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J.H. Reid Keeps Newark Route 21 on Track →

From Construction Equipment Guide... “We’ve actually got five bosses on this job,” Steve Gravelin, project engineer of J.H. Reid, general contractor, of South Plainfield, NJ, said about the company’s $42-million contract with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to reconstruct NJ Route 21, also called McCarter Highway, in downtown Newark. Besides NJDOT, Reid “works” (under overall supervision of NJDOT) for the following: • NJ Transit. Click for more...

English Smoothes Out Another Stretch of Virginia’s I-95 →

A rebuild of another section of Virginia’s Interstate 95 is nearing completion. The project, which began in March 2001, involves the Atlee/Elmont Interchange. “The big picture is to shift the intersection north along I-95 to reduce the traffic congestion at the I-95/I-295 merge and to ease congestion from Route 1 along Sliding Hill Road past Lakeridge Parkway to the Sliding Hill Road/Atlee Station Road intersection,” explained Jeannette Coleman of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Click for more...

PA Job Surmounts Difficulties, Wins Archaeological Award →

From Construction Equipment Guide... During the past 10 years, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has invested more than $160 million in its modernization of U.S. Route 15 in Tioga County. It also has committed itself to an investment of approximately $200 million to complete the job of upgrading this highway between Williamsport, PA, and the New York State border. Project BackgroundThis latest section of the U.S. Click for more...

$1B Hyundai Plant Blooms →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Construction crews in Montgomery, AL, are converting a 1,700-acre (688 ha) cow pasture into a $1-billion automotive manufacturing plant built specifically for Hyundai. The 2-million-sq.-ft. (185,806 sq m) facility is Hyundai Motor Manufacturing’s (HMMA) first U.S. plant. It will include an assembly plant, engine shop, central energy center, stamping and welding building, paint shop, administration building and a separate training center. Click for more...

In Second Year, Dozer Day to Attract Thousands to Ocala →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For anyone who has ever wondered what the inside of a front-end loader looks like, the second annual Dozer Day will be rolling through Ocala, FL, on Saturday, April 24, at the Ritchie Bros. auction site located directly behind Ring Power on North Highway 441. Sponsored by Palm Chevrolet and presented by Children’s Home Society and the Marion County Roadbuilders Association, Dozer Day provides the opportunity for people of all ages to get up close to, or ride in, large and powerful construction equipment, military vehicles and fire engines. Click for more...

Chuck Mason Equipment Expands With New Lines →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For more than 30 years, Chuck Mason Equipment Sales Inc. has been offering contractors in Tennessee and beyond quality used equipment, from backhoes and excavators to buckets and trailers. Over the past four years, the Johnson City, TN-based company has expanded into the new equipment market, and the lines –– which include JCB, Hyundai, New Holland and Kobelco –– have spawned new growth and mounting awards. Click for more...

Bennett Preps Home for Chimps in St. Lucie County →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A group of chimps will soon be living what many humans consider the American dream –– retirement in Florida. After decades of solitary confinement in small, steel-mesh cages with cement floors, several hundred chimps will be housed in a sunny sanctuary being constructed in rural St. Lucie County, FL. The Florida sanctuary was established in 2000 with the assistance of a $1 million grant provided by the Michigan-based Argus Foundation. Click for more...

AKR Digs Deep for Rare Cars, Multimillion Dollar Homes →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Where else but in exclusive Fairfield County, CT, should a home be built for rare cars and other vestiges of automotive excellence. AKR Excavating Inc., of Valhalla, NY, has been doing site prep for a $15-million car gallery, which, when completed, will be a 20,000-sq.-ft. showroom that will house several hundred cars valued at more than $200 million. The facility will boast heated floors, laminated beams and an elevator system to transport cars to various floors. Click for more...

V&G Breaks Ground on NC FedEx Hub →

From Construction Equipment Guide... GREENSBORO, NC Nearly six years after the project was announced, construction of a $500 million FedEx hub finally has begun on the edge of Piedmont Triad International Airport. Environmental concerns have delayed the project, but proponents believe all hurdles now have been cleared. That is good news for Vecellio & Grogan Inc., the Beckley, WV, contractor that specializes in site and road work. The company has been awarded the first phase contract: $20.5 million for initial site grading and the relocation of a two-lane roadway. Click for more...

Bumper-to-Bumper Traffic Demands Route 28 Solution →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Rapid growth has led to a major road project that involves improvements to a busy corridor through Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. The area includes Dulles International Airport, AOL Time Warner headquarters and the Smithsonian’s new Air and Space Museum. Spearheaded by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the full contract amount is slightly under $200 million. An agreement was made with The Clark Construction Group Inc., Bethesda, MD, and its road and bridge construction subsidiary, Shirley Contracting Company, LLC, Lorton, VA, to develop, design and build six high-capacity interchanges on Route 28. Click for more...

