Wed July 28, 2004
Hartford, Worcester Map Similar Downtown Revival Plans
WORCESTER (AP) Two New England cities; matching downtown renewal plans. Worcester and Hartford are following similar blueprints to attract the right mixture of retail, office and residential. The plan in central Massachusetts involves razing the enclosed mall — Worcester Common Outlets — and replacing it with a pedestrian-friendly mix of retail, office and residential space, including 350,000 sq....
Wed June 09, 2004
SC Gov. Mark Sanford Visits JCB Savannah Headquarters
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford recently made a visit to JCB North American Headquarters in Savannah, GA, to see the manufacturing of JCB backhoe loaders. The plant is located off I-95 just south of the Georgia state line....
Sat April 10, 2004
Miller-Bradford & Risberg Earns Rogers Brothers’ Top Ten Award
Rogers Brothers Corporation, one of the nation’s manufacturers of fixed and detachable gooseneck and drawbar trailers has announced the recipients of its Top 10 Award for 2003. Each distributor received a plaque in recognition of its outstanding achievement in sales and service to Rogers’ customers....
Wed March 17, 2004
Stafford Tractor Expands Into Used Equipment Market
With four years in the Atlanta equipment market, Stafford Tractor Co., based in Lawrenceville, GA, is expanding into the used iron arena with its subsidiary, Stafford Heavy Iron. “[Stafford Tractor’s] equipment business has grown to the point where the next logical expansion goal is to enter into the used iron business,” said David Crockett, president of Stafford Machinery....
Pete Sigmund - Tue December 09, 2003
WI’s Highway 35 Affords Majestic River View
Wisconsin’s picturesque, often gorgeous, Highway 35 sometimes winds between 500-ft.-high wooded bluffs, green woods and the Mississippi River. From the road you may see a white paddle wheel steamboat come into view like a ghost from the past, its large wheel pushing majestically through the water.
Highway 35, mostly two-lane, is Wisconsin’s portion of the Great River Road, which borders the Mississippi for more than 2,000 mi....
Tue November 04, 2003
NY’s L.C. Whitford Co. Adapts to Whatever Comes Its Way
A remote location in southwestern New York State, Wellsville, Allegany County, is where Langford Clinton Whitford launched his construction company in 1916. For many years, the focus of The L.C. Whitford Company was commercial construction....
Wed October 08, 2003
LB Smith Offers Backhoe Safety Primer in Deptford, NJ
Welcomed by a breakfast of doughnuts and coffee, South Jersey municipal crews commenced on the grounds of LB Smith in Deptford, NJ, for an annual safety training event on Sept. 17.
Despite the pending arrival of Hurricane Isabel, more than 80 crew members, of the Public Works Association of New Jersey (PWANJ) Districts 6, 7 and 8, spent the morning learning about backhoe loader safety....
Dick Rohland - Mon September 29, 2003
Ford Bridge Rehab in MN’s Twin Cities Marks Midpoint
Rehabilitating a high volume, critical bridge span over a busy river channel under traffic conditions while maintaining the graceful arch design features of this historic 1920s spandrel arch bridge is a construction challenge some contractors might prefer to avoid.
However, this is the challenge workers for Kraemer and Sons, of Plain, WI, have faced for a year as they near the mid point of construction to rehabilitate the historic Ford Bridge spanning the Mississippi River between the cities of St....
Tue April 08, 2003
More Than 500 Hit Miller-Bradford & Risberg Open House
More than 500 customers and guests headed to Miller-Bradford & Risberg’s two-day open house on March 12 and 13 at its location in Rockford, IL.
According to Dan Soley, vice president/co-owner, the idea to host the open house was that of Branch Manager, Kevin Casey, who was shipped off to Kuwait before the event could be held....
Wed October 30, 2002
AMEC, The Fordham Co. Team Up to Build Chicago Luxury Condominium Tower
Construction of The Pinnacle, a 49-story luxury residential tower, is now underway at 21 East Huron Street in Chicago, the building team announced on Oct. 21.
The Pinnacle project marks the second consecutive collaboration between residential development company The Fordham Co....
