Excavators

Hoffman International Delivers Doosan Excavator to Russia →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Hoffman International, a Doosan and Bay Shore Systems dealer in Piscataway, N.J., delivered a Doosan Solar 370 excavator equipped with a Bay Shore Systems LoDrill HTFB-24 to Sochi, Russia, the home of the 2014 Olympic Games. Hoffman shipped the Doosan excavator and Bay Shore Systems drill from opposite sides of the world and married the two together on-site in Sochi, Russia. A Doosan excavator was chosen as the base machine so that Hoffman could provide the customer with a single source of spare parts and product support for the entire unit. Click for more...

Shanahan Offers Komatsu’s New PC300HD-8 Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Shanahan Equipment’s seven locations in California and Nevada now offer Komatsu America’s new PC300HD-8 hydraulic excavator. Komatsu has developed an upgraded version of this model designed for operator comfort and control as well as the same stability, performance and reliability features that differentiated this model’s predecessor in the marketplace. The PC300HD-8 combines the PC300LC-8 upper structure with the PC400LC-8 fixed gauge undercarriage, providing for stability and lift capacity in its competitive size class. Click for more...

INDOT Completes $175M Super 70 Reconstruction →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Drivers can breathe a sigh of relief — the $175 million reconstruction of Interstate 70 that put the east side of Indianapolis in turmoil through most of 2007 is now complete. Dubbed “Super 70” by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), it was the biggest single-season construction project ever undertaken by the state. It was also one of the biggest projects tackled by the general contractor, according to Delbert Collard Jr., Walsh Construction project manager. Click for more...

Allu Screener-Crusher Expedites Gas Pipeline Project →

Gary “Red” Bailes of Leslie Equipment puts his pickup truck into four-wheel drive and heads up the nearly-vertical slope of the construction right of way to where the workers from ST Pipeline are installing the Big Sandy Pipeline. Building a 68-mi. (109 km) pipeline in the rugged mountains of eastern Kentucky requires four-wheel drive to get up and down the 50 percent slopes and also requires the Allu SM Screener-Crusher to prepare the blasted and excavated sandstone for use as structural fill material. Click for more...

Skanska Builds Super New Giants Stadium →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Site work and ongoing adjacent construction projects are among the challenges faced by the team that is building New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The $998 million, 2.2-million-sq.-ft. (204,387 sq m) steel and concrete facility will include 82,000 seats and 217 luxury suites for New York Giants and Jets fans. According to Frank Falciani, senior vice president of Skanska USA Building, the project’s Parsippany, N.J.-based design-build construction manager, work began May 21, 2007. Click for more...

Deere 27D Boasts Reduced Cycle Times, Long Arm Option →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The John Deere 27D compact excavator provides even more productivity due to reduced cycle times and a long arm option, as well as better operator comfort with updated controls and a redesigned cab. Additionally, fuel economy and long service intervals combine to deliver low operating costs. “This versatile, productive machine is ideally suited to a wide variety of applications,” said Mark Wall, product marketing manager, John Deere Construction & Forestry. Click for more...

Gorilla Hammers Its Way to Success in Concrete Jungle →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Gorilla Hammers of Randolph, Mass., the attachment division of Tech Hydraulics, does not believe in taking shortcuts, according to Robert “Bob” Tedesco, president and CEO. “My father started the family business in the 1940s by repairing gas pumps and other petroleum delivery equipment. My big brother took over at the age of seventeen when my father passed away suddenly. He expanded products and services to offer hydraulic and pneumatic sales and repairs to the automotive, industrial and mobile equipment markets. Click for more...

Chadwick-BaRoss Volvos Used on Extreme Makeover →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Chadwick-BaRoss Inc., Maine’s Volvo Heavy Equipment Construction dealer, had two of its customer-owned Volvo EC240 excavators along with a Volvo L90F wheel loader equipped with forks and bucket at work on the site of the recent Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Milbridge, Maine. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s design team prepared to build a new home for the Ray-Smith family of Milbridge, Maine, and found R.F. Click for more...

Sennebogen 835M Material Handlers Weather Neb. Winters →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Sam Jacobs has learned that life on the plains of Nebraska includes blizzards, droughts, windstorms, frigid cold and blistering heat. Jacobs first went to work in his family’s recycling business, Columbus Metals, nearly 30 years ago and, in 1994, became the sole owner of the company. “We can have some nasty winters out here,” Jacobs said. “Anytime from November to April, it can go to 20 below zero. Click for more...

Retek Crushers Razes Eyebrows on Jersey Mall Demo Job →

It may be the oldest mall on the East Coast, but it can still change from time to time. The Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, N.J., built in 1961, is undergoing a footprint change and Central Salvage of Philadelphia, Pa., demolished a section of the mall to make way for a new Nordstrom department store. The now razed section was once occupied by Strawbridge’s department store, but the footprint of the old store didn’t match up to Nordstrom’s requirements. Click for more...

