Crawler Dozers

MA Construction Firm Makes Rare Expansion Into Blasting →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Over the past 60 years, the construction firm John J. Paonessa Company Inc. in Massachusetts has had a “blast” working in the industry. The company, which services northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, has expanded its business from municipal and roadwork to large commercial and residential site work, including drilling and blasting. And recently, it started a new division based in Lowell, MA, called Precision Drilling and Blasting, which offers custom crushing in addition to rock blasting. Click for more...

New Equipment Makes Debut at Highway 74 Site →

An improved piece of iron made its national debut this spring at the U.S. 74 highway project in Robeson County, NC. According to Terry Moore, of R.W. Moore Equipment Company, headquartered in Raleigh, NC, the John Deere 210 rubber-tired excavator was selected for this project because of the large job site and the machine’s ability to set jersey barriers and pipes and dig trenches. “The 210 requires less maintenance, is more efficient and compact, and can do more operations than [our previous machines],” Moore said. Click for more...

Athletic Field Services and Ehrbar Tear Up Some Turf →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Years ago, Jon Sweeney, president of Athletic Field Services, turned his love for sports into a career when he constructed his first ballpark for St. Luke’s High School in New Canaan, CT. By the completion of that first job, he knew that he had found his niche. KickoffRecently, Sweeney returned to the field where his dream job began when he was named to build St. Luke’s new football field. Click for more...

Interstate 95 Improvements Part of $400 Million ’Mobility 2000’ Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As with most of the Interstate 95 corridor in Florida, changes and upgrades need to take place periodically in order to keep up with the steady population growth, the growing traffic flow, the damage from tropical storms and hurricanes and general heat and moisture damage that plague all Florida roadways. Florida is one of the fastest growing states in the country. The population has doubled since 1970 to more than 15 million today. Click for more...

$12M Job Expands Arlington National Cemetery by 40 Acres →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Our nation’s military burial ground is in the midst of a needed expansion project. A total of 26,000 graves are being added to the current 215,000 graves at the 200-acre Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. The expansion is necessary to accommodate the large number of veterans from World War II. According to John Metzler, cemetery superintendent, this group is currently the largest population of daily burials. Click for more...

McAninch Makes Over Missouri’s Route 60 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Since February of 2002, Iowa-based McAninch Corporation has worked on three consecutive contracts involving the reconstruction of Route 60 in southern Missouri. The dollar amount for the entire project totals more than $48.5 million with funding coming from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and federal sources. Since McAninch Corporation was the successful bidder on all three sections, the projects were unified and constructed as one job. Click for more...

John Deere Machines Keep Laser Construction on Target →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Fifteen years ago, Gary Klein and Mark Ellickson initially struggled to find work as they began their own construction company, Laser Construction Inc., in Lemont, IL. The two had been working in large construction together since the 1970s. They went their separate ways in the 1980s, but decided to reunite after nearly a decade of working separately. “We were both unhappy with our situation and wanted to do something different,” said Ellickson. Click for more...

Trumbull Leads $93M Rehab of ’Burgh’s I-79 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Remember lava lamps and Archie Bunker? After more than 30 years, these pop icons have become outdated, just as the 5.8-mi. (9.3 km) stretch of Interstate 79 North near Pittsburgh has. Original construction of this highway began in the late ’60s and was completed in 1972. Today, the length of roadway between exits 54 and 60 in Allegheny County is in desperate need of repair. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) let the project on Dec. Click for more...

Quality Grows From Single ’Tonka’ to Fleet of New Hollands →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When William Hammersmith founded his business, Quality Construction, his friends mocked his small excavator by referring to it as a “Tonka.” Twenty-one years ago, before his son, Tony, and his wife, Lisa, joined the firm, Hammersmith started out humbly with just one employee — himself. Then, he focused on local utility work. Those days are gone. In early May, Hammersmith finished a 220- by 80- by 22 ft. Click for more...

Operator Input Key to Segal & Morel’s Iron Purchases →

From Construction Equipment Guide... If there is one area of the construction business that has thrived no matter what the economic climate, it has been the home site development and construction business. This has been especially so for home building company Segal & Morel, Bridgewater, NJ. Segal & Morel was founded in 1966 and its principal owner Kenneth Segal is a second-generation builder whose family has been a major presence in New Jersey’s home building industry for more than 50 years. Click for more...

