Excavators

B&B Paving Gets Gold Key Treatment From John Deere →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When Danny Blackburn, owner of B&B Paving, recently purchased a John Deere 200CLC excavator from the Raleigh, NC-based RW Moore Equipment Company, little did he know that he would be going for the gold as well…or at least for a Gold Key. Blackburn’s 35-year-old paving and grading company, recently received a Gold Key Award after ordering its latest machine from RW Moore. Customers can receive the Gold Key treatment as a thank you from John Deere and their dealer for purchasing an ordered machine. Click for more...

Independent Commercial Contractors Demolish Black Clawson Facility After Fire →

From Construction Equipment Guide... On a steamy July afternoon, teenagers accidentally started a fire at the former Black Clawson manufacturing facility in Watertown, NY, devastating the building’s interior. Before the fire, Black Clawson was a major manufacturer of equipment used in the paper manufacturing industry. In its heyday, Black Clawson had approximately 2,000 employees at its Watertown location, but the site has been deserted for approximately four years. Click for more...

Tide Turns on Flooding in Bayside, Queens →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Flood prevention comes in many forms. In New Orleans, it’s with levees and spillways. In other places, it’s with concrete bulwarks. In New York City, sometimes, it’s a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) drainage system. One such project that is now under way in Bayside, NY, is the $95-million Alley Creek Drainage Improvements/CSO Abatement Facilities Project, Phase 1, Stage 1 for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP), the project’s Flushing, NY-based owner. Click for more...

Permitting Questions Remain at Spanish Fort Town Center →

Despite two tropical storms, a hurricane and a group seeking to stop the project, site preparation work on the roughly $100 million Spanish Fort Town Center project is proceeding on schedule, according to the developer. Work started June 20 on the giant retail complex, which will be anchored by a Bass Pro Shops and JC Penney and include stores, restaurants, a hotel, office buildings and car dealerships, said John Farrow, senior project manager for Cypress Equities, the retail development and acquisition affiliate of Dallas-based Staubach Retail. Click for more...

Twin Bridges Will Mark First Time PA Uses Precast Concrete Segmental Method →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Twin bridges now under construction across the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, PA, are the first to be built in the Commonwealth using the precast concrete segmental method. The two spans will replace a 55-year-old bridge owned by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC). Detailed studies carried out as part of the PTC’s long-term program of improvements showed that re-decking the current bridge at this site would be too expensive. Click for more...

New Equipment Makes Debut at Highway 74 Site →

An improved piece of iron made its national debut this spring at the U.S. 74 highway project in Robeson County, NC. According to Terry Moore, of R.W. Moore Equipment Company, headquartered in Raleigh, NC, the John Deere 210 rubber-tired excavator was selected for this project because of the large job site and the machine’s ability to set jersey barriers and pipes and dig trenches. “The 210 requires less maintenance, is more efficient and compact, and can do more operations than [our previous machines],” Moore said. Click for more...

Alabama Pool Builder Drowns Downtime With Bobcat Equipment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Over the past three years the growth in the backyard swimming pool market has significantly increased, according to industry observers. Pool builders and installers are more frequently being called upon to create a fun atmosphere where families can stay cool and enjoy their time with each other without leaving their back yard. Mike Shoemaker is one pool builder who has seen his business increase in the past few years. Click for more...

Mobile Crusher Adds Versatility for Geary Construction →

Russell Dean Geary formed Geary Construction in 1947 in Coalville, UT. A marine who had just returned from World War II, Geary started out with a backhoe and a dump truck as a means to simply make a living for himself. He quickly earned a reputation for his work and began to take on employees to expand the business. A man with a deep respect for anyone willing to put in a hard day’s work, Geary ran his business with a couple of goals in mind: to create job security for his employees and to expand his equipment fleet to make his first goal possible. Click for more...

Lang Powers Attachments With 210-LTC Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Lang Tool Co. is an industry leader in the development of attachments that utilize hydraulic motor drives. These attachments include stump grinders, brush mowers and tree mulchers. To furnish the hydraulics to power these attachments, Lang Tool developed the 210-LTC –– a 350-hp, 59,000-lb. excavator equipped with an auxiliary attachment hydraulic system capable of producing 100 gpm at 5,200 psi, continuously. Click for more...

Athletic Field Services and Ehrbar Tear Up Some Turf →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Years ago, Jon Sweeney, president of Athletic Field Services, turned his love for sports into a career when he constructed his first ballpark for St. Luke’s High School in New Canaan, CT. By the completion of that first job, he knew that he had found his niche. KickoffRecently, Sweeney returned to the field where his dream job began when he was named to build St. Luke’s new football field. Click for more...

