David S. Chartock - Mon May 29, 2006
Made-to-Order Rigs Key to $150M Dey Street Job
Two Davey Kent model 515 mini-pile drilling rigs and a Bauer BG-40 from Germany were all made-to-order rigs to meet the construction challenges of the $150-million Dey Street Concourse structural box project now under way in lower Manhattan....
Giles Lambertson - Mon May 08, 2006
Scurry Sails Through Carolina Lakes Job
As a teenager, President Andrew Jackson fought the British in the woods around his home in what now is Lancaster County, SC. Later, Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops burned their way through the area....
Dave Chartock - Tue May 02, 2006
DeFoe Takes Charge on Port Authority Job
DeFoe Corp. is quietly making good progress on a $46-million bus ramps and triple bridges rehabilitation project for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Launched March 7, 2002, the project, under the auspices of Mount Vernon, NY-based general contractor, DeFoe Corp., included the removal of an existing concrete bridge deck and replacing it with precast concrete slabs in 11 spans, according to DeFoe’s Project Manager, Dave Amato....
Fri April 14, 2006
Oxford Mining Company Adds Cat 994F Wheel Loader
Coshocton, OH-based Oxford Mining Company recently took delivery of a modern mining “system” consisting of a Caterpillar 994F wheel loader and two Cat 789C off-highway trucks. Following a luncheon March 10 at the Wallace Lodge at Sally Buffalo Park in Cadiz, OH, guests headed to the mine for a demonstration of the new system....
Wed February 22, 2006
Doosan Names A. Montano Dealer for Excavators, Wheel Loaders
Doosan Infracore America Corp. has named A. Montano Co. as Southern Hudson River Valley Region dealer of Doosan Daewoo Construction Equipment. The Saugerties, NY-based dealer will sell, rent and provide service for Doosan Daewoo excavators and wheel loaders in the Upstate New York counties of Sullivan, Orange and Putnam....
David S. Chartock - Mon February 06, 2006
D’Annunzio Leads Way to Holland Tunnel
Work is under way to reconstruct the 12th Street and 14th Street viaducts, which support the approaches to the Holland Tunnel from Jersey City, NJ. Included in the project’s scope of work, according to Bill Weissman, a project executive of D’Annunzio & Sons Inc., the project’s Clark, NJ-based general contractor, is replacement of the concrete decks; repairs to the substructure, performing seismic retrofits to the viaducts; construction of a new shoulder; widening the structure along the 14th Street Viaduct, which is the westbound approach to the Holland Tunnel; construction of a new retaining wall on the east end of the 12th Street Viaduct; replacement of structural steel stringers; replacement of the bearings and miscellaneous approach road work....
Kate Zanoni - Wed January 11, 2006
Ehrbar Provides Trouble-Free Iron for NY Sand & Stone
As one of the largest distributors of construction aggregates in the New York City and Long Island market, New York Sand & Stone delivers its products to various locations throughout the metropolitan area....
Kathie Sutin - Mon December 19, 2005
MO’s Smooth Road Plan Keeps Crews Rolling
Missourians saw more road construction this year — in fact, more than ever before in the state’s history. Crews are working to produce smoother roads in the state — approximately 2,200 mi....
Wed December 14, 2005
AZ Contractor Completes Emergency Repairs on I-40
This past spring, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) issued a challenge to local highway contractors. The challenge, in the form of a project, was that a 12-mi. (9.3 km) stretch of I-40, between Sanders, AZ, and the New Mexico state line, was in dire need of repair and ADOT wanted the highway's conditions improved before winter temperatures would render pouring asphalt impossible....
Kate Zanoni - Mon December 12, 2005
Kawasaki Makes Lasting Impression on Barrett Paving
Kawasaki has made a lasting impression on Barrett Paving Materials’ Litchfield, NY, facility. Barrett Paving owns a year 2000 Kawasaki 95ZIV, a 6.5- yd. (5.9 m) machine and has put a startling number of hours on it....
