Sat May 22, 2004
McAllister Expands Volvo Offerings With Compact Line
McAllister Equipment Co. announced it has expanded its product offering to include the Volvo compact equipment product line. For years, McAllister has represented Volvo’s heavy product line, including wheel loaders, articulated haulers, excavators and motorgraders....
Mary Reed - Tue May 18, 2004
PA Job Surmounts Difficulties, Wins Archaeological Award
During the past 10 years, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has invested more than $160 million in its modernization of U.S. Route 15 in Tioga County. It also has committed itself to an investment of approximately $200 million to complete the job of upgrading this highway between Williamsport, PA, and the New York State border....
Wed April 14, 2004
Gomaco Recognizes Cowin Equipment at Top 10 Dealer
Gomaco Corporation recently recognized Cowin Equipment Company of Alabama, Georgia and Florida as a top distributor for sales in the 2003 fiscal year. The award was presented in recognition for outstanding sales and distribution of Gomaco equipment in the United States....
Wed March 17, 2004
J.W. Burress Sends Sales, Service Staff Back to School
More than 50 J.W. Burress sales personnel and service managers recently converged on Richmond, VA, to become acquainted –– or reacquainted –– with the lines the Roanoke, VA-based dealership carries....
Sat February 28, 2004
IL’s McAllister Equipment Launches Volvo Branding
When car shopping, a car buyer goes to the Ford or Chevy dealer, not to Joe Rizza Ford or Bill Jacobs Chevrolet. McAllister Equipment Co. believes the construction equipment buyer is no different. When he wants to rent or purchase equipment, he goes to the Volvo or Cat store....
James Van Horn - Fri February 06, 2004
NJ’s First Segmental Span Crosses the Raritan
To improve traffic flow between Perth Amboy and Sayreville, NJ, in an area with one of the highest concentrations of over-water crossings in the country, George Harms Construction Co. Inc. is building the state’s first precast, post-tensioned segmental concrete highway bridges....
Giles Lambertson - Wed February 04, 2004
Nashville Commuters Anticipate Relief From TDOT’s I-65 Upgrade
A roadway on the north side of Nashville, TN, that comfortably handled 60,000 vehicles a day two decades ago is straining today under a load twice that heavy. The roadway is Interstate 65, which leaves Nashville and heads to Louisville, KY, and Indianapolis, IN.
Where it forks northeast away from Interstate 24, the highway passes through Nashville residential neighborhoods that are laced by numerous east-west streets....
Fri December 12, 2003
From Age 14, Fredericksburg Contractor Clears VA Ground
While his ninth grade classmates were cutting grass and washing cars, Tim Welsh, a Fredericksburg, VA, resident, was taking on his first contracting job.
“My great uncle sold property on the family farm to a developer who allowed me to remove the top soil,” recalled Welsh, now 28 and president of Rappahannock Construction Co., based in Fredericksburg....
Tue December 09, 2003
RED HORSE Squadron Paves Way in Omani Desert
The men and women in the RED HORSE Squadron of the United States Air Force are called upon to complete projects all over the globe. Often, they are the first unit in and will be the last one out. They are self-sufficient and have all they need when they travel, including carpenters, medics and cooks....
Wed November 26, 2003
With a Little Ingenuity, NC Firm Masters Sidewalk Job
Buchanan and Sons Inc. has been slipforming curb, gutter and sidewalk with its Gomaco GT-3600 since 1999. Chris, the youngest of the Buchanan sons, is the company’s vice president and GT-3600 operator....
