Blanchard Hosts ‘Fan Appreciation Day’…14 Beyel Does Heavy Lifting for Power Plant in Fla. …25 Inside Table of Contents ............4 Motorgrader Section .......... ..................................37-39 Paving Section ..........43-56 Parts Section ............58-59 Auction Section..66, 73-79 Business Calendar..........68 Advertisers Index ..........78 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com “The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded 1957.” ® Southeast Edition $3.00 December 2 2009 Vol. XXII • No. 24 Published Nationally Digital Editions Available @ www.constructionequipmentguide.com AP Photo/Bill Sanders, Asheville Citizen-Times Work begins on clearing a rock slide Oct. 27, 2009, on Interstate 40 in Haywood County, west of Asheville, N.C. Engineers plan to remove as much of the rock at the base of the slide as possible to allow room for material still clinging to the mountainside to be dislodged. A $20.5 million stimulus-fund- ed project to widen I-95 in Palm Bay, Fla., is helping Ranger Construction expand its payroll and retain dozens of employees facing layoffs, the Associated General Contractors of America announced Oct. 30. The associa- tion added that the Florida firm’s experiences, along with those of contractors across the country, underscore the economic benefits of investing in infrastructure and construction projects. “For the dozens of men and women who will be working on this project, the stimulus means a good job, warm food and a com- fortable home,” Bob Schafer, pres- ident of the Associated General Contractors’ Florida East Coast Chapter and vice president of Ranger Construction, said. “As far as this project is concerned, the stimulus is working as intended.” Schafer said the stimulus-fund- ed project couldn’t have come at a AGC: Stim Projects Add, Save Construction Jobs By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) believe that a large rock slide blocking both directions of Interstate 40 just east of the Tennessee line could take as long as six months to clear. The slide happened in the early morning hours of Oct. 25 at mile marker 2.6 in a rugged mountainous area of Haywood County. As a result, one of the Southeast’s major thoroughfares is closed from Exit 20 in North Carolina west to Exit 451 in Tennessee, forcing a detour that will take motorists many miles out of their way. Several hours after the 200-ft.-wide (60.9 m) landslide occurred, NCDOT had rushed a crew on site to assess the situation and begin a preliminary cleanup. Initially, it was I-40 Landslide May Take Six Months to Clear Rhinehart t Purchases Perimeter r Bobcat…8 Charlotte’s s Terex x Service Expands s Offerings…10 Inside Table of Contents............4 Business Calendar ........26 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................29-32 Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section....37-45 Parts Section............46-47 Auction Section ......58-67 Advertisers Index..........66 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. 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Action on Highway Funds see LANDSLIDE page 26 A sea of 5,500 orange flags, each one representing 100 jobs already lost in the construction equipment industry. see RALLY page 48 Congress Lags on Highway Bill Extension Innovative Drainage Key to New Parking Area for Gamecock Games Digital l Editions s Available e at constructionequipmentguide.com The paver foreman and screed operator adjusting the controls of screed to keep the width uniform and depth of the asphalt consistent. By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is currently supervis- ing the resurfacing of 5.3 mi. (8.5 km) of U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg. The contract for the $8.3 million project was handled by Dunn Roadbuilders LLC of Laurel under the direc- tion of Pepper Beckman. Work began in July, and the expected com- pletion date was set at Nov. 30. The project was made possible through fed- eral funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known MDOT Puts Stimulus Funds to Work Resurfacing U.S. 49 By Giles Lambertson CEG CORRESPONDENT A dynamic apprenticeship program will not by itself save the U.S. construction industry from a looming shortage of skilled labor, but it is “one of the pieces of the puzzle” to stabilizing the labor situation, say industry leaders. Unions, contractors and associations operate apprenticeship programs mostly to teach trade skills. However, they also hope the programs will swell the ranks of craftspeople and retain their workplace allegiance for a lifetime. The ultimate goal of every apprenticeship program sponsor in the country is to boost both the qual- ity and quantity of trained construction laborers. How they pursue this common objective differs in a variety of ways. To produce skilled workers in such fields as carpentry, cement masonry and construction laborer, contractors in the Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania mostly work through trade unions. It is an association that goes back a long ways: the Master Builders’ Association — a founding member of Associated General Contractors — and the car- penters union both date from the 1880s. The success of apprenticeship programs in Pittsburgh is evident in the new $13 million training center of the Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program. Ground was broken a year ago for the center, which sits adjacent to the carpenters’ headquarters. The 93,000-sq-ft. facility is state of the art, according to Jon O’Brien, MBA’s director of communica- Apprenticeships Eye Creating Lifetime Craftspeople see APPRENTICE page 31 By Cain Burdeau ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEW ORLEANS (AP) The U.S. federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval on Nov. 18 awarded seven plaintiffs $720,000, but the government could eventually be forced to pay much more. The ruling should give more than 100,000 other individuals, business- es and government entities a better shot at claiming damages. Duval sided with six residents and one busi- ness who argued the Army Corps’ shoddy oversight of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet led to the flooding of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward and neighboring St. Bernard Parish. He said, however, the corps couldn’t be held liable for the flooding of eastern New Orleans, where two of the plaintiffs lived. The ruling also is emotionally resonant for south Louisiana. Many in New Orleans have argued that the flooding in the aftermath of Katrina Victims’ Compensation Given by Judge see KATRINA page 18 see MDOT page 62
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AP Photo/Bill Sanders, Asheville Citizen-TimesWork begins on clearing a rock slide Oct. 27, 2009, on Interstate 40in Haywood County, west of Asheville, N.C. Engineers plan toremove as much of the rock at the base of the slide as possible toallow room for material still clinging to the mountainside to bedislodged.
A $20.5 million stimulus-fund-ed project to widen I-95 in PalmBay, Fla., is helping RangerConstruction expand its payrolland retain dozens of employeesfacing layoffs, the AssociatedGeneral Contractors of Americaannounced Oct. 30. The associa-tion added that the Florida firm’sexperiences, along with those ofcontractors across the country,underscore the economic benefitsof investing in infrastructure andconstruction projects.
“For the dozens of men andwomen who will be working onthis project, the stimulus means agood job, warm food and a com-fortable home,” Bob Schafer, pres-ident of the Associated GeneralContractors’ Florida East CoastChapter and vice president ofRanger Construction, said. “As faras this project is concerned, thestimulus is working as intended.”
Schafer said the stimulus-fund-ed project couldn’t have come at a
AGC: Stim Projects Add,Save Construction Jobs
By Eric OlsonCEG CORRESPONDENT
Officials with the North CarolinaDepartment of Transportation (NCDOT)believe that a large rock slide blocking bothdirections of Interstate 40 just east of theTennessee line could take as long as sixmonths to clear.
The slide happened in the early morninghours of Oct. 25 at mile marker 2.6 in arugged mountainous area of HaywoodCounty.
As a result, one of the Southeast’s majorthoroughfares is closed from Exit 20 inNorth Carolina west to Exit 451 inTennessee, forcing a detour that will takemotorists many miles out of their way.
Several hours after the 200-ft.-wide (60.9m) landslide occurred, NCDOT had rusheda crew on site to assess the situation andbegin a preliminary cleanup. Initially, it was
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A large caravan of bulldozersand other construction equipmentdisplaying huge banners paradedthrough the streets of WashingtonOct. 28 to send a message to law-makers that they must act now tostop the bleeding in the construc-
tion equipment industry. Start UsUp USA! campaign organizersjoined by House Transportation& Infrastructure CommitteeChairman Jim Oberstar, D-Minn.,and other allies, also staged a rally
Iron Caravan Urges D.C.Action on Highway Funds
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A sea of 5,500 orange flags, each one representing 100 jobsalready lost in the construction equipment industry.
see RALLY page 48
U.S. Group installed more than 2,500 yellow storm water chambers about 5 ft. (1.5 m) under-ground, each of which allows rainwater to soak into the ground underneath the parking area,rather than run off into the surrounding area.
By Giles LambertsonCEG CORRESPONDENT
When the U.S. Senate failed inSeptember to enact six-year transportationlegislation or to extend the existing fundingauthority in a responsible way, it created abillion-dollar-a-month hole for the construc-tion industry.
“The baseline for the federal highwayaccount is reduced by a billion dollars eachmonth we have a continuing resolution,”said Tony Dorsey, media spokesman of theAmerican Association of State Highwayand Transportation Officials (AASHTO).“It will cost our members one billion dollarsevery month we have a resolution.”
