Excavators

Beck Equipment Turns 35, Reflects on Success Strategy →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When Roger Beck founded Beck Construction in 1968, the company was primarily an excavation and grading contractor. Thirty-five years later, the company, now named Beck Equipment Inc., prides itself in its commitment to good, used equipment. With years of industry experience under its belt, the company has proven its used machinery is a value to its customers. The Beck Equipment story began soon after Roger Beck returned from a tour in Vietnam, where he served in the Navy’s construction battalion. Click for more...

Skanska Doesn’t Break for NJ’s Route 18 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For students at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, NJ, the summer 2003 break is vacation time, a respite from the hectic activities during the academic year. For Slattery Skanska Inc. it’s just the opposite — a 10-week window in which to jam the critical items of a $75.9-million, 26-month highway interchange job, specifically closing main roads to put bridge steel in place and do excavation. Slattery Skanska, headquartered in Whitestone, Queens, New York City, is the prime contractor for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) on the Route 18 Extension 2A, a 1.7-mi. Click for more...

$162M Skyscraper Grows Roots on Mobile Waterfront →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Workers currently are laying the groundwork for the tallest skyscraper in Alabama and one of the tallest buildings in the Southeast. The Retirement Systems of Alabama’s (RSA) $162-million, 800-ft. (243.8 m) tall office building is scheduled to be complete in late 2005, according to Ron Blount, project manager. In January, Skanska USA Building, Atlanta, GA, won the $6-million contract for the foundation portion of the Battle House Office Tower and Hotel project, which overlooks Mobile’s waterfront. Click for more...

Wilson Breaks Ground on Atlanta’s Glenwood Park →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Preparation for the “footprint” of Glenwood Park, a project that has been deemed a “city within a city,” is currently under development by Green Street Properties LLC in east Atlanta. John W. Wilson Grading Inc., based in Fayetteville, GA, won the contract to provide the site preparation and infrastructure for the project, which at total buildout could reach a value between $150 and $200 million. Click for more...

Blythe Construction Speeds Up NC I-85 Widening Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Design-build, a method of construction used by the ancient Greeks on buildings such as the Parthenon, is relatively new in American construction practices. Abandoned by modern architects and builders, the process is resurfacing in projects throughout the county. The design-build process is playing an important role in the widening of I-85 in North Carolina. As an extremely efficient process, in which engineers prepare the design while construction is under way, design-build eliminates bidding periods and redesign. Click for more...

Ten Years, $230 Million Later, I-26 Crosses Finish Line →

From Construction Equipment Guide... From the Tennessee border, south through Madison County, NC, to Buncombe County, NC, extensive work along a 14-mi. (22.5 km) stretch of Interstate 26 has been under way for the past 10 years. On any given day, there were between 50 and 275 workers at the job site, along with three contractors and 79 subcontractors, hired over the course of the project. According to Randy McKinney, assistant resident engineer with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Division 13, the old highway running between Buncombe County, NC, and the Tennessee border is a steep and curvy two-lane road. Click for more...

Terex, Daewoo Enter Supply, Distribution Agreement →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Terex Corporation announced July 18 that it has entered into an agreement with Daewoo Heavy Industries and Machinery to distribute crawler excavators and wheel loaders under the Terex brand inNorth America. The agreement includes crawler excavators from 13 to 47-ton (11.7 to 42.3 t) operatingweights and wheel loaders with bucket capacities from 2 to 5.3 cu. yds. (1.5 to 4 cu m). Terex Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ronald M. Click for more...

C.C. Mangum Bulls Through Dry Shot Rock for NC Development →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Park at Southpoint, a mixed-use development, is currently under construction in Durham, NC. Developer/owner David Johnson hired C.C. Mangum Contractors LLC, as the general contractor for the project, which will cost approximately $9 million. Situated on 98 acres (39.2 h) in Durham, the site is just north of I-40 on the east side of State Route NC 751 and 16 mi. (25.6 km) west of Raleigh. The site is being developed to accommodate an auto complex, retail shops and restaurants. Click for more...

Urban Diamond SC Interchange Project Sparkles →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A $16-million urban diamond configuration project will improve the traffic flow at the U.S. 378 and I-26 interchange in Lexington County, SC. The project, which began in January and is slated for completion in October 2004, consists of a bridge replacement and interchange modifications in West Columbia. South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) officials said the improvements are necessary to ease the traffic congestion in the heavily-traveled area. “Traffic control has been the most difficult part of the project because it’s a high-traffic area with many businesses and hotels in the vicinity. Click for more...

Oak Contracting Makes the Grade for $27.5M High School in Owings Mills, MD →

From Construction Equipment Guide... By the start of the 2003 school year, high school students in the Owings Mills, MD, area will have a brand new school. Construction of the building is well under way under the direction of Oak Contracting Corporation, Baltimore. Work began on Aug. 15, 2001, and is scheduled to be complete by July 15, 2003. According to Mark Harvison, Oak Contracting’s assistant project manager, the total cost for site development and the building is $27.5 million. Click for more...

