Excavators

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...

Traylor Brothers Helps San Diego Prepare for Worst Case Scenerio →

From Construction Equipment Guide... “Be Prepared” is the motto for the Boy Scouts, but it also could be the motto for a huge project currently underway by officials in San Diego, Calif., and John Deere equipment is playing a major part in making it a reality. The city of San Diego’s Water Authority is building an 11-mi. (17 km) and 8.5 ft. (2.6 m) wide pipeline designed to carry water from the San Vicente reservoir to a vital pumping station in San Diego in the event of a major earthquake or other emergency. Click for more...

Liebherr’s R974 Excavator Begins Demolition of Philip Morris Plant →

From Construction Equipment Guide... On the morning of Aug. 13, Liebherr’s R974 B HD-EW crawler excavator took the first bite out of a Philip Morris Plant in Louisville, Ky. Prior to demolition, there was a “Dismantling Ceremony” attended by Mayor Jerry Abramson, Councilman David Tandy, various city officials, former Philip Morris employees and members of the community. A crowd of more than 125 people listened as Mayor Abramson described the possibility for new economic growth in West Louisville. Click for more...

Retail Dinosaur Nearing Extinction in Hampton →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The only part of the dinosaur left is the old J.C. Penney building. The typical shopping mall of yesteryear is becoming extinct and in its place, the mixed-use town center evolves. The 750,000-sq.-ft. (70,000 sq m) Coliseum Mall in Hampton, Va., is being demolished by Wrecking Corporation of America to make room for Peninsula Town Center. Wrecking Corp. has been on-site since March and plans to have the final building, the old J.C. Click for more...

Indeco Introduces IRC Rotary Head Cutter Attachments →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Indeco North America has added the IRC Series rotary cutting head to its line of non-impact demolition attachments. The Indeco rotary cutting head is a compact tool that can handle different types of trenching and demolition jobs. The rotary cutting head is the right tool for jobs where materials are too soft for a hydraulic breaker or too hard for a bucket to be used. The rotary cutting head is designed to be directly mounted on an excavator and can be used to loosen hardened or frozen soil prior to digging or to excavate small trenches in rock. Click for more...

D-Series Wheel Excavators Utilize ACERT Technology →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Caterpillar D-Series wheel excavators — M3l3D, M3l5D, M3l6D, M3l8D and M322D — deliver increased lift capacity and faster cycle times through changes in engines and hydraulics as compared to the C-Series machines they replace. The new D-Series also features expanded versatility and enhanced operator control as well as fuel efficiency that is 7 to 8 percent greater than the previous models, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Volvo Construction Adds New Product Class of Pipelayers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Volvo Construction Equipment has announced the development of a new product class of pipelaying machines targeting, primarily, contractors in the on-shore oil and gas industry. It is anticipated that the new class will be available to the North America market in the second quarter of 2008. The Volvo Pipelayer represents a major technical advance over traditional pipelaying dozers with a side-based boom, the basic design of which originated in the 1930’s and has changed little since, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Nordic Sold on Benefits of Zero-Turn Radius Machines →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In ancient times, monarchs handed the throne down to their children, passing on the wealth and power they had acquired over their lifetimes, but also passing down considerable responsibility. Today’s children don’t inherit jewel-encrusted crowns, but sometimes they inherit construction businesses. Like crowns, these companies come with both significant advantages and significant responsibilities. Click for more...

Cavaliere Industries Has Grown, Thrived Since 1955 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In 1955, undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano fought his 49th and final battle against light heavyweight champion Archie Moore, digging very deep in the four-squared corners of the ring in Madison Square Garden. Approximately 39 mi. to the East on Route 95 that same year, another hard-working Italian-American, Frank Cavaliere, started a small excavating business with a new Oliver tractor equipped with a Pippin backhoe and a front loader bucket in nearby Stamford, Conn. Click for more...

James River Takes on Hitachi Line →

From Construction Equipment Guide... James River Equipment was named the authorized Hitachi dealer Sept. 10 for North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. It now offers Hitachi excavators and mini-excavators, as well as front shovel and rigid-train trucks used for mining applications. Terry Thomas, the general manager of the Charlotte branch, said the move allows James River to offer more machines to its current customers and allow them an option when they are excavator shopping. Click for more...

Firm Finds Niche With Crushers →

Kids in yellow hats playing with Tonka trucks may be the construction workers of the future. For Chandler Lloyd, owner of Able Contracting, all the toy trucks paid off. “I was a kid that never grew up,” he explained. “I liked Tonka trucks and now I like big trucks. It’s like you get paid to play.”The interest has worked out well for Lloyd, whose Ridgeland, S.C., company now has 28 trucks, one dump truck, three crushers, three excavators, two densifiers, a hammer, three loaders and three screeners. Click for more...

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