Dirt Work Creates Challenges at $3.8M Palmeiro Center →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A $3.8-million sports practice facility under construction at Mississippi State University (MSU) in Starkville, will bear the name of one of its former students, Baltimore Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro. Palmeiro played on MSU’s baseball team through his junior season, when he left college to enter the Major League Baseball draft. Heavy rains and problems with existing dirt have delayed completion of the Palmeiro Center until August. Click for more...

New Bridge in Pennsylvania Carries On Old Tradition →

The current project to replace a southwestern Pennsylvania bridge carrying US Route 40 over the Youghiogheny Reservoir raises memories of a span constructed almost 200 years ago — a bridge that still emerges occasionally from beneath the water that drowned a score of local villages during the 1940s. The First Two BridgesThe original Great Crossings Bridge was 40 ft. (12.2 m) high and 30 ft. (9.1 m) wide. Click for more...

Relief Coming for Notorious Cape Cod Clog →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When the Sagamore Rotary in Massachusetts was first built approximately 70 years ago, traffic leading to scenic Cape Cod was still light. The region was still a popular getaway, but by 2005 standards, it was an easy drive. Times have changed, though, and so have the traffic patterns throughout metropolitan regions of the United States. The numbers have always ballooned on Cape Cod during the summer months, but today’s numbers have boomed beyond understanding. Click for more...

Building Ballfields From Blight →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Heavy equipment and professional expertise are helping the Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy for inner-city youth become a reality. The 8-acre sports complex will be at the center of the redeveloped Villages at Carver community near the Braves’ home, Turner Field. It includes four fields, two pavilions, batting cages and a playground. Completion is expected in April 2006. It will cost $2.5 million and is part of a $13.5-million project to construct a full-facility family YMCA in the community off Pryor Road. Click for more...

Contractors on Par at Lakewood Golf Club Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A rebirth is the only word to describe the total remodeling of the Lakewood Golf Club’s Azalea course at the Grand Hotel Marriott Resort in Point Clear, AL. Working throughout the 96 acres that the course covers, massive machines daily excavate and move dirt to ready the area for the course designed by Bobby Vaughan. This $4-million project, being funded by the Point Clear Holding Company, began in December and is scheduled to be completed in mid-August. Click for more...

Frederico Construction Still Making the Grade in Rochester →

From Construction Equipment Guide... What drives a construction company, making one succeed into the third and fourth generation while others fall by the wayside? In the case of Frederico Construction Company located in Rochester, NY, a close family bond and a passion for quality construction and equipment have been the keys to success. Lee Frederico’s interest in construction and construction equipment goes way back. In fact, he still has a family photo taken of him as a toddler atop his father’s Case 750 dozer. Click for more...

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. (4.8 km) of mainline I-84, both eastbound and westbound, in Southington and Cheshire, CT. Click for more...

Two Contractors Join Forces for Lithonia Industrial Blvd. Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... To the north, there’s E.R. Snell Contractor of Snellville, GA. To the south, it’s Shepherd Construction Co. of Atlanta. And in the middle, making sure the Lithonia Industrial Boulevard project is running smoothly, is Project Engineer Christina Rooney. The two contractors submitted a joint contract because of the scope of the $49-million road project in DeKalb County that will extend Lithonia Industrial Boulevard, relocate Interstate 20 entrance and exit ramps and realign eastbound and westbound Frontage Road. Click for more...

Slide Closes Portion of Scenic Blue Ridge Parkway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... 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. Pisgah in Buncombe County, NC. According to Jeff Bradley, project manager of Taylor & Murphy Construction Co. Inc., in Asheville, NC, repair work began in early February. Taylor & Murphy is the general contractor that will handle all of the repair work with the exception of the paving, which will be subcontracted to APAC-Atlantic’s Asheville division. Click for more...

Jomac Construction’s Fleet Swells With Approximately 60 Caterpillar Machines →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It is said, “a dog is a man’s best friend.” However, Jomac Construction’s Mike McCabe’s best friends are Cats — as in Caterpillars. He has found them to be reliable, hardworking and easy to handle. McCabe founded Jomac Construction in 1980 with just a few pieces of equipment that included an International backhoe, a Cat 955 trackloader, an old Trojan rough-terrain loader, a John Deere 450 dozer and a Ford single-axle dump truck. Click for more...

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