Crawler Dozers

Sewer Plant Neighbors Rejoice Over Allied Hammer →

From Construction Equipment Guide... How do you quadruple the capacity of a sewage treatment plant that’s nestled in the midst of high-priced suburban Philadelphia homes? Very quietly. Montgomery Township, in Montgomery County, outside of Philadelphia, has experienced meteoric development over the past 10 years and the need to expand its sewage treatment facility has become vital. In fact, when the expansion project is completed in 2004, the wastewater treatment capacity will increase from 750,000 gal. Click for more...

McGee Rocks Out With Thompson Machinery Crushers →

McGee Construction, a residential, commercial, excavating, paving, and building contractor located in West Gardiner, ME, was started in 1976 by Steven McGee before he finished high school. His enterprise began as a trucking business, hauling lime, fertilizer and some construction equipment. With a vision to continue his company’s growth and with Thompson Machinery, of Lewiston, ME, providing equipment and support, McGee had the recipe for success. Click for more...

McDonald Moves Herd of Equipment on VT’s Route 9 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Rebuilding of a 3.7-mi. (5.9 km) section of a highway in southern Vermont has resulted in the mitigation of a 10-acre (4 ha) wetlands site, requiring that all the equipment used on those 10 acres be pressure-washed and free of mud, grease or leaks. “We can’t introduce any non-native or new species of plants or insects to the new wetlands area,” said Mark Mackintosh, civil engineer for the state of Vermont. Click for more...

American South Demolishes Hendersonville School →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Hendersonville Middle School, located in Hendersonville, NC began site preparations for major renovations and new construction in early June. According to Hendersonville Middle School Principal Dr. Chuck Pressley, overcrowding and the need to upgrade the main school building convinced the Henderson County School Board to remodel the main 20,000 sq. ft. (1,858 sq m) school building, along with adding an additional 80,000 sq. Click for more...

Deere GPS Dozers Help Ruttura Makes Grade at JFK →

From Construction Equipment Guide... They say when something works well, stick with it. That’s what Ruttura & Sons Construction, of Long Island, NY, has done with its John Deere equipment, with a few modifications, of course. The company is using some of its Deere equipment, mainly its dozers, on two projects at New York’s JFK Airport. One of the jobs required the company to tear down the existing buildings on Track 8 and 9, according to Tommy Ruttura, president of Ruttura & Sons. Click for more...

After a Decade of Delays, Scranton Interchange Work Gets Underway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Residents living near the Davis Street/Montage Mountain Road interchange exit on I-81 in Scranton, PA, may occasionally mutter about the night shift construction currently underway on the site, but in a year or two all will be forgotten when the long-anticipated project is completed and they reap its benefits. The upgraded exit interchange has been a long time coming. In fact, it has been almost a decade since project design began in 1993, but launching the job was delayed because of various funding and environmental issues. Click for more...

Custom Crushing and Materials Cuts Contractors’ Costs →

Custom Crushing and Materials Inc., located in Peekskill, NY, specializes in on-site crushing and screening. The company, founded in 1999 by Michael Divitto, processes mostly concrete, asphalt, and virgin blasted material in order to manufacture many materials on site for contractors. The company’s concept is to help eliminate some of the expenses of disposing waste materials by having to pay for hauling the material away or pay a tipping fee at a recycling facility. Click for more...

Scurry Grades Way for Northlite Shopping Center in Charlotte →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The 110-acre (44.5 ha) site north of Charlotte, NC, on Interstate 85 was tree-covered as 2002 began, but beneath all the roots and top soil was rock. Lots of it. “Just about all the million yards is weathered rock,” said Brad Heavner, alluding to the volume of shale and earth to be moved on the project that will become the Northlite Shopping Center. Heavner is vice president of operations of Scurry Construction Inc., the general site contractor on the job. Click for more...

C.W. Matthews, APAC Build Unique 17th Street Span →

From Construction Equipment Guide... C.W. Matthews Construction Co., of Marietta, and APAC-Georgia Inc. recently began a $38.2-million joint venture project that will provide the city of Atlanta with one of its most unique bridges. “The new design will create a connection that is functional, aesthetically pleasing, and viable for pedestrian and bicycle access,” Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Commissioner Tom Coleman said when the design was unveiled. Click for more...

P&G Pepper Surmounts Challenges on Two CT Projects →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It comes as no surprise that unsuitable, rocky soil was one of the biggest challenges that P&G Pepper of Torrington, CT, faced when doing the site work in Winsted for the new CVS Pharmacy and the additions to the Northwestern Connecticut Community College (NCCC) on opposite sides of Route 44. After all, stone walls criss-cross throughout the state of Connecticut for a reason. It is estimated that some towns have stonewalls containing over 6,000 tons of rock left over from glacial debris. Click for more...