While the huge loss is mostly on paper —so far — it nonetheless is a drag on the con-struction economy. Here’s the deal:
Though the Senate agreed with the Houseat the very last moment to a one-monthextension of existing transportation fundingauthority, senators failed to include a provi-sion to roll back funding rescissions stipu-lated in the last six-year bill. The $8.7 billionin rescission money was a bookkeepingmethod of understating the true cost ofSAFETEA-LU, which was passed in 2005(two years into the six years of its effectiveauthority). The sleight of hand was needed
Congress Lagson HighwayBill Extension
By Eric OlsonCEG CORRESPONDENT
Tailgate parties at Universityof South Carolina (USC)Gamecocks football gamesshould be more enjoyable thisfall with the construction of asparkling new parking area adja-cent to the stadium.
The just-opened parking area,on the southwest side ofWilliams-Brice Stadium inColumbia, also serves visitors tothe South Carolina State Fair,which will ran this year fromOct. 14 to 25.
Football fans and fair goersalike who have parked near thestadium in the past should notice
the biggest difference on rainySaturdays due to an unseen tech-nology under their very feet.
For years, the approximately30-acre site had been a dirt andgrass parking lot for more than4,000 vehicles. Minor floodinghad proven to be a majorheadache at the site as it sits in a
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By Lori LovelyCEG CORRESPONDENTA hort 19-mi. (30.5 km) stretch of road justnorth of Detroit has been transformed into animprovement project with a rather complicatedstrategy. Extensive work on the I-96/I-696 cor-ridor in Oakland and Macomb counties has beendivided into four separate projects.Project 1 consists of rehabilitation of eightbridges and repair of 4 mi. (6.4 km) of pavementin Oakland County between Novi and Halstedroads, including the I-96/I-696/M-5 interchangein Novi and Farmington Hills. Project 2 picks up where the first project endsand involves pavement patching and rehabilita-tion of 42 bridges on I-696 in Oakland Countybetween Halsted and Campbell-Hilton roads. Project 3 focuses on rehabilitating 22 bridgeson I-696, 15 of which are located within the I-696/Mound Road interchange.Project 4 includes rehabilitation of six bridgesand extensive pavement repairs to I-696between Hayes and Nieman roads in MacombCounty Also included are safety upgrades andlighting replacement on the median and ramps.OverlapFor all practical purposes, the $67 millionoverall project has been divided into two con-tracts — east and west — with two prime con-tractors: Dan’s Excavating out of Grant, Mich.,on the west contract and C.A. Hall on the east. But even that division is a little blurry“There are overlapping facets,” says BobDaavettila, construction director for Tetra Tech,
particularly concerning the bridge work. A total of 56 bridges will undergo rehabilita-tion. Because C.A. Hall is a subcontractor for allbridge work on both contracts and since there’a lot of bridge work in the west contract, Hall isdoing considerable work on both. “Because they’re a major sub, it leads to a lotof coordination. Hall is at all the meetings forthe Dan’s contract.”According to Daavettila, the two big con-tracts consist of a two-year project for $47 mil-lion to reconstruct pavement from Novi toFarmington Hills — the west project — and a
$14 million contract to conduct bridge rehabili-tation and concrete patching on I-696 — the eastproject. The west contract involves significantamounts of overlay but there is none on the eastcontract. Instead, there is, as Daavettila says, “alot of concrete patching.”Other Names for an Old-Time TrailBefore being designated as a military high-way in 1832, the corridor from Lake Michiganthrough Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids was
MDOTRehabilitates Crucial Mich. Corridor
By Giles LambertsonCEG CORRESPONDENTHealth care reform in the United States has been beaten nearly to deaththis year by advocates and critics alike. Yet as the debate moves intoOctober, the final shape of “reform” remains elusive and elastic with con-struction industry executives anxious about its impact on their companies.Any change in the system definitely will have impact on contractorsand a sweeping change could upend smaller firms — and most construc-tion companies are small-to-medium-sized. The truth of the matter is the
reform model in which government would provide most health care serv-ices would dramatically change the way every business operates, large orsmall.It is impractical to hope that health care reform will be tailored to theconstruction industry. Nevertheless, small businesses consistently favorcertain reform initiatives over others. Were Washington to institute reformalong the lines general contractors might lay down, the following featureswould be among the legislated changes:• New authority for associations to negotiate insurance packages
A total of 56 bridges will undergo rehabilitation. Because C.A. Hall is a subcontractor forall bridge work on both contracts and since there is a lot of bridge work in the west con-tract, Hall is doing considerable work on both.
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Aseries of torrential downpours in the Atlantametro area in late September caused what U.S.Geological Survey experts deemed a 500-yearflood, leaving 10 people dead and 20 counties inGeorgia disaster areas. The rain also triggeredextensive flooding throughout Georgia,Tennessee and Alabama. Flooding in Atlantapeaked on Sept. 21, after more than 20 in. of rainfell overnight.Georgia Gov Sonny Perdue quickly declareda state of emergency in 17 Georgia counties,clearing the way for the massive deployment ofstate personnel and equipment. PresidentBarack Obama followed suit in similar rapidmanner, issuing a Federal Disaster Declarationfor individual assistance to aid residents of the14 counties that were hardest hit: Carroll,Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb,Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton, Paulding,Rockdale, Stephens and WalkerThe Georgia Emergency ManagementAgency coordinated the state’s recovery effortwith local, state, federal and volunteer counter-parts. “Damage assessment teams are continuing towork with local authorities in all affected areasof the state to assess losses,” GeorgiaEmergency Management Agency DirectorCharley English told reporters in the days fol-lowing the flood.With reports of closed highways, roads,bridges, schools and businesses, and as many as20,000 homes and other structures that have suf-fered major damage, Georgia InsuranceCommissioner John Oxendine adjusted his ini-tial estimate of flood-related insurance claims,doubling the total to as much as $500 million.However Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, isn’thappy with even the revised numbers. She pre-dicted to presidential officials that damage willreach $1 billion, pointing out that repairing theR.M. Clayton sewage treatment plant on theChattahoochee River could cost $100 millionalone.
GDOT DeploymentWhile stating its own prediction of $2 billionin damages, the Georgia Department of see FLOOD page 25
Cat 321C LCR and 330DL excavators are hard at work at a C.W. Matthews project inNortheast Cobb County, Ga., for emergency Cobb DOT road replacement, which includedinstallation of a triple barrel 72 in (183 cm)., 70 ft. (21 m) long piping system and tempo-rary road to service 40 homes that were without a roadway to get out of their Waterfordsubdivision homes.
Georgia Flood Recovery Begins in Earnest
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In 2005, the Base Realignment andClosure (BRAC) law was passed byCongress. With BRAC, the Department ofDefense reorganized its installation infra-structure in order to more effectively and effi-ciently support its forces. As a result of thislaw operational readiness would increaseand allow for innovation in doing business. Amajor change that has occurred under BRACinvolves moving two commands, U.S.Armed Forces Command (FORSCOM) and
the U.S. Army Reserve Command from FortMcPherson, in Atlanta, to Fort Bragg, inFayetteville, N.C. The new CommandHeadquarters complex is currently under con-struction at Fort Bragg. The groundbreaking ceremony for theCommand Headquarters complex was heldDecember 8, 2008, and construction began inFebruary 2009. The building will house bothcommands, but they will remain separate.According to Billy Birdwell, Public AffairsSpecialist, Savannah District, U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers (USACE), “The con-
Hensel Phelps Leads Chargefor New Fort Bragg Commands
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By Jay AdamsCEG CORRESPONDENTIn trucking, cooperation is everything. The same could besaid for construction work, all contracting and the running ofany successful club or organization. Cooperation in all these arenas came together as one at theAntique Truck Club of America’s Little Rhody Chapter’Sixth Annual Antique Truck Show on Sept. 13 on theWashington County Fairgrounds in Richmond, R.I.Working in conjunction with the Historical ConstructionEquipment Association’s (HCEA) Northeast Rockbustersonce again, more than 60 members of the local AntiqueTruck Club brought out their finest old equipment, to thedelight and surprise of other members, guests and enthusi-asts.The Antique Truck Club and the Rockbusters hold thisevent every September drawing people from every NewEngland state. Machines that range from the unusual to thesublime fill the flat fields of the fairgrounds for passersby to
admire.“We combine our shows. We support them and they sup-port us, even in the rain,” said Jackie Volatile, who organiz-es these shows with her husband, Roger the club’s president. What made the presidential couple so proud this year wasthat the event was organized to raise money and food for theRhode Island Food Bank.We brought in 800 pounds of canned goods. Last year, wefed 2,000 needy families for a year and we are quite proud ofthat,” said Jackie Volatile.They also are very proud of the cooperation and sharedinterests of their members who bring any and all workingantique machines to these events, as long as they are able.“We welcome classic trucks, we welcome tractors, any-thing that comes in,” added Roger Volatile. “Antique isantique to us.” The Volatiles represent the Little Rhody Chapter at nation-al events, usually held in the National Chapter’s home stateof Pennsylvania. “There are 21 different chapters in the
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By Mary ReedCEG CORRESPONDENTAfter many years of discussion, an ambitiousproject to ease congestion in Pennsylvania’densely populated Bucks and Montgomery coun-ties is finally under way withconstruction of a long-awaitedparkwayThe PennsylvaniaDepartment of Transportation(PennDOT) has estimated thatby 2020 the new highway willbe traveled by between 23,700and 28,300 vehicles dailyCertain changes, howeverhad to be made before groundcould be broken for the project.According to PennDOT theparkway had initially beenplanned as an expressway withlimited access. However inMarch 2004, the departmentrealized its projected revenueswould not provide enoughfunding for all its proposed
projects and this particular job was among thosere-evaluated. As a result, a parkway was ultimate-ly chosen as an appropriate solution for improvingtravel conditions in the area while remaining with-in the limitations imposed by available funds.
