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Wed September 10, 2003

Chappell Tractor Adds Link-Belt Line for NH Customers

LBX Company, makers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, has announced the appointment of Chappell Tractor Sales in Milford, NH, as a new authorized distributor of Link-Belt excavators, articulated trucks, wheel loaders, timber loaders and material handler....

Gini and Dan McKain - Wed September 03, 2003

Superior Maintains Commitment to Quality with Link-Belt

t’s imperative that a company be very honest in its dealings, diligent in the pursuit of its objectives, and production oriented. “In other words, it must have a commitment to quality in everything it does....

Wed August 27, 2003

Pioneer Crusher Makes the Day on Granite State Project

When you’re doing highway work in New Hampshire, “the Granite State,” it comes as no surprise that you’ll run into that hard rock. That’s why Alvin J. Coleman & Sons Inc. of Conway, NH, is using a Pioneer 26 by 49 portable tracked crusher from Thompson Equipment Inc....

Tue August 26, 2003

Beck Equipment Turns 35, Reflects on Success Strategy

When Roger Beck founded Beck Construction in 1968, the company was primarily an excavation and grading contractor. Thirty-five years later, the company, now named Beck Equipment Inc., prides itself in its commitment to good, used equipment....

James Van Horn - Mon August 25, 2003

Skanska Doesn’t Break for NJ’s Route 18

For students at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, NJ, the summer 2003 break is vacation time, a respite from the hectic activities during the academic year. For Slattery Skanska Inc. it’s just the opposite — a 10-week window in which to jam the critical items of a $75.9-million, 26-month highway interchange job, specifically closing main roads to put bridge steel in place and do excavation. Slattery Skanska, headquartered in Whitestone, Queens, New York City, is the prime contractor for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) on the Route 18 Extension 2A, a 1.7-mi....

Kerry Lynn Kirby - Wed August 20, 2003

$162M Skyscraper Grows Roots on Mobile Waterfront

Workers currently are laying the groundwork for the tallest skyscraper in Alabama and one of the tallest buildings in the Southeast. The Retirement Systems of Alabama’s (RSA) $162-million, 800-ft....

Tue August 19, 2003

Wilson Breaks Ground on Atlanta’s Glenwood Park

Preparation for the “footprint” of Glenwood Park, a project that has been deemed a “city within a city,” is currently under development by Green Street Properties LLC in east Atlanta....

Gwenyth Laird Pernie - Tue August 05, 2003

Blythe Construction Speeds Up NC I-85 Widening Project

Design-build, a method of construction used by the ancient Greeks on buildings such as the Parthenon, is relatively new in American construction practices. Abandoned by modern architects and builders, the process is resurfacing in projects throughout the county. The design-build process is playing an important role in the widening of I-85 in North Carolina....

Gwenyth Laird Pernie - Tue August 05, 2003

Ten Years, $230 Million Later, I-26 Crosses Finish Line

From the Tennessee border, south through Madison County, NC, to Buncombe County, NC, extensive work along a 14-mi. (22.5 km) stretch of Interstate 26 has been under way for the past 10 years. On any given day, there were between 50 and 275 workers at the job site, along with three contractors and 79 subcontractors, hired over the course of the project....

Mon July 21, 2003

Terex, Daewoo Enter Supply, Distribution Agreement

Terex Corporation announced July 18 that it has entered into an agreement with Daewoo Heavy Industries and Machinery to distribute crawler excavators and wheel loaders under the Terex brand inNorth America....