Excavators

Case Expands CX B Series Excavator Line With Three New Models →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Case Construction Equipment has added the CX350B, CX470B and CX700B to its CX B Series line of excavators. These new models feature increases in fuel efficiency and productivity, as well as improved operator comfort and ease of maintenance. These excavators also feature electronically controlled, common rail Tier III-certified 7.8-L Case engines, which burn cleaner and more efficiently and deliver from 271 to 463 net hp (202 to 345 kW). Click for more...

Atlas Copco Construction Tools Offers HB 7000 Hydraulic Breaker →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The HB 7000 hydraulic breaker attachment from Atlas Copco Construction Tools LLC boasts a service weight of more than 7 tons (6.3 t), making it ideal for primary and secondary quarry breaking, demolition, tunneling, trenching and foundation work. Accepting a maximum hydraulic flow of 119 gpm (450 Lpm) at 2,610 psi, the HB 7000 delivers an impact rate of up to 450 bpm. This offers maximum productivity in extreme breaking conditions. Click for more...

AIM HD33 Excavator Buckets Are Part of a Complete Line →

From Construction Equipment Guide... AIM Attachments manufactures a complete line of heavy-duty, severe-duty and ditch cleaning excavator buckets for machines of all sizes. These buckets feature hardened steel construction highlighted by AR400 steel cutting edges and side cutters. AIM HD33 excavator buckets offer thick horizontal wear straps, full-curve side wear straps and D-rings as standard features. They are currently available in heavy duty and severe duty configurations for 20,000 to 33,000-lb. Click for more...

Volvo’s ECR Short-Swing Excavator Range Work in Confined Spaces →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The result of extensive customer consultation — highlighting the need for short swing machines that offer productivity, ease of operation and safety equal to their “conventional” counterparts — sees the addition of a third, larger model to the Volvo range. The 34.8 ton (31.6 t) Volvo ECR305CL overcomes the dynamic challenges of producing excavators that can work in confined areas and still perform well and sets a new standard in the industry for not only lifting capacity but also stability — especially important in loading applications. Click for more...

McCourt Construction Begins Widening Infamous Route 128 →

Work has begun on a major component of MassHighway’s Route 128 highway expansion project, a lane-widening effort that will bring rush hour relief to thousands of Boston area commuters. Already under way, following Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s formal approval this past fall, the $42 million plan will reconstruct a section of Interstate 95/93 (Route 128) along the communities of Randolph, Canton, Westwood and Dedham — a stretch of highway that brings hundreds of thousands in and out of Metro Boston every day. Click for more...

Concrete General Leads $47M Md. Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A new interchange is making steady progress in Montgomery County, Md. The project involves MD 355 at Montrose/Randolph Road in Rockville. The $47.2 million Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) job is funded through a combination of federal and state monies. It began in the summer of 2008 and is approximately 40 percent complete and on target for a late fall 2010 completion date. The contract was awarded to Concrete General Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., under the direction of Oliver Roelkey, project superintendent. Click for more...

RaCON Puts Some ’Mussel’ Into U.S. 82 Widening Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Contractors widening a roughly 3-mi. (4.8 km) stretch of U.S. 82 through the Sipsey River Swamp in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., have had to contend with a number of water-related issues, from endangered species relocation to destabilizing wet clay in the soil to flooding. Still, the $14.1 million project to complete the highway’s four-laning through the county is running about 8 percent ahead of schedule, said Richard Brown, project manager for Tuscaloosa-based RaCON Inc. Click for more...

Safer Ten Mile River Span on Fast Track →

There is a bridge on Route 1 in Mendocino County that travels over a wide river. It is beautiful, scenic and peaceful — but it is also dangerous, as it is susceptible to collapse during an earthquake. In fall 2010, it will be gone. In its place, Golden State Bridge Inc. is constructing a new bridge just 60 ft. (18.2 m) east of the old one. The new bridge will be a 1,479- by 44.9-ft. (451 by 13.7 m) impressive concrete structure with two 12-ft. Click for more...

Bobcat Compact Loaders Elevate Business to New Level →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Peter Marra has moved on to landscaping’s “big stage” accompanied by a cast of Bobcat products — six hard-working compact loaders, a smooth-operating compact excavator and more than 20 versatile attachments. “If it wasn’t for Bobcat equipment, I don’t know where we would be,” said the Manchester, Conn., landscape contractor. “These machines have improved our business 100 percent.”Today, Marra and his 16 employees take on landscaping jobs ranging from the Hotchkiss School, a prestigious boarding school in Lakeville, Conn., to $3 million homes on the shore, or new homes for upscale builders. Click for more...

Nye’s ’Mother of All Rippers’ Takes on Toughest Surfaces →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The MOAR (Mother of all rippers) is a new concept in heavy duty ripping from Nye. These rippers are built with extra steel plates to make them super heavy, the extra weight is additive to the carriers downward force, yielding enhanced penetration and performance. The MOAR was originally conceived in Nova Scotia, Canada, for ripping shale on a particularly tough job where blasting was not permitted. Click for more...

