Thu March 29, 2007
Concrete Trucks Race to Keep Up With WMC’s Pace
WMC Contracting Company in Trenton, Tenn., has been in the construction business since 1950, and has specialized in all kinds of slipform concrete projects. If it thinks the project can be slipformed, it will figure out a way to do it with its GOMACO machines, using either one of its Commander IIIs or GT-3600....
Tue February 13, 2007
Two Southeast Projects Earn National ACPA Awards
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) has announced winners of its 17th Annual “Excellence in Concrete Pavement” awards. The awards honor contractors, engineers, and owners for quality concrete pavement construction projects completed in 2005....
Jane Greer - Tue January 02, 2007
Careful Mixing Keeps Runway Construction On Schedule
Hector International Airport in Fargo, N.D., is the largest commercial airport in the state, serving two commercial carriers, six fixed-base operators, air cargo, and a North Dakota Air National Guard base supporting F-16 fighter planes....
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....
Dorinda Anderson - Mon October 09, 2006
SD/DOT Quick to Complete Rush Lake Phase
After six years, a 72 mi. (116 km) portion of U.S. Highway 12 in northern South Dakota will be completed to create a four-lane expressway. The final year’s work, a 2.8 mi. (4.5 km) stretch through Rush Lake, will be completed by mid-October....
Mon August 14, 2006
Indianapolis Airport Receives $1B Expansion
Berns Construction Company has been in the concrete paving business since 1928. The family-owned concrete company specializes in highway and airport work. The majority of its work has been on the interstate transportation system and, during the last 15 years, the rehabilitation of that system....
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....
Tue May 16, 2006
Nevada Paver Thrives in the Fast Lane
When Q & D Construction starts a subdivision project, it has the capabilities to complete the entire project, from the underground work, to dirt work, curb and gutter and paving and building the cabinets in its own shop for the new houses....
Thu April 27, 2006
Road Machinery & Supplies Marks 80th Year
Reaching the 80th year as a continuously operated, family-owned business is an achievement. It doesn’t just happen. It takes foresight, determination and probably even a certain amount of luck. Yet for Road Machinery & Supplies Co....
Maybelle G. Cagle - Fri April 28, 2006
No Traffic to Dodge at I-69 Site in Mississippi
The only traffic the crew working on the first section of I-69 in north Mississippi has to worry about is its own machinery. APAC-Tennessee is in the midst of constructing a new $53.8-million stretch of highway in the 17 mi....
