Excavators

PennDOT Begins Replacing ’Seriously’ Deficient Span →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Six Mile Creek Bridge project in Erie County, Pa., is part of Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s Accelerated Bridge Program, which is adding $200 million a year to the mix of federal and state funds the state invests in bridges. In 2009, the overall investment in bridges in Pennsylvania totaled more than $1.6 billion. In spite of nearly tripling spending on bridge repairs over the past seven years, Pennsylvania has the highest number of structurally deficient bridges in the nation, as reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Click for more...

Komatsu Unveils New Hybrid PC200LC-8 Excavator in NYC →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Fourth and fifth graders from P.S. 115 in Brooklyn, N.Y., learned about the newest environmentally friendly construction equipment — a Komatsu Hybrid PC200LC-8 — when they visited a construction site adjacent to the Canarsie Pier near exit 13 of the Belt Parkway on Dec. 1. The students were issued hard hats and invited to sit in the cab of the excavator while engineers from Komatsu, construction workers from Tully Construction and Skanska USA Civil Northeast and Posillico Civil, and representatives from Edward Ehrbar Inc. Click for more...

Third-Generation Texas Firm Tackles Pipeline Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Few families can claim the pipelining experience of the Gorman family of Perryton, Texas. From their home base in the panhandle of northwestern Texas, three generations of Gormans have been involved in building pipelines for almost 75 years. H.V. Gorman traveled much of the country during the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s working for several major pipeline construction companies. Eventually H.V. Click for more...

Cashman Supplies Cat Backhoes to Install Huge Pipes →

From Construction Equipment Guide... They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and equipment aficionados could certainly call Reliant Construction’s projects a sight to behold. Reliant’s underground utilities installation project for Freeman Decorating (just to the east of the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and Sunset Road) features three Caterpillar excavators, two Cat backhoe loaders, a 938 wheel loader, two large water trucks, and an 1175XHD Tesmec chainsaw. Click for more...

Franklin Construction Adds Bobcat Iron to Its Fleet →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The recession hasn’t slowed Mark Wanke of Franklin Construction, San Antonio, Texas. The company recently closed on a construction contract that will keep its crews busy well into 2010. In response to the growing demand, Mark Wanke is adding Bobcat compact equipment to his fleet. Wanke has been in the construction business for more than 20 years and has extensive experience with operating Bobcat equipment. Click for more...

Composite Cutting Edge From Nye Designed for Excavator, Loader Buckets →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Nye manufacturing’s composite cutting edge for excavator and loader buckets features the toughness of QT (quenched and tempered alloy) and the abrasion resistance of AR (Abrasion Resistant Heat Treated Alloy) to come up with the Duralam cutting edge. The Duralam was designed for strength and cold weather toughness and achieves this by using a single QT core for strength and an AR outer layer for wear resistance, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Columbus Equipment Unveils Komatsu Hybrid Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Columbus Equipment Company unveiled a newer, greener future to the Ohio construction industry when it demonstrated the world’s only hybrid excavator, the Komatsu Hybrid PC200LC-8, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 16. While it uses different technology than today’s popular hybrid cars, the idea behind the hybrid excavator is similar — generating and storing electricity to be used by the engine later, resulting in lower fuel consumption and less air pollution. Click for more...

Final Segment of Anniston Eastern Bypass Under Way →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ground was recently broken for the latest phase of construction of the final segment of the Anniston Eastern Bypass (state route 192) in Calhoun County, Ala. The ceremony was led by Gov. Bob Riley, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, and Transportation Director Joe McInnes on Oct. 13. The event signaled the beginning of construction on the $29.4 million federal stimulus project on the 8-mi. (12.8 km), four-lane highway that runs through Ft. Click for more...

Nyrim Track Pads Stave Off Sinking in Swampy, Sodden Soil →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Over the last few years BLS has had a number of applications for its Nyrim track pads, developed for low ground pressure applications. Last year Roy Strom Excavating and Grading Company, of Chicago, Ill., purchased Nyrim tracks pads to dig underneath a skyscraper being built in downtown Chicago. Its machines were sinking into the Lake Michigan clay before it tried the Nyrim track pads. Strom purchased more Nyrim track pads this year for another machine that it plans to use. Click for more...

Road Machinery LLC Hosts Open House at Gilbert Facility →

Road Machinery LLC (RML), the Komatsu dealer for Arizona, Southern California, New Mexico and the El Paso area of Texas, hosted a joint board meeting Oct. 28 between the Arizona AGC and Arizona Builders' Alliance (ABA). As soon as the board meeting was completed, Road Machinery conducted an open house of the newly renovated 19,500 sq.-ft. facility located on 9.5 acres at 1339 West San Pedro in Gilbert, Ariz. Click for more...

