Excavators

Forty Years, $8B in Projects Will Save FL’s Everglades →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Sometimes it all comes together, and a great plan is set in motion. By way of just such an example, restoration of Florida’s Everglades is finally under way. Dennis Duke, program manager of Everglades Restoration, pointed out that the mammoth undertaking began in July 1999, when the Corp of Army Engineers sent a feasibility study to Congress, which then recommended the federally and state funded $8-billion plan that would require nearly 40 years to implement. Click for more...

C&C Recycles Dredged Soil at Goose Lake, IL →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Goose Lake in Lake in the Hills, IL, was completely filled with sedimentation in excess of 180,000 cu. yds. (137,620 cu m). The lake, approximately 12 acres (4.9 ha) in size, acted as a natural silt trap for the Crystal Creek watershed. The creek system drains hundreds of acres of urban development and accommodates the effluent discharge from two wastewater treatment plants, approximately 6 million to 8 million gal. Click for more...

Fisher Rentals Relies on Plasterer, John Deere for Backhoes, Mini-Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... From the time it opened in August 1994, Fisher’s Rentals located on Route 182, north of Route 222 in Reading, PA, has provided quality-maintained late model machines for rent. Fisher’s Rentals offers small- to medium-sized equipment to contractors and homeowners. It has a reputation for personalized customer service. Recently the company purchased two new John Deere 35ZTS compact mini-excavators and a new John Deere 110 backhoe from Plasterer Equipment’s Lebanon branch. Click for more...

WRS Calls Service, Regional Expansion Keys to Success →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Worldwide Rental Services (WRS), one of the fastest-growing independent heavy machinery rental companies in the Rocky Mountain region, has opened yet another facility, this time in Albuquerque, NM. Albuquerque joins the Denver, CO, and Salt Lake City, UT, facilities as a full-service WRS rental location. Mike Shero, manager for Albuquerque comes from the Rust Caterpillar group, where he was highly involved in the rental industry. Click for more...

$122M Siemens Fuel-Cell Factory Powers Toward Summer Wrap-up →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A $122-million fuel cell factory for Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. currently is under construction in the Pittsburgh, PA, township of Munhall on the Monongahela River. The site was chosen in Sept. 2001, winning out over eight cities, including Orlando, FL, and Ft. Worth, TX. State and local officials reportedly put together a $6.6 million incentive package to help Siemens choose the PA site. The 215,000-sq.-ft. Click for more...

Linda Construction Goes on Demo Spree in Charlotte →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The building was a five-story residential unit called Charlotte Town Manor, a poured concrete structure about 40 years old that stood tall against the banks of a tributary called Sugar Creek. But in four weeks, it was nothing. Reduced to tons of debris, the building ceased to exist and began a second life as recycled material. The Linda Construction Co. Inc. simply erased it, leaving hardly a trace after Mecklenburg County officials decided to create a greenway along the creek. The assisted living center had been empty for about a year, its 80,000 sq. Click for more...

Bobcat System Tag Teams on Sandy Soil Conditions in SC →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It takes special equipment to work productively in the sandy soils of South Carolina. That’s why John Haus and Ron Bracebridge, partners of J & R Contracting, rely on their all-track Bobcat System. The Bobcat System, a concept that has been popular for more than a decade, typically consists of a Bobcat loader and a Bobcat excavator. This equipment team makes the most of the loader’s speed and agility and the powerful ability of the excavator to efficiently dig and load in tight spaces. Click for more...

Bookworms Await $10M Annex at Enoch Pratt Library →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A new annex is taking shape at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in downtown Baltimore, MD. The project is particularly significant because it is the first major expansion at the facility since it opened during the Depression in 1933. The annex is the first phase of a multi-year project that includes phased renovation and historic restoration of the main library building, expected to begin in June 2005. The contract for the annex was awarded to Costello Construction of Maryland Inc., of Columbia, for $10.6 million. Click for more...

Sticking to Basics Proves Senter’s Formula for Success →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Meredith Senter began selling small Ford farm tractors in 1962 from a dealership located on the south edge of Raleigh, NC. The low-powered, two-wheel-drive Fords in blue and gray were a common sight on small farms as well as on large ones. The era of the huge four-wheel-drive tractors was still a few years away, with many marketplaces just moving beyond domination by International Harvester model-M tractors and two-cylinder “Johnny Pop” John Deere units. Forty years later, Michael Senter still sells small Ford tractors and some agricultural equipment from a dealership south of Raleigh. Click for more...

Geppert Bros. Razes Housing Project in West Philly →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Just as the dust and debris were settling after the implosion of the Mill Creek Housing Project in West Philadelphia, so were the hopes rising for neighborhood residents that new housing would bring a better standard of living to the area of 46th St. and Fairmount Ave. On a chilly morning in late November, three 17-story, 170-ft. tall buildings came crashing to the ground in seconds to the cheers of thousands of onlookers and special guests. Click for more...

