Crawler Dozers

Komatsu Adds Six Models to its Plus Series Dozer Line →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America International Company recently announced the availability of six new models to its crawler dozer line. The Komatsu D32E/P-1, D38E/P-1 and D39E/P-1 Plus Series dozers offer powerful and easy-to-use controls, larger blades, reliable engines and a comfortable operating environment for a variety of applications including construction, forestry and land clearing. These new introductions increase Komatsu’s extensive crawler dozer line to 23 machines, including 10 in the 52.2 to 67.1-kilowatt (70 to 90 hp) range. Click for more...

Case Pushes Boundaries With H Series Family of Dozers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Case has introduced its all-new H Series dozers, designed to be more powerful, more reliable and more productive. “We went straight to the people who know our products best — our customers — when designing the new H series machines,” said Rusty Schaefer, Case marketing manager. “Together with their help, we created one of the most productive and efficient families of dozers on the market today.” Five new machines make up the H series line — the 550H, 650H, 750H, 850H and 11 50H — which range from (50 to 89 kilowatts (67 to 119 hp). Click for more...

Komatsu Compact Dozers Put Big Power at Fingertips →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu Utility Corporation’s (KUC) expanded line of compact equipment includes a new class of compact dozers: the D21A-7 and the D21P-7. These two models feature an operating weight from 3,951 to 4,182 kilograms (8,710 to 9,220 lbs.) that makes these machines easier to transport to a job site. The D21 compact dozers also include a rubber track option that adds a new dimension to the construction and landscape marketplace. Click for more...

PA Disposal Facility Wastes No Time Building Landfill →

More goes into the construction of a landfill than meets the eye, and at the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority, a small municipal waste disposal facility in Bradford County, PA. A project to expand the landfill there is employing state-of-the-art technology and materials to meet the stringent demands of today’s environment-conscious waste disposal industry. As the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority’s (Authority) original 27-acre landfill nears full-capacity, an additional 19-acre plot has been purchased and is being prepared to accommodate the steady flow of waste that arrives at the facility daily, said Dave Terrill, executive director of the Authority. Terrill and his crew at the landfill spent most of the spring and summer excavating the first, four-acre plot of the new landfill in preparation for the next phase of work, which includes the laying down of a liner and 18 in. Click for more...

Erosion Control Job Helps Save Pennsylvania Creek →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Excavating contractors and conservation officers are working together to solve the problem of soil-eroding and flooding creeks in a unique project that is under way in northeastern Pennsylvania and may serve as a model for similar projects around the country. Using the concept of fluvial geomorphology, in which erosion-causing sediment build up on the creek bed is eliminated by redirecting the water flow back into its original course at the center of the bed, the project is transforming the 20-mi. Click for more...

West Virginia University Invests $100M for Expansion →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Maybe it’s the seven-year itch. It seems like every seven years or so, West Virginia University embarks on a major construction project. Judging by the whirlwind of activity on the Morgantown campus, it must be that time again. And this time it’s not one major project, but three. Construction is under way on both of the University’s major campuses. The Downtown campus, with its traditional clock tower academic setting, is the site of two projects, while the more contemporary Evansdale campus is home to the third. At Evansdale, the steel framing is almost complete for the new $34-million Student Recreation Center. Click for more...

Polk Parkway Paving Slips on Mining Slime →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Road building contractors are all too familiar with the problems encountered in Florida — shallow, sandy soil, igneous limestone, environmental restrictions and water, water everywhere. But problems facing the state Department of Transportation in constructing the recently completed Polk Parkway were different. Before they could begin construction of the 40.2-kilometer (25 mi.) toll road circling the city of Lakeland, engineers had to figure out how to overcome soil conditions resulting from decades of phosphate mining. “It was a very special challenge,” said Turnpike District Construction Engineer Charles Wegman. Click for more...

Wet Weather Bogs Down Smith Gap Landfill Crew →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Branch Highways of Roanoke, VA, has begun work on a $1.42-million project expanding the Smith Gap Regional Landfill (Phase III/ IV, liner system and sediment basin No. 3) located in Roanoke County in southwestern Virginia. Branch Highways is adding seven additional cells that will cover a total of 2.8 hectares (7 acres). The first cell will be ready for use by May 31; remaining cells will be operational by June 30. Click for more...

Fifi, Fergie & Big Red Head Hackney’s Team →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Andy Hackney has one of the first clasping four-in-one buckets in Cherokee County, AL, on his front end loader, which he calls Fifi. “We call her Fifi because she was made in France,” said Deanna Hackney, Andy’s wife and partner in Hackney Dirtworks Inc. of Cedar Bluff, AL. Andy prefers working with a front end loader — a 943 Caterpillar — instead of a bulldozer, “because I like the varied capabilities of a front end loader,” he said. Click for more...

Pernas Eliminates Blasting Problem With Help From Deere’s Iron Giant →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In Dade County, FL, contractors cannot blast in order to form the man-made lakes needed for drainage in every new development, “unless it’s two miles away from residential areas, and that never happens,” according to Delfin Pernas, owner, with his brother Carlos Pernas, of Persant Construction Co. of Miami. So Persant became the first company in Florida to purchase a John Deere 750 LC excavator from the newly formed Nortrax Equipment Company, according to Jaime Pineiro manager of Nortrax’s Miami branch. Click for more...

Birmingham Tees Off for 2001 Senior PGA Tour at Legacy →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It promises to be a premier attraction for Birmingham, AL: a championship 18-hole, par-72 golf course designed by world renowned architect Rees Jones. The Legacy at Greystone (the site of next year’s Senior PGA tour) will be ready for play this summer after more than a year of construction. "This was a high-end project for us. The golf business means a lot of specialty work. As the general contractor, we definitely had plenty to do," said Scott Veazey, owner of Southeastern Golf in Tifton, GA. Click for more...

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