Thu August 31, 2006

Compaction Key During Cadence Construction

Once the Deere move out, the horses will move in. New Creation Land Developers, equipped with John Deere machinery, is currently grading a 510-acre site in Blue Ridge, GA, as the future home of Cadence, an equestrian community....

Wed July 05, 2006

’Value Engineering’ Reduces Final Cost of Southern I-75 Project

With a little extra thought, a Georgia contractor saved the state’s taxpayers $10 million. Before The Scruggs Company of Valdosta began working on the 9-mi. stretch of Interstate 75 from Adel south to the Lowndes County line, it proposed a plan that would implement “value engineering.”The plan, which was approved by the Georgia Department of Transportation, changed the phasing of the project to move all four lanes of traffic onto the southbound side of the highway and work on the northbound side first....

Tue June 13, 2006

I-80 Job on Track, Despite Undercutting

The 7-mi. (11.3 km) refurbishment of I-80 between Yarnell and Bellefonte in Pennsylvania is running on schedule, despite extensive undercutting because of clay and other fine materials. The project began on Feb....

Wed May 31, 2006

EastCoast Reduces Fuel Consumption While Juggling 14 Jobs

EastCoast General Contractors Inc., a large general contractor based in Massachusetts, is a juggler. Just as a juggler is able to manipulate several objects and keep them in motion, so too can EastCoast Contractors keep several projects in motion at the same time....

Fri April 28, 2006

No Traffic to Dodge at I-69 Site in Mississippi

The only traffic the crew working on the first section of I-69 in north Mississippi has to worry about is its own machinery. APAC-Tennessee is in the midst of constructing a new $53.8-million stretch of highway in the 17 mi....

Mon April 10, 2006

Design-Build Team Tackles U.S. 1/64 in N. Carolina

The design-build team of The Lane Construction Corporation, SEPI Engineering Group and The LPA Group of North Carolina is well on its way to earning a bonus for the early completion of improvements to U.S....

Wed December 14, 2005

AZ Contractor Completes Emergency Repairs on I-40

This past spring, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) issued a challenge to local highway contractors. The challenge, in the form of a project, was that a 12-mi. (9.3 km) stretch of I-40, between Sanders, AZ, and the New Mexico state line, was in dire need of repair and ADOT wanted the highway's conditions improved before winter temperatures would render pouring asphalt impossible....

Fri June 10, 2005

GPS Makes the Grade for McAninch Corporation in NC

A road relocation project in North Carolina includes several unique features, including custom-built equipment and a heavy reliance on Trimble GPS technology. The $40.4-million project involves the relocation of existing Route 16 in Lincoln and Catawba counties to a new divided four-lane roadway....

Tue January 11, 2005

J & J Contractors Collars Challenges on Lynn Police Job

The city of Lynn’s finest soon will be getting a new home to the tune of $12.5 million. The new police station in Lynn, MA, located approximately 15 mi. north of Boston, was in the design and approval process for six years when work finally began in August 2003....

Wed November 17, 2004

Vantage Equipment Takes on Bomag Compaction Line

Vantage Equipment, based in Syracuse, NY, and formerly known as LB Smith, has announced that it has become the authorized distributor of Bomag compaction equipment in upstate New York through the company’s offices in Syracuse, Buffalo and Albany....