Brenda Ruggiero - Wed April 13, 2005
Miami Gardens Drive Job Focal Point of New City
Just more than a year after it began, three separate but related reconstruction projects in the 2-year-old city of Miami Gardens, FL, are progressing nicely toward completion. They represent the final phase of a comprehensive plan designed to improve traffic flow and safety along Miami Gardens Drive....
Thu March 31, 2005
Landfill Use Minimal in Plaza Demolition
A joint venture between Douglas Transport and Recycling, based in Hiram, GA, and Atlanta Demolition, based in Atlanta, are on a fast track to finish demolition of the old Lindberg Plaza in the Buckhead area of Atlanta within four months....
Gwenyth Laird Pernie - Thu March 17, 2005
Slide Closes Portion of Scenic Blue Ridge Parkway
A Dec. 15 rock and mud slide damaged a portion of a North Carolina roadway known for its scenic vistas. Debris toppled onto the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 401, which is mid-way between the French Broad River and Mt....
Jeff Cronin - Mon January 31, 2005
Massive Sinkhole Could Delay Tallahassee Road Project
A massive sinkhole could delay a roadway extension project — and tack a lot more money onto the price tag — for the Tallahassee, FL, Department of Public Works. Surveyors happened upon the sinkhole while staking out the area for the .7-mi....
Mary Reed - Wed December 29, 2004
Crews Begin Replacing Troup-Howell Span
The Western Gateway Project in Rochester, upstate New York, is an ambitious $85-million effort to rebuild Route I-490 from a western suburban stretch of the Erie Canal to the Genesee River in downtown Rochester....
James Van Horn - Wed December 15, 2004
NJ 47 Drivers Get Holiday Bonus
With highway construction following an accelerated schedule, both shoppers and merchants in a major South Jersey retail center are getting an early Christmas present. A new, expanded New Jersey Route 47 in Vineland and Millville, NJ, is open to traffic in time for the holiday rush, as many as 17 months ahead of schedule....
Tue December 07, 2004
Volvo CE Posts 3rd Quarter Increases
Volvo Construction Equipment had a 17 percent increase in net sales in the third quarter of 2004 compared with the same period in 2003. An adjustment was made for currency effects. The company’s results, announced as part of parent company AB Volvo’s third quarter report, continues a succession of previous positive quarters indicating strong performances in a growing global marketplace for construction equipment....
Pete Sigmund - Tue December 07, 2004
Archer Takes Aim at 2007 Greensboro Loop Finish
Archer Western Contractors Ltd, is on schedule in meeting one of the most daunting challenges in its history –– building the western section of a new concrete loop around the city of Greensboro, NC, under a $117-million contract –– one of the largest ever let by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)....
Wed November 17, 2004
MA Firm Turns ’Useless’ Land Into Valuable Commodity
Kevin Sweeney, owner of Sweeney & Sons, Acton, MA, believes that land is like a canvas, “entrusted to us by our creator to demonstrate to the world that, through our collective effort, we can improve this small piece of land....
Tue October 05, 2004
Volvo CE North America Wins Multimillion Dollar Contracts for Iron in Iraq
Volvo Construction Equipment North America has been awarded contracts totaling approximately $30 million by the United States government to build and deliver more than 200 units of construction equipment to the Iraqi government to be used in the reconstruction of that country....
