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Mon March 01, 2004

Bush’s Budget to Cut Yazoo Backwater Pump Funding

JACKSON, MS (AP) President Bush has proposed canceling approximately $22 million previously set aside for a multimillion dollar pumping station in the lower Mississippi Delta. It’s the second year the president’s budget provided no funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to carry out the $191-million flood control project....

Wed December 24, 2003

Athletic Services Rounds Third On Phillies’ Clearwater Ballpark Project

When Ray Kinsella heard the words “If you build it, they will come,” the Iowa farmer plowed through his corn to construct a baseball field. The 1989 movie Field of Dreams and Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, left to the imagination what Athletic Services is making a reality at the new spring training facility of the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, FL....

Wed December 03, 2003

Cleveland Brothers Adds Godwin Pumps to Its Lineup

Cleveland Brothers has announced the addition of Godwin pumps to its existing product line. Two models of Godwin pumps immediately available are the CD100 4 in. and CD150M 6 in.. Both pumps operate using Caterpillar engines. “The addition of the Godwin pumps was a natural fit....

Fri October 10, 2003

Perkins Opens Small Engine Manufacturing Plant in GA

Perkins Engines Company Limited, a Caterpillar Inc. company and a manufacturer of off-highway diesel and gas engines, and its long-time small engine partner for sub-60-hp engines, Ishikawajima Shibaura Machinery Company Ltd....

Thu August 28, 2003

OK Bridge Project Relies on Boom Pumps, Barge

Luther Stem Concrete Pumping of Fort Smith, AR, and Jensen Construction Company of Des Moines, IA, once again teamed up for “Part II” of the bridge crossing the Arkansas River at Sallisaw, OK....

Wed August 27, 2003

NY’s Fluid Power Pumps Up Workforce, Service Fleet

In the past, Fluid Power has been good enough for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Terminator 2, and over the course of 23 years, the Buffalo, NY-based company has been pumping out hydraulic repair success stories for its customers throughout New York State — and across the nation....

Mon April 07, 2003

Cincinnati’s Cinergy Field Goes Down With Bang

For more than 30 years Cincinnati’s Cinergy Field (aka Riverfront Stadium) stood along the banks of the Ohio River. Its circular design was touted as state-of-the-art when it opened on June 30, 1970....

Fri February 14, 2003

ARTBA Selects Moreland Interstate, Hartsfield Airport as Top Projects

The Tom Moreland Interchange and Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport have been selected as Georgia’s top two transportation infrastructure projects of the 20th century by the Washington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....

Wed February 12, 2003

Southeast Pennsylvania ABC Chapter Announces Award-Winning Projects

The Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) recognized 24 projects as recipients of the 12th Annual Merit Construction Award of Excellence at the chapter’s awards banquet on Nov 20....

Thu January 30, 2003

Caterpillar to Eliminate 500 Jobs

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) _ Caterpillar Inc. is eliminating about 500 jobs as part of an effort to streamline operations at several plants, although the employees will be given the opportunity to seek positions elsewhere in the company, Caterpillar said....