Excavators

Capital District’s Economy Grows Suburban Contracting →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Capital District of New York has had a strong economy for the past several years, which has benefited area companies such as Suburban Contracting and Development Corporation. The company is a land development contractor that purchases area land, site clears it and develops is so that it is suitable for area builders to construct homes on or develops land under contract owned directly by area home builders. Click for more...

GPS Guides Halverson Through Roseville Bypass Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Construction of a new highway bypass around Roseville, IL, may constitute routine work for Halverson Construction Company, but the firm is taking advantage of new technology to get the job done more efficiently. The $18-million bypass is a 5-mi. (8-km) stretch of four-lane highway that wraps around Roseville’s west side and connects U.S. Highway 67 on the north and south sides of town. Currently, Highway 67 carries extensive traffic through downtown Roseville, and once finished, the bypass will divert that traffic around the western edge of town. It’s a fairly typical highway project, according to Kyle Zellers, project manager of Springfield, IL-based Halverson. Click for more...

Bodine Eases Demolition of DePaul Hospital in Wisconsin →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Wisconsin demolition expert charged with the job of tearing down the old Milwaukee DePaul Hospital has found the addition of a hydraulic thumb to his excavator has made the task a lot easier. In fact, “without my hydraulic thumb, my excavator would be useless for the pick-up and sorting of demolition debris,” claimed Troy Mews, president and owner of Tylor Co. Inc. Tylor, a six-year-old company employing nine, specializes in grading, excavating and demolition. Click for more...

Blythe Eliminates Bottlenecks With $48M Raleigh, NC, Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... U.S. Census Bureau numbers out this spring only confirmed what every general contractor in the Southeast region knew: There is plenty of highway construction opportunity in Raleigh, NC. The state capital and the county surrounding it comprise one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country. The area threatens soon to become one big traffic jam, extending from horizon to horizon, unless highway contractors fix it by opening new stretches of pavement. Click for more...

Ritchie Brothers Hits Cleveland With Unreserved Sale →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ritchie Brothers held an unreserved public auction on Friday, Nov. 16, in Middleburg Heights (Cleveland), OH. The sale featured a variety of equipment, including a 1998 Caterpillar 330B excavator and a 1997 Komatsu D38E-1 dozer. Click for more...

Rochester Awaits New $63.9M Bascule Bridge Over Genesee →

A few years ago, a single lane bridge in upstate New York was replaced. It was affectionately known to local residents as the Thunder Bridge, from the loud banging that ensued when cars drove over its loose timber decking. “Shortly after the new bridge went in I had a call from the adjacent neighbor, right on top of the bridge, complaining that he could not sleep at night any more,” recalled Bo Mansouri of Monroe County Department of Transportation (DOT) in New York state. Click for more...

Crews Finish Up Road Work in South Carolina →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Dust will soon settle for the last time in four lakefront subdivisions near Eutawville, SC, where general contractor W. Frazier Construction Inc. and several subcontractors have teamed up to pave 21 existing dirt roads. Rea Construction will handle the paving portion of the project, which has a total value of nearly $1 million. Hutto Construction has the responsibility for building the drainage structures, while G.H. Click for more...

PWCE Endbreaker Presents Fantastic Finish for Alcoa →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Doug von Borstel of Alcoa called upon Paul Wever Construction Equipment (PWCE) in Goodfield, IL, when faced with a safety issue in his aluminum manufacturing plant. The heated aluminum flowing in the furnaces would form a crust that needed to be broken in order to keep the machines working efficiently. Workers originally had to manually break the crust apart with sledgehammers. The conditions, according to von Borstel were, “harsh, hot, dirty and dangerous. Click for more...

Volvo Appoints Vaught, Causer Vice Presidents →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Volvo has recently named Mick Vaught and Peter G. Causer vice presidents. Vaught has been named vice president, articulated haulers, and Peter G. Causer has been appointed vice president, excavators, for Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Asheville, NC, the sales, marketing and product support subsidiary of Volvo Construction Equipment, Brussels, Belgium. J. P. Roszell, president and chief executive officer, of Volvo Construction Equipment North America, made the announcement of the appointments. Click for more...

Link-Belt, TN Contractor Team Up for $26M Olgiati Bridge Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Using three Link-Belt lattice boom crawler cranes, Britton Bridge Co. is in the midst of a $26-million project to widen the U.S. Route 27 – State Route 29 “Olgiati” bridge in Chattanooga, TN, spanning the Tennessee River. Britton Bridge, a Mt. Juliet, TN-based division of Jones Brothers Co., is extending the bridge from four lanes, which includes two in each direction with no shoulders, to six lanes — three in each direction with full shoulders, with possible widening in the future. Click for more...

