Excavators

Pentagon Ramps Up Safety With Route 110 Relocation →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Another project designed to enhance security is rapidly nearing completion at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. According to Kenneth A. Catlow, principal deputy director of the Pentagon Renovation and Construction Program Office, the contract called for the relocation of Route 110 away from the Pentagon, providing additional safety for facilities on the Pentagon reservation and to comply with the Department of Defense Anti-terrorism Standards for Buildings. Click for more...

Daewoo Targets No. 3 Position in Excavator Manufacturing →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corporation (DHIAC) has announced its new “Jump to the Top” initiative, which is being executed worldwide throughout all Daewoo Heavy Industries and Machinery Ltd. (DHIM) organizations in an effort to help lead Daewoo to the No. 3 position in worldwide excavator manufacturing by 2008. Daewoo currently holds the No. 4 position with 11.2-percent excavator share behind Caterpillar, Komatsu and Hitachi, according to information compiled from the Off-Highway Research International Database Service and the Korea and China National Official Sales Records. Click for more...

Volvo Enlists Sales Representatives for ’Boot Camp’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For the men and women selling Volvo Construction Equipment, job training is a test of endurance, stamina and teamwork -–– in essence, it’s the manufacturer’s version of military boot camp. For two days, Volvo dealers from the United States, Mexico and Canada send their sales staff to an intense training program aimed at not only teaching product knowledge but also selling skills. Click for more...

Dozer Fleet Makes the Grade on Fall Line Freeway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Robinson Paving’s road to success parallels the path cut by Georgia’s ever-expanding Fall Line Freeway. Based in Columbus, GA, the company is situated at the front door of the high profile project: a four-lane highway expansion cutting through Georgia’s peach, pecan and paper country. Scheduled for completion in 2009, the reconstructed corridor will not only provide a direct shot from Columbus clear to the other side of the state in Augusta, but will also open up trucking routes, granting easier access to major roads such as Interstate 16 (to coastal docks in Savannah) and Interstate 75 (north to Atlanta and south into Florida). Click for more...

Project Update: Second Phase of Carolina Bays Parkway Nears Finish →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Myrtle Beach, SC, is too popular for its own good. More than 10 million visitors travel to it each year for coastal recreation or golf. In fact, it is the second most popular golfing Mecca in the country. By the turn of the century, Myrtle Beach ranked second in the U.S. in per capita housing construction and had become a major retirement center. Needless to say, all these tourists and retirees are congesting the roadways that lace Horry County as well as Georgetown County to the south of Horry. Click for more...

Daewoo Gives Maine Business Ammunition for Success →

From Construction Equipment Guide... One might think that after serving in Iraq with the U.S. Marines during the first Gulf War that Cole Leavitt’s enlistment into his father’s business, Gorham Tractor & Equipment Co., would be a walk in the park. Business, though, is never that easy and can be replete with its own form of landmines, avoidable by good planning, smart decisions and gaining — and keeping — customers’ respect. Click for more...

MD Firm Finds Cost Effective Solution in Mobile Crushers →

David Berg is a man of his word — and he’s got drawers full of awards and certificates to prove it. Customers large and small — from private contractors to state agencies — are impressed with the quality operation and efficient demolition and crushing work his companies perform. Berg is a man in love with his job and the industry he is part of in Baltimore, MD. Berg is owner of two companies, Berg Corporation and the Crushing Corporation of America, focused on demolition and contract crushing work, respectively. Click for more...

Caterpillar Dealers May Sell Terex O&K Hydraulic Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Terex Corporation has reached an understanding with Caterpillar Inc. that will allow Terex the opportunity to distribute and support the Terex O&K line of hydraulic excavators through Caterpillar’s independent dealer network. Terex will continue to operate its branch locations and support its existing dealer agreements while focusing on using the strength of the Caterpillar dealer network. In those areas where Terex has existing distribution, various forms of local collaboration will be explored with the Caterpillar dealers. Click for more...

Contractors Vie for Top Spot at Stafford Open House in GA →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Stafford Tractor Co. and Stafford Heavy Iron held an open house and equipment rodeo on Saturday, Aug. 7, at its adjacent facilities in Lawrenceville, GA. On the picture-perfect Saturday afternoon, a steady stream of more than 300 attendees made their way to the event. Numerous displays of JCB, Link-Belt, Liebherr and Vibromax equipment as well as pre-owned machines were on the Stafford Heavy Iron lot, as manufacturer representatives helped demonstrate their machines. Click for more...

Wright Brothers Clears Strip for Henderson, TN, Airport →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A simple matter of dollars and common sense drove the decision to build a new $15-million regional airport in Henderson County, TN, to take the place of a smaller local airport in Henderson and another in adjacent Decatur County, TN. “This airport is being built because it was going to cost more to bring the other airports up to safety standards than it would be to build a new airport,” said Danny Azbill, chairman of the Beech River Regional Airport Authority. Click for more...