Contractors Complete Key Phase of 17th Street Bridge →

Contractors involved in building Atlanta’s new 17th Street Bridge reached a major milestone recently when they set the last of the structure’s 48 steel beams in place. “The beam setting operations have been as smooth as we could have imagined,” said Mickey McGee, metro district construction engineer of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). “We owe a big ’thank you’ to our contractors, to Mother Nature, and to Atlanta’s drivers, who heard the construction messages and avoided the area during work times.” The contractors working on the bridge include crews from C.W. Click for more...

JWB Acquisition Purchases Assets of J.W. Burress Inc. →

From Construction Equipment Guide... JWB Acquisition Inc. has purchased the assets of J.W. Burress Inc., a large mid-Atlantic equipment distributor from American Equipment Company, a subsidiary of Fluor Corporation headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA. The existing senior management group of the dealership formed JWB Acquisition Inc. to facilitate the purchase of the company. The new company will continue doing business as J.W. Burress Inc. Click for more...

Rockslides, Heavy Volume Spur Widening of Major WV Artery →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Workers are literally “between a rock and a hard place’’ as they proceed with a multimillion-dollar project to widen the primary roadway through the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. “We’re taking a sliver cut off a one-mile long hillside. The most difficult part is that it’s narrow and steep,’’ said Ralph Mashuda, president of Mashuda Corp., of Cranberry Township, PA. Click for more...

Link-Belt Helps Crews Ace Pasco County School Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It’s seldom that you’ll encounter an endangered bird species confronting you in the middle of a paved public highway. But, that is exactly what happened at the construction site of a new public elementary school in Pasco County, FL. Several pair of Sandhill Cranes decided to avail themselves of one of the retention ponds that had been excavated at the site. Periodically they wander out on the road, almost as if to challenge passing motorists. The cranes, as it turned out did not hinder site development. Click for more...

Capital Reopens Collapsed I-80 Span in 24 Hours →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Holidays wreak havoc on the highways of Nebraska. Just ask Les O’Donnell, spokesman for District 6 of the Cornhuskers’ State Department of Roads. Last Fourth of July, torrential rains washed out the approaches to two bridges on Interstate 80, closing the nation’s busiest highway for a week while repairs were made. Last week, a bridge over Interstate 80 near Big Springs collapsed when a semi-trailer slammed into it, killing the driver. Click for more...

Palmetto Digs Into Florence, SC, Widening Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Since the first of the year, Palmetto Paving has been trying to push forward with a road-widening project in Florence, SC. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has been pushing back. “It’s been the wettest winter in 10 years,” chuckled Project Manager Carl Rabon. “With so much drought in recent years, people forget what a real winter is like.” “Our only holdup on this project has been the weather,” lamented Tige Howie, Palmetto’s self-proclaimed “hand-shaker” in charge of overseeing aspects of the project ranging from purchase orders and suppliers to vendors and media. Click for more...

Giles & Ransome Touts Cat Certified Operator Training →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Today’s construction equipment has changed and Giles & Ransome is committed to offering its customers the benefit of training. Training can increase employee satisfaction while increasing safety and productivity. Research and development have led to technological advancements in the design aspects of earthmoving equipment. Special attention goes toward finding ways to make machines more productive. Production studies are common on large earthmoving projects. Click for more...

Dealers Race to Inspect Daewoo Iron, Joe Gibbs Facility →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Dealers and race fans had an opportunity in late February to not only check out a presentation of the 2003 Daewoo excavator models, but also to tour Joe Gibbs Racing Headquarters in North Carolina. After a welcome and meeting topic outline from Tim O’ Malley, and an introduction and presentation from Joe Gibbs, guests were given Daewoo’s 2002 results and the company’s 2003 agenda. In mid-morning, attendees were introduced to the new Daewoo excavator and wheel loader Solar V Series models for 2003, which include the 210 WV, 180 WV and 140 WV wheel loaders and the 470 LCV, 420LCV, 340 LCV, 300 LCV, 255 LCV, 225 LCV, 175 LCV and 55 VP excavators. Click for more...

Morbark, Bay Mulch Clean Up on Tampa Bay-Area Clearing Projects →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When a surprise burning ban forced Tom Kirkland to haul away and pay to dispose of green waste material that he had cleared from a large building site after including burning in his site preparation bid, he said, “There’s got to be a better way to make a living.” With the help of a supportive grinding equipment manufacturer plus his own dedication to uninterrupted production, Kirkland shifted his site preparation business to landclearing and grinding. Click for more...

John Deere, Timberjack Take Customers Into the Woods →

Eight Southeast John Deere dealers (known as Team South) hosted a two-day extravaganza for more than 900 logging customers on April 11 and 12 in Charlotte, NC. Guests arrived Friday, April 11 and were treated to dinner and entertainment. A “Log a Load for Kids” raffle also was held. On Saturday, breakfast and industry presentations were held at the Cabarrus Arena. There, several Timberjack and John Deere machines were on display. Click for more...

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