Excavators

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...

Groff’s Personnel Changes Focus on Customer Service in PA →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Groff Tractor, headquartered in Mechanicsburg, PA, has announced recent personnel changes. John Ehrin has been hired as the company's compact equipment territory manager for western Pennsylvania. Terry Wilhelm, Jeff Hood and Brett Schultz has have been hired as account managers and Steve Weikert has been promoted to regional sales manager. Ehrin will be responsible for selling and renting Case skid steer loaders, mini-excavators, mini-wheel loaders as well as Takeuchi tracked skid steer loaders and mini-excavators. Click for more...

Cat 420D Proves Workhorse on Orlando Infrastructure Jobs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When it comes to infrastructure construction in Central Florida –– schools, streets, and waterworks –– Gibbs & Register Inc. (G&R) of Winter Garden is often the contractor of choice. G&R crews, numbering 80 to 100 employees in all, recently have completed: • A nine-school expansion project in Brevard County consisting of parking lots, sanitary and drainage work; • A major city beautification project in Winter Garden, rebuilding entire boulevards and even upgrading community parks; • A municipal water treatment plant constructing the entire facility. Click for more...

Jesco Provides Unique Solution for J.F. Kiely Pipeline Project in McKey City →

From Construction Equipment Guide... South Plainfield equipment dealer Jesco Inc. recently assisted long-time customer J.F. Kiely Construction Co. with its equipment selection for a project Kiely has been awarded by the South Jersey Gas Co. in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. The contract was awarded to J.F. Kiely, following a competitive bid situation and was selected, in part, for the project due to its vast experience in gas utility installation. Click for more...

Crane, Boring Rig Combo Drop Shafts in Tight Quarters →

To sink a pair of 6.5-ft-diameter open shafts 250 ft., mostly through rock, a specialty contractor is using a compact dry boring rig originally designed for cast-in-place piles. Raito Inc., Geosystems Construction Specialists, the American arm of a Japan-based construction firm, is installing two concrete-lined vent and drop shafts for the new Combined Sewer Overflow tunnel in Providence, RI. Raito’s U.S. Click for more...

Daewoo Surges to Industry Forefront in Asia, America →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It’s often said one becomes stronger during bad times. The same could be said of Daewoo, which has been coming on strong in recent years. But the good days only arrived after some trying times for the long-time iron maker. Today, Daewoo enjoys the status of being the No. 4 excavator manufacturer in the world and it resides alone at the top in sales in China. In addition to excavators, the company annually produces 37,000 diesel engines and was recently awarded the wheel loader contract with the New York City Department of Sanitation. Click for more...

J.H. Reid Keeps Newark Route 21 on Track →

From Construction Equipment Guide... “We’ve actually got five bosses on this job,” Steve Gravelin, project engineer of J.H. Reid, general contractor, of South Plainfield, NJ, said about the company’s $42-million contract with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to reconstruct NJ Route 21, also called McCarter Highway, in downtown Newark. Besides NJDOT, Reid “works” (under overall supervision of NJDOT) for the following: • NJ Transit. Click for more...

Riverbend Marketplace Finds Footing in Hills of Asheville →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Asheville, NC, is nestled between the Blue Ridge and Great Smokey mountains at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers. The city is a diverse, urban area, made up of people who have spent their entire lives in the area and transients seeking refuge from more fast-paced parts of the country. It also is an area rich in history, its roots deeply embedded in manufacturing, from textiles of the past to electronics of today. Click for more...

Binder Machinery Takes on Sennebogen’s Green Line →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Scrap yards and other facilities in New Jersey and lower New York State could be turning green — as in Sennebogen’s Green Line of material handlers, which will now be available through Binder Machinery Company in South Plainfield, NJ. Both Binder and Sennebogen are excited about the new partnership. “We know our scrap-recycling and material-handling customers are always looking for products that will help them do their jobs faster, safer and more profitably. Click for more...

Heitsche Boyz Propels Profits With Eagle UltraMax →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Since the early 1990s, Ted Heitsche has operated Ted’s Trucking, a successful hauling company in Collins, OH, just south of Toledo. With his trucking business firmly established, Heitsche did what few people would do: create a second business in an industry he knew little about. In 1998, a former asphalt plant manager at S.E. Johnson introduced Heitsche to the asphalt and concrete recycling industry. Click for more...

McAllister Expands Volvo Offerings With Compact Line →

From Construction Equipment Guide... McAllister Equipment Co. announced it has expanded its product offering to include the Volvo compact equipment product line. For years, McAllister has represented Volvo’s heavy product line, including wheel loaders, articulated haulers, excavators and motorgraders. The compact product line consists of Volvo’s skid steer loaders and backhoe loaders — new to McAllister — as well as existing lines of compact wheel loaders and compact excavators. Click for more...

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