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Kerry Lynn Kirby - Mon August 02, 2004

Rocky Terrain Proves No Match for Buckeye on $1.4M NC Project

Given the rolling hill terrain where the old sewer lines lay buried in the earth, it was no surprise that workers would encounter rock during the $1.4-million sewer line replacement project for the town of Columbus, NC....

Tue July 27, 2004

Ingersoll-Rand to Introduce Excavators and Wheel Loaders

Ingersoll-Rand will soon offer excavators and wheel loaders to construction markets as the company gears up to introduce four new earthmoving products this fall. New Ingersoll-Rand excavators will be introduced in the 7.5 and 12.5 ton classes....

Fri June 18, 2004

Case to Restore Guard’s Wheel Loader Fleet to Original Specs

Case Construction Equipment was awarded a U.S. Government contract to rebuild approximately 400 MW-24C Army National Guard wheel loaders. Originally purchased in the early 1980s for service with the Armed Forces these loaders have been used in various military missions, ranging from support of humanitarian projects and third world nation building to deployment with combat support troops in hostile areas....

Wed June 02, 2004

Volvo L35B Proves ’Rock’ Solid Choice for NJ Landscape, Building Supply Firm

Business has increased so much for Rock Products Inc., a landscape and building supply business in Thorofare, NJ, that owner, Charles Zeisloft II, decided that the company needed a second compact wheel loader to keep up with the workload....

Mon May 24, 2004

Heitsche Boyz Propels Profits With Eagle UltraMax

Since the early 1990s, Ted Heitsche has operated Ted’s Trucking, a successful hauling company in Collins, OH, just south of Toledo. With his trucking business firmly established, Heitsche did what few people would do: create a second business in an industry he knew little about....

Brenda Ruggiero - Mon April 19, 2004

Baltimore Modernizes Loch Raven Dam

A $29-million rehabilitation project is well under way at the Loch Raven Dam at Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore, MD. The structure is a gravity dam, meaning that it relies on its own weight for stability....

Wed March 24, 2004

Westchester Tractor Helps Silver Lake Get Into ’High Gear’

“Neither snow nor sleet nor gloom of night stop these men from their appointed rounds” is a revised version of the words by Herodotus in the fifth century B.C. that aptly describe the dedication of John Amodeo and his crew....

Kerry Lynn Kirby - Tue January 06, 2004

Japan-U.S. Partnership to Relieve Atlanta’s Sewer Woes

Atlanta’s explosive population growth is most obvious in its notorious traffic. But underneath the bustling city there’s a less-visible congestion problem that threatens residents’ health and the environment....

Brenda Ruggiero - Mon December 29, 2003

Massive I-95 Bridgeport Corridor Speeds Forward

A major reconstruction is currently under way on Interstate 95 at Bridgeport, CT. Known as the I-95 Bridgeport Corridor, the project has an estimated total cost of $422.7 million. Notice to proceed was given on Aug....

Wed December 24, 2003

Athletic Services Rounds Third On Phillies’ Clearwater Ballpark Project

When Ray Kinsella heard the words “If you build it, they will come,” the Iowa farmer plowed through his corn to construct a baseball field. The 1989 movie Field of Dreams and Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, left to the imagination what Athletic Services is making a reality at the new spring training facility of the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, FL....