CEG - Thu December 07, 2023
Ace Intermountain Recycling Efficiently Handles Waste
Nine years ago in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ace Disposal and Intermountain Regional Landfill partnered to establish Ace Intermountain Recycling Center, essentially a transfer station. Both parties — Ace Disposal and Intermountain Regional Landfill — are privately owned companies....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu May 04, 2023
Right Attachments Helps Va.'s Medek Corp. 'Move Fast'
When Adam Medek plays pool, he isn't afraid of the 8-ball being in a precarious position. "I like to be aggressive. That's just the way I am."He brings that philosophy to business as well. Starting a tree business at 18, Medek grew it into Medek Corp., a business with $15 million of equipment, 28 employees and a 12,000-sq.-ft....
Katherine Petrik – CEG Editorial Assistant - Tue December 06, 2022
Nye Pulverizer Improves Bottom Line for Illinois' CHDS
Dan Powell, owner of CHDS (Concrete, Horticulture, Dirt and Stone) headquartered in Wheeling, Ill., is used to hard work. He also needs his machines to work hard. He started his first company, Powell Inc., at age 18, when he graduated from high school....
CEG - Thu July 14, 2022
'Burgh Biz Takes Down Historic Building in Strip District
Continental Construction and Demolition, which began operations in 2010, has accrued an impressive list of clients in the 12 years since starting operations. The company, based in the Pittsburgh, Pa., suburb Bethel Park, provides demolition services, site preparation, asbestos abatement, concrete crushing and recycling, high reach services and roll off services....
CEG - Thu April 08, 2021
Despite Challenging Restrictions, JDC Demolition Deftly Razes Athletic Center
JDC Demolition was contracted to perform the environmental remediation and demolition of the former Alfond Athletic Center at the Colby College, a private Liberal Arts college in Waterville, Maine. Founded in 1813, the campus, located on a beautiful, historic 714-acre site, is among the most selective liberal arts institutions in the country and is considered a "Little Ivy."Together with sister company New Roads Environmental, JDC Demolition completed the abatement and removal of the 200,000-sq.-ft....
CEG - Thu April 30, 2020
National Attachments Moves Into New World Headquarters
National Attachments was founded 31 years ago by Scott Guimond, when after working for a number of years as a sales representative for a local construction equipment distributor, he had an epiphany. Construction equipment dealers were very good at selling earthmoving equipment and matching up the right machine for the right job....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Mon October 07, 2019
Friendship Is Key for National Attachments, Smith-Rowe
American commerce was built on the close, personal relationships developed between companies or between a company and its customers. To be successful, each party mutually benefits from the business exchange....
Emily Buenzle - Mon January 22, 2018
Old Tappan Zee Bridge Begins Its New Life
On a redevelopment site in Perth Amboy, N.J., crews are repurposing a piece of history. The job: break down pieces of the old Tappan Zee Bridge to build up a 35-acre site situated on the banks of Arthur Kill, which flows into the Raritan Bay....
Mon May 01, 2017
AMEC Construction Cleans Up Old General Motors Plant
AMEC Construction, headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., is a dynamic, fast growing firm. From its beginnings in the recycling business, it has grown into a major player in the New York City Metropolitan area and Connecticut, with divisions that include excavation, C&D recycling centers, containers and roll-off services, demolition, on site recycling and aggregate production....
Thu November 13, 2014
Founder Reflects on the Early Years of National Attachments
All of Scott Guimond's life he has been around construction equipment. For parts of the 1970s he worked as a carpenter for a major construction firm in Maine called Cianbro. In the early 1980s he had started his own landscaping and grounds maintenance company....