Retrieving Excavator From Lake Costs Alaska $29,500 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... KENAI, AK (AP) A 22-ton excavator stuck after trying to remove state vehicles has been pulled from the muck of a lake near Soldotna. An Anchorage contractor pulled the piece of heavy equipment from near Sevena Lake on New Year’s Eve at a cost of $29,500. Steve Thomas, who owns Thomas Development Inc., said the excavator was delivered to the Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) and Public Facilities’ maintenance yard in Soldotna. Click for more...

Massive I-95 Bridgeport Corridor Speeds Forward →

A major reconstruction is currently under way on Interstate 95 at Bridgeport, CT. Known as the I-95 Bridgeport Corridor, the project has an estimated total cost of $422.7 million. Notice to proceed was given on Aug. 29, 1996, and the final completion is set for June 30, 2005. According to Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), the program consists of the modification of the I-95 roadway cross section and the realignment of I-95 as required in Bridgeport. Click for more...

FL Breaks Ground on $8B Everglades Restoration →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The first groundbreaking celebrating Everglades restoration was held Oct. 16. Gov. Jeb Bush joined John Outland, Environmental Administrator of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); David Struhs, secretary of the DEP; and environmental advocates from across the state as Florida began the first construction project of the 30-year, $8 billion state-federal partnership to restore the Everglades. Seven years ahead of schedule, this is one of 68 projects. Click for more...

Contractors Tie Up Eight Interchanges Along I-20 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... By the end of the year, eight heavily-traveled interchanges on Interstate 20 east of Atlanta will be much safer. Contractors are expected to complete the majority of two major interchange reconstruction contracts for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) later this month. GDOT let the contracts in 2001. Rogers Bridge Company, Shepherd Construction and E.R. Snell Construction won the $16.5-million contract covering the demolition and replacement of bridges and interchanges at Almon Road and Georgia state Roads 11 and 12 in Newton and Walton counties. Click for more...

Arcon Transforms NC Farm Into Modern Community →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When 500 acres of North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad was first settled in 1903, the land was home to a hunting lodge, a place for one New York man to enjoy a respite from the hurried streets of the Northeast. One hundred years later, the same 500 acres is being molded into Brightwood Farm, a modern mixed-use community with more than 1,600 single and multi-family homes encircled by walking and biking paths. Arcon Inc., based in High Point, NC, is the developer and contractor for the new development, which is located near Whitsett, NC, between Greensboro and Burlington. Click for more...

Gopher Tortoises Don’t Slow Morganti’s Stuart School Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... With golden shovels in hand, “designer” hardhats and the Stuart Middle School band playing “Taking Care of Business,” the Martin County School Board broke ground on its new Jensen Beach High School May 5. A tent shielded the invited audience. Those in attendance included Parent Teacher Association members, kids’ sports teams, members of the Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce, schools superintendent Sara Wilcox, other dignitaries from the School Board and county commissioners representing the City of Stuart. A construction management firm, The Morganti Group, presented the Martin County Education Foundation with a $5,000 check and the board with a plaque that will be placed inside the new building. Click for more...

Hill Brothers Makes Tracks With Komatsu DW65WX in MS →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi once said, “The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.” And while his philosophy was most widely heard in the sports arena, Lombardi’s words demonstrate the importance of teamwork in all areas of society. Just as the combined effort of athletes is crucial to the success of a sports team, teamwork plays a major role in the success of construction companies as well. Click for more...

Maybank Drawbridge Days Numbered as Crews Raise New Bridge Over Stono →

The days when drawbridge openings meant traffic delays for motorists on Maybank Highway between James Island and Johns Island will soon become chapters in history books alongside others in Charleston’s rich and colorful history. By the summer of 2004, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) expects HDR Construction Control Corporation and Republic Contracting Corporation to complete work on a new $41.5-million structure that soars high above the river channel. Click for more...

Skanska Doesn’t Break for NJ’s Route 18 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For students at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, NJ, the summer 2003 break is vacation time, a respite from the hectic activities during the academic year. For Slattery Skanska Inc. it’s just the opposite — a 10-week window in which to jam the critical items of a $75.9-million, 26-month highway interchange job, specifically closing main roads to put bridge steel in place and do excavation. Slattery Skanska, headquartered in Whitestone, Queens, New York City, is the prime contractor for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) on the Route 18 Extension 2A, a 1.7-mi. Click for more...

MAC’s WA380-5 Keeps Asphalt Flowing in Shallotte, NC →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Carrying aggregate from stockpiles to a bin for asphalt processing, Komatsu’s WA380-5 wheel loader is an integral part of MAC Construction Company’s operations. Based in Shallotte, NC, MAC’s plant churns out the asphalt for its grading and paving projects for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and other commercial and residential customers. Current MAC jobs in Brunswick County, its main operational area, include a bridge approach and NCDOT road resurfacing. Click for more...

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