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By Giles LambertsonCEG CORRESPONDENTHealth care reform in the United Stateshas been beaten nearly to death this year byadvocates and critics alike. Yet as thedebate moves into October the final shapeof “reform” remains elusive and elasticwith construction industry executives anx-ious about its impact on their companies.Any change in the system definitely willhave impact on contractors and a sweepingchange could upend smaller firms — andmost construction companies are small-to-medium-sized. The truth of the matter isthe reform model in which governmentwould provide most health care serviceswould dramatically change the way everybusiness operates, large or small.It is impractical to hope that health carereform will be tailored to the constructionindustry. Nevertheless, small businessesconsistently favor certain reform initiativesover others. Were Washington to institutereform along the lines general contractorsmight lay down, the following featureswould be among the legislated changes:• New authority for associations tonegotiate insurance packages for theirmembers. Besides gaining clout in negoti-ating benefits, association insurance nego-tiators could win lower premiums, if giventhe opportunity Associated Builders andContractors noted that private insurancecarriers must mark up premiums as muchas 35 percent when dealing with smallgroups in order to meet profit targets andoffset overhead. Whereas associations canprovide the same administrative servicesfor their members at a cost of 15 percent orless — if, that is, members are allowed tobuy insurance through small businesshealth plan pools.
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Construction crews pourconcrete for an abutmentthat will support theRoute 202 parkwaybridge over Route 309.
Words Into Action: Route 202Parkway Finally Advances
Additional $30M inFunds En Route to Md.Gov Martin O’Malley announced that additional transportationprojects worth $30 million will be funded by President BarackObama’ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).Funding for these additional projects is available due to savingsgenerated by the intense competition for Maryland’ ARRA high-way and transit contracts advertised earlier this year“Without a doubt, President Obama’s recovery program is gen-erating the desired effect here in Maryland,” said O’Malley“Across our state, work is under way rehabilitating our roads,bridges and transit systems. Healthy competition for those statesee FUNDS page 116
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The bridges that were moved vary in length from 85 to 173 ft. (25.9 to 52.7 m) and were 43to 94 ft. (13 to 28.6 m) wide. The largest weighed in at 1,350 tons (1,220 t).
By Kathie SutinCEG CORRESPONDENTWork on a Utah freeway reconstruction projectso unusual it was featured as NationalGeographic Channel’s “World’ Toughest Fixes”is heading for an on-time, on-budget completionat the end of the yearWhat made work on a 2-mi. (3.2 km) stretchof I-80 in Salt Lake City project extraordinarywas the Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC)method using Self Propelled Modular Transports(SPMT) to construct six of 12 bridges and one oftwo ramps in the project.The $139 million project along a 2-mi. stretchfrom State Street to 1300 East through Salt LakeCity includes construction of the bridges andramp “not at their final location,” John Montoya,project manager said. Instead, the girders anddecks were constructed on the ground at a “bridgefarm.” Massive transporters moved them to belifted into place along the expressway
Horrocks Engineering and H.W LochnerEngineering are the designers and Ralph L.Wadsworth Construction is the general contrac-torSome of the bridges were transported as muchas a mile and a half which is “a good distance,”Montoya said. “That was significant. There are a fair amountof projects where you move a bridge a couplehundred feet but we actually moved some ofthem a mile and a half.”The bridges that were moved vary in lengthfrom 85 to 173 ft. (25.9 to 52.7 m) and were 43 to94 ft. (13 to 28.6 m) wide, Carlye Sommers, pub-lic involvement manager for Lochner said. Thelargest weighed in at 1,350 tons (1,220 t). The SPMT that moved the bridges hadapproximately 250 wheels and moved at an aver-age speed of five miles per hour, Sommers said. The only route crews could move the bridgesdown was the same one they were working on so
Reconstruction on Schedulefor UDOT’s $139M Project
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By Giles LambertsonCEG CORRESPONDENTHealth care reform in the United Stateshas been beaten nearly to death this year byadvocates and critics alike. Yet as thedebate moves into October, the final shapeof “reform” remains elusive and elasticwith construction industry executives anx-ious about its impact on their companies.Any change in the system definitely willhave impact on contractors and a sweepingchange could upend smaller firms — andmost construction companies are small-to-medium-sized. The truth of the matter isthe reform model in which governmentwould provide most health care serviceswould dramatically change the way everybusiness operates, large or small.It is impractical to hope that health carereform will be tailored to the constructionindustry. Nevertheless, small businessesconsistently favor certain reform initiativesover others. Were Washington to institutereform along the lines general contractorsmight lay down, the following featureswould be among the legislated changes:• New authority for associations tonegotiate insurance packages for theirmembers. Besides gaining clout in negoti-ating benefits, association insurance nego-tiators could win lower premiums, if giventhe opportunity Associated Builders andContractors noted that private insurancecarriers must mark up premiums as muchas 35 percent when dealing with smallgroups in order to meet profit targets andoffset overhead. Whereas associations canprovide the same administrative servicesfor their members at a cost of 15 percent orless — if, that is, members are allowed tobuy insurance through small business
The paver foreman and screed operator adjusting the controls of screed to keep thewidth uniform and depth of the asphalt consistent.
By Brenda RuggieroCEG CORRESPONDENT
The Mississippi Department ofTransportation (MDOT) is currently supervis-ing the resurfacing of 5.3 mi. (8.5 km) of U.S.49 in Hattiesburg. The contract for the $8.3million project was handled by Dunn
Roadbuilders LLC of Laurel under the direc-tion of Pepper Beckman.
Work began in July, and the expected com-pletion date was set at Nov. 30.
The project was made possible through fed-eral funds as part of the American Recoveryand Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known
MDOT Puts Stimulus Fundsto Work Resurfacing U.S. 49
By Giles LambertsonCEG CORRESPONDENT
A dynamic apprenticeship program will notby itself save the U.S. construction industryfrom a looming shortage of skilled labor, but itis “one of the pieces of the puzzle” to stabilizingthe labor situation, say industry leaders.
Unions, contractors and associations operateapprenticeship programs mostly to teach tradeskills. However, they also hope the programswill swell the ranks of craftspeople and retain
their workplace allegiance for a lifetime. Theultimate goal of every apprenticeship programsponsor in the country is to boost both the qual-ity and quantity of trained construction laborers.How they pursue this common objective differsin a variety of ways.
To produce skilled workers in such fields ascarpentry, cement masonry and constructionlaborer, contractors in the Master Builders’Association of Western Pennsylvania mostlywork through trade unions. It is an associationthat goes back a long ways: the Master Builders’
Association — a founding member ofAssociated General Contractors — and the car-penters union both date from the 1880s.
