truck dealer’s founders opened 62 years ago....
James A. Merolla - Fri October 19, 2007
Magnificent Obsession: Fred Heim’s Half-Size Universe Creates Big Buzz
Fred Heim does something that no one in this country does. And he does it as well as anyone could do. Heim, 68, a woodworker for 58 years, makes exact replicas of popular earthmoving vehicles — a Peterbilt 379 pulling a 26-ft....
Matthew Willett - Tue September 25, 2007
InfraSource Adding Extra ’Swank’ to Buckhead
It’s a project that will define the area. The first — and sometimes only — impression that visitors take is not a bridge or a building, but a streetscape. On Peachtree Road in Atlanta’s ever-swankier Buckhead district, the streetscape will be like no other in the world....
David S. Chartock - Tue September 04, 2007
Seattle Invests in $2.4 Billion Construction of LRT System
The largest contract of the latest phase of Seattle’s light rail transit system, construction of the Beacon Hill tunnel and station, involves a highly complex deep mining process and some of the most sophisticated tunneling technology in use today....
Tue August 14, 2007
Eastern Michigan Kenworth Opens New Full-Service Facility
Eastern Michigan Kenworth recently opened its second full-service facility, located on Detroit’s north side. The approximately 13,000 sq.-ft. facility complements the recently improved 36,000 sq.-ft....
Wed June 06, 2007
Link-Belt 298 HSL Fills Gap in Lattice Boom Crane Line
Link-Belt’s 298 HSL, a 230-ton (208.6 t) hydraulic lattice boom crawler crane fills out Link-Belt’s crawler crane line providing Link-Belt quality between 200 and 300 tons. It also provides a replacement for all the aging 230-ton crawlers in fleets around the world....
Mon July 02, 2007
Work-Zone Injury Leads to Long Recovery for N.C. Man
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) The crash that nearly cost Robert E. Lakeman his right foot did not command front-page headlines or intense law enforcement scrutiny. It remains big news to Lakeman, who still walks with difficulty after being struck by a drunken driver the night of July 6, 2005, while working with a pipe-laying crew on Gordon Road....
Tue May 22, 2007
McCloskey’s 512 Trommel Meets Tightest Road Limits
Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi of Tokyo scoured the globe for a partner to develop a new series of compact trommel screeners. Aiming to deliver more productive portable screening plants for its customers, Shin Cat chose McCloskey International to engineer a trommel that could produce required volumes and still travel within the tight legal limits of Japan’s narrow, congested roadways....
