Excavators

NY Contractor Breaks Open Tight Spaces With Kobelco’s Gate Keeper →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Pete DeRosa works in such tight spaces that he and his crews have to wheelbarrow out materials. And if it weren’t for his Kobelco SR13 Gate Keeper zero tail-swing excavator, he’d be doing that a lot more. DeRosa founded his company, P. DeRosa Inc., of Dix Hills, NY, in 1971, after serving in Vietnam and spending some time with a Long Island-based landscaping company. In its early stages, DeRosa’s company did landscaping and provided landscape management. Click for more...

PA Job Surmounts Difficulties, Wins Archaeological Award →

From Construction Equipment Guide... During the past 10 years, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has invested more than $160 million in its modernization of U.S. Route 15 in Tioga County. It also has committed itself to an investment of approximately $200 million to complete the job of upgrading this highway between Williamsport, PA, and the New York State border. Project BackgroundThis latest section of the U.S. Click for more...

Daewoo Opens Doors to Asian Facilities →

From Construction Equipment Guide... From April 17 to 23, Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corporation provided a tour of its production facilities in Incheon, Korea and Yantai, China, as well as its parts warehouse in Ansan, Korea, for a select group of representatives from its North American dealer network. The six-day tour combined both business and pleasure by providing attendees the opportunity to learn more about Daewoo and the cultures of Korea and China. Click for more...

Volvo Pulls W.D. Excavation Through Rocky Job Sites →

From Construction Equipment Guide... William Dubray won’t find himself or his company caught between a rock and a hard place as long he has his Volvo excavators. Dubray founded W.D. Excavation and Contracting Inc. with his father, William, in 1978. The Croton-on-Hudson, NY-based firm does mostly residential excavation. W.D. Excavation and Contracting is currently working in Peekskill on a 200 unit residential housing project. In all, 110,000 yds. Click for more...

Hyundai Bridges Theory, Practice With Interactive Training →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It could be argued that service is the most important facet of the heavy-equipment business. For this reason, many manufacturers greatly invest time and money into technician training. For Hyundai Inc. this meant reevaluating its training and coming up with a new program utilizing tools relatively new to the industry. For several years, Hyundai has been doing training in the field at dealer locations. Click for more...

JCB Marches in Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade →

From Construction Equipment Guide... JCB Inc. was presented the Thomas J. Beytagh trophy for its entry in the 2004 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, held on March 17 in Savannah, GA. The trophy honors the late Thomas J. Beytagh, 1976 grand marshal of the annual parade, the second largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the world. Dermot Ahern, Irish minister of communications, marine and natural resources, said, “I have been to St. Click for more...

Chuck Mason Equipment Expands With New Lines →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For more than 30 years, Chuck Mason Equipment Sales Inc. has been offering contractors in Tennessee and beyond quality used equipment, from backhoes and excavators to buckets and trailers. Over the past four years, the Johnson City, TN-based company has expanded into the new equipment market, and the lines –– which include JCB, Hyundai, New Holland and Kobelco –– have spawned new growth and mounting awards. Click for more...

Triangle Grading Squares Off on Durham County, NC, Bridge Replacement Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Triangle Grading and Paving, based in Burlington, NC, recently began on-site preparations on a new $1.5- million, three-lane bridge and road project that will cross over the Northeast Creek, on Alston Ave., in western Durham County, NC. The new bridge will replace a 30-year-old, two-lane asphalt bridge built on pre-stressed concrete channels, and supported by reinforced concrete caps on timber piles. Click for more...

Hitachi Makes Earth Move on MODOT Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In Missouri, rigid-frame trucks are usually associated with rock work, not dirt work. Rain turns dirt to mud and clay, and conventional thinking says, “Use articulated trucks” if there’s any possibility of moisture. But Hilty Quarries was bidding a 2.8-mi. (4.5 km) MODOT State Highway 13 road-bed project, and it really wanted to use rigids because of their usefulness post-project at its various quarries. Click for more...

Relocation of I-195 Creates Domino Effect in Providence →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The relocation project of I-195 in Providence, RI, has created a domino effect there. To move the intersection of that highway and Interstate 95, numerous other huge construction projects must be undertaken first. Take, for example, the 1,250-ft. (379 m) bridge that carries I-195 across the Providence River. Work is just beginning on a new one, 2,000 ft. (606.7 m) to the south. It is all a part of the plan to move the intersection of the two interstates, thus making I-195 a straighter and safer route for travel through the city. Click for more...

