On-Road Trucks

Wed March 15, 2000

Schaeff Beefs Up Excavator Line

The HR 18 mini-excavator from Schaeff is the largest in a line of four models ranging from 1,588- to 4,672-kilogram (3,500 to 10,300 lb.) operating weights and is now available in the United States. General specifications include a Mitsubishi 35-kilowatt (47 hp) engine, operating weight of 4,672-kilogram (10,300 lbs.), bucket capacity .046 to .2 cubic meters (.06 to .26 cu....

Mary Reed - Wed August 02, 2000

Biggest Turnpike Expansion in Five Decades Takes $2.6B Toll

It’s the biggest expansion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike System since the l950s, during which the Turnpike’s northeastern, eastern and western extensions were constructed. When the massive Mon-Fayette Expressway is completed and opens as SR-43 it will extend north from I-68 near Morgantown, WV, through the Uniontown and Brownsville areas and the Monongahela River Valley to I-376 near Pittsburgh, PA. “The Mon-Fayette Expressway is actually composed of four separate, localized projects that would interconnect to form a continuous, 65-mi....

Walt Heithaus - Wed May 10, 2000

Sithe Awards $1.2-Billion Contract

In January, Sithe Energies Inc. awarded a $1.2- billion contract for the construction of two new power-generating facilities in New England to Raytheon Engineers and Constructors (RE&C), a unit of Raytheon Company....

Giles Lambertson - Wed June 14, 2000

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....

Angela B. Hurni - Wed May 17, 2000

Kennedy Keeps Hampton Roads Area Tunnels Up to Snuff

The Kennedy Company of VA Inc. continues work on a tunnel maintenance contract awarded by the Virginia Department of Transportation in March 1999. The one-year contract, valued at approximately $677,000, was renewed in March 2000....