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....
Wed March 30, 2005
Gerdan Slipforms Wall 60 Ft. Above Mississippi River
On one of the walls in Gerdan Slipforming’s office hangs a painting the company won during a silent auction for a community fund-raiser. The painting is a picturesque view of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, a new suspension bridge connecting Cape Girardeau, MO, to East Cape Girardeau, IL....
Mon March 14, 2005
Gomaco Takes I-670 to New Heights
Complete General Construction in Columbus, OH, has owned Gomaco machines since 1970. Its tackled several challenging projects and completed them all. And last summer, the company started work on a project that would take them to new heights on I-670 through downtown Columbus....
Tue March 01, 2005
Main Artery Goes Under the Knife in Iowa
Eco Tech Construction LLC specializes in concrete slipform paving in the Des Moines, IA, area and surrounding municipalities. Rideability has to be met on a variety of smoothness indexes and Eco Tech chooses to pave with Gomaco equipment to meet these challenging specifications....
Wed January 12, 2005
Beckwith Promotes Baughman to Used Parts Division in Delmont
Beckwith Machinery Company has announced the promotion of Bill Baughman to the Used Parts Division at the Delmont, PA, location. Baughman’s new title is used parts sales and export sales coordinator....
Sat October 23, 2004
Wolverine Acquires Contrators Machinery, Joins Volvo Network
Wolverine Tractor & Equipment Company, Southfield (Detroit), MI, has purchased the assets of Contractors Machinery Company Inc., Grand Rapids, MI –– a Volvo Construction Equipment dealer –– and has been appointed the exclusive authorized dealer for Volvo CE for the state of Michigan....
Mon August 16, 2004
Scotty’s Builds Fountain of Youth for KY Landfill
Scotty’s Contracting & Stone LLC is constructing a new landfill cell to expand capacity at one of nine landfills owned and operated by Rumpke Consolidated. This expansion, along with a planned phase 2 expansion will extend the life of the landfill another 70 years....
Mon August 09, 2004
Colorado’s North Forty: Lawson Avoids Hogtying Challenges on I-25
The North Forty, in farming lingo, is the landowner’s upper 40 acres on the farm. Denver, CO’s, North Forty is more far reaching. It involves the removal, reconstruction and widening of Interstate 25 north of the city....
Gwenyth Laird Pernie - Mon August 02, 2004
First Stages of Greensboro Outer Loop Under Way
APAC-Atlantic Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashland Inc., was the low bidder on a $101.5-million Greensboro Outer Loop, which is located in Guilford County, NC. APAC’s Thompson-Arthur Division, located in Greensboro, is the primary contractor and project manager Tom McClelland is shepherding the project, which began Aug....
Jennifer Conway - Tue July 20, 2004
Flagler Construction Equipment: Breaking New Ground
In its first divestiture of LB Smith North America territories, Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) sold its Florida marketing area, with the exception of Tallahassee, to Flagler Construction Equipment (CE), a newly formed company that began operating the former LB Smith branches in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa on May 1....
