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’Kids of All Ages’ Get to Meet the Machines in Missouri →

Approximately 2,000 adults and 1,300 kids, ages 3 to 15, attended the first annual “Meet the Machines” event co-sponsored by The Budrovich Companies and Fabick CAT. The event was held at Budrovich’s headquarters, which is on the site of an old quarry, in south St. Louis County on April 16. Every child received a hard hat and work-order ticket upon entry to the event. The work-order ticket served as part of a scavenger hunt where the children earned stamps after visiting the different event stations. Click for more...

Aesthetics Count During I-4 Work Through Ybor →

Ybor, “the city with a past,” is getting a new roadway. Not only is it expected to make travel easier, it should be quieter with aesthetically pleasing noise walls built to match the historic ambiance of the city. As a result, the surrounding neighborhood will have more green space and larger medians, which could spark a return to enjoying the outdoors for Ybor residents. Called “Florida’s Latin Quarter,” Ybor beckons visitors back to another era. Click for more...

Desrochers Crane Service Presses HTC 8650-II Into Service →

Until recently, Desrochers Crane Service of Derby, VT, had a dilemma of sorts. The company, located just a few miles from the Canadian border, had a 30-ton National crane and a 90-ton Grove crane, but nothing to take care of jobs in the huge gap in between. That was when Robert Desrochers turned to Wood’s CRW, of Williston, VT. Chris Palmer, the vice president of sales and marketing at Wood’s, sold Desrochers a Link-Belt HTC 8650-II hydraulic truck crane that could handle those in-between sized jobs. Click for more...

I-84 Reconstruction on Track for Fall Finish →

The reconstruction of a portion of Interstate 84 (I-84), which is nearing completion, required an array of heavy construction equipment to meet project challenges and normal project needs. According to Rick Negro, the project manager of Plainville, CT-based Manafort Brothers Inc., the project’s general contractor, the project, which began May 21, 2003, included the reconstruction of 3 mi. (4.8 km) of mainline I-84, both eastbound and westbound, in Southington and Cheshire, CT. Click for more...

AmQuip to Boost Tower Crane Fleet With Potain Equipment Agreement →

One of North America’s largest crane operating companies, AmQuip, has committed to a significant program of investment with the Manitowoc Crane Group for its Potain tower crane product line. Under the terms of the agreement, AmQuip will purchase a number of tower cranes each year, to develop its fast-growing rental fleet. This agreement marks one of the largest single tower crane purchases by a crane rental company in North America. Click for more...

Miami Gardens Drive Job Focal Point of New City →

Just more than a year after it began, three separate but related reconstruction projects in the 2-year-old city of Miami Gardens, FL, are progressing nicely toward completion. They represent the final phase of a comprehensive plan designed to improve traffic flow and safety along Miami Gardens Drive. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) launched the projects in February 2004. The work includes Miami Gardens Drive from NW 28th Place to NW 2nd Avenue, and is expected to last approximately two years at an estimated cost of $20 million. Click for more...

Gulf Coast Crane Rental Adds Link-Belt HTC8690 →

The fleet of cranes available for rent at Gulf Coast Crane Rental in Ft. Myers, FL, grew again in December. Don Chisum purchased a Link-Belt HTC8690 and has kept it busy since it arrived. Primarily, he said it has been used to set precast concrete planks and one contractor, Colonial Construction, in Englewood, FL, has been taking up most of its time, Chisum said. It has aided a bridge project at Shellpoint Village Golf Course in Ft. Click for more...

Vantage Equipment Announces Three Personnel Appointments →

Vantage Equipment, Upstate New York’s newest construction equipment dealer, has announced the following personnel appointments. Walt Vosbrink has been named territory sales manager. He will be working with Vantage customers in the four counties of Albany, Schoharie, Delaware and Otsego. Vosbrink has more than 23 years of experience in heavy equipment sales and service in eastern New York State. Click for more...

Philadelphia’s AmQuip Enters Tower Crane Business With Terex-Peiner Line →

AmQuip based in Philadelphia, PA, recently added the Terex-Peiner lineup of tower cranes to is newly started tower crane business. AmQuip will carry the full line of Terex-Peiner tower cranes, which includes the SK 315 and SK 415 as well as the SK 575 with a maximum capacity of 70,600 lbs. (32,000 kg) and a maximum free standing hook height of 249 ft. (76 m). “We are extremely pleased AmQuip has chosen Terex towers to continue their tower expansion in North America,” said Steve Filipov, president and CEO of Terex Cranes. Click for more...

Work Charges Ahead on $23M Rochester Rhinos’ Stadium →

After four years of planning, groundbreaking for a $23-million soccer stadium took place Jan. 15, 2004, in Rochester, NY, despite frigid temperatures and below zero wind chills. Approximately 50 people attended the event, during which dirt that had been moved earlier by a backhoe was shoveled back to represent the start of the much-anticipated project. Among those in attendance was Jon R. Barrett, senior project manager of Rochester-based prime contractor LeChase Construction Services LLC. Click for more...

