Julie Nogalski - Thu October 16, 2003
Hill Brothers Makes Tracks With Komatsu DW65WX in MS
Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi once said, “The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.” And while his philosophy was most widely heard in the sports arena, Lombardi’s words demonstrate the importance of teamwork in all areas of society....
G.W. Hall - Fri October 03, 2003
Maybank Drawbridge Days Numbered as Crews Raise New Bridge Over Stono
The days when drawbridge openings meant traffic delays for motorists on Maybank Highway between James Island and Johns Island will soon become chapters in history books alongside others in Charleston’s rich and colorful history....
James Van Horn - Mon August 25, 2003
Skanska Doesn’t Break for NJ’s Route 18
For students at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, NJ, the summer 2003 break is vacation time, a respite from the hectic activities during the academic year.
For Slattery Skanska Inc. it’s just the opposite — a 10-week window in which to jam the critical items of a $75.9-million, 26-month highway interchange job, specifically closing main roads to put bridge steel in place and do excavation.
Slattery Skanska, headquartered in Whitestone, Queens, New York City, is the prime contractor for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) on the Route 18 Extension 2A, a 1.7-mi....
Fri August 22, 2003
MAC’s WA380-5 Keeps Asphalt Flowing in Shallotte, NC
Carrying aggregate from stockpiles to a bin for asphalt processing, Komatsu’s WA380-5 wheel loader is an integral part of MAC Construction Company’s operations.
Based in Shallotte, NC, MAC’s plant churns out the asphalt for its grading and paving projects for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and other commercial and residential customers....
Tue August 19, 2003
Wilson Breaks Ground on Atlanta’s Glenwood Park
Preparation for the “footprint” of Glenwood Park, a project that has been deemed a “city within a city,” is currently under development by Green Street Properties LLC in east Atlanta....
Gwenyth Laird Pernie - Tue August 05, 2003
Blythe Construction Speeds Up NC I-85 Widening Project
Design-build, a method of construction used by the ancient Greeks on buildings such as the Parthenon, is relatively new in American construction practices. Abandoned by modern architects and builders, the process is resurfacing in projects throughout the county.
The design-build process is playing an important role in the widening of I-85 in North Carolina....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon July 07, 2003
Oak Contracting Makes the Grade for $27.5M High School in Owings Mills, MD
By the start of the 2003 school year, high school students in the Owings Mills, MD, area will have a brand new school.
Construction of the building is well under way under the direction of Oak Contracting Corporation, Baltimore....
G.W. Hall - Mon June 30, 2003
Contractors Complete Key Phase of 17th Street Bridge
Contractors involved in building Atlanta’s new 17th Street Bridge reached a major milestone recently when they set the last of the structure’s 48 steel beams in place.
“The beam setting operations have been as smooth as we could have imagined,” said Mickey McGee, metro district construction engineer of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)....
Mon May 05, 2003
CEG Rocks Cleveland Contractors With 2003 ’Greatest Show in Dirt’
The first really beautiful spring weekend in Cleveland proved to be a good one for Construction Equipment Guide’s Cleveland Construction Expo II. Held at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, with more than 50 indoor and outdoor static displays plus almost 20 acres of outdoor demonstration areas, the Cleveland Expo provided something for everyone looking to enhance their equipment inventory or find out more information on a new technology....
James Van Horn - Mon April 28, 2003
Harms ’Quick-Times’ Jersey Interchange Job
Fresh from finishing ahead of schedule on two other giant bridge and viaduct jobs, George Harms Construction Co. Inc., Howell, NJ, has been moving ahead full-steam on another “need-it-done-yesterday” project — a $53-million rehabilitation and construction of a new interchange of Routes 1, 130 and 171 (Georges Road) in North Brunswick, NJ, for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT).
The job includes 1 mi....
