Excavators

Simultaneous Construction Facilitates Texas’ $1.1B Bayport Terminal Complex →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Simultaneous construction of several phases of the Port of Houston Authority’s $1.1 billon Bayport Terminal Complex is underway in LaPorte, Texas. One of the phases, a $15.3 million reconstruction of Bayport Road began Dec. 20, 2005, and was completed Jan. 12, 2007, according to Don Barrett, project director of the project’s general contractor, McCarthy Building Companies Inc., Texas Division of Addison, Texas. Click for more...

Equipment Pushes Through Tough Clay for R.S. Braswell →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Working in the clay soil of North Carolina can present some difficult challenges, especially when it gets wet. Jason Ward from Concord, N.C., relies on his T300 compact track loader and 341 compact excavator to keep working even when ground conditions aren't at their best. After he traded two rubber tire skid steer loaders for a Bobcat T300 in 2004, the benefits of a rubber track undercarriage started paying off immediately, Ward said. Click for more...

Va. Beach Road to Be Less a Pain in the Birdneck →

From Construction Equipment Guide... E.V. Williams Inc. has worked with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) on numerous projects over the years. The latest project is the Birdneck Road widening project in Virginia Beach, Va. The Virginia Beach-based firm was awarded a $27.9 million contract to widen the two-lane road into a four-lane divided road. VDOT, Williams and the city of Virginia Beach are working together to complete the project in a safe and timely manner. Click for more...

Doosan Offers Parts Guarantee for Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Doosan Infracore America has started a 48-hour parts guarantee for its wheel loader and excavator customers. The program guarantees that Doosan heavy equipment machine owners will receive their “machine-debilitating” replacement part, in hand, within two business days or Doosan will pay for a replacement machine rental. “We’ll get the part in your hand, wherever you are in North America,” said Michael Stanley, Doosan’s general parts manager. Click for more...

More Than 1,000 Celebrate Foley’s 50th Anniversary at Open House in Piscataway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Foley Inc. celebrated its 50th anniversary with more than 1,000 friends and longtime customers the evening of June 7 at its Piscataway, N.J., headquarters. The elaborately planned event was replete with abundant food and drink, fun games and activities (such as the carnival favorite — the Hi-Striker), a live band and an a cappella ensemble, demos of new and antique Cat equipment as well as information booths where guests could discuss the latest emissions standards, all products offered by Foley Rents, certified rebuilds, and training classes. Click for more...

Chas. Lobosco & Son Puts Komatsus Up to Bat for Mets →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Chas. Lobosco & Son Inc. is unique in the realm of rental companies. For the past 40 years, the company’s main focus has been on renting only excavating equipment to contractors in the New York City area, including Urban Foundation-Engineering LLC. Lobosco has had a working relationship with Urban Foundation for 35 to 40 years. The contractor is currently working on the new Mets Stadium, Citi Field, which is scheduled to open in 2009. Click for more...

Union Paving Tackles Second Hyperbuild Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has introduced a project delivery method called “hyperbuild.”“As defined by NJDOT, hyperbuild is a fast project delivery system for a ready-to-go project with no right of ways or environmental delays,” explained Lou Tomasello Jr., chief engineer of Union Paving & Construction Co. Inc. of Mountainside, N.J. Union Paving & Construction performed one of NJDOT’s first hyperbuild projects on Interstate 280 in Essex County in 2005, Tomasello said. Click for more...

Herter Enterprises, IronWolf Join in Educational Effort →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When the Eagle Mountain/Saginaw Independent School District realized it needed additional elementary school facilities, time became a big concern. The school district would have to have the facilities ready to open by the spring of 2008. The 6-acre (2.4 ha) building site is located directly across the street from a heavily populated residential area in Fort Worth, Texas. The earthmoving segment of the project required that 8 ft. Click for more...

D.P. Nicoli, Efficiency Production Update Sac State’s Sewer System →

From Construction Equipment Guide... California State University - Sacramento (Sacramento State) is “going green.” The university has several new building projects underway which are incorporating aspects of “green building,” a process to create buildings and supporting infrastructure that minimize the use of resources, reduce harmful effects on the environment, and create healthier environments for people. One of the green building projects at Sacramento State includes upgrading the sewer system on campus. Click for more...

Thompson Boosts Fleet to Handle Charlotte Boom →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Shane Thompson is taking advantage of the development boom in the Charlotte area. The president of Thompson Grading Inc. has increased its fleet by approximately 40 percent in the past year to be able to keep up with the work happening all around the Woodruff, S.C.-based contractor. In addition to grading a 230-acre (93 ha) segment of the 520-acre (210 ha) Vineyards on Lake Wylie in Belmont, Thompson said he’s gearing up for work at the Buffalo Ranch development near Harrisburg, N.C., as well as the future site of IKEA in Charlotte. Click for more...

