Scrapers

Earthquake-Proof Skyscrapers to Crown San Francisco Skyline →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Since the Gold Rush of 1849, San Francisco has often been a ground-breaking place, capable of launching some spectacular hits, in more ways than one. There was the building of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1936, the Counterculture of the 1960s and then, of course, Barry Bonds. Just hours after the Giants slugger hit his record 756th homerun, San Francisco authorities found a surprising new way to break ground, finalizing a competition to build a transit terminal complex that would rival the Empire State Building in height and lead the world in environmental values. Click for more...

Competing Plans Unveiled for New Downtown Skyscraper →

From Construction Equipment Guide... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Architects unveiled three competing plans for a new downtown skyscraper and transit hub that would be the West Coast’s tallest building. “Today is an historic day,” Mayor Gavin Newsom said as he pulled away a black cloth covering the three elaborate models at a City Hall ceremony Aug. 6. The three designs range in height from 1,200 to 1,375 ft. (365 to 419 m) — each much taller than the 853-ft. Click for more...

John Deere’s Open Disc Scraper Brake →

From Construction Equipment Guide... John Deere’s heavy-duty, open disc scraper brake option for 18- and 21-cu. yd. (13.7 and 16 cu m) scrapers provides stopping power on inclines. “Our new scraper brakes are ideal in mining applications or other jobs that require transporting on inclines,” said Kent Stickler, product consultant, scraper tractors and scrapers, John Deere Construction & Forestry Company. “The system reduces dependency on tractor brakes and allows for shorter stopping distances, whether the scraper is fully loaded or empty. Click for more...

V3 Companies Builds Tollway Through Illinois →

Winter won’t stop work on the Illinois Tollway’s construction of a 12.5-mi. (20 km), three-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80. In fact, Pete Stuckas, senior project manager for V3 Companies of Illinois, is looking for ways to gain time over the winter to build a cushion in the schedule just in case spring weather or other issues arise next year. Click for more...

Ashland Earthmovers Unleash Compact, Powerful 25SS Scraper →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ashland Earthmovers announced the April 2007 release of the 25SS track loader scraper. The scraper is designed for small sites and will move three to four times the payload of ordinary buckets while taking on most of the extra weight, according to the manufacturer. The 25SS is mounted to the quick attach of the power unit. Keeping the loader arms down and fully against the frame, the 25SS utilizes an oscillating front beam with caster wheels and an auxiliary hydraulic remote to carry the weight and run the unit, reducing the stress from the loader arms. Click for more...

Dry River Unplugged as Wet Winter Looms →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Inside one of the largest and least known engineering wonders of California, a race has been under way since late summer. It’s more than a race to scrape 1 million cu. yds. of mud out of the Yolo Bypass in a two-month window ending in November. It’s also one with the weather. As sure as California’s summers are hot and endlessly dry, the winter monsoon, from which the bypass was created to protect Central California, is on the way, no matter the contract dates. Click for more...

Lubbock Company’s New Scraper a Real Humdinger →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Formed in October 2004, Humdinger Equipment Ltd. continued a rich history of scraper manufacturers that call Lubbock, TX, home. Five industry experts founded the company with the main purpose of producing a world-class pull scraper, a goal achieved when the Humdinger H619 arrived in September 2005. “The Humdinger H619 has been designed to perform in ’gumbo’ material that no machine has ever been able to do at a level acceptable in the market,” said Donnie Hicks, co-founder. Click for more...

Industry Begins Grappling With Rising Fuel Costs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Rising fuel prices are pressuring the industry to turn away from — or at least to modify — some traditional business assumptions, yet so far the arc of the industry’s response has been pretty gentle. Mostly, the industry has reacted to surging fuel costs — for example, insisting on contracts that pass along fuel price increases — rather than acting to outflank almost certain higher costs in the future. Click for more...

Caterpillar 657G Wheel Tractor-Scraper →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The tandem-powered Caterpillar 657G wheel tractor-scraper features the Cat C18 engine for the tractor and the Cat C15 engine for the scraper. Both engines feature ACERT Technology for reliable, responsive performance and reduced emissions. The 657G also incorporates a new cooling system that reduces clogging, the G-Series cab and controls for increased operator comfort and efficiency, enhanced service access, and component changes that boost reliability and durability. Click for more...