Revoli Construction Company Finds a Friend in CN Wood and Komatsu →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When Shawqui Alsarabi and Aldo Palumbo decided to make their mark in the world, they decided to go into the construction business. With that decision made, they went to Bob Benard, owner of C.N. Wood, explaining the idea of forming their own construction business. Benard believed that they had the necessary industry experience and knowledge to operate a successful enterprise. All that was needed was the right equipment to get Revoli Construction Company started. Click for more...

Cherry Hill Rocks on With Custom NYE Grapple →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Cherry Hill Construction Inc. began doing business with National Attachments Inc. (NA) in 1996 when Equipment Superintendent Gerry Clarendon purchased a NYE extendable dipperstick for a Komatsu PC95. Recently, Cherry Hill successfully bid the Patapsco River dredging project in Maryland. The project called for the removal of millions of yards of river bottom and lining the river bank with 66,000 tons 59,400 t) of armorstone. Click for more...

St. Paul’s I35E Bridge Job Maintains a Low Profile →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For the nearly 80,000 motorists speeding across the I35E Bridge over the Mississippi River as they head into or out of St. Paul, MN, the only signs of construction activity are a couple of cranes towering slightly above the bridge deck. However, below the deck, construction crews, during the last year, have constructed five new bridge piers and hoisted into place the first three out of five lines of steel girders to carry the northbound lanes of a completely new bridge. Eventually, the new bridge, designed to current federal standards, will carry two through-lanes of traffic in each direction. Click for more...

Southwest Virginia Memorial Bridge →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In April 2001, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) began work to replace the 52-year-old Southwest Virginia Memorial Bridge over the New River and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks. The bridge, which is located on Route 11 and links Radford and Fairlawn in Pulaski County, is a single structure with two lanes for northbound traffic and two lanes for southbound traffic. When completed in fall 2004, the new bridge will have two structures, each with three lanes, and both spans will have sidewalks and bike lanes. Replacing the Southwest Virginia Memorial Bridge first involves constructing a new southbound bridge, then demolishing the existing bridge and, finally, building a new northbound bridge. Click for more...

Modern Continental Reclaims ’Lost’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Tucked away in a remote corner of Brooklyn, NY, Modern Continental Construction is moving approximately 2.5 million cu. yd. (1.9 million cu m) of material in one of the largest such jobs in the Northeast, and probably the most unusual — it’s all fill and no cut. Modern Continental Construction, part of Modern Continental Companies Inc., Cambridge, MA, is working on the first phase of the massive $142-million Fountain Avenue Landfill Reclamation Project. Click for more...

Geith Meets Growing Demand With VA Expansion →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A growing demand for products has prompted Geith Inc.’s expansion of its Petersburg, VA, facility. Formerly at 25,000 sq. ft., the recent construction, which was completed in August, provides an additional 15,000 sq. ft. Managed by Kessel Construction, who broke ground in February, the $.5-million project includes 40,000 sq. ft. of outdoor racked storage, three additional loading bays and a state-of-the-art 10,000 sq. Click for more...

Trucco Relies on AIM for Columbus-Area Projects →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Building strong relationships. In business, relationships can be the difference between growth and stagnancy. Trucco Construction is dedicated to that principle. It recognizes that developing a relationship is as important as developing the site. Through delivering quality and efficiency in every facet of its work, Trucco will accept no less than complete satisfaction at the close of a project. Many central Ohio developers have realized that they have partnered with a company that not only believes in those ideals, but also displays them throughout the project. Click for more...

Tramac V55 Takes Down Cliff for WV Road Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Wayne Concrete, of Barboursville, WV, has been hammering hard to remove a 700 ft. (213 m) long, 100 ft. (30 m) high rock cliff along State Route 10 in Logan county. According to Bud Daniels, president of Wayne Concrete, this has been a problem spot for the past 80 years — at most, the width of the road at this dangerous point is a lane and a half. When the rock cliff is removed, the Department of Transportation will begin widening the road to two full lanes and a “bench” to receive fallen rocks. While work is being done, the road must remain closed. Click for more...

New England’s Letourneau Clears the Way for Success →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Some of the most desirable land in the Northeast lies within the rolling, wooded New England countryside. Among the clearing and grubbing contractors performing the first step of commercial and residential development in the area, one of the better known is Letourneau Products Manufacturing Corp. This Freetown. MA-based company earns income from both clearing and wood chip sales, and is successfully building on a foundation established more than a generation ago. Click for more...

PA’s Route 309 Hums With Work →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Route 309, running through Montgomery County, PA, is seeing its share of construction activity this fall. The roadway is lined with construction equipment in a flurry of improvement and expansion projects. Some of the construction firms in charge of these projects include Nyleve Bridge Corporation, Vito Braccia Concrete & Building Contractor and S.C. & E.K. Fisher. Nyleve Bridge Corp. Nyleve Bridge Corp., of Emmaus, PA, is working on two bridges over Route 309 as part of a $14.7-million Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) project to improve a 10-mi. Click for more...

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