Wed March 09, 2005
Jomac Construction’s Fleet Swells With Approximately 60 Caterpillar Machines
It is said, “a dog is a man’s best friend.” However, Jomac Construction’s Mike McCabe’s best friends are Cats — as in Caterpillars. He has found them to be reliable, hardworking and easy to handle....
David S. Chartock - Mon March 07, 2005
Work Chugs Along on $165M Corona Maintenance Facility
Where is the best place to build a new train maintenance facility and car washer?For the Metropolitan Transportation Authority/New York City Transit (MTA/NYCTransit) it was within the bus depot in Corona, Queens, where an existing train maintenance facility and car washer actually existed....
Tue February 15, 2005
Georgia Contractor’s Demolition Impresses ’Extreme Makeover’
Georgia Utility Contractors Association (GUCA) President Brent Scarbrough of Brent Scarbrough and Company helped make a dream come true for a needy family in Lake City, GA, by participating in ABC’s Extreme Makeover, Home Edition, from Jan....
Jeff Cronin - Mon January 31, 2005
Massive Sinkhole Could Delay Tallahassee Road Project
A massive sinkhole could delay a roadway extension project — and tack a lot more money onto the price tag — for the Tallahassee, FL, Department of Public Works. Surveyors happened upon the sinkhole while staking out the area for the .7-mi....
Darryl Seland - Thu February 03, 2005
We Energies Sics Dressta TD40-C Tier 2 on Wisconsin’s Coal
We Energies recently purchased a Dressta TD-40C Tier 2 crawler dozer from Roland Machinery Co. to work at its power plant in Pleasant Prairie, WI. The dozer features a tier-2 engine, joystick control, a new cooling package design and has the distinction of being the first TD40-C Tier 2 sold in North America....
Pete Sigmund - Tue December 07, 2004
Archer Takes Aim at 2007 Greensboro Loop Finish
Archer Western Contractors Ltd, is on schedule in meeting one of the most daunting challenges in its history –– building the western section of a new concrete loop around the city of Greensboro, NC, under a $117-million contract –– one of the largest ever let by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)....
Tue November 16, 2004
Komatsu Clears Way for ’Tornado Alley’ Builder
Nestled in the heart of Tornado Alley is the state of Oklahoma. Its rolling hills and windy prairies make it the perfect breeding ground for some of the country’s largest, most powerful storms. Oklahoma is also home to Cherokee Builders, a company who in its own right is a powerful force known in the region for site clearing, planning and development....
Giles Lambertson - Thu November 11, 2004
Firm Makes Fresh Tracks Through South Florida Muck
A 50-year-old marina in Naples, FL, is being recycled into a brand new condominium-hotel-yachting complex on Naples Bay. One of the first steps in the redevelopment process is deepening the basin around which the complex will be built....
Mary S. Yamin-Garone - Tue September 21, 2004
Stiles Excavating & Trucking Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Do you believe in destiny?Mike Stiles, owner of Stiles Excavating & Trucking Inc., in Halfmoon, NY, does. It was back in the 1960s — when New York’s north country didn’t even have a Northway — that Stiles discovered his love of earth....
Mon September 13, 2004
Liebherr, John Deere Sign Exclusivity Pact, End Crawler Dozer Dual Branding
Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. has announced the signing of an agreement between Liebherr-Werk Telfs GmbH and John Deere’s Construction & Forestry Division, of Moline, IL, to end their current dual-branding strategy for large crawler dozers sold in the North American market and grant John Deere an exclusivity agreement for these products....