The success of apprenticeship programs inPittsburgh is evident in the new $13 milliontraining center of the Carpenters JointApprenticeship and Training Program. Groundwas broken a year ago for the center, which sitsadjacent to the carpenters’ headquarters. The93,000-sq-ft. facility is state of the art, accordingto Jon O’Brien, MBA’s director of communica-
NEW ORLEANS (AP) The U.S. federalgovernment could be vulnerable to billions ofdollars in claims after a judge ruled that theArmy Corps of Engineers’ failure to properlymaintain a navigation channel led to massiveflooding in Hurricane Katrina.
U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval onNov. 18 awarded seven plaintiffs $720,000,but the government could eventually be forcedto pay much more. The ruling should givemore than 100,000 other individuals, business-es and government entities a better shot atclaiming damages.
Duval sided with six residents and one busi-ness who argued the Army Corps’ shoddyoversight of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outletled to the flooding of New Orleans’Lower 9thWard and neighboring St. Bernard Parish. Hesaid, however, the corps couldn’t be held liablefor the flooding of eastern New Orleans, wheretwo of the plaintiffs lived.
The ruling also is emotionally resonant forsouth Louisiana. Many in New Orleans haveargued that the flooding in the aftermath of
Katrina Victims’CompensationGiven by Judge
see KATRINA page 18see MDOT page 62
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FEATURES…FOOD, FUN, IRON MARK YANCEY OPEN HOUSE INKENNESAW, GA. Yancey Bros. Co. held an open house Nov. 13 at its Kennesaw, Ga., branchlocation. Caterpillar, Wacker-Neuson and Cimaf manufacturing representatives were on hand to tout their lines. Mauldin products madetheir first appearance at a Yancey open house.
BLANCHARD MACHINERY HOSTS FAN APPRECIATIONDAY IN S.C. Blanchard Machinery held a Fan Appreciation Day Nov. 12 at its BucknerRoad compact and rental store in Columbia, S.C.
BOEING TO BEGIN WORK ON HISTORIC ASSEMBLY PLANTBoeing is breaking ground in South Carolina on a $750 million aircraftassembly plant — the largest industrial investment in state history.
CAROLINA CAT HOSTS LANDFILL TECHNOLOGY DEMO DAYCarolina CAT hosted a Landfill Technology Demo Day Nov. 16 at theUwharrie Environmental Landfill in Mount Gillead, N.C.
BEYEL BROTHERS DOES THE HEAVY LIFTING ONPOWER PLANT PROJECT Beyel Brothers, working for Southern Company Services, handled everything heavy from unloading to setting the components in place forthe construction and operation of a new 633-megawatt high-efficiencypower plant to serve central Florida.
BILOXI PLANNING COMMISSION OKS CASINO EXPANSION The Biloxi Planning Commission has approved the expansion project ofPalace Casino Resort. The proposal will go before the city council on Dec. 15.
H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES OPENS NEW STORE IN TENN.On Nov. 1, H&E Equipment Services Inc. expanded its coverage inTennessee by opening a new facility in Nashville. This new store allowsH&E to provide full-service to its customers in central Tennessee, northernAlabama and southern Kentucky.
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Food, Fun, Iron Mark Yancey Open House in Kennesaw, Ga.Yancey Bros. Co. held an open house Nov. 13 at its
Kennesaw, Ga., branch location.
A cool, but otherwise comfortable sunny day created apleasant backdrop for customers, friends and family asthey strolled around the grounds and facility checking outall that Yancey Bros. has to offer and more.
Caterpillar, Wacker-Neuson and Cimaf manufacturingrepresentatives were on hand to tout their lines. Mauldinproducts made their first appearance at a Yancey openhouse. The Georgia dealer recently took on the Mauldinline and took the opportunity at its open house to introducetwo Mauldin products in particular to its guests — theMauldin 1750-C paver and the Mauldin M413XT main-tainer. Also on display and drawing a lot of attention wasthe brand new Flexx-Right bucket by HammersmithManufacturing, which just went into production, recently.
For those looking for a “real” equipment operatingexperience Heath Hanna, product specialist of YanceyBros., set up the Caterpillar M series motorgrader simula-tor. Yancey also provided its guests a chance to displaytheir operating prowess. Two equipment rodeo events, themini-excavator “pop-a-top,” and a skid steer bowlingcourse, offered quite a challenge for those who participat-ed. Top finishers were:
Skid Steer Bowling1st — Kelly Bagley2nd — Derek Geldhauser of Archer Western3rd — Kevin Kilmurry of Kilmurry Tree Service
Pop-A-Top Excavator1st — Anthony Ridgeway of the city of College Park2nd — Lamar Cain of Cain Contracting3rd — Michael Touchet of MT ContractorsAnd for those who worked up an appetite, Yancey Bros
provided guests with a complementary lunch catered byWilliamson Bros. Barbeque, which is always a crowdfavorite in North Georgia.
Yancey’s Preston Smith (R) introduces Michael R. Richardson (L) andWillie Smith Jr. of Dekalb County, Ga., Public Works Department — Roads &Drainage Division, Decatur, Ga., to a new product — the Flexx-Right buck-et, a backhoe-loader and mini-excavator bucket made of a thick polyethyl-ene material that flexes around underground pipes when digging ratherthan puncturing them.
In the Cat 303C CR mini-excavator Pop-A-Toprodeo event, LamarCain (in cab) of CainContracting, Marietta,Ga., looked like he hadthe event won with aposted 14-second time.Hard to believe, butanother contestantposted a winning timeof 13.5 seconds.
(L-R): Trey Googe, Yancey Bros. Co.; Frank Crumbley, vicepresident of plant, C.W. Mathews, Marietta, Ga.; BradAbstance, Yancey Bros. Co.; and Blake and Bill Hix, W.B.H.Contracting, Cartersville, Ga., discuss the next day’s lineupof college football games.
At many open houses, guests eat and run.At this Yancey event, a picture-perfectFriday afternoon made for an idealopportunity for guests to stay and take agood look at the machine displays.
Talking about the equipment on display, includingthis Cat D3K XL in the background, (L-R) areWayne Evans, Yancey product support; JoeFowler, heavy equipment specialist of TheSouthern Company, Atlanta; and Jimmy Packer,Georgia Power-Plant Bowen fuels manager,Cartersville, Ga.
Taking a “swing” at the Cat M-series motorgrader simula-tor is Chris Wilbanks (seat-ed), Wilbanks Contractor Inc.,Canton, Ga. Yancey’s JohnFaress (C) and Heath Hannaprovide some guidance.
Catching up on what’s happening inthe Atlanta construction market (L-R) are Derek Geldhauser and ClayMayfield of Archer Western, Atlanta,and John McLean of Yancey Bros.Co.
For the first time,Yancey displayedthe Mauldin lineupof products, includ-ing this MauldinM413XT maintainer,at one of its openhouse events.Yancey Bros. Co.recently took on theMauldin line for allof Georgia.
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Manufacturer representatives turned out to lend their support to FanAppreciation Day (L-R) including Rich Hartman of JLG, SteveHeadden of Genie, Carter Storin of Allmand, Kevin Burris and BrianCook, both of Wacker-Neuson.
Several representatives of the South Carolina Forestry Commission are ready for lunchwith their Blanchard Machinery sales representatives and to check out the newestCaterpillar compact equipment. (L-R) are Erik Hoffman, Blanchard Machinery; Samuel St.Louis, Jonathan Calore and Doug Mills, all of the South Carolina Forestry Commission; andClayton Weeks and Jassen Volk, both of Blanchard Machinery.
More than 100 customers, friends andfamily made their way through the lunchline to get some fresh-off-the-grill burgersand hot dogs and sides.
In between rain showers, these guys step outside to check out the compactequipment on display. (L-R) are Rob Jackson, marketing/mini-excavators,Caterpillar, Cary, N.C.; Frank McLane, Monticello Farm, Columbia, S.C.;Clayton Weeks, compact equipment sales, Blanchard Machinery.
With all the attendees and theparts and merchandise discountsavailable, the checkout counterwas kept consistently busy.
Blanchard Machinery’s product sup-port staffers grill up burgers and hotdogs. (L-R) are Chris Pierson, ArtCatoe and Ryan Myrick.
Blanchard Machinery Hosts Fan Appreciation Day in S.C.
Clemson alumni James R. Perryman(L) and his wife, Naomi, of OakhurstProperties, Blythewood, S.C., werethrilled to see a Caterpillar 277Cdecked out in Clemson orange and tomeet some of the other guests, includ-ing Ricky Bedenbaugh of R.B.Construction, Leesville, S.C.