Werk-Brau Company Joins Recovery Efforts at WTC →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Werk-Brau Company Inc. stepped up to the opportunity to help the victims, the survivors and the volunteers in New York City at “Ground Zero.” Four custom built attachments were manufactured in a period of six days, with approximately 250 man hours. Werk-Brau employees volunteered the necessary overtime, around the clock, in order to expedite the manufacturing process in this amount of time. Click for more...

Lake Champlain’s Historic Break Water Undergoes Rehabilitation →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The historic Break Water on Lake Champlain in the city of Burlington, VT, is undergoing a $2.3-million rehabilitation. Durocher Dock & Dredge Inc., a worldwide marine contractor, is handling approximately 350 ft. (107 m) of the structure and Woods CRW has provided equipment for the job. Repair work on the Break Water had been proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, owners of the Break Water. Click for more...

Pyramid Contractors Inc. Helps Kansas Build Roads for Future →

From Construction Equipment Guide... According to the 2000 United States Census, Johnson County, KS, is the second largest county in the state by population, totaling 451,086. The county is first in growth, showing an increase of 27.1 percent between 1990 and 2000, compared to a statewide growth of 8.5 percent. To accommodate this growth, the Johnson County government has developed an extensive transportation plan to keep pace with the corresponding needs of a growing community. Click for more...

Contractors Rush In to Aid Recovery at Pentagon →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ever since American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, crews have been working around the clock to aid in the clean-up efforts. Although the work was hampered by the occasional fire and stopped at one point for a bomb threat, it has progressed well. Besides removing bodies and debris, the FBI’s Evidence Response Team was able to recover the flight data recorder and voice recorder from the plane. Click for more...

Crews Assist Rescuers in Massive WTC Search →

When I first saw the towers of the World Trade Center collapse in smoke and flame, I was somehow emotionally detached, as if I were covering a story rather than feeling the tragedy of people dying. Then the phone rang. My brother John. “Johanna worked on the 93rd floor of the first tower which was hit. She usually got to work early. I’m afraid we’ve lost her.” Johanna was my beautiful, always smiling and happy, auburn-haired niece, 25. Click for more...

Howell Tractor Packs Iron Horse With Hitachi Muscle →

From Construction Equipment Guide... West Dundee, IL-based Iron Horse Grading and Excavating’s production is up 40 percent. The company manages this task with the help of a Hitachi EX1200 excavator with a 12-cu.-yd. (9.2 cu m) bucket and five Hitachi AH400 haulers purchased from Howell Tractor, as well as a Hitachi ex550 with a 6-cu.-yd backhoe. On any given day, with both backhoes and 13 articulated trucks working, Iron Horse can move as much as 27,000 yds. Click for more...

Earthmovers Combines Philosophies From At Home, Abroad →

Earthmovers Equipment Sales and Leasing is a local distributor in Charlotte, NC, with a worldwide perspective. This spring, the company will move to its new headquarters on I-485 in Charlotte, but the company’s existence is rooted in the emergence of the global market for heavy equipment. This global perspective is nowhere more evident than in the 44-year-old company founder and president, Rick Stidham. Click for more...

Grandville Tractor Joins Schaeff Roster in Michigan →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Udo Boersch, vice president of sales and marketing of Schaeff of North America, recently announced its newest dealer, Grandville Tractor and Equipment in Grandville, MI. The company’s marketing efforts will be directed to the commercial, agricultural and industrial markets in the state. Grandville Tractor will carry the HR Series of seven mini-excavators and the SKL Series of eight compactor wheel loaders, including Schaeff’s newest compact loader, the SCL 515. Click for more...

Dig America Gets a Hand From Swaney With PWCE’s Paw →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Tom Wieneke, a foreman for Dig America, felt that “…excavators never have enough reach to them.” The extra reach was needed for a Takeuchi TB175 to build conduit mounds. Dig America went to Swaney Equipment looking for a solution. Swaney Equipment, in turn, asked Takeuchi, and Takeuchi suggested a Paul Weaver Construction Equipment (PWCE) long reach attachment. PWCE determined that an extendable paw would be the best long reach attachment for Dig America’s excavator. Click for more...

Contractors ’Shoulder’ Georgia Interstate-16 Widening Project →

Rogers Bridge Company Inc. and Mitchell Construction Co. Inc. of Atlanta, GA, have teamed up to complete a $27.9-million bridge and shoulder widening project along Interstate 16 in Laurens and Treutlen counties. Reeves Construction of East Dublin, GA, also plays a key role in the effort as the project’s paving contractor. Other key figures in the project include Heath & Lineback, which serves as the consulting engineering firm to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Click for more...

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