Excavator a ’Gneiss’ Addition to White Water Quarry Fleet →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LBM Industries Inc., owner of White Water Quarry in Sapphire, NC, has been using a new Hitachi EX1200 front shovel since October to mine toxaway gneiss from the quarry. Toxaway gneiss is the only material produced from the quarry, which has been in business since 1976. It is used as roadbed material with asphalt and concrete. LBM President Bill McNeely Jr. describes it as “pretty much a granite.” Kenny Queen, quarry superintendent, has been with the company for 20 years and is impressed with the new machine’s capabilities. Click for more...

Safe-T-Shore Assists With Shaw Air Force Base Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Understanding and implementing strict federal accounting and management procedures on government utility projects can be a challenge for some contractors. But Chandler Construction Services Inc., headquartered in Ninety Six, SC, has answered the challenge for more than three decades. With an extensive history of providing United States taxpayers with quality construction services, Bob Gettys, construction supervisor of Chandler Construction Services, is proud of the company’s work. Click for more...

Interstate 95 Improvements Part of $400 Million ’Mobility 2000’ Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As with most of the Interstate 95 corridor in Florida, changes and upgrades need to take place periodically in order to keep up with the steady population growth, the growing traffic flow, the damage from tropical storms and hurricanes and general heat and moisture damage that plague all Florida roadways. Florida is one of the fastest growing states in the country. The population has doubled since 1970 to more than 15 million today. Click for more...

$12M Job Expands Arlington National Cemetery by 40 Acres →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Our nation’s military burial ground is in the midst of a needed expansion project. A total of 26,000 graves are being added to the current 215,000 graves at the 200-acre Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. The expansion is necessary to accommodate the large number of veterans from World War II. According to John Metzler, cemetery superintendent, this group is currently the largest population of daily burials. Click for more...

BTI Lends Versatility to Interstate 74 Rehab →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Each year more than 24 million vehicles travel on Interstate 74, inching their way through Peoria, IL, and the surrounding tri-county area, on a highway designed to handle only a fraction of today's traffic. Built in the late 1950s, prior to the formation of the interstate highway system, I-74 is no different than so many other urban routes. Growing congestion and the wear and tear of time has led to fighting for federal funding and meeting the challenges of major infrastructure improvements. Click for more...

S. F. Lutzky Turns to Caterpillar, Foley Inc. for Earthmoving Equipment, Service →

S. F. Lutzky Contracting Inc., located in Hillsborough, NJ, specializes in earthmoving and digging. This company works on projects of various magnitudes, including septic, utility, drainage, and excavation work. To accomplish the myriad tasks involved in his business, Scott Lutzky, owner of S.F. Lutzky, chose Foley Inc. as his dealer and Caterpillar as his manufacturer of choice. “I chose the Caterpillars because of their reputation and the 420 backhoe because of its pilot control,” said Lutzky. Click for more...

Schmidt Equipment Provides Excavators for Giant Flag →

From Construction Equipment Guide... If only Betsy Ross were alive today, surely she would be proud of artist Dave Cole’s patriotic creation. It took two 30-ft. (9.1 m) long John Deere excavators and a team of Cole’s assistants to hold up his 20-ft. (6.1 m) by 11-ft. (3.4 m) wide American flag in the courtyard of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) in North Adams. The excavators, provided by Schmidt Equipment, held two 25-ft. Click for more...

Power Crush: NYE Stump Harvester ’Fits Like a Glove’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When Toby Carlson purchased the Power Crush Company in 2000, he only had three pieces of equipment – a tub grinder, a screener and a small jaw crusher. With only 4 acres of space to utilize initially, Power Crush had to expand as business volume increased significantly. Currently, the company operates on approximately 25 acres. Power Crush is a recycling facility for wood waste, concrete and asphalt located in Kings Park, NY, on Long Island. Click for more...

Morris Iron & Steel Takes Pride in Scrap Recycling →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Most of us think of recycling as a fairly recent development — and in terms of cans, bottles and paper being recycled by residential households — that may be true. But for heavy metals, the concept of recycling is anything but new. Take the Philadelphia-based Morris Iron & Steel Company for example. Founded by Morris Greller in the early 1920s, it’s now a third-generation family business. Click for more...

APAC Warranties Mississippi Road Project for Seven Years →

From Construction Equipment Guide... An Interstate 55 overlaying project near the Montgomery/Carroll county line on Mississippi’s Highway 8 may look like routine work, but it will have a unique feature. It will be warrantied by the contractor for seven years after completion as part of a maintained pavement project. The $9.7-million project spans 15 mi. and was awarded to APAC of Mississippi in March by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). Click for more...

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