Tue September 12, 2000
Greystone Plant Jacks Up for Quick, Easy Relocation
Producers can eliminate sand-hauling costs with the highly-mobile Aggre-Washer and Screening Plant manufactured by Columbus, Nebraska-based GreyStone Inc. The portable Aggre-Washer and Screening Plant can be relocated and ready for processing fine materials in a single production shift by folding down the feed hopper and removing the blocking....
Sat August 19, 2000
MoDOT, Contractors Cap Decades of Planning With Bold $550M Overhaul
Three decades in the planning and the subject of a ballot initiative, the Page Avenue extension is a Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) project that is adding a fourth bridge across the Missouri River....
Wed July 12, 2000
Cranes Crowd Sky Above Charleston
Historic Charleston, SC, nicknamed “The Holy City” because of the many churches that still dominate its skyline, may soon have to be renamed “Tower City.”
Tower cranes have rarely been seen in the historic district because height requirements designed to preserve the 18th century ambience prohibit high rises....
Sat June 17, 2000
Link-Belt Unit to the Rescue! RTC Answers Emergency Calls
Most electrical power plants, such as the Fayette Power Project in LaGrange, TX, have been on-line for more than 20 years and must be constantly upgraded to comply with newer, more stringent anti-pollution requirements....
Wed June 14, 2000
Gelder Brings Half Century of Experience to Raleigh Streets
Spring came early to North Carolina, and crews of Gelder and Associates Inc. got a quick start on a summer-long project to repave 170 streets in Raleigh.
The veteran paving company won a NC Department of Transportation and city contract to rework and resurface streets in every district of Raleigh....
Wed May 24, 2000
J&J Truck Equipment Named Top Auto Crane Distributor
J&J Truck Equipment, a division of Somerset Welding and Steel Inc., recently announced that it has been named the top distributor of Auto Crane service bodies, cranes, and compressors by the Auto Crane Company....
Wed May 17, 2000
7 Million Pounds of Steel Steady KY’s First Cable-Stayed Span
Construction of Kentucky’s first cable-stayed bridge is currently underway between Maysville, KY, and Aberdeen, OH.
The Maysville Bridge span the Ohio River, approximately three miles down stream from the existing Kenton Simon Bridge....
Wed May 10, 2000
Grove Delivers Largest Crane in South Central Pennsylvania
The Charles E. Brake Co. of St. Thomas, PA, took delivery of its new Grove TMS875C crane in April. The TMS875C, with a 67.5-metric-ton (75 ton) rating, made it the largest truck crane owned in Grove’s immediate local area of Franklin and Washington counties....
Wed May 03, 2000
After Decades of Waiting, Parkway Comes to Clinton, MS
A concrete bridge that will have six distinctive arches is becoming the centerpiece of a $9.1-million parkway being constructed in the city of Clinton, MS.
Clinton is located 10 miles west of the state’s capitol city, Jackson....
Sat April 22, 2000
$450M Power Plant Lights Up Texas Cities
The fact that Texas continues to place second in population nationwide behind California is not surprising. It’s a big state, and it’s growing. The United States Census Bureau’s statistics for the period between July 1, 1998 and July 1, 1999 support that fact....