Kerry Lynn Kirby - Mon September 21, 2009
ALDOT Works to Clear Congestion on Memorial Parkway
Two projects under way on Huntsville’s heavily traveled Memorial Parkway will allow motorists to bypass more traffic lights and congested intersections on several newly built overpasses. The jobs — one winding up on the south side of the city while the other is gearing up on its north side — are the latest in a series of 10 projects on the roadway since the first overpass was completed in 1969, said Johnny L....
Wed August 19, 2009
Kenco Barrier Lifts Medians, Sound Walls, Curbing
The Kenco Barrier Lift can be used on any concrete median barriers, sound walls, curbing and piling. It also is useful for aligning barriers that have already been placed. The barrier lift is ready for operation by simply using a lifting sling such as the Kenco RigMAX attached to any type or model of machine with lifting capabilities and elastomer pads enable performance even in wet weather....
Fri August 14, 2009
JLG Elevates Safety With Summer LiftPod Giveaway
JLG Industries Inc. is giving away a LiftPod portable aerial work platform to raise awareness of safety in the workplace, particularly as it relates to maintenance and facility management. According to a study done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, more than 800 people died in 2007 as a result of falls in the workplace....
Wed July 29, 2009
Trico Lift Opens Second Texas Location
Trico Lift, a full-service aerial work platform company, is now open for business in San Antonio, Texas. This new location is the second Trico Lift branch available in Texas. The company’s Houston fleet center opened last year....
Mary Reed - Tue July 21, 2009
Veterans Airlift Command Aids Wounded U.S. Soldier
In 2007 Army Sgt. Josh Ben had already spent a year as a cavalry scout with the 82nd Airborne Division, headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan. In October of that year his unit was attacked by Taliban fighters and a number of soldiers were wounded....
Mary Reed - Mon July 20, 2009
Stimulus Funds Spur Key Pa. Bridge Job
Federal stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has been welcomed by the construction industry nationwide, and perhaps nowhere more so than in southwestern Pennsylvania’s Beaver County, which had the honor of kicking off the first transportation project funded by the ARRA to be awarded by District 11 of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)....
Fri June 19, 2009
JLG Awarded $76.9M Contract to Rebuild Forklifts for U.S. Army
JLG Industries Inc. has received an order from the United States Army to rebuild 500 all terrain lifter army system (ATLAS) telehandlers and 300 other rough terrain forklifts. Valued at $76.9 million, this contract has a final delivery date of April 2014....
Solange Reyner - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon June 08, 2009
Pauley Pavilion to Get $185M Facelift
LOS ANGELES (AP) UCLA is giving Pauley Pavilion a $185 million facelift in hopes of putting one of college basketball’s most recognized arenas on the national map again. The renovation plans, announced May 11, will include a new entrance, locker rooms for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams and more than 1,000 additional seats to bring its capacity to nearly 14,000....
Fri May 22, 2009
One Call Rentals, JLG Raise Money, Awareness for Breast Cancer Research
One Call Rentals, a division of Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co. Inc., is adding four JLG 600S boom lifts to its rental fleet but they look like nothing else seen on a construction site…because they’re pink....
Tue April 14, 2009
Tramac MuscleMate Super Cosmo Lifts in Excess of 9,000 Lbs.
Tramac Corporation’s MuscleMate Super Cosmo pulverizer/magnet offers powerful pulverizing with the added benefit of a built-in magnet with lifting capacity in excess of 9,000 lbs. (4,000 kg). Various models are available for carriers ranging from 10 to 45 tons (9 to 41 t)....
