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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...

Work Chugs Along on $165M Corona Maintenance Facility →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Where is the best place to build a new train maintenance facility and car washer?For the Metropolitan Transportation Authority/New York City Transit (MTA/NYCTransit) it was within the bus depot in Corona, Queens, where an existing train maintenance facility and car washer actually existed. Work began on the new $165-million facility on Dec. 30, 2002, and not only will a new facility replace an existing one, but it is a design-build project led by Slattery Skanska of Whitestone, NY. Click for more...

Georgia Contractor’s Demolition Impresses ’Extreme Makeover’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Georgia Utility Contractors Association (GUCA) President Brent Scarbrough of Brent Scarbrough and Company helped make a dream come true for a needy family in Lake City, GA, by participating in ABC’s Extreme Makeover, Home Edition, from Jan. 16 to 23. The family chosen for this life changing event, the Harper family, originally of Brooklyn, NY, experienced tragedy when they lost their young son, who did not received prompt medical treatment that possibly could have prevented his death. Click for more...

Massive Sinkhole Could Delay Tallahassee Road Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... 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. roadway extension in mid-October. What was then a 5-ft. (1.5 m) depression has since grown into a hole approximately 40 ft. (12 m) deep and 70 ft. (21 m) wide, said Public Works Director Gabriel Menendez. Click for more...

We Energies Sics Dressta TD40-C Tier 2 on Wisconsin’s Coal →

From Construction Equipment Guide... We Energies recently purchased a Dressta TD-40C Tier 2 crawler dozer from Roland Machinery Co. to work at its power plant in Pleasant Prairie, WI. The dozer features a tier-2 engine, joystick control, a new cooling package design and has the distinction of being the first TD40-C Tier 2 sold in North America. The company will use the dozer to move coal, as well as bottom ash that it receives from other operations. Click for more...

Archer Takes Aim at 2007 Greensboro Loop Finish →

From Construction Equipment Guide... 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). The eight-mile section of Interstate 40 (I-40), sometimes five lanes wide in each direction, cuts through many populated areas. Click for more...

Komatsu Clears Way for ’Tornado Alley’ Builder →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Nestled in the heart of Tornado Alley is the state of Oklahoma. Its rolling hills and windy prairies make it the perfect breeding ground for some of the country’s largest, most powerful storms. Oklahoma is also home to Cherokee Builders, a company who in its own right is a powerful force known in the region for site clearing, planning and development. The difference, however, is that Cherokee Builders is using new dozer technology rather than funnel clouds to make its mark on the area’s landscape. Click for more...

Firm Makes Fresh Tracks Through South Florida Muck →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A 50-year-old marina in Naples, FL, is being recycled into a brand new condominium-hotel-yachting complex on Naples Bay. One of the first steps in the redevelopment process is deepening the basin around which the complex will be built. The site is one of three parcels of land totaling 43 acres (17 ha) that are being redeveloped by Antaramian Development into what will be named Naples Bay Resort. The resort’s marina section alone will have 98 slips, an 85-unit hotel, 30 waterfront condominiums, a private yacht club and plenty of commercial space. Click for more...

Stiles Excavating & Trucking Celebrates 40th Anniversary →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Do you believe in destiny?Mike Stiles, owner of Stiles Excavating & Trucking Inc., in Halfmoon, NY, does. It was back in the 1960s — when New York’s north country didn’t even have a Northway — that Stiles discovered his love of earth. He was working the land with his uncle and brother. “We were farmers. My uncle operated a grader for big road outfits. There wasn’t enough money made from farming, so we did extra dirt and earthwork. Click for more...

Liebherr, John Deere Sign Exclusivity Pact, End Crawler Dozer Dual Branding →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. has announced the signing of an agreement between Liebherr-Werk Telfs GmbH and John Deere’s Construction & Forestry Division, of Moline, IL, to end their current dual-branding strategy for large crawler dozers sold in the North American market and grant John Deere an exclusivity agreement for these products. Under an agreement signed in December 2000, Liebherr has provided large crawler dozers and crawler loaders under both the Liebherr and John Deere brands. Click for more...

Dozer Fleet Makes the Grade on Fall Line Freeway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Robinson Paving’s road to success parallels the path cut by Georgia’s ever-expanding Fall Line Freeway. Based in Columbus, GA, the company is situated at the front door of the high profile project: a four-lane highway expansion cutting through Georgia’s peach, pecan and paper country. Scheduled for completion in 2009, the reconstructed corridor will not only provide a direct shot from Columbus clear to the other side of the state in Augusta, but will also open up trucking routes, granting easier access to major roads such as Interstate 16 (to coastal docks in Savannah) and Interstate 75 (north to Atlanta and south into Florida). Click for more...

Johnson Creek Bridge, Roadway Job Proves ’Not Run-of-the-Mill’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Visitors to Fripp and Hunting Islands near Beaufort, SC, will find their destination a little easier to reach next year when a bridge replacement project is completed. The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) awarded the contract to replace the U.S. 21 bridge that crosses Johnson Creek with a wider one capable of meeting current traffic needs and those of the future. The prime contractor for the $5-million project is Republic Contracting Corp., under the direction of project manager John W. Click for more...

Wright Brothers Clears Strip for Henderson, TN, Airport →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A simple matter of dollars and common sense drove the decision to build a new $15-million regional airport in Henderson County, TN, to take the place of a smaller local airport in Henderson and another in adjacent Decatur County, TN. “This airport is being built because it was going to cost more to bring the other airports up to safety standards than it would be to build a new airport,” said Danny Azbill, chairman of the Beech River Regional Airport Authority. Click for more...

Reservoir Quenches Thirst of GA Community →

From Construction Equipment Guide... At one time, it was merely a stretch of typical rural timberland. But by next spring, 1,466 acres of Henry County, GA, will be transformed into a desperately needed source of fresh drinking water for residents and businesses in the rapidly growing area. According to Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority, the situation is dire: Using conservative growth estimates, it was predicted the county, a suburb of bustling Atlanta and one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, would run out of adequate raw water supply if a new source was not on line by this year. Click for more...

NH’s Geralco Thinks Big and Goes By the Numbers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Geralco Corporation is a small New Hampshire excavating company that thinks big and goes by the numbers. Alan Burke founded Geralco Corporation, of Lee, NH, in 1986 and since then has worked on projects all over southern New Hampshire. From the first day of operation, Burke has based his decisions on the idea that a small excavation company must think big to stay alive and prosper. Looking back over his 18-plus years in business, he reflected, “I have seen a lot of companies fail due to bad accounting, poor project management, inaccurate estimating and failure to do cost-tracking.”Burke’s approach, in contrast, relies on a detailed, analytic, systematic approach to bidding, managing, and overseeing a project to success. Click for more...

Eagle Crews Put Finishing Touches on Ladson Road →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In December 2000, Eagle Construction Co. Inc. of Newberry, SC, began widening 5 mi. (8 km) of Ladson Road (between U.S. 78 and Dorchester Road) in Charleston and Dorchester counties, SC. Expected to be completed sometime later this month, the road will have an additional three lanes as well as a new bridge crossing Eagle Creek. The new road is expected to enhance safety and accommodate the increasing traffic in the area. Click for more...

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