Blanchard Machinery held a FanAppreciation Day Nov. 12 at itsBuckner Road compact and rental
store in Columbia, S.C.Despite a rainy and windy day, the event
drew many local contractors, who enjoyedtest-driving a host of Caterpillar equipment,taking advantage of parts and merchandisediscounts and vying for a steady stream ofvaluable door prizes. Most valuable weretwo Caterpillar 277C multi-terrain loaders,which guests could register for the potentialto win as they arrived. One loader was
see BLANCHARD page 58
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AEM Gains Elects 25 New Companies to MembershipThe Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
recently elected 25 companies to membership in theinternational trade group, which provides business-development resources for companies which manufac-ture and market agriculture and construction-relatedequipment, products and services.
The new AEM companies are:• Alpine Sales & Rental Corp. (Bellefonte, Pa.),
manufacturer of roadheaders and shaft sinkers.• Bermingham Foundation Solutions (Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada), manufacturer of drills, diesel ham-mers, custom foundation equipment and project plan-ning.
• Champion Equipment (Paramount, Calif.), manu-facturer of augers and drilling buckets.
• ESAB Welding & Cutting Products (Florence,S.C.), manufacturer of welding and cutting equipment.
• Farm Journal Media (Philadelphia, Pa.), providerof marketing and media services.
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Boeing is breakingground in South Carolina on a $750 million aircraft assem-bly plant — the largest industrial investment in state history.
Officials gathered Nov. 20 at the site near the CharlestonInternational Airport where Boeing will assemble its 787 jet-liners. The company in October chose North Charleston overEverett, Wash., for the assembly plant.
The new plant is expected to create 3,800 jobs withinseven years and construction will mean another 2,000 jobs.
Boeing received an incentive package including up to$170 million in low-interest construction loans, plus sales taxexemptions for computers, material and fuel used in testflights.
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‘Shoddy’ Work Blamed for Flooding Katrina, which struck the region Aug.29, 2005, was a manmade disastercaused by the Army Corps’ failure tomaintain the levee system protectingthe city.
“Total devastation could possiblyhave been avoided if something hadbeen done,’’ said Tanya Smith, one ofthe plaintiffs. “A lot of this stuff waspreventable and they turned a deaf earto it.’’
Smith lived in Chalmette close to thechannel when Katrina hit. She wasawarded $317,000 in property dam-ages, the most of any of the plaintiffs.
Duval referred to the corps’approach to maintaining the channel as“monumental negligence.’’
Joe Bruno, one of the lead lawyersfor the plaintiffs, said the ruling under-scored the Army Corps’ long history ofnot properly protecting the NewOrleans region.
“It’s high time we look at the waythese guys do business and do a full re-evaluation of the way it does busi-ness,’’ Bruno said.
He said he expected the governmentto appeal.
The corps referred calls seeking
comment to the Justice Department.Spokesman Charles Miller said thegovernment would review the judge’sruling before making any decision onhow to proceed.
During trial testimony, governmentlawyers and experts argued the leveesystem was overwhelmed by the mas-sive storm, and levee breaches couldn’tsolely be blamed on the shipping chan-nel dug in the 1960s as a short-cutbetween the Gulf of Mexico and NewOrleans.
The corps also had unsuccessfullyargued that it is immune from liabilitybecause the channel is part of NewOrleans’ flood control system.
In his 156-page ruling, Duval said hewas “utterly convinced’’ that the corps’failure to shore up the channel“doomed the channel to grow to two tothree times its design width’’ and that“created a more forceful frontal waveattack on the levee’’ that protected St.Bernard and the Lower 9th Ward.
“The Corps had an opportunity totake a myriad of actions to alleviate thisdeterioration or rehabilitate this deteri-oration and failed to do so,’’Duval said.“Clearly the expression ‘talk is cheap’applies here.’’
Ahead of Duval’s ruling, experts had
said it would likely have consequencesfor the way the Army Corps does busi-ness nationwide.
Pierce O’Donnell, another leadplaintiffs lawyer, said the ruling wasthe “first time ever the Army Corps hasbeen held liable for damages for amajor catastrophe that it caused.’’
The plaintiffs lawyers would likeCongress to set up a compensationfund to speed up payments to the thou-sands of others whose claims must stillbe heard in court.
At a one-month trial in May, expertsclashed over the causes of flooding andthe channel’s contribution to it.
Government experts argued the lev-ees and floodwalls would have failedregardless of whether the channel hadbeen dug.
By contrast, the plaintiffs’ team ofexperts said the outlet became a “hurri-cane highway’’ that funneled stormsurge into New Orleans. They said thatwithout the channel, the floodingwould have been minimal.
The lawsuit was the first major caseagainst the federal government overKatrina flooding to go to trial. A deci-sion rested with Duval because a jurycannot try a case against the federalgovernment.
KATRINA from page 1
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Restoring a Forgotten Memorial to Interstate AmityBy Matthew HamiltonTHE NEWS-STAR
MONROE, La. (AP) Apart from loggingtruckers or the occasional weekend driver,few people drive by Monument Road, whereUnion County, Ark. meets Union Parish.
Even fewer know the story behind theroad’s name.
In 1931 a former Arkansas governor bornin Louisiana dedicated the borderlands of hischildhood home to show his affinity to bothstates. George Washington Donaghey imag-ined a 49-acre state-line park commemorat-ing a 100-year anniversary of the drawing oftheir borders.
But only a 10-ft. long stone monumentthat straddles the state line was realized.
In its 78 years among the secluded woodsof Union Parish, the monument belonging toLouisiana and Arkansas and claimed by nei-ther has fallen into disrepair. Recently UnionParish residents have begun researching howto restore a memorial that has disappearedfrom memory.
After his birth in Union Parish,Donaghey’s parents purchased land north-west of Oakland, where he spent much of his
youth.In 1908, years after he became a promi-
nent carpenter in Conway, Ark., Donaghey(1856-1937) was elected governor. Hisadministration saw the building of a newstate capital building, reforms to public edu-cation and health, and the creation of agri-cultural colleges.
Donaghey said he always felt kinship toboth states. Twenty years after he was votedout of office, Donaghey commissioned apark on the land, spending thousands of dol-lars of his own money to complete it. Hepledged to build a replica log cabin and retireon the land.
He never fulfilled his plan, but its ambi-tion is reflected in the monument’s intricatecarvings. The bas-relief of the stone sidesdepict the modes of transportation in 1831and 1931 and includes references to Huey P.Long, whom Donaghey admired for his edu-cation reforms. The Arkansas HistoricPreservation Program refers to the monu-ment as one of the first examples of Art Decoin the state.
For unknown reasons the land was neverregistered with state parks offices inArkansas or Louisiana. As timber companies
continued to harvest the trees around it, themonument was forgotten for 42 years.
In 1975 an employee with the LouisianaHighway Department came upon the monu-ment while checking roads. Days later, hetold state Rep. Louise Johnson of his find. Inan article for The North Louisiana HistoricalAssociation Journal, Johnson said she hadpersuaded Olinkraft Timber of West Monroeto cease cutting trees on the property andparticipate in its restoration and introduced abill turning over Louisiana’s part of the prop-erty to the state parks system.
Edwin Edwards, governor at the time,signed it into law and held a rededicationceremony at the site. He and Johnson plant-ed a tree. Months later, Arkansas sold its partof the land to Olin Mathieson ChemicalCorp., according to the Arkansas HistoricPreservation Program.
Since then, chunks of the monument havebeen lost. Vandals have spray-painted overDonaghey’s inscriptions of progress andinterstate fellowship.
James Dispenza of Farmerville recentlydrove by the monument and was surprised tofind it in seclusion and disrepair.
“It was out in the middle of nowhere and
it looked like someone had taken a sledgehammer to it or shot at it,” Dispenza said.
Dispenza told his friend Kevin Adkinsabout the find. Adkins, a teacher who haslived in Union Parish all of his life, said hehad never heard of it.
Both men are now trying to find theorganization responsible for the monument’supkeep.
As it sits on the border of two states, themonument also seems to exist in a limbobetween government entities. The UnionParish Police Jury, the Louisiana Office ofState Parks and the Louisiana Secretary ofState’s office have said the monument is notlisted on their registries.
Adkins said he, Dispenza and otherswould work with any organization to helprestore it.
“We’d like to see it fixed up,” Adkins said.“In 21 years, which isn’t too much time, it’llbe the 100 anniversary of that monument. Ithink something could be done well beforethen. It’s just one of those things that peopleforget, and I wonder if there are any morearound.”
