Zoie Clift - Tue January 26, 2010
Connecting Arkansas to Future Highway I-69
A large-scale project with a long-range scope is in the works in Arkansas. The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) is in the midst of constructing a 38.5-mi. (61.9 km) road designed to connect Interstate 530 in Pine Bluff to U.S....
Wed January 20, 2010
Coupler Industry Giants Team Up for North American Venture
Two names in quick coupler technology have joined forces to form a single company committed to bringing innovative coupler products, buckets and additional work tools to customers in North America. The new firm, MillerBaird LLC, will be headed up by Randy and James Baird, founders and former principals with JRB Company Inc., as well as Keith, Gary and Jacqui Miller of European coupler manufacturer, Miller U.K....
Mary Reed - Tue January 19, 2010
Route 422 Improvements Get Kick-Start From ARRA
Federal stimulus funding is kick-starting hundreds of construction projects country wide, and the rehabilitation and resurfacing of a 4.5 mi. (7.2 km) stretch of Route 422 in Montgomery County, Pa., was one of the first Commonwealth projects financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to get under way....
Fri January 01, 2010
Don Smock Auction Hosts 17th Annual Snowball Sale
Don Smock Auction Company held its 17th Annual Snowball Construction Equipment Auction at the company’s complex in Pendleton, Ind., Dec. 11. Up for bid was equipment from Ensley Excavating, and several local equipment dealers as well as equipment from other local contractors and bank and financial companies....
Fri January 01, 2010
Volvo EC 160 Excavator Fetches $50K at Columbus Sale
Ritchie Bros. held an auction at its Columbus, Ohio, facility on Dec. 9 — attracting attendees to the facility from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Pennsylvania. Joined by bidders from around the world, the bidding remained active....
Mary Reed - Fri January 08, 2010
Riverbend Project
A former brownfield located in Harrison, N.J., is in the process of rebirth as a mixed-use urban development, intended to serve one of the most thickly populated areas in the northeastern corridor. Advance Realty, headquartered in Bedminster, N.J., is the owner/developer of the 80-acre Riverbend District, which will feature approximately 2,000 for sale or rental residential units, two hotels with a total of 550 rooms, 800,000 sq....
Thu December 24, 2009
New Hybrid Excavator Break Ground for New Headquarters
Komatsu’s new Hybrid PC200LC-8 excavator scooped the first bucket of dirt in a groundbreaking ceremony for Komatsu Equipment’s new headquarters on Dec. 15. More than one hundred attended the first dig, then celebrated over lunch in a tent next to the new facility....
Eric Olson - Fri December 25, 2009
S.C. Firms Working on Fort Jackson Cemetery Expansion
Heavy construction equipment is currently working its way across the gently rolling sandhills of central South Carolina as part of a project to expand the recently dedicated Fort Jackson National Cemetery....
Dorinda Anderson - Tue January 05, 2010
St. Paul Sewage Lift Station
What should have been a fairly routine sewage lift station installation, turned out to be a much larger project when overly wet soil was encountered. The project is located just east of downtown St. Paul, Minn., and a quarter of a mile away from the Mississippi River on Highway 61 and Lower Afton Road....
Jennifer Rupp - Tue December 29, 2009
PennDOT Begins Replacing ’Seriously’ Deficient Span
The Six Mile Creek Bridge project in Erie County, Pa., is part of Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s Accelerated Bridge Program, which is adding $200 million a year to the mix of federal and state funds the state invests in bridges....
