Wed February 14, 2007
Halifax Crew Raises Daytona Runways Above Water Table
In the shadow of the famous Daytona International Speedway, the Wirtgen Group’s “Three Amigos” of Hamm oscillation “Ozzie” rollers, Vogele America paver and Wirtgen mills were helping Daytona Beach International Airport in Florida to beat rising groundwater that was threatening its paved surfaces and operations....
Jeff Cronin - Mon January 29, 2007
Workers Roll Out the Green Carpet for Super Bowl XLI
Well before anyone knew which two teams would battle to become Super Bowl XLI champions, Ed Mangan and his team took to the field at Dolphin Stadium. Mangan, the field director of the NFL; Alan Sigwardt, director of grounds at the stadium; and a team of 25 to 30 workers, from both the NFL and the stadium, laser graded and resodded the playing field on which the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts will play....
Thu January 18, 2007
Blalock, Wirtgen Mills Return to the Smokies
Once again, Charles Blalock & Sons Inc., Sevierville, Tenn., has returned to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to work on U.S. 441, the spectacular scenic highway that traverses the park. In May, Blalock was using its Wirtgen W 2000 and older 1900 DC to mill asphalt ahead of paving contractor APAC Inc....
Lori Lovely - Wed January 03, 2007
V3 Companies Builds Tollway Through Illinois
Winter won’t stop work on the Illinois Tollway’s construction of a 12.5-mi. (20 km), three-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80....
David S. Chartock - Wed December 27, 2006
NYC Unwraps Three Bridges for Holidays
The “Reconstruction of Three Bridges in the Bronx,” a $42.7-million project, is nearing completion, according to Mike McCotter, the engineer-in-charge of the project of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Region 11, Long Island City, N.Y....
Thu November 23, 2006
Walsh Construction Uses Intelligent Compaction Roller
Dawn Watson’s excavation crew worked hard to stay on schedule and maintain the required project specifications on the rebuild and widening of a 3.5-mi. segment of Tri-State Tollway I-294 in East Hazel Crest, Ill....
David Hunt - Wed November 15, 2006
Mascaro Assembles Arsenal on Bradford Bypass Project
Mascaro Construction, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has assembled an arsenal of heavy equipment on Route 219 to complete an ambitious two-year, $55-million project to rebuild the Bradford Bypass in northcentral Pennsylvania....
David S. Chartock - Wed September 20, 2006
State Agencies Determined to Save Bolsa Chica Lowland Ecosystem
Rainfall was the biggest challenge facing the project team of the soon-to-be completed $147-million Bolsa Chica Lowland Restoration Project in Huntington Beach, CA. According to Jack M. Fancher, coastal program chief and Bolsa Chica program manager of the U.S....
Thu August 31, 2006
Compaction Key During Cadence Construction
Once the Deere move out, the horses will move in. New Creation Land Developers, equipped with John Deere machinery, is currently grading a 510-acre site in Blue Ridge, GA, as the future home of Cadence, an equestrian community....
Jeff Cronin - Wed July 05, 2006
’Value Engineering’ Reduces Final Cost of Southern I-75 Project
With a little extra thought, a Georgia contractor saved the state’s taxpayers $10 million. Before The Scruggs Company of Valdosta began working on the 9-mi. stretch of Interstate 75 from Adel south to the Lowndes County line, it proposed a plan that would implement “value engineering.”The plan, which was approved by the Georgia Department of Transportation, changed the phasing of the project to move all four lanes of traffic onto the southbound side of the highway and work on the northbound side first....