Stanly Community College provided its Cat simu-lators to the event.
The event was held to introducenew ideas and solutions in landfillmanagement, such as maximizingcompaction, improving air space and
bringing more life to the landfill withCaterpillar’s computer-aided earth-moving system.
Several of the Cat 836H and D9Tmachines used at the landfill areequipped with the system. Other land-fill operators attended the event tolearn how to adopt the successful prac-tices used at the Uwharrie Landfill.
Chris Gustin (L) of Republic Servicesand Andy Donovan of Spectra I.S. go overhow to maximize the space in a landfillusing a GPS Rover System.
(L-R) are Mitch Christenbury of Carolina CAT; and Ray Hoffman, JoeReynolds, Albert Maness and Brian Scott, all of Republic ServicesUwharrie Environmental, join for a photo during Carolina CAT’s LandfillTechnology Demo Day.
The Cat 836H landfill compactor, equipped withthe GPS device, sends feedback of the work it iscurrently doing to the base station.
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HosePower USA hasnamed Jeff Peckeroff asmanager of its Savannahoperations. Peckeroff previ-ously served the company asan outside sales representa-tive.
HosePower VicePresident Todd Jorgensenpraised the decision, saying,“Jeff is perfect for this post.He’s organized and has agreat vision, he knows thebusiness, he’s a leader and heknows how to meet cus-tomers’ needs.”
Peckeroff’s experience inthe industry was a key factor in hisselection for the post.
“I’ve been in some form of the hosebusiness for over 19 years, and I can’timagine doing anything else,” he said.“Seeing our customers’ equipmentrunning smoothly, issues solved, andpeople able to work efficiently, is abeautiful thing – and that’s what thehose service business is all about.”
Peckeroff’s background in localindustry includes positions withSavannah Rubber & Gasket, SamsonIndustrial, Meier Transmission andLewis, Goetz & Company.Concerning this experience, he said, “Istarted out sweeping the floors, thenmoved to counter sales, counter man-ager, shipping & receiving, sales asso-ciate and senior sales associate.”
HosePower initially brought its spe-
cialized onsite hydraulichose service to Savannah in2005, when it acquiredSouthern Power Hydraulics.At that time, the companywas operating under thename Masthead Hose &Supply. In January of 2009,Masthead changed its nameto HosePower USA. In addi-tion to 24-hour mobile serv-ice, HosePower offers over-the-counter hose fabrication,industrial products, OEMhose manufacturing, anddistribution opportunities fordealers of hose and fittings.
“HosePower is a real innovator inthis field,” said Peckeroff. “Allemployees are trained to be very cus-tomer focused, solutions oriented, andquality minded. It’s great to work for acompany that is doing so many thingsright.”
For more information, call 912/236-5722 or visit www.hosepower.com.
HosePower Appoints Jeff PeckeroffManager of Savannah Service Branch
HosePower USA has named Jeff Peckeroff as managerof its Savannah operations.
Talbert ManufacturingInc., a leader in the specialty-built trailer and transportsystem industry, named HaleTrailer Brake & Wheel as itsnumber-one dealer in overallsales performance, and partsand service support.
Since its beginnings as asmall trailer rental businessmore than 30 years ago,Hale Trailer has diversifiedand expanded into one of thelargest new and used trailerdealerships in the country.Headquartered in Voorhees,N.J., Hale Trailer operates14 locations along the EastCoast from Maine to Florida — with each site offering sales,rental, immediate parts availability, repairs and maintenanceand a variety of onsite specialty services.
“Hale Trailer is highly committed to a wide variety of spe-cialized markets. Their ability to stock such a large anddiverse inventory, combined with their talented team of ded-icated veteran employees, ensures their top performance inour industry for years to come,” said Greg Smith, vice pres-
ident of sales and market-ing for TalbertManufacturing.
“We value our contin-ued relationship withTalbert Manufacturing.They offer the highestquality equipment — andimportantly they focus onproviding the right prod-ucts for our customers.They will do whatever ittakes to give customerswhat they need, whenthey need it,” said WilliamFryer, a member of theHale Trailer managementteam.
While Talbert Manufacturing and Hale Trailer service agrowing number of transport markets, it’s important toemphasize that each is keenly positioned to serve the emerg-ing green energy and wind power industry with a current,complete and customized line of specialized transport equip-ment and systems.
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In 2001, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and theFlorida cabinet approved the constructionand operation of a new 633-megawatt high-efficiency power plant to serve centralFlorida. The new unit consisted of a combus-tion turbine, combustion turbine generator aheat-recovery steam generator boiler and asteam turbine generator and various trans-formers.
In 2008, Beyel Brothers Crane andRigging was on the scene to assist in the con-struction of an additional power-generationfacility, expected to begin commercial opera-tion in 2010.
Beyel Brothers, working for SouthernCompany Services, a regional energy compa-ny based in the southeast and a producer ofelectricity, handled everything heavy fromunloading to setting the components in place,including building the heat recovery steamgenerator (HRSG) boiler and setting the com-bustion turbines, turbine generators, thesteam turbine generator, and transformers.
Components all came in by rail and wereunloaded by a hydraulic gantry, according toDave Mandich, Beyel Brothers Orlandobranch manager, and project manager of theOrlando Utilities Commission (OUC) proj-ect.
“This gantry stayed at the rail site the entirejob. The gantry would pick up the item fromthe rail car, the rail car would be moved out,a multi-axle Goldhofer hydraulic trailerwould be placed under the load, which wouldbe transported to the laydown yard where theitems were placed on stands and beams untilthey were needed. The Goldhofer trailer isequipped with an onboard hydraulic lift sys-tem, which was used to lower and lift thecomponents for storage on and off the storagestands. No crane was required at the lay downyard,” Mandich said.
Beyel Brothers worked six, 10-hour daysthrough most of the project.
“We had two days per rail car before wegot charged. On our best day, we unloadedtwo cars and it was a sun up to sun down job.
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Crews set a module between goal posts with theLiebherr LR1300 with derrick and Super Lift attach-ment.
A module is picked up off the trailer with the Liebherr LR1300 anda Manitowoc 999.
A module is taken to the lift site with the Goldhofer trailer.see BEYEL page 26
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We had to cut all bracing off the rail car thathauled the modules to return them clean,then pick up the item with the gantry, movethe rail car out, move the Goldhofer in andload the item, transport the Goldhofer to thelaydown yard, move the next rail car in andrepeat the process. It was time consuming,”Mandich said.
“There were 12 HRSG bundles that wenttogether to form the boiler unit,” said TonyHillman, chief operating officer of BeyelBrothers Inc. and executive project managerof the Stanton Energy Project. “The goal-posts were put in first and then we erectedtwo of the bundles and then more goalpostsand then two more bundles. The componentsof HRSG had to go in a definite order. Asthey were needed we reloaded the HRSGmodules onto the Goldhofer and transportedthem to the HRSG foundation. The HRSGmodules were lifted and set directly from theGoldhofer trailer. A Liebherr LR1300 SuperLift crane with derrick was the main liftcrane and the modules were tailed with aManitowoc 999 crawler crane. The steamdrums were then installed. There were high,low and intermediate pressure units to be set.Then the boiler unit had steel cladding
installed to box it in and a stack was erectedon the end, which OUC built themselves,”
The equipment on the job included anLR1300 Super Lift with derrick. The SuperLift and derrick stayed on the LR1300 theentire job. The HRSG units had to be tailedwith a Manitowoc 999 crane. Beyel also hada Manitowoc 888 on the site and a 16 LineGoldhofer trailer with a prime mover. Also,a hydraulic slide system and a 400-ton (363t) gantry and 500-ton (453 t) gantry, wereused. All of the crane lifts were engineeredand stamped by a professional engineer.
“We recently bought three LiebherrLR1300’s with heavy lift derrick,” Hillmansaid. “This was the first job for one of theLiebherr’s with the heavy lift derrick. Wehad timber mats set up for the LR1300 so itcould move itself and the Super Lift unit.The maximum capacity of this crane is 330tons, the Super Lift attachments extend howfar out it can handle it.
“During construction we set a steam tur-bine generator on a pedestal 30 feet up in theair, then the combustion turbine and com-bustion turbine generator were set onpedestals about 5 feet off the ground. Wealso set three transformers for them,”Hillman added.
