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Kathie Sutin - Mon December 19, 2005

MO’s Smooth Road Plan Keeps Crews Rolling

Missourians saw more road construction this year — in fact, more than ever before in the state’s history. Crews are working to produce smoother roads in the state — approximately 2,200 mi....

Wed December 14, 2005

AZ Contractor Completes Emergency Repairs on I-40

This past spring, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) issued a challenge to local highway contractors. The challenge, in the form of a project, was that a 12-mi. (9.3 km) stretch of I-40, between Sanders, AZ, and the New Mexico state line, was in dire need of repair and ADOT wanted the highway's conditions improved before winter temperatures would render pouring asphalt impossible....

Kate Zanoni - Mon December 12, 2005

Kawasaki Makes Lasting Impression on Barrett Paving

Kawasaki has made a lasting impression on Barrett Paving Materials’ Litchfield, NY, facility. Barrett Paving owns a year 2000 Kawasaki 95ZIV, a 6.5- yd. (5.9 m) machine and has put a startling number of hours on it....

Gwenyth Laird Pernie - Fri September 30, 2005

New Equipment Makes Debut at Highway 74 Site

An improved piece of iron made its national debut this spring at the U.S. 74 highway project in Robeson County, NC. According to Terry Moore, of R.W. Moore Equipment Company, headquartered in Raleigh, NC, the John Deere 210 rubber-tired excavator was selected for this project because of the large job site and the machine’s ability to set jersey barriers and pipes and dig trenches....

Wed September 21, 2005

Mobile Crusher Adds Versatility for Geary Construction

Russell Dean Geary formed Geary Construction in 1947 in Coalville, UT. A marine who had just returned from World War II, Geary started out with a backhoe and a dump truck as a means to simply make a living for himself....

Kate Zanoni - Thu September 08, 2005

Athletic Field Services and Ehrbar Tear Up Some Turf

Years ago, Jon Sweeney, president of Athletic Field Services, turned his love for sports into a career when he constructed his first ballpark for St. Luke’s High School in New Canaan, CT. By the completion of that first job, he knew that he had found his niche....

Thu August 25, 2005

Morris Iron & Steel Takes Pride in Scrap Recycling

Most of us think of recycling as a fairly recent development — and in terms of cans, bottles and paper being recycled by residential households — that may be true. But for heavy metals, the concept of recycling is anything but new....

Lisa Coston - Fri August 19, 2005

Subterranean Atlanta Flooded With Activity For Sewer System

Rocky is back, bigger and more bulked up than ever before, and fighting at approximately 300 ft. (91 m) underneath the city of Atlanta. But don’t start humming that familiar movie theme just yet....

Thu August 11, 2005

NJ Firm Receives Second of Three Cat Certified Rebuilt 950Fs

Taking out the garbage is a messy job, but somebody’s got to do it. But it’s also a challenging job, one which puts equipment to the test. National Ecology Corporation does it in part with some help from Foley Inc....

David S. Chartock - Wed June 15, 2005

Kiska Replaces Century-Old Bridge in NYC

For more than a century, the Third Avenue Bridge, which spans the Harlem River, has linked Manhattan and the Bronx. Constant use and weathering led to a call for its replacement. As a result, work began in July 2001 on the $118-million replacement of the Third Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River....