Maura Bohart - Fri April 17, 2009
Landfill Crawler Helps County Stay Ahead of DEP Inspections
Hamilton County, Fla.’s 15 year-old landfill crawler was breaking down too often. “Wire would get trapped in the final drive sprocket area and the machine would break down,” explained Dale Jackson, landfill director....
Mary Reed - Thu April 16, 2009
More Space On the Way for New Yorkers
Although it looks toward one of the world’s most populous cities, the 172 acre (69.6 ha) Governors Island in New York Harbor is virtually unknown outside New York City, even though it lies in clear view and is only a seven-minute ferry ride from lower Manhattan....
Maura Bohart - Wed February 25, 2009
Reliable Landfill Crawler Helps Hamilton County Stay Ahead of Inspections
Hamilton County, Fla.’s 15 year-old landfill crawler was breaking down too often. “Wire would get trapped in the final drive sprocket area and the machine would break down,” explained Dale Jackson, landfill director....
Kathie Sutin - Mon March 23, 2009
MoDOT Opens Route 21 Ahead of Time
Motorists in Jefferson County, Mo., near St. Louis enjoyed a nice surprise recently when the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) opened a 4-mi. (6.4 km) stretch of Route 21 eight months early....
Jay Adams - Wed March 18, 2009
McCourt Construction Begins Widening Infamous Route 128
Work has begun on a major component of MassHighway’s Route 128 highway expansion project, a lane-widening effort that will bring rush hour relief to thousands of Boston area commuters. Already under way, following Gov....
Eric Olson - Wed February 04, 2009
English Erects Much-Needed New Yadkin River Bridge
Heavy cranes are being moved into position to begin the girder assembly later this winter on a new $14.9 million, four-lane bridge spanning the Yadkin River along U.S. Highway 158 in North Carolina, 10 mi....
Fri December 19, 2008
Midwestern Introduces Side Boom Attachment for 1050J
Midwestern Manufacturing Company has begun production of its newly designed sideboom attachment for the new John Deere 1050J model crawler tractor. The new pipelayer has a maximum lift capacity of 140,000 lbs....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu January 01, 2009
Major League Work Involved With Braves Triple A Ballpark
Back in June, it was farmland. But on April 17, Triple-A baseball teams the Gwinnett Braves and the Norfolk Tides will face off in the Braves’ new minor league stadium at the transformed 44-acre (17.8 ha) site in suburban Gwinnett County, Ga....
Mary Reed - Thu January 01, 2009
Fuhgetaboutit! $125M BQE Improvement Work Wraps Up
As part of a massive project involving the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is rebuilding, improving and reconfiguring the section running from 61st Street to Broadway, updating the infrastructure to meet current standards in bridge safety, roadway and operations....
Sat November 22, 2008
Caterpillar’s PL61 Provides 40,000 Lbs. of Lift Capacity
Introduction of the Caterpillar PL61 pipelayer positions a new, technically refined model at the small end of the Caterpillar pipelayer range — providing a machine with 40,000 lbs. (18,145 kg) of lift-capacity and the capability to meet the pipeline contractor’s requirements for precision control, transportability, operator comfort, visibility and durability....
