Volvo Construction Equipment - Mon March 11, 2024
Volvo CE Expands Range of Straight Boom Demolition Excavators
Designed principally for demolition duties, the new EC500 Straight Boom excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment gives operators a 30 percent increase in pin height over the standard boom. The 25.5-ft....
CEG - Thu March 07, 2024
J.R. Vinagro Expedites Work to Replace Critical Bridge Over Pawtuxet River
As part of a major effort to improve Rhode Island Highway 37 between the cities of Cranston and Warwick, the state's Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is steering two separate phases of work on the critical east-west freeway....
Brittney Christopher – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 07, 2024
Historic Paper Mill Demolition Nears Completion
One of the largest demolition jobs on the East Coast is taking place in one of the smaller towns in the Northeast — Luke, Md., a town founded in the 18th Century with fewer than 100 residents. The Piedmont Pulp and Paper Co., an expansive paper mill founded in 1888 by the Luke family, encompassed more than 1.3 million sq....
Komatsu - Wed March 06, 2024
Komatsu Debuts PC490HRD-11 Excavator at Demolition San Antonio
Komatsu's PC490HRD-11 demolition excavator will make its North American debut at Demolition San Antonio, the National Demolition Association's annual convention and expo, March 6-9, 2024. A highly versatile machine that's easily reconfigurable for changing work demands, the 362 hp (270 kW) PC490HRD-11 is engineered to help customers achieve higher efficiency at the demolition job site....
By Sharon Swanson - Wed March 06, 2024
California Family Business Grows, Diversifies
Sandwiched halfway between the affluent neighborhoods of Silicon Valley and the high-end resorts of Pebble Beach and the Monterey Peninsula lies a somewhat less glitzy success story. While a scrapyard and recycling business in Castroville, Calif., might lack the name recognition and star power of its neighbors to the north and south, it is nonetheless making a name for itself in the growing recycling and demolition industries....
Bluefield Daily Telegraph & Parkersburg News and Sentinel - Wed February 28, 2024
Demolition Effort Continues in Bluefield, W.Va., While Another Project Wraps Up in Parkersburg
A steel claw biting into bricks and dropping them into the street below was the first step Feb. 26 for razing a block of downtown Bluefield, W. Va., buildings, part of the second phase of work to reshape the city's downtown....
CT Examiner & WVIT-TV - Wed February 07, 2024
Demolition of a 214-Year-Old Church in Connecticut Followed a Sudden Steeple Collapse
The central spire and roof of a 214-year-old cathedral in the heart of downtown New London, Conn., suddenly collapsed into ruin on the afternoon of Jan. 25, leading to a week-long demolition of the remaining structure....
Associated Press - Wed January 10, 2024
Demolition of Idaho House Brings Out Many Emotions
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) The house where four University of Idaho students were killed in 2022 was demolished, marking an emotional step for the victims' families and a close-knit community that was shocked and devastated by the brutal stabbings....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon November 20, 2023
Iowa DOT, WisDOT Replace Iconic Bridge
Close to a century ago, foundation work began on an iconic Midwestern bridge that's served motorists through the decades. Now the structure that's carried drivers across the Mississippi River from Lansing, Iowa, to rural Crawford County, Wisconsin, is facing the wrecking ball....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Thu November 09, 2023
Construction Full Steam Ahead On $200M Raleigh Union Station Project
Imagining a multimodal transportation hub in the space where an old warehouse sits might be a stretch of the imagination for residents in downtown Raleigh, N.C. But that's exactly what regional transit authority GoTriangle is on track to accomplish for a mid-2025 opening in the Warehouse District....
