Wed September 08, 2004

All Island Makes Jobs Smooth as ’Ice’ for Paving Firm

For Black Ice Paving Contractors Inc. doing one thing and doing it well is the five-year-old company’s raison d’etre It is this single focus that keeps John O’Toole and Will Stark, the principal owners of the residential and commercial pavers based in Huntington, Long Island, acutely aware of maintaining a well-maintained and reliable equipment fleet....

Sat July 24, 2004

Exits Get High Roller Treatment

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma Department of Transportation moved two projects to improve highway exits to the top of its list when two American Indian tribes offered to kick in millions of dollars. The Chickasaw Nation and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation will contribute business profits or their share of federal highway money toward revamping interstate highway exits leading to casinos....

Fri July 16, 2004

Rubber-Tracked Paver Proves Invaluable to Upstate NY Firm

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” has a ring of truth to it in the case of John Matuszak and the founding of his business, Matuszak Blacktopping located in Arcade, NY....

Wed July 14, 2004

Company Uses Precast Concrete for Efficient Building

BETHLEHEM, PA (AP) There is nothing pretentious about Tom Engelman and his Bethlehem Precast company. The plant, approximately 40 years old, sits in a dusty property on East North Street in Bethlehem, with large pieces of preformed concrete waiting to be shipped....

Wed July 14, 2004

Cutler Relocates More Than 1,700 Tons of Concrete Panels

Cutler Associates has relocated 680-linear ft. (207 m) of existing concrete panels for a 346,800-sq.-ft. (32,219 sq m) addition to an existing 653,000-sq.-ft. (60,684 sq m) facility owned by Liberty Property Trust....

Wed July 07, 2004

SCDOT, Lane Receive Concrete Pavement Award for I-85 Job

The American Concrete Pavement Association recently recognized the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) for outstanding design and construction of the I-85 widening and reconstruction in Anderson County....

Wed June 30, 2004

English Paving Co. Wins NAPA Awards Using IR Iron

Ingersoll-Rand (IR) has announced that its customer, English Paving Co. Inc. of Ridgefield, NJ, has been awarded a 2003 Quality in Construction Award for excellence in construction of an asphalt pavement from the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)....

Tue June 29, 2004

PA Company Uses Precast Concrete for Efficient Building

BETHLEHEM, PA (AP) There is nothing pretentious about Tom Engelman and his Bethlehem Precast company. The plant, nearly 40 years old, sits in a dusty property on East North Street in Bethlehem, with large pieces of preformed concrete waiting to be shipped....

Fri May 28, 2004

Ohio DOT to Test Whether Asphalt or Concrete is Better Buy

WOOSTER, OH (AP) The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has asked the competing asphalt and concrete industries to each pave an eight-mile stretch of highway in northeast Ohio to see which material is a better buy....

Thu May 27, 2004

VDOT Scraps I-64 Paving Job, Fixes Potholes

RICHMOND, VA (AP) A $55 million plan to repave 60 mi. of Interstate 64 from Richmond to Newport News has been scrapped because there’s no money for the work in the new state budget, transportation officials announced May 13....