Excavators

Allu Launches Stabilization System for Earthmoving Jobs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Allu Group has developed the new stabilization system for earthmoving contractors. The Allu stabilization system also gives the opportunity for small contractors to step into the mass stabilization business that was before accessible only to bigger contractors with self-developed stabilization machines. Combination of Three UnitsAllu PM Power Mix, which is a hydraulic accessory for excavators, converts the excavator to a mobile and effective mixer unit. Click for more...

Walton Construction Company Widens Hillcrest Road →

Crews have been at work for a little more than a year widening a nearly 2-mi. (3.2 km) stretch of Hillcrest Road in Mobile, Ala., to accommodate increased traffic flow in the growing area. Meanwhile, they’ve had to make sure not to exacerbate the problem. “We have kept two lanes open during the whole project, so delays have been minimal,” said John G. Walton. president of John G. Walton Construction Company in Mobile. Click for more...

Manufacturers Begin to Tout Fuel Efficiency →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Contractors trying to cope with zooming fuel costs have short-term and long-term options. They can immediately take steps to operate their heavy equipment as efficiently as possible, though many contractors already are squeezing every last ounce of efficiency from machines and crews. For the longer haul, they must weigh the dollars and sense of updating fleets with new generations of equipment that feature fuel-sipping technology. Click for more...

LBX Company LLC Announces Top 5 Excavator Dealers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LBX Company announced its 2007 Top Dealers of Link-Belt excavators for North America. The Top Dealers were recognized at AED Convention in Chicago, Ill. They are in no particular order. • Cisco Ford Equipment with headquarters in Odessa, Texas. • Rexco Equipment Inc. with headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and branch locations in Des Moines, Davenport and Gretna, Neb. • Riverbend Machinery Inc., with headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo. Click for more...

Tearing Down Giants Made Easier, Safer for Company →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Bianchi Industrial Services needed a new excavator. The company was performing demolition work at major commercial and industrial sites and its management knew that a large excavator would increase productivity and help to ensure a safe work environment. “Bianchi has one of the best safety records in the industry,” said Bill Bianchi, managing partner of Bianchi Industrial Services. “The large excavator will help keep our employees safe, because the longer reach of a larger machine allows the operator to be further away from the building being demolished.”Choosing a MachineNow, Bianchi had to decide which large excavator to buy. Click for more...

Arkansas State Residence Hall Comes Tumbling Down →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For the faculty and students of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, the demolition of the Seminole Twin Towers is the end of an era. From 1967 to 2006, the Twin Towers housed university students. It was a place to study, to sleep and to call home for the academic year. But those 40 years were brought to the ground by explosives May 25 in just 15 seconds. And just another month later, the last truckload of structural debris was removed from the site. Click for more...

CTI’s Fleet of Orange Machines Dig Into Emerald City →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Seattle, Wash., is a city on the grow. Nicknamed the Emerald City for its majestic evergreen trees, it is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest, and home to many legendary Fortune 500 companies like Nordstrom, Starbucks and Amazon.com. Other nearby Fortune 500 giants include Microsoft, Costco and Nintendo. Seattle also is known for being business-friendly and is in the midst of a number of development projects. Click for more...

Hill Remediation Relishes Taking on the Garden State’s Dirty Work →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Hill Remediation & Construction Services, Pennington, N.J., does a lot of the industry’s dirty work: jobs with daunting names like “air sparging,” “soil vapor extraction” and installing and maintaining “dewatering systems.” The woman-owned business enterprise got its start in 1992 and has been growing steadily ever since to become a full-service remediation company with hundreds of clients throughout New Jersey and the surrounding states. Click for more...

Nacirema Rises to the Occasion Over 10 Years of Service →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Proving to be a company as American as apple pie, Nacirema has experienced the best and the saddest of jobs in the nation during the 10 years since it was founded. “We’ll go anywhere,” said Sal Carucci, Nacirema’s vice president of sales. For example, the company has been involved with replacing luxury boxes at the Green Bay Packers’ venerable Lambeau Field. And within hours of the Sept. Click for more...

Convention Center to Transform Historic Downtown Lancaster →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Retailer Watt and Shand maintained the crowned jewel of Lancaster, Pa., in a beaux-arts department store that bustled with life for much of the 20th century. Today, 18 prime contractors are building a new Lancaster County Convention Center around the façade of the former Watt and Shand building. With earthwork behind it, Reynolds Construction, of Harrisburg, Pa., is moving ahead in its role as construction manager for the prime contractors on the project. Click for more...

Burris Clears Damaged Va. Strip Mall →

According to the National Weather Service, the tornado that hit Suffolk, Va., April 28 had estimated winds of 160 mph. Amazingly, over the tornado’s 10-mi. (16 km) path through the city, there were no fatalities. Reports say approximately 200 injuries occurred in the state of Virginia that day because of the numerous tornados that hit. The storm left behind more than $28.6 million in damages in Suffolk alone. Click for more...

