Excavators

West Fargo Main Avenue Undergoes Renovation →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Neither spring flooding nor early winter weather in October could cause refinishing of an 11-block section of Main Avenue in West Fargo, N.D., to miss its fall completion deadline. Work on the $8.6 million project, between Sixth Street West, near the Sheyenne River Crossing, and Fifth Street East, included reconstruction of the road surface, turning frontage roads into parking areas and constructing a bridge over the Sheyenne River; construction of the bridge, however, was later postponed. Click for more...

Kobelco Announces Strategy for Tier IV Interim Requirements →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Kobelco Construction Machinery America recently announced its strategy to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier IV interim emissions requirements that begin in 2011. Introduced in two phases, Tier IV regulations represent the biggest reduction in heavy equipment emissions to date. Tier IV final emissions requirements, which take effect in 2014, will reduce particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by 90 percent, compared to Tier III requirements. Click for more...

JESCO Expands; Acquires Nortrax’ Beacon, N.Y., Facility →

From Construction Equipment Guide... JESCO has expanded its territory coverage by acquiring the Nortrax Beacon, N.Y., facility. It also has become the exclusive John Deere and Hitachi Construction equipment dealer on Long Island and in the five boroughs of New York. “This is a natural area of growth for JESCO. We are excited about expanding into New York and the opportunities that come with this acquisition,” stated Jon Robustelli, president of JESCO. Click for more...

New South Street Bridge in Philadelphia Under Way →

It was time to take action to replace an almost 90-year-old bridge spanning the Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76) in Philadelphia. Not only was the South Street Bridge structurally deficient, but a six-ton weight limit was in operation, and in addition, the structure had been shedding chunks of concrete, including some that landed on the expressway. These problems were exacerbated by extreme congestion, caused by carrying some 23,000 vehicles daily as well as numerous pedestrians. Click for more...

Industry Responds to Haiti’s Needs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... General contractors and equipment dealers in the United States have limited options right now in responding to Haiti’s destructive earthquake. Contributing funds to recovery efforts is the big-ticket response at this point. Shortly, however, the companies’ skilled personnel and equipment will be in greater demand. The 7.0-magnitude quake that struck Haiti just before dusk on Jan. 12 collapsed thousands of concrete-block homes and larger buildings. Click for more...

Komatsu Announces PC35MR-3 Compact Hydraulic Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.’s PC35MR-3 compact hydraulic excavator is designed to bring increased production and added operator comfort to contractors in a variety of construction, utility, landscaping and other applications. The PC35MR-3 is equipped with KOMTRAX technology, which sends machine operating information to a secure Web site utilizing wireless technology. Data such as operating hours, machine location and fuel levels are relayed to the web application for analysis. Click for more...

Leftover T-REX Funds Improve Pesky Denver I-25 Interchange →

From Construction Equipment Guide... By June drivers traveling through the southern Denver metropolitan area, near the suburb of Centennial, will enjoy the results of improvements to one of the area’s peskier interchanges. The intersection at Interstate 25 and East Arapahoe Road, a major east-west commuter route, has grown busier and busier over the years. In a move to increase capacity, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is adding an additional through lane in each direction to Arapahoe Road where it passes underneath I-25. Click for more...

John’s Gradall Service Flourishes With Collective Effort →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Just five short years ago, a secretary for a construction company decided to leave her office to join forces with her husband’s son to form a new company. It was 2004 when Laura Scott and John Smith founded John’s Gradall Service in Mansfield, Mass. They started as simply as possible, with just the two of them as employees and one machine. Fast forward only a brief five years, and the company has quickly grown to a dozen workers and two-dozen machines. Click for more...

Columbus Equipment Showcases Komatsu Hybrid Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Columbus Equipment Co. held an open house to showcase its new Komatsu. During the event, area contractors were able to get behind the controls of the PC200LC-8 hybrid excavator. According to Jeff Richards, marketing manager of Columbus Equipment, the event provided attendees with the opportunity to inspect and operate the recently introduced “green” Komatsu PC200LC-8 hybrid and to learn more about the technology behind this excavator, which is to greatly reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Click for more...

Turbid Terrain Tests Crews on Fla.’s SR 26 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It has been wet work, much wetter than expected. But now that north-central Florida has entered its “dry season,” work on a new overpass to carry Fla. 26 over U.S. 301 and the CSX railroad line in Alachua County is getting more productive, said Southland Construction Inc. project manager Eric Eliason. The Apopka, Fla.-based firm was awarded the $9.96 million contract for the job, which covers 1.75 mi. Click for more...

