Mon April 07, 2008

Community Asphalt to Widen Portion of I-95 in Brevard Co.

Community Asphalt Corp. of Hialeah, Fla., has been engaged by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for a project on Interstate 95 from south of SR-514 to south of SR-519 in Brevard County. The $196.3 million contract will be completed by Community Asphalt Corp....

Tue April 01, 2008

Steiner Adds Bobcat Equipment for Concrete Sawing Work in Ore.

Morgan Steiner of Klamath Falls, Ore., learned first-hand how compact equipment can dramatically grow a company’s sales revenue. Prior to owning Bobcat equipment, Steiner’s small, family owned business in southeast Oregon specialized in concrete sawing and coring....

Fri March 28, 2008

TxDOT’s I-35 Work to Link Major Highways

Two types of horsepower will soon be crossing ranch land south of Austin, Texas, now that State Highway 45SE (SH 45SE), is under construction north of Buda, Hays County. SH 45SE will link I-35 to the junction of State Highway 130 (SH 130) and U.S....

Wed March 19, 2008

I-40 Paving Project to Begin in Spring

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will begin a 30-mi. (48 km) pavement rehabilitation project on Interstate 40 (I-40) near Essex. The contract was awarded to Granite Construction Company in September 2007....

Mon March 17, 2008

NYE Concrete Pulverizer Has Four-Positioned Ripper Feature

National Attachments Inc.'s extreme service digital concrete pulverizer crushes pre-cut cast or cast-in-place concrete, asphalt, rock, pipe, decking, and airport tarmac and is ideal for in-place demolition or implosion clean-up....

Mon March 10, 2008

Grasan 600 TPH Crushes 18M Tons of Asphalt Rubble

Thompson Recycle, Tecumseh, Mich., has moved its asphalt rubble crushing operation from site to site more than 750 times and crushed approximately 18 million tons (16.3 million t) from March 1995 through November 2007, which includes 13 crushing seasons of eight to nine months each....

Wed March 05, 2008

Aponte Construction Praises Relationship with Binder

Aponte Construction Company is a heavy highway contractor based in Flemington, N.J. Founded in 1963, the family-owned and operated business started as strictly a sewer and water utility contractor. The SBE/MBE firm has evolved through the years into a full-service paving and milling company that "self-performs 95 percent of its road work throughout the state," said Owner Frank Aponte....

Wed February 27, 2008

Shirley Concrete Pours 16,357 Ft. in Just 10 Hours

The Willow Oaks subdivision project in Shelby County, Ala., had more than 16,000 ft. (4,877 m) of 30-in. (76.2 cm) valley gutter. It would be a typical project for Shirley Concrete Company and its GOMACO Commander III....

Thu February 14, 2008

GOMACO C-750 Finishes Concrete in a Single Pass

The GOMACO C-750 finisher has the capability of finishing concrete up to 156 ft. (47.5 m) wide. It has many of the same features as the C-450 cylinder finisher, including automatic advance, automatic self-widening carriage, powered widening to maintain crown position on tapered decks, and operator enhanced monitoring of the machine functions with panel-mounted bogie and carriage circuit pressure gauges....

Sun February 10, 2008

Gehl’s Asphalt Pavers Can Adapt to Various Applications

Gehl’s Power Box asphalt pavers are ideal for commercial and municipal applications. The 1448 Plus and 1648 Plus asphalt pavers feature fully-extendable screed extensions that allow the machines to be adapted easily to different job applications, such as driveways, recreational ball courts, bike paths and parking lots....