Archer Western on Target at New River →

Archer Western Contractors Ltd. is more than two-thirds finished with the reconstruction of the Interstate 77 twin bridges over the New River, the New River Trail State Park and Route 52 in Wythe County, VA. Work on the contract, awarded by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), has been under way since April 2002. Archer Western’s Richmond, VA, office is responsible for the project, which is being built in four phases and should be completed by spring 2006. Click for more...

Eight Cranes Work as One in Challenging Culvert Lift →

It went off like a well-choreographed dance. Except in this case, the ballerinas were 100- to 150-ton cranes and hardhats, not tutus, were the required uniform. Eight cranes, manned by operators from four area suppliers, converged in December at the future location of Grand Champion, a 360-unit housing development in Daytona Beach, FL. Their task? To work together to place a 350-ft. long aluminum arch culvert into a ditch. Click for more...

AmQuip Increases Presence in Tower Crane Market →

Founded in 1967 by Joseph L. Wesley Sr., AmQuip offers crane rentals and related services in northeastern United States with cranes ranging in size from “small” machines such as 6-ton (5.4 t) industrial crane up to 550-ton (499 t) all-terrain and 600-ton (544 t) crawler cranes. After entering the tower crane market in 2002, AmQuip continued to grow that segment of the business. In November 2004, AmQuip completed the purchase of approximately 20 additional cranes with the acquisition of a tower crane company located on the East Coast. Click for more...

Philly Expo to Showcase Latest, Greatest Iron →

The Philadelphia Construction Expo VI is just days away from again transforming the Fort Washington Expo Center into an Equipment Mecca. New for this year’s show will be a significantly expanded exhibit in the Washington Room, an area adjacent to the main exhibit hall, by Asphalt Care Equipment, of Bensalem and Doylestown, PA. David Fackler, president of Asphalt Care was excited to explain his company’s new role at the Philadelphia Construction Expo. Click for more...

Northeast Sales & Service Named Terex Crane Dealer →

Northeast Sales & Service Inc. has been selected as the authorized Terex crane dealership for eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. Customers in these territories will now be serviced by the centrally located new partnership of Clark Rigging and Wally Nowacki, with a main office located in Lockport NY, and a branch office in Syracuse, NY. Clark Rigging will handle all service, warranty, and maintenance on new and used Terex products while Nowacki will represent Terex’s product line. Click for more...

Cranes Prep Indy Art Museum for Unveiling →

In May, after three and a half years of work, the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) will unveil a new work of art: a remodeled and expanded version of itself. The three major objectives under this $220 million plan include: building and strengthening the permanent art collections with an $80 million art acquisition fund; enhancing the educational and outreach programming with a $30 million new operating endowment fund; and facilities development and enhancement with a $109 million initiatives fund, out of which comes the $74 million expansion and renovation project. Click for more...

FDR Drive Project Stays on Track, Budget →

There is always one thing that makes a project unique. Sometimes it is the innovative solutions to project challenges and sometimes it is the equipment used and how it was or will be used. In the case of the $140-million FDR Drive Rehabilitation Project, it is both. Included in the project is the reconstruction and rehabilitation of a 1.25-mi. (2 km) section of the FDR Drive from 53rd Street to 63rd Street along Manhattan’s East Side. Click for more...

$19M Project Should Improve Traffic Flow →

After a delay of more than a year, a $19-million project to upgrade the Clinton-Raymond Road/Interstate 20 interchange is under way in Clinton, MS, near Jackson. Mississippi’s financial problems forced diversion of the state’s transportation funds, according to officials. The interchange is being reconstructed to improve traffic flow through the area. More than 3,400 vehicles travel through the area each day. Click for more...

Manitowoc Cranes Help Lift the Haze in Alabama Sky →

The lifting power of several generations of equipment from Manitowoc Crane Group is being put to the test during a multi-billion dollar project to clean Alabama’s air. Alabama Power, the utility company that provides service to more than 1.3 million customers in the southern two-thirds of the state, has been installing selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology at the James H. Miller power station in West Jefferson, located approximately 20 mi. Click for more...

Critical Roads, Ports, Airports Major Focus of $6.8B Transportation Budget →

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is recommending a $6.8-billion transportation budget for fiscal year (FY) 2005-06. The budget recommendations are in keeping with the governor’s priorities of diversifying the state’s economy and building Florida’s families by enhancing economic prosperity and preserving the quality of the communities. “Last year’s hurricane-related damage to our transportation system, especially the I-10 Escambia Bay bridge, showed how vital our highway system is to the economic health of this state and country,” said Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Secretary Jose Abreu. Click for more...

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