The LR1300 was used to lift the steamdrums (220,000 lbs. [99,790 kg]), modules(450,000 lbs. [204,116 kg]), a steam genera-tor (505,000 lbs. [229,064 kg]) and steamturbine (320,000 lbs. 145,150 kg]), 25 ft.(7.6 m) up in the air. The HRSG modulesneeding a tail crane utilized the Manitowoc999.
“After we built the boiler we had to set thecombustion turbine and combustion turbinegenerator. We used another gantry on rails toset the turbines. They were also transportedon site using the Goldhofer trailer,” Hillmansaid.
The final unit to go in was the steam tur-bine generator, which was set with theLR1300; the transformers came at a laterdate and were placed using a jack and slidesystem.
“During the project we had an incident ofreally bad weather, which threatened tocause damage to the partially erected boiler.We suffered almost hurricane strengthwinds. Fortunately our subcontractor, Ivey’sConstruction’s Superintendent Matt Taylor,installed a system of tiebacks which held theHRSG’s in place and avoided a disaster,”Hillman said.
Despite losing a week and a half toHurricane Faye, Beyel Brothers was pleasedwith how the job progressed.
“The Goldhofer was used only on site so
we didn’t have any permitting issues. We didhave to do some remedial work on the railsiding to work with the gantry. One gantry,the 400 ton, at the railroad siding stayed inplace but the other one, the 500 ton, was seton rails so it could travel,” Hillman said.
“[There was] nothing special on any ofthe lifts, just heavy lifts. There were a lot ofobstacles on the site where we set the mod-ules and we had limited space but we had itplanned right. We went over top of columnlines, had to crib up two mats high to clear10 and a half inches of pedestal column linedown the center where I needed to go,”Mandich said.
“We always made the pad, but had to gotwo high to clear columns. We used onelayer of mats for the steam turbine becausethere wasn’t anything in the way. Thereweren’t really any surprises,” Mandichadded.
Beyel’s portion of the project, whichbegan in June 2008, was finished inFebruary 2009, but the company still hassome crane rentals on the job while the plantis being completed.
Ivey Construction worked as a subcon-tractor, providing the labor for building theboiler. Matt Taylor served as project superin-tendent, while Bob Queen served as execu-tive project manager for Ivey’s Construction.
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A module is placed between the goalposts.
A Liebherr LR1300 with the Super Liftattachment on the mats.
Steerable wheels on the Super Liftattachment make it very mobile.
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Apprenticeships Include at Least4,000 Hours of On-the-Job Trainingtions.
“Anything you can think of that will enhance training theyhave incorporated into the building.”
The four-year apprenticeship training includes 144 hoursof annual classroom work and at least 4,000 hours of on-the-job training over four years. If an apprentice completes therigorous instruction and passes the muster of his supervisors,a designation of journeyman carpenter is his reward.
In addition, the certificate of carpentry apprenticeship istransferable to the Community College of Allegheny Countyfor 30 credits, which can be applied toward an associatedegree in building construction estimation or supervision.
Approximately 1,000 students enroll each year in carpen-ter and laborer apprenticeship programs. O’Brien said he ispleased to see more qualified people being attracted to theprograms, which he attributes to current economic condi-tions.
“Jobs are hard to come by and a lot of young people arelooking toward the trades,” he said. “We are looking at thequality of the applicants going off the charts, many of themjust out of college.”
He said the typical applicant to the program used to be 28to 29 years of age. Now people entering the program are inthe 25-year-old range.
“I think they will be in for the long term, too. Right aroundthe mid-20s a lot of young people are starting families. Theywant benefits and the unions are a viable option.”
Still, local contractors realize that the long-term trend forthe industry labor pool is not good, with more skilled peopleretiring than are entering the trades. To address the problem,some of the unions in western Pennsylvania are changingpension rules. It used to be that working 30 years or reach-ing age 55 was sufficient tenure to earn 100 percent pensionbenefits. Last year, the figures were adjusted to 35 years orage 62.
“This is one way they tackle the issue,” O’Brien said. “Ithink it is a pretty nice little Band-Aid. Hopefully, it will giveyoung people an opportunity to assume leadership on the jobsite.”
Landau Building Company, a Pittsburgh-area fixture inthe contracting industry for more than a century, is an activeparticipant in the Master Builders’ Association apprentice-ship effort. Carpentry and laborer apprentices are employedby Landau, as well as co-op students from area schoolsincluding the University of Pittsburgh.
“We definitely see the value of the apprenticeship pro-grams,” said Jen Landau, a project manager at the companyand a member of the MBAYoung Constructors Committee.“We have a lot of apprentices who have spent all four yearsworking for Landau and become journeymen. We have oneright now who is going through superintendent training.”
Landau said apprentices are welcomed into the workplaceby their more established peers in the workforce, as well asby management.
“There has been talk in the past how the older generationof carpenters hasn’t been cooperative, saying ‘This guy justwants to take my job.’ But I have never seen that personallyand I believe the more experienced carpenters reallyembrace the young tradesmen.”
Sometimes apprentice programs are farmed out to com-
munity college campuses, which usually is a good fit. Butnot always. In LaCrosse, Wis., a carpenters program operat-ed for years by Western Technical College was taken back bythe local carpenters union. Class schedules were the prob-lem.
“They said their employers wanted training in what theycall block schedules,” said Bill Brendel, the school’s dean ofagriculture, apprenticeship and technology. The schooloffered classroom work for the apprentices one day everyother week for a total of 72 hours per semester.
“Employers said they preferred to lose an employee for aweek at a time rather than to pull them out every otherMonday or something.”
Most of the school’s carpenter apprentices were union-sponsored. The school offers both union and non-uniontraining in some trades, though the classes are virtually iden-tical as required by the state’s Bureau of ApprenticeshipStandards.
“It is a workable situation,” Brendel said of the union/non-union classes, which are common across the country.“Unions have no problem bringing in non-union students.There actually is more pushback from non-union employersfor having to send their employees to a union hall. They seethe classes as an opportunity for a union to cherry-pick stu-dents. It is kind of an uneasy situation in some respects.”
At a new craft teaching institution in Oregon, cooperativerelationships range beyond the union status of students. TheNorthwest College of Construction was formed four yearsago from the vision of college President Dan Graham.
Graham had been workforce manager of the Columbia,Ore., chapter of the AGC for 10 years when he proposed thatcontractor associations come together to establish a collegethat could, in the words of its mission statement, “promotelife-long learning by delivering craft, technical, supervisoryand management education to the construction industry.”
The college’s founding organizations are the PacificNorthwest chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors,the Homebuilders Association of Metropolitan Portland, theNational Utility Contractors Association of Oregon andSouthwest Washington, and the Columbia AGC chapter.They formed a non-profit, privately funded organization andpurchased and remodeled a 40-year-old facility on HolmanStreet in Portland.
“These trade associations often are competing,” Grahamsaid, “but the reality is they all recognize no one is makingmuch money in education. So it was easier to decide wecould pool our resources and create some economies of scaleand provide a better product. That logic really did win folksover.”
The president said the college has about 1,600 enroll-ments — “we count enrollments, not bodies, an importantdistinction” — in this fourth school year of its existence. Heis optimistic about the future.
“I think we are going to make it,” Graham said. “We arestill scrapping and of course in this economy everyone hastheir fingers crossed. I was just talking to some contractorsthat are really sweating bullets. By and large, contractors areour customers so we are watching the economy closely —the construction industry in particular, which as you know ispretty rough right now.”
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Komatsu America Corp. has introduced the hybridPC200LC-8 excavator into the North American market.
Komatsu’s goal is to meet increasing global environmen-tal concerns through the development of equipmentdesigned to reduce environmental impact, including CO2reduction. By developing a successful hybrid excavator inthe largest construction machine segment (20 to 22 ton),Komatsu’s green technology will have a substantial impacton saving fuel and reducing green house emissions.
“Komatsu’s decision to apply its engineering excellenceto the largest construction machine segment, clearly signalsour commitment to developing environment-friendly equip-ment,” said Dave Grzelak, CEO and chairman of KomatsuAmerica Corp. “Since the company’s inception, Komatsuhas been setting the global standard for technology and engi-neering excellence and today that tradition continues withthe introduction of the Hybrid PC200LC-8 excavator.”
