Thu December 12, 2002

Jones Purchases First JCB 718 Artic Truck Sold in U.S.

Ronny D. Jones Enterprises Inc. is a third-generation utility contractor whose recent purchase of a JCB 718 articulated dump truck was a first. The Newnan, GA, contractor serving the Atlanta metro and north Georgia area has become the owner of the first JCB 718 sold in the United States. Specializing in site development and utilities construction services from initial site planning, preparation and grading through completion and follow-up, Jones needed a reliable vehicle to serve a range of clients including municipalities and counties. When the need arose, Jones turned to Stafford Tractor Company, based in Lawrenceville, GA....

Mon November 25, 2002

Crews March Past Halfway Point on Chicago’s Soldier Field Project

After working for almost seven months and with approximately five months to go, crews have placed the majority of the structural steel, and fans are ready to cheer the early completion of Soldier Field. The general contractor, a joint venture between Turner Construction Management and Kenny Construction, both out of Chicago, and Barton-Marlow, of Detroit, have hired a trio of subcontractors to complete the structure of the stadium as well as an underground parking structure and the risers....

Fri November 22, 2002

Villager Construction Tackles Route 31 Challenges in NY

In Palmyra, NY, on Route 31 a project has been under way to reconstruct a 1.9-mi. (3.1 km) section of the town from the Macedon town line in the west to the bridge which spans the Erie Canal in the east....

Tue November 19, 2002

Crane Safety Evolves Gradually Over Past Decade

Since the Big Blue accident in Milwaukee and several other crane incidents in the early-to-mid 1990s, crane safety has been under a microscope. This scrutiny, plus the fact that crane and hoist safety meets the criteria for The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to designate it as a priority, raises the question of why it has taken so long for up-to-date safety guidelines to be published and implemented....

Wed November 06, 2002

NY’s Liftech Construction Takes on the Full JCB Line

JCB recently appointed Liftech Construction Equipment as its dealer for all of upstate New York. With locations in Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, Liftech is poised to meet the needs of all upstate New York present and future JCB customers....

Tue November 05, 2002

Slow Crane Sales Cause Manitowoc to Reduce Earning Forecast

Manitowoc Co. reduced its 2002 profit forecast as crane sales remained weak from a slowdown in commercial construction. The maker of cranes and refrigerated vending machines employs about 8,000 people, including 2,375 in Wisconsin, and since July has cut 5 percent of its total work force....

Mon November 04, 2002

Grove Lifts Beams on Goldenrod Road

Crane Rental of Orlando Florida Inc. put its new Grove GMK5240 all-terrain crane to work lifting bridge beams for Jones Brothers, general contractors on the Goldenrod Road extension project. Goldenrod Road is being expanded over the Bee Line Expressway, a major artery, which is the direct route from Orlando to Cape Canaveral....

Sat November 02, 2002

Grove GMK5240 Sets Up in AZ

Southwest Industrial Rigging (SWIR) recently used its Grove GMK5240 all-terrain to set air handling units at Micro Chip in Tempe, AZ. Electronic chip assembly takes place in clean rooms requiring special filtration, HVAC, humidification and air handling equipment....

Thu October 24, 2002

Link-Belt LS-218H Drives Piles for WW II Memorial

“Here in the presence of Washington and Lincoln, one the eighteenth century father, and the other the nineteenth century preserver of our nation, we honor those twentieth century Americans who took up the struggle and made the sacrifices to perpetuate the gift our forefathers entrusted to us: A Nation Conceived in Freedom” Midlantic Piling Inc., of Glen Rock, PA, was awarded the pile installation subcontract on the $56.1-million World War II Memorial being built in Washington, D.C....

Wed October 23, 2002

ACPA Member Contributed to ’Miracle of the Mine’ Rescue

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc. (NES&L), of New Enterprise, PA, played a role in the rescue of nine coal miners trapped underground for 77 hours in Sipesville, PA, according to the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)....