Mon October 01, 2007
Jaw Crusher Well Suited for Rock, Concrete Recycling
Ideal for high-capacity producers of crushed stone or concrete recycle, the Telsmith Quarry-Trax Model TJ3258 mobile track-mounted primary jaw crushing plant features a larger gape and a 58-in.-wide (147 cm) crushing chamber, boosting crushing capacity by up to 15 percent....
Mon October 01, 2007
Cavaliere Industries Has Grown, Thrived Since 1955
In 1955, undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano fought his 49th and final battle against light heavyweight champion Archie Moore, digging very deep in the four-squared corners of the ring in Madison Square Garden....
Mon September 17, 2007
Teamwork Key to $141M Expressway in New York
The $141.8 million I-287 Cross Westchester Expressway Stage III reconstruction project has been a handful for all involved. "With over 550 items of work, communications between and amongst the principal parties involved is expected to be the key to success for the project," explained Kerril Hynes, engineer-in-charge, New York State Department of Transportation, Region 9 (NYSDOT), Poughkeepsie, N.Y....
Wed September 12, 2007
Caterpillar Adds Multi-Purpose AP655D to Paving Lineup
Caterpillar Inc. has added the AP655D asphalt paver to the paving products machine family. Typical applications for the AP655D include: highways, urban and rural streets, county roads, lane additions, industrial sites, overlays, airport runways and other medium to high production-sized paving jobs....
Tue August 07, 2007
CFR Paving Lays Mat on $6M Route 20 Morrisville, N.Y., Job
CFR Paving Inc. located in Canastota, N.Y., is a “Transformer” of sorts. Michael Costello Sr. founded Costello Blacktop Paving in the 1950s during the interstate boom when the New York State Thruway was being constructed....
Mon August 06, 2007
Concrete Supplier to Pay $50M to Settle Boston Tunnel Case
By Rodrique NgowiASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERBOSTON (AP) A Swiss-owned concrete supplier for Massachusetts’ massive, troubled commuter tunnel system has agreed to pay a $50 million settlement to end investigations into whether it supplied inferior concrete to the project, which was the site of a collapse that killed a woman, authorities announced July 27....
Fri August 03, 2007
L&M Concrete Paves With GT-3600 at Old Joliet Aresenal
A massive building project is taking place at the old Joliet Arsenal in Elwood, Ill. The arsenal is being converted into the Deer Run Industrial Park, and houses the national distribution facilities for a major department store....
Fri August 03, 2007
Paving Crew Acutely Aware of Angles at Darlington Raceway
There are no racecars on the track but there is still a lot of fast-paced action at Darlington Raceway. A $10 million construction project that includes building a new access tunnel and repaving the track is moving full speed ahead this summer....
Tue July 31, 2007
Tenn. College Offers Concrete Education to Student Body
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) Carl Turnbow Jr. started college as a computer science major, before switching to something more solid. Like hundreds of other students at Middle Tennessee State University, Turnbow is now studying for a bachelor’s degree in concrete management....
Fri July 13, 2007
University of Wisconsin Badgers Become Five-Time Concrete Canoe Champions
In the 1960s, a group of civil engineering students had what everyone else thought was a crazy idea. They would take a building material nearly everyone was familiar with, concrete, and use it in an extraordinary way: they would design, build and race a canoe made of concrete....