Fri July 09, 2010
Thompson Tractor Holds Waste Equipment Demo Day
Thompson Tractor held a waste equipment demo day June 16 for the Thompson Recycling Products division at the City of Montgomery Landfill in Montgomery, Ala. In addition to machines being demoed, additional static equipment was on display and factory representatives from Doppstadt US and Peterson were on-hand to field questions from those in attendance....
Fri April 30, 2010
Thompson Tractor Company’s Steve Parish Retires
Thompson Tractor Company Inc. recently held a reception at the Bay Point Marriott, Panama City, Fla., in recognition of the retirement of Steve Parish and his 56 years of dedicated service to Caterpillar products....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Mon June 29, 2009
Paving in the Winter, Sinkholes in the Summer
When contractors widening Interstate 65 in Shelby County, Ala., came to the job site June 1 after a big rain and discovered a sinkhole in the road’s path, they weren’t really surprised. After all, they were excavating on Oak Mountain, in a limestone area where the geological phenomenon is common....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Wed May 06, 2009
Over the River and Through the Woods in Baldwin County
As homes and businesses have sprung up like weeds in former farmers’ fields east of U.S. 98 in Alabama’s Baldwin County, traffic volume on two-lane Alabama 181 has exploded. To ease congestion on both north-south roadways, the county has embarked on the largest road and bridge project it has ever undertaken on its own — an $8.6 million extension of Baldwin County Road 13, said Frank Lundy, Baldwin County’s construction engineer and point man on the project....
Fri March 20, 2009
Thompson Tractor Opens New Huntsville, Ala., Facility
On March 2, 2009, Thompson Tractor opened its new Huntsville, Ala., branch facility. Customers, friends and supporters were invited to be a part of Thompson Tractor history at its new store’s first day....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Wed March 11, 2009
RaCON Puts Some ’Mussel’ Into U.S. 82 Widening Job
Contractors widening a roughly 3-mi. (4.8 km) stretch of U.S. 82 through the Sipsey River Swamp in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., have had to contend with a number of water-related issues, from endangered species relocation to destabilizing wet clay in the soil to flooding....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Mon December 01, 2008
Trains Keep a Rollin’ as Morris Group Spans Busy Rail
Heavy truck traffic coming in and out of the Mobile Container Terminal at Choctaw Point gets backed up by the long CSX freight trains that block Virginia Street when they chug by several times a day. A six-span bridge being built by The Morris Group Inc....
CEG - Tue September 23, 2008
Starfish Adds Mauldin’s Mid-Sized 1750-C Paver to Fleet
With the equipment world all within walking distance at this year’s ConExpo-Con/AGG, Lew Najor went hunting for a new paver. Najor and his wife, Leigh, own Starfish Inc., a site development firm in Brewton, Ala....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu July 17, 2008
Walton Construction Company Widens Hillcrest Road
Crews have been at work for a little more than a year widening a nearly 2-mi. (3.2 km) stretch of Hillcrest Road in Mobile, Ala., to accommodate increased traffic flow in the growing area. Meanwhile, they’ve had to make sure not to exacerbate the problem....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu April 24, 2008
Morris Group Builds Safer Bridge Over Blackwater Creek
Crossing Blackwater Creek on AL 69 in Walker County is a harrowing experience, involving a steep hill, a blind curve and a narrow, circa 1932 bridge. After years of delays — the word locally is that the project as originally designed would have affected a Confederate cemetery — work is well under way to change that scary ride into a pleasant crossing....