Beard Equipment Takes On Allu Line →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Beard Equipment Company, based in Mobile, AL, recently took on the Allu line of equipment. Allu’s product family includes bucket-like processing attachments for recycling and material processing. “The Allu line fits into a new market,” said Drew Delaney, Beard Equipment rental manager. “Allu products allow you to use the machine for more than one purpose, getting higher utilization out of your machine.”Allu attachments can be used in green waste compost and contaminated soils, among many other applications, noted Mardi Ohanessian, Allu president. Click for more...

J.W. Burress Sends Sales, Service Staff Back to School →

From Construction Equipment Guide... More than 50 J.W. Burress sales personnel and service managers recently converged on Richmond, VA, to become acquainted –– or reacquainted –– with the lines the Roanoke, VA-based dealership carries. J.W. Burress staff members attended what the company calls its “university,” an intense three-day program where manufacturers have the opportunity to educate J.W. Burress staff on their lines of equipment. Click for more...

AKR Digs Deep for Rare Cars, Multimillion Dollar Homes →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Where else but in exclusive Fairfield County, CT, should a home be built for rare cars and other vestiges of automotive excellence. AKR Excavating Inc., of Valhalla, NY, has been doing site prep for a $15-million car gallery, which, when completed, will be a 20,000-sq.-ft. showroom that will house several hundred cars valued at more than $200 million. The facility will boast heated floors, laminated beams and an elevator system to transport cars to various floors. Click for more...

Westchester Tractor Helps Silver Lake Get Into ’High Gear’ →

“Neither snow nor sleet nor gloom of night stop these men from their appointed rounds” is a revised version of the words by Herodotus in the fifth century B.C. that aptly describe the dedication of John Amodeo and his crew. Whenever there is a forecast of snow, John Amodeo, president of Silver Lake Contracting, of East White Plains, NY, prepares the company to get into “high gear” for its most stressful time of year. Click for more...

Willow Adapts to ’Weird Work’ With Komatsu PC220LC-7 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The military calls it “building bridges in the sky.” Translated into civilian terms, it means mid-air refueling of fighter jets and B-52 bombers. Flying tankers can carry up to 200,000 lbs. of jet fuel, and have the ability to fly at 30,000 ft. and at speeds of 530 mph. Pilots know there can be no mistakes and their missions must be performed precisely. Although former tanker pilot and engineer Alan Gravel is no longer building “sky” bridges, he brings his learned precision and attention to detail to another kind of construction –– this time utilities –– as president of Willow Construction, Powder Springs, GA. Click for more...

Fletcher Bridge Comes Down After 40 Years of Shaky Traffic →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Demolition of the U.S. 25 bridge crossing I-26 near Fletcher, NC, began last month. The 40-year-old, 69 ft. (21 m) wide, five-lane bridge will be replaced with a new 93 ft. (28.3m), 7 in. (17.7 cm) bridge with two through lanes and a turning lane in each direction. There also will be 5.5 ft. (1.68 m) wide sidewalks on each side and wider than normal shoulders for emergency pull-off or future expansion. Click for more...

Trumbull, Lindy Lead $94M PA Turnpike Reconstruction →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A major reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is currently under way in Somerset, PA. The $94.3-million project, funded entirely by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, involves the total reconstruction of a 13-mi. (20.9 km) long section of the original turnpike built in 1940. Trumbull Corporation and Lindy Paving are serving as joint general contractors for the job, which began in the fall of 2001. Click for more...

Aquatic Resource Reclaims 300-Acre Sand, Gravel Mine →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Aquatic Resource Restoration Company (ARRC), of Seven Valleys, PA, is changing the landscape in Maryland — literally. Founded in 2001, the company performs restoration design and construction for many different types of water resource projects. And it’s very good at it. In just two years the company has grown from four to 17 employees. Lee Irwin and Bill Weihbrecht started ARRC and quickly added Josh Lincoln, Amanda Bronick, Chris Tenant and Rebecca Wargo. Click for more...

Eagles Cheerleaders Sign On for Philly Expo →

Negotiations almost broke down at the last minute. Just as our prospective guests were about to sign the contract to appear at the Philadelphia Construction Expo V, their attorneys requested lavish personal dressing rooms at the Fort Washington Expo Center. We, at Construction Equipment Guide, responded by saying that we would only agree to this demand if the Philadelphia Eagles promised to either draft or sign some talent at the wide receiver position. Click for more...

Bumper-to-Bumper Traffic Demands Route 28 Solution →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Rapid growth has led to a major road project that involves improvements to a busy corridor through Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. The area includes Dulles International Airport, AOL Time Warner headquarters and the Smithsonian’s new Air and Space Museum. Spearheaded by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the full contract amount is slightly under $200 million. An agreement was made with The Clark Construction Group Inc., Bethesda, MD, and its road and bridge construction subsidiary, Shirley Contracting Company, LLC, Lorton, VA, to develop, design and build six high-capacity interchanges on Route 28. Click for more...

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