Tue February 24, 2004

Eagles Cheerleaders Sign On for Philly Expo

Negotiations almost broke down at the last minute. Just as our prospective guests were about to sign the contract to appear at the Philadelphia Construction Expo V, their attorneys requested lavish personal dressing rooms at the Fort Washington Expo Center....

Wed February 11, 2004

Extec Screener Shows Carver New Production Highs

Carver Laraway is not from the “Show Me State.” His companies are based in New York State and have been experiencing astonishing growth. When one of his companies, Carver Sand & Gravel needed a screener for a very specific type of sand and gravel production, he wanted the machine to show him what it could do before he made the purchase. Carver Sand & Gravel, in Halfmoon, NY, supplies products for use at Laraway’s ready-mix and asphalt plants located in Schoharie County....

Fri November 07, 2003

Black Dirt Uses ’Maximum’ Screening Power on Meigs Job

As part of a longterm project to convert the old Meigs Field site in Chicago to a lakefront park, massive amounts of topsoil were needed for landscaping. The challenge in recent weeks was to make and deliver 2,800 semi-trailers worth of pulverized topsoil within 25 days for use as fill where runway had been demolished Black Dirt Inc., Mokena, IL, used two Screen Machine “Maximum” screening plants to get the job done. According to company principal Steve Wright, Black Dirt takes excess topsoil from area job sites, and screens, pulverizes, and delivers it for a wide variety of clients. In this case, Black Dirt loaded soil from scraper piles into the Maximum plants, which processed it for reloading and delivery to the Meigs Field site....

Wed September 10, 2003

Lippmann Impact Crusher Helps Swift River Devour Rebar

For Swift River Associates Inc. of Buffalo, NY, a major challenge of its concrete recycling operations was processing concrete loaded with heavy rebar and wire mesh. With the help of a Lippmann 4248CC impact crusher, Swift River was able to break through the hurdle and move ahead. Swift River Associates, one of the original concrete recycling operations in Buffalo, recently purchased its Lippmann impact crusher from Joe Sidonio, Upstate Screens & Crushers Inc., and the plant was installed in June....

Wed August 27, 2003

Pioneer Crusher Makes the Day on Granite State Project

When you’re doing highway work in New Hampshire, “the Granite State,” it comes as no surprise that you’ll run into that hard rock. That’s why Alvin J. Coleman & Sons Inc. of Conway, NH, is using a Pioneer 26 by 49 portable tracked crusher from Thompson Equipment Inc....

Wed May 07, 2003

Kemper, EESSCO Tour Omni Facility in Brazil, Test New Screening Line

Omni Crushing and Screening, of Brazil, and REMco, of Livermore, CA, recently hosted a trip to Brazil for U.S. and Mexican equipment dealers for a tour of the Omni Screen Equipment facility. Two aggregate equipment dealers that represent New England and the Mid-Atlantic, EESSCO, and Kemper Equipment, of Honey Brook, PA, attended the tour and evaluation. Brazil, a country of 170 million people and similar in size to the United States, supports a large number of aggregate producers and is an ideal area to test the Omni screen concept, according to company representatives....

Tue April 15, 2003

J. A. Taddei, Furnival Solve School Expansion Equation

A $9-million, multi-phase construction project to expand Pennridge High School is under way in Perkasie, PA. General contractor J.A. Taddei, of King of Prussia, PA, is confident in the success of the three-year project due to the company’s highly organized planning and coordination, the training and knowledge of its employees and its long-time relationship with equipment dealer, Furnival Machinery Company, of Hatfield, PA. J.A....

Wed March 19, 2003

Smooth Driving Prevails After PA I-79 Repaving Job

A completed project on a stretch of I-79 in northwestern Pennsylvania not only came in under budget, but it also resulted in a far smoother ride than before — two results guaranteed to grab the attention of drivers using the Interstate highway....

Wed October 09, 2002

Sandvik Crusher Saves Day for Westport Sand & Stone

It’s hard to say goodbye, but Westport Sand & Stone recently had no choice when it bid farewell to its old Allis- Chalmers cone crusher. Founded in 1970, Westport Sand & Stone is a heavy highway, concrete, asphalt and aggregate contractor in Westport, MA, and a major supplier to Cardi Corporation, which is based in Warwick, RI. The company’s Allis-Chalmers crusher, which had been in continuous operation since Westport’s plant opened in 1970, had a major failure and its replacement cost would have exceeded the cone’s actual value. Keith Cloutier, plant superintendent of Westport Sand & Stone, immediately called Dick Vining, of EESSCO, based in Norwell, MA, to find out what his options were. “EESSCO worked very hard with us to make appropriate estimates on the repairs of our old crusher, and showed us that it would be to our advantage, particularly with increased levels of production to not spend the money to repair the old crusher, but to make an upgrade,” said Cloutier. “We had had a long and continuous operation for many years with the people at EESSCO, and we knew that the information and advice we received from Dick Vining, their sales manager, had a lot of credibility....

Thu September 26, 2002

McGee Rocks Out With Thompson Machinery Crushers

McGee Construction, a residential, commercial, excavating, paving, and building contractor located in West Gardiner, ME, was started in 1976 by Steven McGee before he finished high school. His enterprise began as a trucking business, hauling lime, fertilizer and some construction equipment....