Thu July 18, 2002

Custom Crushing and Materials Cuts Contractors’ Costs

Custom Crushing and Materials Inc., located in Peekskill, NY, specializes in on-site crushing and screening. The company, founded in 1999 by Michael Divitto, processes mostly concrete, asphalt, and virgin blasted material in order to manufacture many materials on site for contractors....

Sat September 15, 2001

Metso Powers Fox River Operation With Technology

Located 40 mi. west of Chicago in the Fox River Valley, Fox River Stone Company was at its capacity to provide rock products to its customers due to the increase in new-housing and road construction in the area....

Mon August 20, 2001

Mt. Hope Makes Paving History at Newark Airport

Paving history was made recently at New Jersey’s Newark Airport. On Friday morning at 7 a.m., June 15, with temperatures inching toward the high 80s already, Mt. Hope Rock Products, a division of Tilcon, was charged with the duty of paving a 4,800 ft....

Thu May 10, 2001

Nittany Lions Roar for I-99 Corridor

Commercial growth in and around State College, PA, has brought increased traffic and accompanying safety concerns. However, help is at hand with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) I-99 corridor project, now well under way. When completed, the Route 26 portion to the east of State College will connect the Mount Nittany Expressway (U.S....

Wed August 30, 2000

PA Disposal Facility Wastes No Time Building Landfill

More goes into the construction of a landfill than meets the eye, and at the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority, a small municipal waste disposal facility in Bradford County, PA. A project to expand the landfill there is employing state-of-the-art technology and materials to meet the stringent demands of today’s environment-conscious waste disposal industry. As the Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority’s (Authority) original 27-acre landfill nears full-capacity, an additional 19-acre plot has been purchased and is being prepared to accommodate the steady flow of waste that arrives at the facility daily, said Dave Terrill, executive director of the Authority. Terrill and his crew at the landfill spent most of the spring and summer excavating the first, four-acre plot of the new landfill in preparation for the next phase of work, which includes the laying down of a liner and 18 in....

Fri March 24, 2000

Nordberg Senator Keeps Production High With Three Stacking Conveyors

The heavy-duty, self-contained Nordberg Senator comes equipped with three on-board stacking conveyors and a 12.7- by 17.8-centimeter (5 by 11 in.) four-bearing hydraulically adjustable screen, which allows for more material and higher production....

Wed February 23, 2000

Decades of Experience Guide Pageland Sand

Carlisle T. Smith of Bennettsville, SC, was born in the first decade of the twentieth century. He remembers working for a company that used mules to pull pans of concrete to build bridges on the Blueridge Parkway and knowing that he was better off than many of his friends when he made $30 a week....