Florida Paving Company Expands Into Mining Business →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Tough economic times haven’t stopped Don (Rick) Mancil Jr. and Myra Smith from jumping into the material business. In August 2009, the pair took over ownership of the Vero Rock Mine, located in Vero Beach, Fla. “In this economy, you must diversify, and this was the perfect direction for us to go. The location, quality and need drew us to Vero Rock Mine,” said Smith, Vero Rock Mine vice president. Click for more...

Connecting Arkansas to Future Highway I-69 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A large-scale project with a long-range scope is in the works in Arkansas. The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) is in the midst of constructing a 38.5-mi. (61.9 km) road designed to connect Interstate 530 in Pine Bluff to U.S. 278 in Wilmar. The connector is being built to provide easy access to the future Interstate 69, which will connect north and south portions of the country via southeast Arkansas. Click for more...

Coupler Industry Giants Team Up for North American Venture →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Two names in quick coupler technology have joined forces to form a single company committed to bringing innovative coupler products, buckets and additional work tools to customers in North America. The new firm, MillerBaird LLC, will be headed up by Randy and James Baird, founders and former principals with JRB Company Inc., as well as Keith, Gary and Jacqui Miller of European coupler manufacturer, Miller U.K. Click for more...

Route 422 Improvements Get Kick-Start From ARRA →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Federal stimulus funding is kick-starting hundreds of construction projects country wide, and the rehabilitation and resurfacing of a 4.5 mi. (7.2 km) stretch of Route 422 in Montgomery County, Pa., was one of the first Commonwealth projects financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to get under way. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is investing more than $275.5 million on improving bridges and roads, upgrading signals, installing Intelligent Transportation System equipment, and bringing more than 3,500 handicap curb ramps up to required design standards in the five-county area making up the Philadelphia region. Click for more...

Don Smock Auction Hosts 17th Annual Snowball Sale →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Don Smock Auction Company held its 17th Annual Snowball Construction Equipment Auction at the company’s complex in Pendleton, Ind., Dec. 11. Up for bid was equipment from Ensley Excavating, and several local equipment dealers as well as equipment from other local contractors and bank and financial companies. Highlights of the auction included a 2007 Cat 304CR mini-excavator for $24,000, a 2004 Deere 310G loader for $27,000, a 2005 Case CX160 excavator for $30,000, a 2005 Deere 750J LGP crawler for $70,000 and a 2005 Cat D6N XL crawler for $100,000. Click for more...

Volvo EC 160 Excavator Fetches $50K at Columbus Sale →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ritchie Bros. held an auction at its Columbus, Ohio, facility on Dec. 9 — attracting attendees to the facility from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Pennsylvania. Joined by bidders from around the world, the bidding remained active. Highlights included a Volvo EC 160 excavator bought for $50,000, a 2004 Komatsu PC 160 excavator that went for $35,000 and a 1998 John Deere 230 LC excavator that took a winning bid of $32,500. Click for more...

Riverbend Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A former brownfield located in Harrison, N.J., is in the process of rebirth as a mixed-use urban development, intended to serve one of the most thickly populated areas in the northeastern corridor. Advance Realty, headquartered in Bedminster, N.J., is the owner/developer of the 80-acre Riverbend District, which will feature approximately 2,000 for sale or rental residential units, two hotels with a total of 550 rooms, 800,000 sq. Click for more...

New Hybrid Excavator Break Ground for New Headquarters →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu’s new Hybrid PC200LC-8 excavator scooped the first bucket of dirt in a groundbreaking ceremony for Komatsu Equipment’s new headquarters on Dec. 15. More than one hundred attended the first dig, then celebrated over lunch in a tent next to the new facility. Construction of the new operation at 1486 South Distribution Drive in Salt Lake City is scheduled to be complete in August 2010. Click for more...

S.C. Firms Working on Fort Jackson Cemetery Expansion →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Heavy construction equipment is currently working its way across the gently rolling sandhills of central South Carolina as part of a project to expand the recently dedicated Fort Jackson National Cemetery. When it first opened last year, the cemetery became one of 125 national burial sites spread over 39 states and Puerto Rico honoring more than 3 million American veterans. The new 585-acre national cemetery is located adjacent to the U.S. Click for more...

St. Paul Sewage Lift Station →

From Construction Equipment Guide... What should have been a fairly routine sewage lift station installation, turned out to be a much larger project when overly wet soil was encountered. The project is located just east of downtown St. Paul, Minn., and a quarter of a mile away from the Mississippi River on Highway 61 and Lower Afton Road. The sewage lift station is located at the bottom of a river bluff so everything drains to that point, explained Glen Haugen, of Kober Excavating of St. Click for more...

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