Excavators

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...

First Excavator Rolls Off Volvo CE’s Asheville, N.C., Production Line →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The first Volvo excavator to be built at the Volvo Construction Equipment manufacturing facility in Asheville, N.C., rolled off the production line Nov. 9. The rollout event in Asheville was attended by several hundred city, county, state and Congressional officials, private industry executives, company management, dealers, customers and personnel and members of the Swedish embassy from Washington, D.C. Click for more...

Brubacher on Par for Applecross Course Finish →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Applecross Country Club Community, featuring more than 1,000 town, carriage, classic, estate and active adult homes, is currently under construction in East Brandywine Township, approximately 4 mi. from Downingtown, Pa. Once fully inhabited, the 860-acre development is expected to double the local population. The upscale community is a partnership venture by Pulte Homes, based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., ClubCorp, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and Nicklaus Design of North Palm Beach, Fla. Click for more...

Komatsu Launches PC300HD-8 Hydraulic Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.’s PC300HD-8 hydraulic excavator combines the PC300LC-8 upper structure with the PC400LC-8 fixed gauge undercarriage, providing increased stability and lift capacity in its competitive size class. The machine has a flywheel horsepower of 246 hp (183 kW) and an operating weight of 85,085 to 88,551 lbs. (38,594 to 40,166 kg). The PC300HD-8 is equipped with the latest Komtrax technology (Level 3), which sends machine operating information to a secure Web site utilizing wireless technology. Click for more...

Tollway Links Future to Ecological Heritage →

The 12.5-mi. (20 km) six-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80 opened to bicycle traffic on Veteran’s Day Nov. 11 to considerable fanfare as communities along the route staged local festivals to coincide with opening ceremonies. Vehicular traffic started rolling on the newly named Veterans Memorial Tollway during the next day’s morning rush hour. Click for more...

Project to Reduce ’Near Misses’ During Trips to Airport →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Airport Drive at Richmond International Airport will soon be rid of a flawed intersection near the toll plaza that is notorious for its thousands of near misses as well as a number of nonfatal collisions. The roadway is an important artery for major shipping companies and travelers who fly in and out of the airport, which is in Henrico County, Va. Branch Highways Inc. of Roanoke, Va., has been awarded a $13.3 million contract to realign and improve Airport Drive and to perform work on terminal access roads. Click for more...

Mainline’s Work Allows Honda Jet Engine Plant to Take Flight →

Before Honda Corp. can put Burlington, N.C., on the map as the manufacturing center for a heralded new product, the company needs a facility in which to build it. This fall, Mainline Contracting Co. of Durham, N.C., jump-started the construction that will put the Japanese company in its facility. Over the course of two hectic months that ended the first of October, Mainline prepared a 90-acre (36 ha) tract where Honda will establish its Honda Aero Inc. Click for more...

Site Prep Work Leads to Growth for Pustola & Associates →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Stephen Pustola, founder of Pustola & Associates of Naugatuck, Conn., had a design-build firm that did everything, taking customers through all steps of the process from design to permitting to construction. It was a successful operation, but Pustola wanted to do more. His company wasn’t doing the site preparation work itself. “We were subbing that work out, but I knew it was an area that we needed to grow into,” Pustola said. Click for more...

Specialty Rentals and Attachments Builds New Facility →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Specialty Rentals and Attachments Co. Inc. will soon have a new place to show off its equipment. Its 5,000-sq.-ft. facility, located in Winslow, N.J., will open in mid to late 2008. Bob Harrell, owner of Specialty Rentals and Attachments, said his company “outgrew” its old location in Sicklerville, N.J. “This new facility will be a bigger facility. [At our current location], we try to keep the noise down and we try to be courteous about what hours we work, because it’s in a residential area. Click for more...

Genesis Appoints JESCO as Authorized Dealer in N.J., NYC →

From Construction Equipment Guide... JESCO is now an authorized Genesis attachments dealer in New Jersey and the New York City metro area. “We are extremely excited to offer Genesis attachments as part of our equipment line,” stated Jon Robustelli, president of JESCO Inc. “Genesis builds a variety of quality products to tackle tough demolition or scrap yard applications. Together, Genesis and JESCO are focused on two things: Maximizing our clients’ job site productivity and providing great customer service.”JESCO now carries a range of Genesis attachments for use on excavators, wheel loaders, skid steer loaders and mini excavators. Click for more...

MoDOT Carves New $44M Path Through Ozark Hills →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Tucked in the rough Ozark hills is Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) current two-lane Route 5 project, which winds from the city of Camdenton north to the Niangua Bridge on the Lake of the Ozarks in Camden County. In April 2006 MoDOT awarded a $44.3 million contract to McAninch Corporation of Des Moines, Iowa, to carve a new route through the rock and earth of the Ozark hills. When completed, it will be the largest grading project in MoDOT history. Click for more...

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