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Aesthetics Count During I-4 Work Through Ybor →

Ybor, “the city with a past,” is getting a new roadway. Not only is it expected to make travel easier, it should be quieter with aesthetically pleasing noise walls built to match the historic ambiance of the city. As a result, the surrounding neighborhood will have more green space and larger medians, which could spark a return to enjoying the outdoors for Ybor residents. Called “Florida’s Latin Quarter,” Ybor beckons visitors back to another era. Click for more...

B&B Demolition Infiltrates The Citadel’s Law Barracks →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Law Barracks stood for 66 years on The Citadel campus and was home to generations of cadets. But the castle-like structure is gone now. It couldn’t withstand the assault upon it by an Hitachi EX300LC demolition excavator. Using the machine’s 71-ft. (22 m), three-piece boom, B&B Demolition Company attacked the building at its most reinforced point: the top. Once concrete caps were removed from the turreted and serrated top edge of the building’s walls, the brick structure beneath surrendered without much trouble. Click for more...

Red Oak Disposal Service Carves Niche in Demolition, Recycling →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Red Oak Disposal Service Inc., a southern New Jersey contractor, has been taking on specialized jobs in demolition and recycling since 1986 to meet the needs of a changing, growing economy. “We take on the jobs that no one else can or wants to take on. We clear and recycle stumps and brush as well as blacktop and concrete. We will take down an old garage as well as pull up a parking lot and recycle all of the material we take away. Click for more...

Norsic & Son Still Going Strong After 73 Years in Business →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In the early 1930s, while the nation was in the throes of the Great Depression, Emil “Pop” Norsic worried about his financial future like so many others of his time. In 1932, however, an opportunity came along for Norsic when he was offered a chance to buy the assets of a failing company. He did not see this as a risk; rather he saw it as his big chance to take control of his own destiny and make a better life for his family. Click for more...

Daewoo Wows Dealers With New Training Facility in GA →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corp. hosted a Product Support Seminar April 21 and 22 at its North American headquarters in Suwanee, GA, to introduce its dealers to its new training facility. A total of 39 distributorships from the United States, Mexico and Canada were represented, 20 of which sent dealer principles. Several dealers received awards for outstanding product support, which were presented at the Daewoo sponsored reception and dinner. Click for more...

British Military Invention Strengthens Embankment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Near the Kentucky border on southbound Interstate 75, in Ellico, TN, a displacement of soil has caused a problem that has to be dealt with quickly or it might further jeopardize travel in the area. Time and weather eroded soil under the roadway, creating an unstable surface on which to drive. “This is an embankment that failed,” said Max Morton of the Knoxville-based Philips and Jordan Inc. Click for more...

Hitachi Drives Lattimore Operations in TX →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In a world dominated by publicly owned ready-mix and aggregate companies, Lattimore Materials is a thriving, family-owned business. But don’t equate “family owned” with “small.”Headquartered in McKinney, TX, Lattimore is one of the top three ready-mix producers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The company owns 19 ready-mix plants, and seven sand, gravel and rock mining operations in north Texas and southern Oklahoma. Click for more...

I-84 Reconstruction on Track for Fall Finish →

The reconstruction of a portion of Interstate 84 (I-84), which is nearing completion, required an array of heavy construction equipment to meet project challenges and normal project needs. According to Rick Negro, the project manager of Plainville, CT-based Manafort Brothers Inc., the project’s general contractor, the project, which began May 21, 2003, included the reconstruction of 3 mi. (4.8 km) of mainline I-84, both eastbound and westbound, in Southington and Cheshire, CT. Click for more...

Miami Gardens Drive Job Focal Point of New City →

Just more than a year after it began, three separate but related reconstruction projects in the 2-year-old city of Miami Gardens, FL, are progressing nicely toward completion. They represent the final phase of a comprehensive plan designed to improve traffic flow and safety along Miami Gardens Drive. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) launched the projects in February 2004. The work includes Miami Gardens Drive from NW 28th Place to NW 2nd Avenue, and is expected to last approximately two years at an estimated cost of $20 million. Click for more...

Two Contractors Join Forces for Lithonia Industrial Blvd. Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... To the north, there’s E.R. Snell Contractor of Snellville, GA. To the south, it’s Shepherd Construction Co. of Atlanta. And in the middle, making sure the Lithonia Industrial Boulevard project is running smoothly, is Project Engineer Christina Rooney. The two contractors submitted a joint contract because of the scope of the $49-million road project in DeKalb County that will extend Lithonia Industrial Boulevard, relocate Interstate 20 entrance and exit ramps and realign eastbound and westbound Frontage Road. Click for more...

Rotting Retaining Wall Replacement Poses Challenges →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As a design/build contractor, Southeast Landscape Management in Dawsonville, GA, specializes in unusual custom residential projects. “We do work that other companies either don’t want to do or can’t do,” said Chris Nicholson, president of the company. Nicholson and his partner, Tim Costely, president of sister company Southeast Arbor Management Inc., have been doing this work for 11 years. Click for more...

