Tue November 27, 2001

Crews Finish Up Road Work in South Carolina

Dust will soon settle for the last time in four lakefront subdivisions near Eutawville, SC, where general contractor W. Frazier Construction Inc. and several subcontractors have teamed up to pave 21 existing dirt roads. Rea Construction will handle the paving portion of the project, which has a total value of nearly $1 million....

Mon September 10, 2001

U.S. 421 Bulks Up North Carolina

The company widening and straightening five miles of U.S. 421 in west-central North Carolina is friendly. That might seem frivolous to say, but both the environment and the people affected by the road-building project benefit from the attitude. The company is H.B....

Mon August 06, 2001

AES Wolf Hollow Plant Project Adds Juice to Texas Power Mix

One of the last bills to pass George W. Bush’s 1999 Texas Legislature deregulated the state’s electricity markets. Now two years later, new competitors are getting in gear to take advantage of the new open markets....

Wed April 18, 2001

Earthmovers Combines Philosophies From At Home, Abroad

Earthmovers Equipment Sales and Leasing is a local distributor in Charlotte, NC, with a worldwide perspective. This spring, the company will move to its new headquarters on I-485 in Charlotte, but the company’s existence is rooted in the emergence of the global market for heavy equipment. This global perspective is nowhere more evident than in the 44-year-old company founder and president, Rick Stidham....

Thu January 25, 2001

AES Begins Construction of 730-MW Gas-fired Texas Power Plant

AES Corp. said it had begun construction of the $300 million, 730 megawatt, AES Wolf Hollow power plant in Granbury, TX, 30 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. The natural gas fired plant will supply 350 megawatts of electricity under a 20-year power purchase agreement with a major U.S....

Wed December 20, 2000

Henderson Airtek Offers Smoother Ride

Hendrickson, a global designer and manufacturer of suspension systems for the heavy-duty and medium-duty commercial vehicle industry, has recently announced the release of a new, lightweight front air suspension and steer axle....

Wed December 06, 2000

Jury Awards $99 Million in Deaths of Ironworkers

A jury ordered two companies to pay $99 million to the widows of three ironworkers killed when a crane collapsed at the construction site of Milwaukee’s new baseball stadium. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America is responsible for paying all but $157,500 of the award. The jury found Mitsubishi and Lampson International responsible for the July 1999 accident that killed the ironworkers. Mitsubishi was building the stadium’s retractable roof, and had leased a crane from Lampson. ...

Wed November 22, 2000

Kobelco CK2500 Boom Crane Hoists Productivity With Strength, Agility

Kobelco America Inc. has extended its line of hydraulic lattice boom crawler cranes with the introduction of the 250-ton (225 t) CK2500. It features strong lifting capabilities, exceptionally long reach, and a short swing radius....

Wed November 22, 2000

Kobelco CK850 Crawler Crane Hoists Heavy Loads Sky High

Kobelco America Inc. improves its line of hydraulic lattice boom crawler cranes with the introduction of the new 85-ton (77 t) CK850 crane. It features strong lifting capacities, wet-type disc brakes, and a long reach....

Thu November 16, 2000

Hind Motors Sells Earth-Moving Unit to Caterpillar

Indian car-making firm Hindustan Motors Ltd said recently it had signed a deal to sell its earthmoving equipment unit to Caterpillar Inc. of the United States for $72.1 million. The sale will help the cash-strapped company reduce its crushing current long-term debt N.R....