Komatsu Delivers Hybrid Excavator to Job Site in Illinois →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp. held a ceremony to commemorate the delivery of the first PC200LC-8 hybrid excavator to Montemayor Construction Nov. 3. The event took place at Montemayor’s facility located at 290 Willard Ave. in Elgin, Ill. Additionally, the event celebrated Komatsu’s introduction of the hybrid PC200LC-8 excavator into the North American market. Roland Machinery Co. supplied the PC200LC-8 to Montemayor Construction for the contractor to test out on the I-294 widening project in Illinois. Click for more...

Keeping Up With Changing Emission Regulations →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Worldwide and nationwide, emission requirements are changing quickly. There are new and existing regulations, which can become an obstacle when undertaking a new project. If equipment doesn’t meet emissions standards, it can cost time, money and lost opportunities. But achieving regulatory compliance does not have to mean sacrificing productivity or uptime. Whether updating equipment to comply with government regulations, meet a bid specification or to “go green,” Foley provides emissions solutions for any engine in trucks, buses, construction machines, marine vessels, power generation systems, or any other type of industrial equipment. Click for more...

Montemayor Uses Its First Hybrid Excavator on I-294 Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The expansive Illinois Tollway’s reconstruction, rehabilitation and widening project is part of the $6.3 billion Congestion-Relief Program. By the end of 2009, the Illinois Tollway will complete nearly $3 billion in work to reconstruct/rehabilitate and widen about 120 mi. (193 km) of roadway across the 286-mi. system. However, one segment of the 286 mi. (460 km) of interstate tollways has become the focus of conversation — the introduction of the first hybrid excavator in North America. Click for more...

Crews Continue Important Mission in Bethesda, Md. →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In Bethesda, Md., a major expansion and renovation to the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) is currently well under way and moving toward a 2011 completion date. The upgraded facility will be known as the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and will be a hospital and flagship medical institution for the Army, Air Force and Navy. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command awarded the $641.4 million design-build contract to Clark/Balfour Beatty, A Joint Venture. Click for more...

T.J. Campbell Teams Up With Kirby-Smith Machinery →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For practically every new business there’s a visionary, and for paving contractor T.J. Campbell Construction Co., that person was the late Ted Campbell. “He was the dreamer, the motivator and the risk-taker that you have to be to be an entrepreneur in these times,” said Campbell’s wife, Jo Anna Campbell, who initially helped her husband as a bookkeeper and today serves as president of the company. Click for more...

Sheeting Guide Frame Helps Contractor With Utility Work →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) recently let a job to widen almost 3 mi. (4.8 km) of State Route (SR)-50 in the heart of Orlando, between the SR-417 Toll Road and SR-456. Lane Construction Co., headquartered in Cheshire, Conn., was low bidder on the project. Even though this is primarily a road building project, invariably underground utilities are encountered and need to be diverted, replaced or upgraded in some capacity. Click for more...

I-40 Landslide May Take Six Months to Clear →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) believe that a large rock slide blocking both directions of Interstate 40 just east of the Tennessee line could take as long as six months to clear. The slide happened in the early morning hours of Oct. 25 at mile marker 2.6 in a rugged mountainous area of Haywood County. As a result, one of the Southeast’s major thoroughfares is closed from Exit 20 in North Carolina west to Exit 451 in Tennessee, forcing a detour that will take motorists many miles out of their way. Click for more...

Hitachi Makes Productivity-Related Improvements to EX1200-6 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Hitachi EX1200-6 is equally at home in quarries, mines, and mass-excavation projects. In addition to the change to a Tier-II engine, a number of productivity-related improvements enhance this model’s performance in the field, according to the manufacturer. More ProductiveSwing torque boom-lifting force has been increased by eight percent, traction force by 14 percent. Bucket and arm-digging forces have been increased by 3.5 to 6.3 percent. Click for more...

Komatsu Introduces Hybrid PC200LC-8 Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp. has introduced the hybrid PC200LC-8 excavator into the North American market. Komatsu’s goal is to meet increasing global environmental concerns through the development of equipment designed to reduce environmental impact, including CO2 reduction. By developing a successful hybrid excavator in the largest construction machine segment (20 to 22 ton), Komatsu’s green technology will have a substantial impact on saving fuel and reducing green house emissions. Click for more...

The Papé Group Gets Assist on Duck’s New Court →

From Construction Equipment Guide... University of Oregon (UO) basketball fans are eagerly following the progress of the new Matthew Knight Arena, which replaces the affectionately regarded but much outdated McArthur Court. McArthur Court, nicknamed Mac Court and The Pit, is the second oldest on-campus gym in the country, according to UO’s sports history Web site. Built in 1926, the court’s original capacity was 6,000; improvements over the years brought capacity to its current 9,087. Click for more...

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