Slide Closes Portion of Scenic Blue Ridge Parkway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A Dec. 15 rock and mud slide damaged a portion of a North Carolina roadway known for its scenic vistas. Debris toppled onto the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 401, which is mid-way between the French Broad River and Mt. Pisgah in Buncombe County, NC. According to Jeff Bradley, project manager of Taylor & Murphy Construction Co. Inc., in Asheville, NC, repair work began in early February. Taylor & Murphy is the general contractor that will handle all of the repair work with the exception of the paving, which will be subcontracted to APAC-Atlantic’s Asheville division. Click for more...

New Erosion Control Standards Escalate Route 20 Project Costs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Controlling erosion at the work site along state Route 20 (Hawthorne Road) in Alachua County, FL, has added a weekly task to an already busy project for Russell Engineering of Ft. Lauderdale. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Spokesman Chip Skinner said new regulations have created a “zero tolerance” policy for off-site discharge in FDOT’s District 2. Russell Engineering’s Roy Smith said crews had to test the turbidity of the Lochloosa Creek daily when they were working on the bridge over it. Click for more...

Jomac Construction’s Fleet Swells With Approximately 60 Caterpillar Machines →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It is said, “a dog is a man’s best friend.” However, Jomac Construction’s Mike McCabe’s best friends are Cats — as in Caterpillars. He has found them to be reliable, hardworking and easy to handle. McCabe founded Jomac Construction in 1980 with just a few pieces of equipment that included an International backhoe, a Cat 955 trackloader, an old Trojan rough-terrain loader, a John Deere 450 dozer and a Ford single-axle dump truck. Click for more...

Ditch Witch XT850 Works Like a Charm for NY Contractor →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Stienstra Electric Corp., Goshen, NY, provides residential electrical services, including wiring for new homes and service upgrades to existing structures, outdoor lighting, and power and lights for in-ground and above-ground swimming pools and spas. Many projects require installation of underground power cable, and Stienstra Electric handles that task with its own equipment and personnel. The company’s president, Gregory J. Click for more...

Philly Expo to Showcase Latest, Greatest Iron →

The Philadelphia Construction Expo VI is just days away from again transforming the Fort Washington Expo Center into an Equipment Mecca. New for this year’s show will be a significantly expanded exhibit in the Washington Room, an area adjacent to the main exhibit hall, by Asphalt Care Equipment, of Bensalem and Doylestown, PA. David Fackler, president of Asphalt Care was excited to explain his company’s new role at the Philadelphia Construction Expo. Click for more...

Pitt Expo a Success; Philly Show On-Deck →

From Construction Equipment Guide... From the moment the Pittsburgh Construction Expo’s doors opened the morning of Feb. 8 until they closed the evening of Feb. 9, a steady stream of contractors from all over western Pennsylvania and Ohio filled the ExpoMart’s aisles, keeping exhibitors busy — and happy. Over the course of the two-day show in Monroeville, PA, just outside of Pittsburgh, a hefty serving of iron was on the menu as highway contractors, earthmovers, recyclers and landscapers alike checked out the latest wares from manufacturers such as Caterpillar, John Deere, Case, New Holland, Rayco, Komatsu, Kobelco, JLG, The Screen Machine to name just a few. Click for more...

Komatsu America Moves Artic Truck Production to Tennessee →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp. moved the production of its 30- to 40-ton (27- to 36-t) articulated truck from Mooka, Japan, to Chattanooga, TN, in January. Joining production of Komatsu’s mid-size excavator line at the Chattanooga facility are the HM300-1, HM350-1 and HM400-1 articulated trucks used in earthmoving, road construction and quarry applications. The truck line was moved to Chattanooga to better serve Komatsu’s North American customers, said Steve Moore, product manager of trucks of Komatsu America Corp. Click for more...

Georgia Contractor’s Demolition Impresses ’Extreme Makeover’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Georgia Utility Contractors Association (GUCA) President Brent Scarbrough of Brent Scarbrough and Company helped make a dream come true for a needy family in Lake City, GA, by participating in ABC’s Extreme Makeover, Home Edition, from Jan. 16 to 23. The family chosen for this life changing event, the Harper family, originally of Brooklyn, NY, experienced tragedy when they lost their young son, who did not received prompt medical treatment that possibly could have prevented his death. Click for more...

Explosion Springs Lano Equipment Into Action →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Gary Lano, one of six owners of Lano Equipment Inc., in Ramsey, MN, sat at his desk one late December morning and felt a tremor instantly followed by a huge bang. “At first I thought that it came from behind. It sounded like something heavy fell in our shop” Lano recalled. Then he glanced up from his paper work and gazed out the company’s huge glass windows across the highway. A towering plume of dust and debris rose before him. Click for more...

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