Rea’s I-77 Design-Build Project Unsnarls Traffic in Charlotte →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Interstate 77 that runs through Charlotte, NC, has had major traffic problems for years. Currently, a $71-million highway design-build project is underway to help improve the congestion situation. By widening this 8-mi. (13 km) portion of the highway, the I-77 project will solve many of the troubles this busy interstate encounters on a day-to-day basis. The I-77 project is managed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the prime contractor for the project is Rea Construction Company, one of the leading highway, paving and bridge contractors in the Southeast. Click for more...

Rogers Bridge, Shepherd Erect Paces Ferry Span Across I-285 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Motorists at one of Georgia’s busiest intersections will enjoy welcome relief from congestion when Rogers Bridge Company and its parent company, Shepherd Construction Company, complete a $19.2-million bridge-building project on Paces Ferry Road in October 2002. “The new bridge will make a huge difference to motorists on that side of Atlanta,” said Cecil Pearce, president of Rogers Bridge Company. Click for more...

Crews Work on First Section of WV 9 Replacement Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Crews in West Virginia are currently working on the first section of a $110-million project that will replace WV 9 with a new four-lane highway that will run from Charles Town to the Virginia line. The current project runs from U.S. 340 and intersects with Cattail Road, a distance of approximately 1.25 mi. (2 km). The contract includes two separate overpass bridges for 340 and all on/off ramps. Matt Kitchen, project engineer for the West Virginia Division of Highways, reported the cost at $7.8 million. Click for more...

Alabama Interstate Bridge Collapse Snarls Traffic, Forces Rapid Repair →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Best known as “Malfunction Junction,” Birmingham’s I-59/I-65 interchange is undergoing major construction following a deadly explosion in January. A tanker loaded with petroleum collided with another vehicle, causing the truck to burst into flames and cause massive damage. “It burned underneath the bridge and melted the girders to the point where they had a 10-ft. sag. It was a very dangerous situation, because the whole thing could have fallen at any time,” explained Tim Colvert, the chief bridge inspector of the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT). “When I arrived on the scene, it was obvious there was no repairing the bridge, so we started moving in equipment in an effort to clear out all the debris. Click for more...

C.W. Matthews Molds Atlanta’s $2B Atlantic Station →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The $2-billion Atlantic Station project continues to take shape north of 14th Street in Atlanta, at the site of the old Atlantic Steel mill. When completed in three years, the 140-acre (57 ha) mixed-use enclave will include hotels, condos, apartments, restaurants, retail establishments, office space and entertainment venues. “I have worked on many cutting-edge, mixed-use projects and communities all over the world,” said John B. Click for more...

Contractor Appreciates New Holland’s EC215LC After Leasing Before Purchase →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Whether someone is building a home or purchasing a piece of equipment, it is important to pay attention to details. When Tony Barone, owner of Anthony C. Barone General Contracting, builds a subdivision, he always pays attention to details. Building subdivisions and homes for more than 20 years has given Barone insight into the performance of the equipment the company uses. As the only local company that performs both land development and home building, Barone and his employees do the majority of the work. Click for more...

Crews Preserve History, Erect $11M Bridge in Danville, PA →

Three bridges linking the boroughs of Danville and Riverside, PA, have shared a common fate over the course of the past 150 years or so — that of falling prey to the elements in most spectacular fashions. Danville’s first wooden bridge was built in 1829 but destroyed by flooding 23 years later. A similar disaster carried off its second bridge in 1875, although in the latter case it was another bridge being swept downriver that carried it away. Click for more...

Crews Surmount Severe ME Weather, Shoppers Rejoice →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When the foundation was poured for the new Maine Crossing Mall in South Portland, ME, this past February, contractors were not optimistic. “Do you know what kind of winter we had?” said Gary Owen, senior project manager for Sheridan Corporation, the general contractor for the project. Several snowstorms ravaged northern New England late in the season and wreaked havoc with the construction schedule. Click for more...

Batson-Cook Nears Completion of 18-Story, $80M Galleria 600 Tower →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A prestigious new business address has taken shape on the horizon of the Cumberland area north of Atlanta, where Batson-Cook is nearing the completion of the glittering new Galleria 600 building near the intersection of Interstates 75 and 285. “We have done really well on this project,” said Larry Turner, project superintendent of Batson-Cook Company. “You always face a variety of challenges on a job such as this, but for the most part, everything here has seemed to click.” In fact, the work has gone so well that the construction team now expects to finish the $80-million project well ahead of the original projection of April 2002. Click for more...

Post Finishes Townhome Construction in Atlanta →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Efforts to revitalize the community along Glenwood Avenue near I-20 received a major boost in October 2001, when the first residents moved into the elegant new Glenwood Green Townhomes. The $17-million development, which Post Construction Services of Atlanta built for 951 Glenwood Associates LLC, features 188 residences with prices ranging from the $140,000s to the $190,000s. “We broke ground on the project in January 2001 and, even though we ran into a few interesting challenges along the way, we have managed to keep the project slightly ahead of schedule,” said Bill Schoettelkotte, project manager of Post Construction Services. Click for more...

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