Compaction Equipment

David S. Chartock - Wed December 27, 2006

NYC Unwraps Three Bridges for Holidays

The “Reconstruction of Three Bridges in the Bronx,” a $42.7-million project, is nearing completion, according to Mike McCotter, the engineer-in-charge of the project of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Region 11, Long Island City, N.Y....

Thu November 23, 2006

Walsh Construction Uses Intelligent Compaction Roller

Dawn Watson’s excavation crew worked hard to stay on schedule and maintain the required project specifications on the rebuild and widening of a 3.5-mi. segment of Tri-State Tollway I-294 in East Hazel Crest, Ill....

David Hunt - Wed November 15, 2006

Mascaro Assembles Arsenal on Bradford Bypass Project

Mascaro Construction, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has assembled an arsenal of heavy equipment on Route 219 to complete an ambitious two-year, $55-million project to rebuild the Bradford Bypass in northcentral Pennsylvania....

David S. Chartock - Wed September 20, 2006

State Agencies Determined to Save Bolsa Chica Lowland Ecosystem

Rainfall was the biggest challenge facing the project team of the soon-to-be completed $147-million Bolsa Chica Lowland Restoration Project in Huntington Beach, CA. According to Jack M. Fancher, coastal program chief and Bolsa Chica program manager of the U.S....

Thu August 31, 2006

Compaction Key During Cadence Construction

Once the Deere move out, the horses will move in. New Creation Land Developers, equipped with John Deere machinery, is currently grading a 510-acre site in Blue Ridge, GA, as the future home of Cadence, an equestrian community....

Jeff Cronin - Wed July 05, 2006

’Value Engineering’ Reduces Final Cost of Southern I-75 Project

With a little extra thought, a Georgia contractor saved the state’s taxpayers $10 million. Before The Scruggs Company of Valdosta began working on the 9-mi. stretch of Interstate 75 from Adel south to the Lowndes County line, it proposed a plan that would implement “value engineering.”The plan, which was approved by the Georgia Department of Transportation, changed the phasing of the project to move all four lanes of traffic onto the southbound side of the highway and work on the northbound side first....

Jennifer Rupp - Tue June 13, 2006

I-80 Job on Track, Despite Undercutting

The 7-mi. (11.3 km) refurbishment of I-80 between Yarnell and Bellefonte in Pennsylvania is running on schedule, despite extensive undercutting because of clay and other fine materials. The project began on Feb....

Fran Foran - Wed May 31, 2006

EastCoast Reduces Fuel Consumption While Juggling 14 Jobs

EastCoast General Contractors Inc., a large general contractor based in Massachusetts, is a juggler. Just as a juggler is able to manipulate several objects and keep them in motion, so too can EastCoast Contractors keep several projects in motion at the same time....

Maybelle G. Cagle - Fri April 28, 2006

No Traffic to Dodge at I-69 Site in Mississippi

The only traffic the crew working on the first section of I-69 in north Mississippi has to worry about is its own machinery. APAC-Tennessee is in the midst of constructing a new $53.8-million stretch of highway in the 17 mi....

Brenda Ruggiero - Mon April 10, 2006

Design-Build Team Tackles U.S. 1/64 in N. Carolina

The design-build team of The Lane Construction Corporation, SEPI Engineering Group and The LPA Group of North Carolina is well on its way to earning a bonus for the early completion of improvements to U.S....