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Cranes Crowd Sky Above Charleston →

Historic Charleston, SC, nicknamed “The Holy City” because of the many churches that still dominate its skyline, may soon have to be renamed “Tower City.” Tower cranes have rarely been seen in the historic district because height requirements designed to preserve the 18th century ambience prohibit high rises. But with available building sites becoming fewer and often inaccessible to conventional equipment, local contractors are turning to tower cranes to get the job done. Click for more...

Link-Belt Unit to the Rescue! RTC Answers Emergency Calls →

Most electrical power plants, such as the Fayette Power Project in LaGrange, TX, have been on-line for more than 20 years and must be constantly upgraded to comply with newer, more stringent anti-pollution requirements. This is a challenge for many plant operators. The old plants are often being asked to produce more and cheaper electricity at a time when they must frequently be off-line to perform vital preventive maintenance or rehabilitation procedures. Click for more...

Gelder Brings Half Century of Experience to Raleigh Streets →

Spring came early to North Carolina, and crews of Gelder and Associates Inc. got a quick start on a summer-long project to repave 170 streets in Raleigh. The veteran paving company won a NC Department of Transportation and city contract to rework and resurface streets in every district of Raleigh. Rains in April caused some early disruption of the work. But the next month, temperatures were unseasonably warm and the asphalt was being laid in mid-summer conditions: hot and fast. Click for more...

J&J Truck Equipment Named Top Auto Crane Distributor →

J&J Truck Equipment, a division of Somerset Welding and Steel Inc., recently announced that it has been named the top distributor of Auto Crane service bodies, cranes, and compressors by the Auto Crane Company. The Presidential Award for outstanding achievement was given in recognition of J&J Truck Equipment’s excellence in sales for 1999. The award was presented by Alan Marsh, regional sales manager of the Auto Crane Company. Click for more...

7 Million Pounds of Steel Steady KY’s First Cable-Stayed Span →

Construction of Kentucky’s first cable-stayed bridge is currently underway between Maysville, KY, and Aberdeen, OH. The Maysville Bridge span the Ohio River, approximately three miles down stream from the existing Kenton Simon Bridge. The old bridge – which was built in 1931 and is reported to be a prototype of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA – will remain in operation after the completion of the new span. Click for more...

Grove Delivers Largest Crane in South Central Pennsylvania →

The Charles E. Brake Co. of St. Thomas, PA, took delivery of its new Grove TMS875C crane in April. The TMS875C, with a 67.5-metric-ton (75 ton) rating, made it the largest truck crane owned in Grove’s immediate local area of Franklin and Washington counties. On hand for the delivery were numerous Grove and Brake Company officials including Harold Brake, chairman, who noted that the crane will provide additional capability for a wide range of general construction lifting jobs. Click for more...

After Decades of Waiting, Parkway Comes to Clinton, MS →

A concrete bridge that will have six distinctive arches is becoming the centerpiece of a $9.1-million parkway being constructed in the city of Clinton, MS. Clinton is located 10 miles west of the state’s capitol city, Jackson. Officials in Clinton awarded the bid for the 4-lane parkway in late 1999 to Key Constructors of Madison, MS. The need for such a parkway to link north and south Clinton was discussed for decades before it became a reality. Click for more...

$450M Power Plant Lights Up Texas Cities →

The fact that Texas continues to place second in population nationwide behind California is not surprising. It’s a big state, and it’s growing. The United States Census Bureau’s statistics for the period between July 1, 1998 and July 1, 1999 support that fact. Estimates for that year showed that Texas ranked third behind Utah and Alaska in population growth. Consequently, the construction industry is booming and, to satisfy demand, energy plants are springing up all over the state. Click for more...

Contractor’s Companies Stay True Blue to Grove Cranes →

Bryant Marriner’s cranes range in size from a machine that can lift 157.5 metric tons (175 tons) to several that weigh only about one-half kilogram (1 lb.). He clearly loves them all, as anyone can tell who catches him at work and can squeeze out a few minutes of his time. More about the tiny cranes later; all of his really big machines are Grove. “Every crane I own is Grove,” Marriner said on a warm March morning between dispatching trucks and cranes to various job sites throughout central North Carolina. Click for more...

McCarthy Gets Physical in Colorado →

When the design/build team of Gerald H. Phipps Inc. of Denver, CO, and McCarthy of St. Louis, MO, won the $79.2-million bid to construct the Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion in Denver, they wasted no time in getting started. In fact, with a projected completion date of March 2001, it will have taken the team just over two years to build the 43,650-square-meter (485,000 sq. ft.) building. As Project Manager Jerry Willis explained, plans for the 1,400-room facility were first drawn in February 1999 and the groundbreaking came just three months later. Click for more...

$200M Playground Blossoms From Remains of Windy City Rail Yard →

Last March, plans for a rather exciting addition to Chicago’s lakefront area were unveiled to the Chicago Plan Commission. Now, almost one year later, construction is well under way on Chicago’s new Millennium Park. While the onset of the year 2000 has seen a flood of millennium celebrations and special events commemorating this milestone in history, the city of Chicago has set its sights higher than most by undertaking the $200-million park project. Click for more...

Fans Cheer New Home Stadium for University of Virginia →

The University of Virginia began in 1819 as Thomas Jefferson’s Academic Village, positioned at the heart of Charlottesville, VA. Despite the school’s reputation for academics, its football program — although one of the first in the country — had in the past hovered at the bottom of the rankings. In the past two decades, however, the University of Virginia football team earned national prominence and quickly outgrew its home, Scott Stadium. Click for more...

Eiseman Joins Phoenix Crane →

Jack Eiseman recently joined the sales staff at Phoenix Crane Rental Co. in Mableton, GA, where his primary duties will include job estimating and sales. Eiseman has been involved with the equipment business his entire life and stated that he learned to operate machines at the age of 9. Eiseman has been in the heavy equipment and crane business for almost 20 years, where he has held various sales and management positions. Click for more...

Sleepy Stretch of Highway 87 Gets Barnhill’s Wake-Up Call →

Looking at a map of North Carolina, the 13-mile (21 km) stretch of NC 87 angling southeast from Interstate 95 would not seem to warrant four-laning. At its southern end, the roadway reaches nothing more than the outskirts of the small town of Tar Heel. The destination hardly seems worth $20.5 million that the NC Department of Transportation is spending on upgrading the highway. But just outside Tar Heel sits a big, impressive reason for the new roadway: a rambling Smithfield Packing plant, supplier of pork products to hungry consumers. Click for more...

American 5299 Gets Second Chance →

In its suburban Chicago, IL, shop, Crane & Machinery Inc., recently completed its second remanufacturing project. This project involved completely disassembling an American 5299 crawler crane. The crane has been a part of Case Foundation’s fleet since 1971. Case management decided that it would be more cost-effective to have this machine remanufactured rather than purchasing a new one. Inspectors from American Crane Corp. Click for more...

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