LiuGong Introduces New 21-Ton 922LCIII Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It’s been quite a year for LiuGong Machinery Corporation. This past year, the company received China’s only “National Quality Award” for the machine industry. And now, LiuGong’s North American division is introducing its 21 ton (19 t) excavator to dealers in March. The LiuGong 922LCIII excavator is the most popular size sold in the United States. The machine has been tested by U.S. Click for more...

XL 4300 III Excavator Handles Big Jobs On, Off Pavement →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The 44,000 lb. (19,958 kg) Gradall Model XL 4300 III hydraulic excavator offers the versatility of a tilting, telescoping boom as well as mobility both on and off paved surfaces. Powered by a new Detroit Diesel Mercedes engine, the XL 4300 III delivers noticeably greater bucket breakout and boom forces to increase productivity for high performance jobs, according to the manufacturer. The XL 4300 III carrier, with a new counterweight and profile, is 9 in. Click for more...

Yanmar’s ViO55-5B Mini-Excavator Offers Standard Quick Coupler →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Yanmar’s ViO55-5B mini-excavator has a true zero-tail swing design, allowing for 360 degree turning of the counterweight within the width of the crawler. Tracks are positioned to present a stable platform with 6 ft. 6 in. (2 m) of total width. High tensile strength steel keeps the machine light while providing safety and balance for the operator. The maximum bucket digging force is 9,015 lbs. Click for more...

N.J. Firm Excavates 45 Ft. Through Solid Shale for Underground Facility →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Paul Spatz, president of V.A. Spatz & Sons, a heavy construction contractor in Berkeley Heights, N.J., said, “We’re up to any challenge; we have some very talented men working for us.”That’s a good thing, given the company’s latest project in New Brunswick, N.J. V.A. Spatz was called on to excavate a 40-ft.-wide, 40-ft.-long and 45-ft.-deep (12.2 by 12.2 by 13.7 m) hole into solid shale for an underground proton radiation center for cancer treatment, the first of its kind in the world. Click for more...

Overburden Proves to Be No Bother for Hyundai R800LC-7A →

From Construction Equipment Guide... More than 30 years ago, Dave Neiswonger started a small construction firm with one machine. These days, the firm, Neiswonger Construction & Mining Inc., Strattanville, Pa., is a father/son partnership that has grown considerably since it began in 1978. Dave and his son, Vinnie, are 50-50 partners in the business, which expanded to include mining about seven years ago. That began, according to Vinnie, when they started doing some mining on their own property and quickly saw the potential for more. Click for more...

LBX Company Supports Construction Industry Workforce Development Initiative →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LBX Company, maker of Link-Belt excavators, supported the Construction Challenge Regional Rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 7, where nearly 200 teenagers competed to move on to the Construction Challenge finals in Knoxville, Tenn., May 19 to 23, 2009. Fifteen other regional rallies occurred across the United States the same weekend, with more than 2,000 participants in total. Each rally had two to three teams advancing to the finals. Click for more...

On the Boulevard: E.V. Williams Adds Girth to Hectic Highway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... E.V. Williams Inc. is well known in Virginia’s Hampton Roads area. No matter what city you are visiting, if there is road construction occurring, you are likely to see the company’s name on the equipment. In addition to work on Interstate 64 in Chesapeake and on Birdneck Road in Virginia Beach, and too many other projects to mention here, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has awarded E.V. Click for more...

English Erects Much-Needed New Yadkin River Bridge →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Heavy cranes are being moved into position to begin the girder assembly later this winter on a new $14.9 million, four-lane bridge spanning the Yadkin River along U.S. Highway 158 in North Carolina, 10 mi. southwest of Winston-Salem. The bridge links the communities of Clemmons in Forsyth County on the east bank of the Yadkin with Bermuda Run and Advance in Davie County on the west bank. The new span on U.S. Click for more...

Bombs to Beetles: VW Builds $1B Plant in Chattanooga →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Following nationwide competition it was announced on July 15, 2008, that a former army site near Chattanooga, Tenn., had been chosen as the location for Volkswagen’s new $1 billion U.S. assembly plant. The facility will manufacture mid-sized vehicles in the United States rather than importing them. Slated to begin production in 2011, the plant will manufacture 150,000 vehicles a year, with the capacity to produce up to 200,000. Click for more...

Jersey Fresh: Conti Mends Aging Raritan River Span →

The current rehabilitation of the Garden State Parkway’s Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge across the Raritan River in New Jersey has its foundation in a cooperative operation involving the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) and the Garden State Parkway (GPS). Their agreement calls for construction of a new seven-lane bridge (completed two years ago parallel to the existing span) and rehabilitation of the original Driscoll Bridge. Click for more...

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