Cat Iron Prove Mettle for Long Island’s PK Metals →

From Construction Equipment Guide... PK Metals, located in Coram, N.Y., calls itself “The Recycling Specialists” and for good reason. The company’s 11-acre scrap yard in Suffolk County, Long Island, not only recycles ferrous and non-ferrous metals but materials from the electronics industry in addition to plastics, demolition debris, cardboard and surplus inventory salvage. It also provides document destruction. Processing a diversity of materials requires a wide assortment of equipment including trucks, loaders, skid steers, excavators and scrap handling machines most of which are Caterpillars from H.O. Click for more...

Stafford Development Increases Size of Board With Election of John Claflin →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Stafford Development Company has increased the size of its board from seven to eight and elected John F. Claflin to its membership. Claflin, a resident of Lexington, Ky., is retired from Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company, where he served for more than 30 years. During John Claflin’s career at Link-Belt, he had the opportunity to experience both the crane and excavator segments of the equipment industry. Click for more...

Darcon Construction’s Kobelco Rips, Tears Without the Wear →

From Construction Equipment Guide... There used to be a candy factory at 35th and 4th Sunset Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., but in August, there will be a new high school there instead. Darcon Construction Inc. is laying a concrete foundation for Sunset Park High. A 100,000-lb. (45.359 kg) Kobelco SK480LC excavator is helping Darcon with its foundation work. “[The Kobelco] has tremendous breakout force, yet operates very smoothly,” said Angelo Caiazzo, principal of Darcon Construction Inc. Click for more...

Hitzfield Excavating Paves Memory Lane in Indiana →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Back in June 2006, there was much hoopla at Iowa’s John Deere Dubuque Works. Not only were they building their 10,000th J-Series Dozer on that day, but also there was a big Gold Key Event for the 10,000th J-Series Dozer customer — Larry Hitzfield of Hitzfield Excavating of Roanoke, Ind. Deere Iron, Old and New“I’ve sold more Deere iron than I bought,” Hitzfield said. “Our company has been raving about the quality of these machines to anyone who would listen since 1961. Click for more...

Gibson Machinery Hosts Demo of Sennebogen 870M →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Gibson Machinery LLC hosted a luncheon, presentation and barge unloading demonstration of the Sennebogen Model 870M Rubber Tired Material Handler in McKees Rocks, Pa., March 13. The demonstration took place at Lindy Paving Inc.’s Neville Island Terminal. Gibson Machinery’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Mike Camp introduced Lindy Paving representatives and reviewed Gibson’s product line that includes Sennebogen machines, Doosan excavators, wheel loaders and utility equipment, Dynapac compaction, paving and milling equipment, Moxy articulated trucks and IHI compact excavators. Click for more...

ACECO Adds Breakers to Fleet for Plant Demolition →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As the country moves further into the 21st century, the need for new infrastructure and facilities is becoming more and more apparent. Whether dictated by hazardous materials within an original construction or general wear and tear due to age, improvements and upgrades are needed in everything from roads to buildings. For the water pollution control plant in Arlington County, Va., new environmental regulations and increased capacity requirements were the catalysts for moving forward on a complete modernization of the facility. Click for more...

Komatsu Launches PC228USLC-3 Excavator in Ohio →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.’s PC228USLC-3 short tail swing excavator with Tier III engine is now available at Columbus Equipment’s nine locations in Ohio. The new machine has a 148 flywheel hp (110 kW), an operating weight between 49,900 to 51,110 lbs. (22,226 to 23,183 kg) and a bucket capacity range of .66 to 1.57 cu. yds. (.5 to 1.2 cu m). Occupying a 180 degree swing width of 13 ft. 1 in. Click for more...

Ingersoll Rand Compact Excavators Feature Zero-Tail Swing →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ingersoll Rand Company Limited offers two hydraulic, compact excavators to provide earthmoving power in the trenches. The 8.3-ton (7.5 t) ZX-75 and 13.8-ton (12.5 t) ZX-125 hydraulic excavators provide powerful performance for work in building, landscaping, rental applications, and utility installation, as well as general construction and repair work. The ZX-75 excavator has an operating weight of 16,538 lbs. Click for more...

Stainless Steel Succumbs to SK350 With LaBounty Shear →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Teamwork and a Kobelco SK350 excavator with a LaBounty shear changed Utica Alloys’ scrap yard into a more efficient enterprise. Utica Alloys, located in Utica, N.Y., is a large scrap management company. The company processes stainless steel that is collected from across the upstate New York area and then re-sold. For shipping purposes, the steel must be cut down to uniform sizes. The process involved moving the steel from the stockpile to the cutting area where several employees would cut the metal with a steel guillotine and welding torches. Click for more...

Toyota Plant Site Cleared Weeks Ahead of Schedule →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The first of many construction projects involving the $1.3 billion Toyota automotive plant near Tupelo has been completed weeks early. Hill Brothers Construction Co. of Faulkner, Miss., recently finished the first contract, clearing the core site in Blue Springs. Located about 10 mi. west of Tupelo off U.S. 78, the plant, scheduled to open in 2010, will produce the company’s Highlander SUV model. Click for more...

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