Landmark Sails Through Drainage Work at Charleston Naval Shipyard →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Helping to shore up the infrastructure at the site of what was once one of America’s busiest naval bases is the task at hand for Landmark Construction of North Charleston, S.C. A full-service construction firm, Landmark is currently in the middle of a more than $5 million project to install 2,600-ft. (790 m) of 9-by-5-ft. (2.7-by-1.5 m) box culvert at the site of the old Charleston Naval Shipyard. Click for more...

Leica’s PowerDigger 3D Can Handle Complex Excavation Applications →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Leica PowerDigger 3D is an excavator guidance system that includes a choice of single or dual GNSS (GPS + GLONASS) PowerBox and PowerAntenna sensors, each capable of precisely locating the exact 3D position of the excavator bucket relative to the design surface. In real time, Leica PowerDigger 3D receives the machine position via GNSS, calculates the excavator bucket’s exact 3D position on the site and compares the bucket position with the 3D design model, displaying differences (cut/fill/slope) to the operator on a screen. Click for more...

Komatsu’s PC400LC-8 Equipped With Level 3 Komtrax →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.’s PC400LC-8 hydraulic excavator delivers increased digging force with excellent fuel economy in the toughest digging conditions. This new excavator series maintains the reliability of the previous model but now offers reduced noise levels inside the cab. The PC400LC-8, with a flywheel horsepower of 345 hp (257 kW), has an operating weight of 97,148 to 103,834 lbs. (44,066 to 47,098 kg) and is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D125E-5 engine. Click for more...

Volvo Takes Part in San Juan River Project in New Mexico →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Fresh water rivers’ flows prevent areas of the world from becoming arid, nonproductive wastelands. Such could be the description of the northwest corner of New Mexico but for the San Juan River. Johnny and Machelle Stinson, owners of Adobe Contractors Inc., located in Bloomfield, and Daniel Thompson, product specialist with Golden Equipment Company, Volvo Construction Equipment’s exclusive Farmington based New Mexico dealer, were amongst the first to harness the potential of this broad, slow flowing river caused by the Navajo Irrigation Dam. Click for more...

Wrecking Corp. Wraps Up Waterside Mall Demolition →

Wrecking Corporation of America is nearing completion of one of the largest demolition projects in the Washington, D.C., area. As part of the redevelopment of southwest Washington, D.C., and to make room for the new 2.5-million-sq.-ft. (232,258 sq m) mixed-use development called Waterfront, the general contractor, Clark Construction Group, has hired Wrecking Corp. to perform the demolition and earthwork for the project located at M and 4th streets on the Potomac River’s Washington Channel. Click for more...

Highway Equipment Company Named Full-Line Hyundai Dealer →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Hyundai continues to expand its dealer network with the addition of Highway Equipment Company as a full line dealer in Zelienople, Pa. Highway Equipment Company is a full service construction equipment dealer servicing the western half of Pennsylvania since 1933. It sells, rents and supports construction equipment — big and small — from four locations around western Pennsylvania with its headquarters located 22 mi. Click for more...

’Green’ City Rises on S. Korea Coast →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The $30 billion New Songdo City is the largest private real estate venture in history, with more than $3 billion in construction slated for 2008 alone. Construction of the city is under way on 1,500 acres (607 ha) of a man-made island totaling 10,000 acres (4,047 ha). The reclaimed land was formed from 110 million cu. yds. (84,101,034 cu m) of rubble and sand dredged from the Yellow Sea at Incheon, South Korea, approximately 40 mi. Click for more...

Sanders Installs Water Main in 50-Ft. Segments →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Charlotte-Mecklinburg Utility recently let a $9.6 million bid to install 20,000 linear ft. (6,100 m) of high-capacity 48-in. (121 cm) steel spiral water main pipe, in 50-ft. (15 m) joint lengths. Taking on the challenge of installing the behemoth sticks of pipe over that long run is Sanders Utility Construction Inc. of Charlotte, N.C. “Before we started the project, we debated on whether to install 25-, 30- or 50-foot lengths of pipe,” said Freddie Young, project manager of Sanders Construction. Click for more...

Crews Race to Complete Concord Dragstrip for September Event →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Close to 300 people are working six days a week to build a state-of-art drag strip adjacent to Lowe’s Motor Speedway (LMS) in Concord, N.C. Plans call for the quarter-mile track to be open in time for the Sept. 11 to 14 National Hot Road Association (NHRA) Carolinas Nationals event, an inaugural event on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. The racetrack, just northeast of Charlotte, is currently being called The Dragway at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, but a new name will be announced soon as part of a fan contest. Click for more...

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