Caterpillar 657G Wheel Tractor-Scraper Boasts Two ACERT Technology Engines →

Honda Transmission Plant Bringing Jobs to Tallapoosa →

Rural Haralson County, GA, 40 miles west of Atlanta, is home to approximately 26,000 residents, most of whom have either grown up with someone who worked in the thriving textile mills in and around Tallapoosa, or they have worked in the textile mills themselves. For the past decade or so, the mills have closed their doors, forcing more than 5,000 workers to commute to other surrounding cities to find work. Click for more...

Freedom Tower Redesigned to Be World’s Safest Skyscraper →

From Construction Equipment Guide... NEW YORK (AP) Hurriedly redesigned to make it less vulnerable to a truck bomb, ground zero’s Freedom Tower will lose its distinctive, twisting look but will be the safest skyscraper in the world, officials said June 29. The redrawn tower will be slimmer, straighter and more conventional, it will be set farther back from the street, and it will be placed atop a mammoth, 200-ft. (61 m) concrete-and-metal pedestal designed to repel explosions. Click for more...

Contractor Outwits Mother Nature on U.S. Hwy. 281 Job in ND →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Heavy rains for the first two months of a road widening project could have wreaked havoc on an early fall deadline but, thanks to an accelerated work schedule, the U.S. Highway 281 project was finished several weeks early. “May and June this year and last year were awfully wet, so work was almost to a standstill during those months,” explained Willie Dallmann, project manager with the North Dakota Department of Transportation. 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...

East to West, FL’s I-4 Spreads Out →

Contractors are upgrading Interstate 4 in central Florida, section-by-section, reshaping the future of the heavily-traveled highway. The 20 or so projects planned, completed or in progress along its 140-mi. (224 km) length carry a total price tag of approximately $1 billion in construction costs. Funding comes partly from an economic stimulus program pushed through the legislature by Gov. Jeb Bush. The general task given an array of contractors is to widen Interstate 4 to six lanes in some places, to eight lanes in other sections and to prepare some stretches of the corridor for an ultimate width of 10 lanes. To that end, bridges are being built or widened to accommodate traffic moving up and over the interstate. Click for more...

$162M Skyscraper Grows Roots on Mobile Waterfront →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Workers currently are laying the groundwork for the tallest skyscraper in Alabama and one of the tallest buildings in the Southeast. The Retirement Systems of Alabama’s (RSA) $162-million, 800-ft. (243.8 m) tall office building is scheduled to be complete in late 2005, according to Ron Blount, project manager. In January, Skanska USA Building, Atlanta, GA, won the $6-million contract for the foundation portion of the Battle House Office Tower and Hotel project, which overlooks Mobile’s waterfront. Click for more...

Crews Transform Birmingham Mall Into Vestavia Center →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Developers with AIG Baker have recently transformed an outdated Birmingham, AL, mall into an open-air shopping center that includes a new theater, a Publix supermarket and space for numerous retail shops and restaurants. Construction on Vestavia Hills City Center began in 2001 and was recently completed on schedule. Described as having an updated “main street” feel, the new mall features plenty of glass, fountains, meticulous landscaping and a light color palette. Click for more...

$1B ’Reunion’ Gathers Momentum →

From Construction Equipment Guide... What is now little more than large open fields of windswept grasses along Denver’s northeast corridor will soon house some 30,000 residents. Shea Homes has begun construction on the first phase of 750 homes that will ultimately make up the $1-billion, 2,500-acre Reunion master planned community near the Denver International Airport. Already, subcontractor Hogan Action of Denver has moved more than 273 acres or 1.6 million cu. Click for more...

Deer Creek Brings John Deere Pull Scrapers to Earthmoving Contractors →

From Construction Equipment Guide... John Deere tractor/scrapers are the new kids on the block and Deer Creek Equipment is introducing them to local earthmoving contractors. In 1997, the company saw an opportunity to expand its product offerings to include earthmoving equipment, such as John Deere and Miskin pull scrapers. “We are enthusiastic about this market and look forward to continuing to expand this segment of our business,” said Gary Sorrelle, Deer Creek’s tractor/scraper specialist. Click for more...

Building a Terror-Proof Skyscraper: Experts Debate Feasibility, Options →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ground Zero, the 16-acre site of the destroyed World Trade Center buildings, is now bare brown earth, at a level seven stories down from the surrounding skyscrapers and streets. But it is a place of great hope, symbolized not only by the visit of President Bush on Sept. 11, to encourage grieving relatives of the lost, but also by plans for construction of a future new Lower Manhattan. The new feeling was especially evident on the anniversary. Click for more...

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