Mon October 22, 2012
All Island Equipment Helps Southold, NY Weather the Seasons
Peter Harris has spent his entire life in the town of Southold — and a good majority of those years involve doing highway work. He worked for the NYSDOT for 28 years, with 24 of those years as a highway maintenance supervisor....
Fri November 18, 2011
Snowlift Battles Winter Blasts Alongside Gehl, All Island
When Mother Nature decides to send a blast of winter weather to several major metropolitan airports in the Northeast, Snowlift is there, answering the call. Founded in 1958, Snowlift has extensive experience in the removal of snow from aeronautical and non-aeronautical areas of airports....
Fri August 27, 2010
Kawasaki Helps Troffa Landscape Meet Customers’ Needs
Joseph M. Troffa Landscape & Mason Supply aims to be a one-stop shop for its clients. In that vein, the family-owned business features an on-site recycling facility, which allows customers to discard unwanted construction debris and leave the site with new materials and supplies....
Tue November 24, 2009
A Big Project on a Small Island
A new 2 mi. (3.2 km) long, four lane road is being built in the city of Honolulu on Hawaii’s Oahu island. New roadway construction of this size for the island state is very uncommon. Most road projects are replacement or widenings, simply because there is no room to build new....
Jennifer Hetrick - Mon November 10, 2008
Downturn in the Housing Market? Not on Long Island’s ’Gold Coast’
Gary Wade of All Island Equipment, West Babylon, N.Y., recently sold a new LeeBoy 8515 paver to EZ Paving Inc., Long Island, N.Y. In the usual scheme of things, this would not be remarkable. But with the housing market, not to mention the whole economic outlook, being what they are, the sale of a small paver is something to take notice of....
Maura Bohart - Tue May 13, 2008
Gunite Slinger Polishes Off Pools in the Hamptons
From sailboats to figure 8s to giant teardrops, David Schiavoni of East End Ready Mix in West Hampton Beach, N.Y., has worked on very unique swimming pools. “We’ve gunited some really crazy pools....
Wed May 16, 2007
Darcon Construction’s Kobelco Rips, Tears Without the Wear
There used to be a candy factory at 35th and 4th Sunset Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., but in August, there will be a new high school there instead. Darcon Construction Inc. is laying a concrete foundation for Sunset Park High....
Kate Zanoni - Tue December 12, 2006
R.L. Materials ’Switches Gears’ to Offer On-Site Crushing
After 25 years in the paving business, R.L. Materials Inc. switched gears at its Suffolk County, Long Island, facility in Medford, N.Y., to offer on-site crushing and recycling services for asphalt contractors looking to stop splurging on job-site expenses and start purging costly delivery charges....
Thu July 27, 2006
Big Apple Transforms Ever-Changing NYC Landscape
The massive footprint of New York City is constantly changing and ever-evolving, with old buildings coming down and new buildings being erected in their place. All this change is enough to keep local construction and wrecking companies very busy....
Matt Matusek - Wed June 28, 2006
Long Island Nursery Thrives With ’Time Is Money’ Creed
For North Service Nursery, “time is money” is not some hackneyed, meaningless cliche … instead it is its primary business philosophy. Established in 1988 and in Dix Hills, NY in Long Island’s Suffolk County, it is one of many nurseries in the area, but its customer-service-first approach has allowed co-founders Richard Swierupski and Vincent Volpe to penetrate the competitive New York City market....
