Tue May 09, 2006
John Deere Goes to Work For Ohio Excavating Firm
Started more than 65 years ago as a gravel hauling company, Miller Bros. Excavating has grown to one of the top earthmovers in Ohio. The firm branched into excavating in 1942 and has continued to expand, providing services to residential and commercial customers in a 70-mi....
Giles Lambertson - Mon May 08, 2006
Scurry Sails Through Carolina Lakes Job
As a teenager, President Andrew Jackson fought the British in the woods around his home in what now is Lancaster County, SC. Later, Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops burned their way through the area....
Kate Zanoni - Fri May 05, 2006
Averill Park Septic Service Builds on Family Ties
When David Lobdell started his business in 1984, his equipment inventory consisted of only a small dozer, a Kubota tractor backhoe loader and a single axle dump. In those days, the company’s market area consisted primarily of Rensselaer and parts of Columbia and Albany counties in New York....
Wed May 03, 2006
Hertz’s John Deere Rentals Transform Boston Landfill Into a Golf Course
Quarry Hills Associates in Boston had a tough job ahead of them: reshaping what was once a landfill and an eyesore into a recreational Mecca with a beautiful golf course. Located approximately 8 mi. south of downtown Boston and adjacent to the 7,000-acre Blue Hills Reservation and the Boston and Quincy harbors, the 259-acre recreational complex offered a beautiful setting and fantastic views....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon April 10, 2006
Design-Build Team Tackles U.S. 1/64 in N. Carolina
The design-build team of The Lane Construction Corporation, SEPI Engineering Group and The LPA Group of North Carolina is well on its way to earning a bonus for the early completion of improvements to U.S....
Fri April 07, 2006
MD Property Proves to Be Worth Its ’Wait’ in Sand, Gravel
Thousands upon thousands of years ago, eroded material from the Appalachian Mountains was carried down the Potomac River and deposited throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. One such deposit area in what is now Prince George’s County, MD, near Washington, D.C., is known as the Brandywine formation....
Sun April 02, 2006
Tomco Construction Grows With ’Out-of-the-Ordinary’ Jobs
Tomco Construction, a former lawn care company, has evolved into one of New Jersey’s leading site-development contractorsWhen Tom Schoonmaker started a lawn-mowing/landscape maintenance business in his hometown of Parsippany, NJ, in 1978, he had no idea he would one day employ more than 60 people in a highly-diversified, full-service contracting firm....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu February 16, 2006
Contractor Finds Uplifting Solution to Low Set Bridge
Alabama highway officials weren’t about to let a small bridge stand in the way of safety. But rather than raze it, they raised it — approximately 2 ft. (0.6 m) to make way for a $4.69-million project designed to ease congestion and improve safety at the accident-plagued Interstate 10/Interstate 65 interchange....
David Chartock - Thu January 26, 2006
Stanford Stadium Axed; New Arena Construction Under Way
How do you cut the time to construct a stadium in half?For some general contractors, they fast-track a project, issuing bid packages before a project’s designs are completed. For others, design-build is used as a means of cutting costs and expediting a project....
Laurie Mercer - Fri January 27, 2006
Monroe Tractor Celebrates 55-Year Anniversary
“Don’t call me in the middle of the night if you have a problem.” That’s what Len Frederico, CEO and president of upstate New York’s Frederico Construction, said many equipment dealers would tell you if you had equipment break down....