Oregon Contractor Overcomes Major Shoring Challenge →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Like many other communities across the country, Springfield, Ore., is upgrading its aging sewer infrastructure to keep pace with growth and new development. This means replacing miles of sewer lines and manholes, and installing new lift stations. One recent lift station installation project was unusual due to the sheer enormity of the structure: a pour-in-place behemoth measuring 35 by 29 by 37 ft. Click for more...

All Deere Dealers Now Carry 75C Zero-Tail Swing Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... With maximum power in a small package, John Deere’s zero-tail swing 75C is now available for purchase from all John Deere dealers. “Like all of our C-Series excavators, the 75C is a productive, cost-saving machine that delivers value and performance,” said Mark Wall, product marketing manager, John Deere Construction & Forestry Company. “It is perfectly suited for light residential and other work in confined job sites, like urban renewal projects in big cities and landscaping applications.”The 75C has power and features that combine to provide versatility. Click for more...

Kobelco SK260LC Acera Mark 8 Features Intelligent Control →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The new SK260LC Acera Mark 8 hydraulic excavator from Kobelco Construction Machinery America Co. Ltd. features technology that provides precision control for fine grading and leveling applications. The SK260LC also delivers more horsepower, improved hydraulic flow and an impressive combination of bucket force, swing torque and drawbar pull forces, according to the manufacturer. Powered by a 181 hp (135 kW) turbocharged fuel-injected engine that is Tier III certified, the SK260LC has an operating weight of 57,300 lbs. Click for more...

Demolition Clears Way for Tuscaloosa Makeover →

From Construction Equipment Guide... They’re tearing it up in Tuscaloosa these days. The city — famous as home to the University of Alabama’s main campus — is undergoing a major transformation, through a combination of public and private projects designed to make the city a vibrant place where people live, work and play. And major demolition work in an old part of downtown is an important piece of the puzzle. Click for more...

H&E Equipment Named Takeuchi Dealership in Okla. →

From Construction Equipment Guide... H&E Equipment Services Inc. (H&E) has been appointed as the authorized Takeuchi dealer for the entire state of Oklahoma and portions of Virginia, the Carolinas and Florida, effective Dec. 19. As a full-service dealership, H&E will provide sales, rentals, service, parts, warranty service and training. H&E has 11 locations within this service area with full-service stores in Tulsa, Okla.; Oklahoma City; Roanoke, Va.; Winston-Salem, N.C.; Arden, N.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; North Charleston, S.C.; Columbia, S.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Fort Pierce, Fla.; and Pompano Beach, Fla. Click for more...

Crews Forge Twin Spans Over the Susquehanna →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A $60 million bridge project currently under way in Pennsylvania’s Lycoming County is expected to enhance revitalization efforts taking place in downtown Williamsport as well as create a direct connection between SR 15 and I-180. The Susquehanna River Bridge carrying SR 15 and linking Williamsport and South Williamsport is in the process of being replaced with twin bridges, in tandem with construction of a single point urban interchange (SPUI) connecting SR 15 and I-180. Click for more...

Southern California Faces Long Road Ahead →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Though wildfires that engulfed approximately 370,000 acres in southern California have been contained, there is still a major challenge ahead — cleanup. To start the process, a $30 million debris removal program has been launched by San Diego County officials to remove the remains of more than 1,800 buildings that were destroyed or damaged. The California State Office of Emergency Services is funding $23 million of those debris removal costs, while the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is funding the other $7 million. Click for more...

Adobe West Takes on Construction Boom →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Scott Rennicks of Adobe West Landscaping Company, Oakland, Calif., described the housing market in northern California as “explosive.”Rennicks saw an opportunity and capitalized on the housing development by growing the company’s landscape construction business. Rennicks buys his equipment from Bobcat West and believes local sales, service and parts are important. “When we decided to replace [our old] machines, we looked for a good place to get service and parts — that is why we ended up going with Bobcat.”Rennicks has built quite a fleet of different Bobcat machines, including seven 430 Zero House Swing (ZHS) compact excavators, a 331 compact excavator, various skid steer loaders, a powerful T300 compact track loader and five MT52 and MT55 mini track loaders. Click for more...

Cleveland Wrecking Nukes Unfinished N.C. Power Plant →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A Cleveland Wrecking Company crew has halfway demolished a nuclear power plant in South Carolina that was “built to last a lifetime” and was instrumental in the filming of an Academy Award-winning underwater adventure movie. The Cleveland crew wasn’t overly impressed with the Hollywood angle: It simply struck the old movie set and recycled it along with other abandoned facilities on the 2,000-acre (800-ha) site. Click for more...

Giberson Demos Its Jaw Crusher Bucket in Ill. →

Giberson Enterprises LLC recently demonstrated how recycle, demolition and concrete contractors, as well as aggregate producers, can lower costs using its Eco-Crusher excavator-mounted jaw crusher bucket at Brackenbox Inc. in Markham, Ill. Brackenbox, a transfer station that handles numerous tons of C&D and concrete material each year, was the ideal location to show contractors how the Eco-Crusher can operate on small job sites, scooping and crushing the material that contractors typically pay hundreds of dollars per truckload to haul away. Click for more...

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