Reservoir Quenches Thirst of GA Community →

From Construction Equipment Guide... At one time, it was merely a stretch of typical rural timberland. But by next spring, 1,466 acres of Henry County, GA, will be transformed into a desperately needed source of fresh drinking water for residents and businesses in the rapidly growing area. According to Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority, the situation is dire: Using conservative growth estimates, it was predicted the county, a suburb of bustling Atlanta and one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, would run out of adequate raw water supply if a new source was not on line by this year. Click for more...

Contractor’s Talents, McAllister Tools Mold Illinois Projects →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When it comes to doing heavy civil work, few companies in the Chicago metro area have the diverse talents and capabilities of Illinois Constructors Corporation. Based in the suburban Kane County community of St. Charles, IL, Illinois Constructors takes on large, difficult, fast-track jobs –– primarily for governmental entities –– and brings them in on-time and on-budget. “For the most part, we don’t do average, everyday construction work like houses, schools, churches or offices,” said Illinois Constructors President John Mackanin. Click for more...

Scotty’s Builds Fountain of Youth for KY Landfill →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Scotty’s Contracting & Stone LLC is constructing a new landfill cell to expand capacity at one of nine landfills owned and operated by Rumpke Consolidated. This expansion, along with a planned phase 2 expansion will extend the life of the landfill another 70 years. The landfill currently accepts 1,500 to 1,600 tons of garbage per day. While the contract for phase 2 was scheduled to be awarded in July, the project will be held up until September to accommodate the mating season of bats native to the area. Click for more...

Thibeault of NE Packs in the Iron on Tiny Verizon Site →

From Construction Equipment Guide... How many angels can you fit on the head of a pin? No one’s been able to come up with an answer for this one yet, but Thibeault Corporation of NE knows how much equipment can squeeze into a few acres where a new Verizon telecommunications center is taking shape in Hooksett, NH. On just 5 acres, Thibeault is responsible for site prep, excavation and generally all construction from the slab down for a 34,000-sq.-ft. Click for more...

Eagle Crews Put Finishing Touches on Ladson Road →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In December 2000, Eagle Construction Co. Inc. of Newberry, SC, began widening 5 mi. (8 km) of Ladson Road (between U.S. 78 and Dorchester Road) in Charleston and Dorchester counties, SC. Expected to be completed sometime later this month, the road will have an additional three lanes as well as a new bridge crossing Eagle Creek. The new road is expected to enhance safety and accommodate the increasing traffic in the area. Click for more...

Rocky Terrain Proves No Match for Buckeye on $1.4M NC Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Given the rolling hill terrain where the old sewer lines lay buried in the earth, it was no surprise that workers would encounter rock during the $1.4-million sewer line replacement project for the town of Columbus, NC. But the folks at Buckeye Construction Co. have been pleasantly surprised by how perfect their new John Deere 544J wheel loader has been for the job, said Garry Mease, owner and president of the Canton, NC, company. Click for more...

Tool Tears Into OH Interchange →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A.P. O’Horo Company of Youngstown, OH, recently purchased a Multi-Ripper from Leading Edge Attachments Inc. for its John Deere 270 excavator. Jerry Bailey, project manager of A.P. O’Horo, who is leading a $7.2-million highway widening and interchange project for the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), said “[The Multi-Ripper] works awesome! “The solid sandstone mass on either side of the roadway is kind of odd for our region,” continued Bailey. Click for more...

Ingersoll-Rand to Introduce Excavators and Wheel Loaders →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ingersoll-Rand will soon offer excavators and wheel loaders to construction markets as the company gears up to introduce four new earthmoving products this fall. New Ingersoll-Rand excavators will be introduced in the 7.5 and 12.5 ton classes. Two new wheel loaders will provide 60 and 73 hp options. All four products will be sold through contracted IR dealers and Ingersoll-Rand Equipment Services stores throughout North America Click for more...

Trocom Takes Komatsu Iron for Dip in Brooklyn Lake →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Deciding what equipment is ideally suited for a particular application often can be the difference between sinking or swimming on a project. Trocom Construction Corporation, of Maspeth, NY, recently made one of these equipment decisions and, as a result, one of its jobs in Brooklyn went swimmingly. In early 2003, Trocom began work “in” the lake in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. There, the company was responsible for dredging the lake of sediment, which had accumulated at the bottom over the past century, rendering the shallow lake (5 feet at its deepest) extremely cloudy. Click for more...

DIGZ Combats Soil Problems for Industrial Park Grading →

From Construction Equipment Guide... From off site, DIGZ’s job in Bordentown, NJ, looks like a fairly simple, standard site grading project. Once on site, however, the complexion changes. It’s actually the largest and probably most complex, earthmoving project currently under way in New Jersey. DIGZ LLC, of Wall, NJ, is moving more than 2 million cu. yds. (1.52 million cu m) for a build-to-suit industrial park, Central Crossings Business Park, located on 174 acres (70 ha). Click for more...

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