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Wed May 10, 2000

Caterpillar Bids Farewell to 924F; Welcomes 924Gz

The new Caterpillar 924Gz wheel loader offers significant improvements compared to the 924F model it replaces. The G-series machine presents improved features, better performance and easier service. The 924Gz features a conventional Z-Bar linkage, very similar to the 924F, for customers who prefer a traditional linkage....

Wed May 10, 2000

Kawasaki Upgrades 50ZIV-2 Loader to First Class Cab

The Kawasaki 67.1-kilowatt (90 hp) wheel loader model 50ZIV-2 is now equipped with a completely redesigned cab that includes all the features of the larger class Kawasaki wheel loaders. New standard upgrades to the cab include tinted wrap-around front and back windows, access from either side of the cab, side sliding windows, seven-way adjustable seat with headrest and adjustable armrests and AM/FM cassette stereo....

Tom Nicholson - Wed August 16, 2000

Erosion Control Job Helps Save Pennsylvania Creek

Excavating contractors and conservation officers are working together to solve the problem of soil-eroding and flooding creeks in a unique project that is under way in northeastern Pennsylvania and may serve as a model for similar projects around the country. Using the concept of fluvial geomorphology, in which erosion-causing sediment build up on the creek bed is eliminated by redirecting the water flow back into its original course at the center of the bed, the project is transforming the 20-mi....

Jack Ellery - Wed August 16, 2000

Contractor Takes On New Jersey Muck With ’Solar’ Power

Take some New Jersey muck by the side of a river, add some concrete pilings, sift the dirt to remove debris, rearrange things a little bit, and watch as townhouses spring up in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge....

Mary Reed - Wed August 02, 2000

Biggest Turnpike Expansion in Five Decades Takes $2.6B Toll

It’s the biggest expansion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike System since the l950s, during which the Turnpike’s northeastern, eastern and western extensions were constructed. When the massive Mon-Fayette Expressway is completed and opens as SR-43 it will extend north from I-68 near Morgantown, WV, through the Uniontown and Brownsville areas and the Monongahela River Valley to I-376 near Pittsburgh, PA. “The Mon-Fayette Expressway is actually composed of four separate, localized projects that would interconnect to form a continuous, 65-mi....