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Tue May 10, 2005

White Oak Inks Big Kubota Sale For C. W. Wright Job

With the promise of three years of steady work in his company’s future, Jay Spruill went on the hunt for a new fleet of heavy equipment. C. W. Wright Construction Company had received the contract from Progress Energy to install underground cable in a multitude of new subdivisions in Haines City and Buena Vista, FL....

Fri May 13, 2005

ACS Industries Plays it Safe With Customers, Employees

When it really comes down to it, safety is Joe Zeno’s top priority. Sure, the president of ACS Industries Inc., originally known as American Coupler Systems, in Kent, OH, is looking to make a profit, but not if it means putting his employees or his customers in a dangerous situation....

Bonnie L. Quick - Mon May 09, 2005

Aesthetics Count During I-4 Work Through Ybor

Ybor, “the city with a past,” is getting a new roadway. Not only is it expected to make travel easier, it should be quieter with aesthetically pleasing noise walls built to match the historic ambiance of the city....

Giles Lambertson - Tue May 10, 2005

B&B Demolition Infiltrates The Citadel’s Law Barracks

Law Barracks stood for 66 years on The Citadel campus and was home to generations of cadets. But the castle-like structure is gone now. It couldn’t withstand the assault upon it by an Hitachi EX300LC demolition excavator....

Fri May 06, 2005

Red Oak Disposal Service Carves Niche in Demolition, Recycling

Red Oak Disposal Service Inc., a southern New Jersey contractor, has been taking on specialized jobs in demolition and recycling since 1986 to meet the needs of a changing, growing economy. “We take on the jobs that no one else can or wants to take on....

Thu May 05, 2005

Norsic & Son Still Going Strong After 73 Years in Business

In the early 1930s, while the nation was in the throes of the Great Depression, Emil “Pop” Norsic worried about his financial future like so many others of his time. In 1932, however, an opportunity came along for Norsic when he was offered a chance to buy the assets of a failing company....

Tue May 03, 2005

Daewoo Wows Dealers With New Training Facility in GA

Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corp. hosted a Product Support Seminar April 21 and 22 at its North American headquarters in Suwanee, GA, to introduce its dealers to its new training facility. A total of 39 distributorships from the United States, Mexico and Canada were represented, 20 of which sent dealer principles....

Bonnie L. Quick - Thu April 28, 2005

British Military Invention Strengthens Embankment

Near the Kentucky border on southbound Interstate 75, in Ellico, TN, a displacement of soil has caused a problem that has to be dealt with quickly or it might further jeopardize travel in the area. Time and weather eroded soil under the roadway, creating an unstable surface on which to drive....

Mon April 18, 2005

Hitachi Drives Lattimore Operations in TX

In a world dominated by publicly owned ready-mix and aggregate companies, Lattimore Materials is a thriving, family-owned business. But don’t equate “family owned” with “small.”Headquartered in McKinney, TX, Lattimore is one of the top three ready-mix producers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex....

David S. Chartock - Fri April 22, 2005

I-84 Reconstruction on Track for Fall Finish

The reconstruction of a portion of Interstate 84 (I-84), which is nearing completion, required an array of heavy construction equipment to meet project challenges and normal project needs. According to Rick Negro, the project manager of Plainville, CT-based Manafort Brothers Inc., the project’s general contractor, the project, which began May 21, 2003, included the reconstruction of 3 mi....