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Maura Bohart - Wed February 25, 2009

Reliable Landfill Crawler Helps Hamilton County Stay Ahead of Inspections

Hamilton County, Fla.’s 15 year-old landfill crawler was breaking down too often. “Wire would get trapped in the final drive sprocket area and the machine would break down,” explained Dale Jackson, landfill director....

Kathie Sutin - Mon March 23, 2009

MoDOT Opens Route 21 Ahead of Time

Motorists in Jefferson County, Mo., near St. Louis enjoyed a nice surprise recently when the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) opened a 4-mi. (6.4 km) stretch of Route 21 eight months early....

Jay Adams - Wed March 18, 2009

McCourt Construction Begins Widening Infamous Route 128

Work has begun on a major component of MassHighway’s Route 128 highway expansion project, a lane-widening effort that will bring rush hour relief to thousands of Boston area commuters. Already under way, following Gov....

Eric Olson - Wed February 04, 2009

English Erects Much-Needed New Yadkin River Bridge

Heavy cranes are being moved into position to begin the girder assembly later this winter on a new $14.9 million, four-lane bridge spanning the Yadkin River along U.S. Highway 158 in North Carolina, 10 mi....

Fri December 19, 2008

Midwestern Introduces Side Boom Attachment for 1050J

Midwestern Manufacturing Company has begun production of its newly designed sideboom attachment for the new John Deere 1050J model crawler tractor. The new pipelayer has a maximum lift capacity of 140,000 lbs....

Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu January 01, 2009

Major League Work Involved With Braves Triple A Ballpark

Back in June, it was farmland. But on April 17, Triple-A baseball teams the Gwinnett Braves and the Norfolk Tides will face off in the Braves’ new minor league stadium at the transformed 44-acre (17.8 ha) site in suburban Gwinnett County, Ga....

Mary Reed - Thu January 01, 2009

Fuhgetaboutit! $125M BQE Improvement Work Wraps Up

As part of a massive project involving the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is rebuilding, improving and reconfiguring the section running from 61st Street to Broadway, updating the infrastructure to meet current standards in bridge safety, roadway and operations....

Sat November 22, 2008

Caterpillar’s PL61 Provides 40,000 Lbs. of Lift Capacity

Introduction of the Caterpillar PL61 pipelayer positions a new, technically refined model at the small end of the Caterpillar pipelayer range — providing a machine with 40,000 lbs. (18,145 kg) of lift-capacity and the capability to meet the pipeline contractor’s requirements for precision control, transportability, operator comfort, visibility and durability....

CEG - Sat December 27, 2008

Dallas/Fort Worth Region Experiences Plant Growth

Many communities in the United States have experienced substantial growth in the past 50 years, and a new generation of treatment plants is currently being built (both new plants and expansions and reconstruction of existing plants)....

Jennifer Rupp - Wed December 24, 2008

Caltrans Finally Completes Red Hawk Parkway

Red Hawk Parkway in El Dorado County opened in December 2008, providing a connection between U.S. Highway 50 and the Shingle Springs Rancheria. The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians has been waiting more than 40 years for a public access road to its reservation, ever since the construction of Highway 50 in 1965....