Roland Machinery Co. - Wed June 12, 2019
Waste Connections Inc. — Midway Division — Safety and Efficiency Drive Chicago-Area Landfill
When consumers are finished using an item, it typically ends up on the curb ready for garbage collection. With more than 100 landfills in 43 states, Waste Connections Inc., is the third largest waste services company in the United States — and an increasingly safe bet as that item's final resting place....
ALL Family of Companies - Wed June 12, 2019
Crane, Bulldozer Partner to Set Cantilever Bridge
Cranes and bulldozers rule different realms: one, the air and the other, land. It's not every day they collaborate on setting a bridge, but they did just that for a temporary cantilever bridge in Aurora, N.C., earlier this year....
Tractor Times - Thu May 30, 2019
Cartersville, Georgia, Firm Diversifies Into All Aspects of Construction
Chip and Andy Shropshire share a 70-year family history in the construction industry that began when the brothers' grandfather, George Shropshire Sr., started mining marble and ochre in Georgia. With less than a handful of employees, the business that is today known as Bartow Paving Company, provided raw material for local construction projects during the 1950s and 60s....
John Deere - Wed April 03, 2019
John Deere to Display Equipment for the First Time at bauma at Wirtgen Group Booth
John Deere will be exhibiting a selection of its construction equipment – including motor graders that will be sold via the Wirtgen Group's German sales and service companies and via the French sales and service company Wirtgen France SAS – at bauma from April 8-14, 2019....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Wed February 13, 2019
Old, New Technology Merge to Save Contractor Time, Money
There's the old work cliché when somebody asks their boss, "when do you need this by?" and the answer is "I need it yesterday."Time constraints and deadline are facts of work life and the construction industry is no different....
Hamm - Tue February 05, 2019
HAMM Innovations From the World of Compaction
HAMM is presenting innovations in all product segments, including a few world premieres at bauma 2019. The spectrum ranges from a completely new series of pneumatic tyre rollers and the first tandem roller with true split oscillation drums to numerous new options for earthwork compaction....
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas - Thu January 17, 2019
Hyundai Upgrades, New Attachments Focus of Exhibit at World of Concrete 2019
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas featured a variety of recently upgraded models and newly available third-party attachments Jan. 22 through 25 at its World of Concrete exhibit (Booth C7027) at the Las Vegas Convention Center....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Fri December 28, 2018
Truck Bypass Aims at Easing Congestion
As truck traffic continues to increase in the U.S. 301 corridor in Starke, Bradford County, Fla., the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is spending $90 million to construct the 7.3-mi. Starke Alternate Truck Route, also known as the Starke 223 Bypass, to relieve traffic congestion both now and in the future....
CEG - Tue December 04, 2018
Gibson Heavy Haul Delivers Dozer During Wildfire
When a Kirby-Smith Machinery employee's home and acreage south of Dallas was in imminent danger of being consumed by a rampaging wildfire, his employer acted quickly to help. Deciding to send a dozer to the employee's home so that an earthen firewall could be created around the perimeter of his property, Kirby-Smith put a call into its hauling contractor, Gibson Heavy Haul....
Caterpillar - Wed November 28, 2018
New Cat D11 Dozer Drives Down Cost Per Ton
The new Cat D11 dozer features new load-sensing hydraulics and high-horsepower reverse combined with the latest technology to move more material at a lower cost per ton. Engineered to be rebuilt multiple times, the new D11 has a redesigned main frame that delivers lower total cost of ownership over the life of the machine....