Powered by the Komatsu Hybrid System, the hybridPC200LC-8 uses a newly developed electric swing motor,power generator motor, capacitor and diesel engine.Komatsu developed its hybrid system to work on the princi-ple of swing energy regeneration and energy storage usingthe Komatsu ultra capacitor system. Komatsu’s ultra capaci-tors provide fast energy storage and instantaneous powertransmission.
The kinetic energy generated during the swing brakingphase is converted to electricity, which is sent through aninverter and then captured by the ultra capacitor. This cap-tured energy is then discharged very quickly for upper struc-ture rotation and to assist the engine as commanded by the
hybrid controller when accelerating under work load condi-tions.
In tests comparing the standard PC200LC-8 hydraulicexcavator to the hybrid PC200LC-8, the hybrid modelreduced fuel consumption by approximately 25 to 40 per-cent, depending on the application, according to the manu-facturer.
The SpecsThe hybrid PC200LC-8 is powered by the powerful, tur-
bocharged and air-to-air after-cooled KomatsuSAA4D107E-1 which provides 138 hp (103 kW). With anoperating weight of 43,643 to 47,260 lbs. (19,796 to 21,437kg), the hybrid PC200LC-8 has a bucket capacity of 0.66 to1.57 cu. yds. (.5 to 1.2 cu m). The hybrid PC200LC-8 has thesame vigorous working forces and performance levels of theconventional PC200LC-8.
The cab design assures operator comfort because the vis-cous cab damper mounts reduce vibration. A7 in. LCD mon-itor provides easy-to-read gauges and onboard diagnostics aswell as displaying the rear-view monitoring system for view-ing the work area to rear of the machine.
KOMTRAX on BoardThe hybrid PC200LC-8 also is equipped with the latest
KOMTRAX technology, which sends machine operatinginformation to a secure Web site utilizing wireless technolo-gy. Data such as operating hours, fuel consumption, machinelocation and machine utilization are relayed to the web appli-cation for analysis. The KOMTRAX fleet monitoring sys-tem increases machine availability, reduces the risk ofmachine theft and provides a wealth of other information todrive business efficiency.
The hybrid PC200LC-8 excavator was introduced to theJapanese market in June 2008 and has been successful inreducing fuel consumption. In addition, Komatsu introducedthe hybrid to the Chinese market in August this year.
For more information, visit www.komatsuamerica.com.
Komatsu Unveils Hybrid PC200LC-8 Excavator to U.S. Market
The hybrid PC200LC-8 is powered by the powerful, tur-bocharged and air-to-air after-cooled KomatsuSAA4D107E-1 which provides 138 hp (103 kW).
Doosan InfracorePortable Power recentlydelivered 48 new IngersollRand P260WIR tandemaxle air compressors tocomplete an order with theU.S. Navy. The air compres-sors were delivered forworldwide deployment insupport of efforts of thenaval expeditionary forces.
“These P260WIR com-pressors are designed tosupply air power for a vari-ety of construction and dem-olition tools,” said MarcJames, government salesmanager of DoosanInfracore Portable Power. “Theunits will be used by the Navy forboth military and humanitarianmissions around the globe.”
The oil-flooded rotary screwP260WIR air compressors have aflow capacity of 260 cfm at 100psig. The tandem axle units aredesigned to meet the mostdemanding military needs in thefield.
A specialized manifold on the
units has four .75 in. (1.9 cm)service valves and one .5 in. (1.3cm) service valve complete withquick-disconnect couplings. Themanifold is designed with severalhose attachment points of differ-ent diameters to provide for quickconnection to a variety of tools aswell as multiple users. The com-pressors have a 12-volt electricalsystem along with a battery dis-connect switch.
The P260 air compressors canbe towed through almost any ter-rain and operate in any environ-ment. The four-wheel trailer isequipped with hydraulic surgebrakes and an adjustable handpark brake. A padfoot stabilizerleg with a screwjack is mountedon the tow bar for hitching to avehicle without having to manual-ly lift the unit.
“The capabilities of these air
compressor packages make themideal for the needs of the navalexpeditionary forces,” James said.“The tandem axles and four tiresdistribute the load, allowing thecompressors to be towed throughthe harshest of conditions withoutdamaging the compressor.”
The P260WIR compressors arepowered by an efficient direct-injection Ingersoll Rand 79 hp(58.9 kW), 2,300 rpm diesel
engine. The four-cylinder,Tier III electronically con-trolled engine is capable ofoperation with JP-8 militaryjet fuel. A high-capacity 29-gal. (108 L) fuel tank allowsfor extended runtime.
A dedicated manufactur-ing team at the DoosanInfracore Portable Powermanufacturing facility inStatesville, N.C., had theresponsibility of assemblingthese specialized units forthe U.S. Navy.
“Our P260 team is proudthat they were called uponto build these multi-use air
compressors to meet militaryneeds of the U.S. Navy,” said KenCollier, Doosan InfracorePortable Power manufacturingteam leader. “The military can beassured that we’ve built a fleet ofquality, dependable air compres-sors, meeting their strict specifica-tions to support their operations.”
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Doosan Infracore Portable Power Supports Navy Operations
“Our P260 team is proud that they were called upon to buildthese multi-use air compressors to meet military needs of theU.S. Navy.”
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Caterpillar Releases New Software for AccuGrade SystemCaterpillar has released new software that expands the
capabilities of the AccuGrade grade control system, the Catfactory integrated, sensor-independent solution for machinecontrol and guidance. The new on-board software, CD700 v.11, and new office software, AccuGrade Office v. 7.2, pro-vides software support for three new machine families —wheel loaders, wheel dozers and towed scrapers.
New, more capable configurations also are offered fortrack-type tractors, motorgraders and hydraulic excavators.
AccuGrade systems continue to support soil compactors andwheel tractor-scrapers.
The new software includes Sky Plot, which allows themachine operator to view GPS and GLONASS satellitesavailable when using MS980 or MS990 receivers. The oper-ator also can enable or disable use of the GLONASS satel-lite constellation from the cab when using the MS990receivers. The capability can help ensure optimum satellitecoverage for fast start-up and accurate operation.
The new software also enhances diagnostic support infor-mation. AccuGrade Office wireless users now can remotelyretrieve radio settings, machine measurements, valve cali-bration tables and machine settings. The capability speedsdiagnostic and calibration tasks.
Enhanced Capabilities for Specific MachinesThe new software provides specific benefits for each
machine type. For example, on hydraulic excavators theCD700 display now supports site and laser reference, whichcan be used when GPS or the Universal Tracking System(UTS) are not available. The system supports single GPS,which provides a lower cost entry level 3D system.Similarly, single UTS support allows use of a 3D designwhen GPS positioning is not available.
Also on hydraulic excavators using the CD700 display,profile and cross-section views are available simultaneouslyto the machine operator so that all critical dimensions are inview. Additionally, the new system enables excavator buck-et center guidance, which improves accuracy when workingon side slopes.
On motorgraders, dynamic pitch allows the operator tomaintain accuracy when rolling the blade during grading. Ablade pitch sensor and a mainfall sensor are required, but thesystem eliminates the need for the operator to keep the mastvertical when using GPS or UTS.
For the D8T, D9T and D10T track-type tractors, an entrylevel, indicate-only system is available for earthmoving andearly site preparation tasks. The system uses a single, cab-mounted GPS antenna.
For more information, visit www.cat.com/accugrade.The new on-board software, CD700 v. 11, and new office software, AccuGrade Office v. 7.2, provides softwaresupport for three new machine families — wheel loaders, wheel dozers and towed scrapers.
Ranging from 140 to 205 hp (104 to 153 kW),with standard blade lengths from 12 to 14 ft. (3.6 to4.3 m), New Holland Construction motorgradersare engineered to perform in every application,from ripping and rough grading to precise andaccurate finishing work.
The operator’s cab is mounted behind the articu-lation point, providing an enhanced view of bothends of the working blade, and enabling the opera-tor to maneuver and respond quickly.
With heavy-duty, box-section construction, therugged frames of the G140, G170 and G200motorgraders are designed to endure the most rig-orous working conditions. Durable front axlesstand up to tough grading jobs and oscillate up to19 degrees to manage rough terrain. An extra-longwheelbase helps delivers a smooth ride, accordingto the manufacturer.
VisibilityFeaturing thin corner posts and door frames, and
more than 62 sq. ft. of glass area, the cab on NewHolland motorgraders provides an increased viewin all directions. An integrated sunshade reducesglare, and standard front and rear windshieldwipers/washers ensure a clear view. Interior andexterior mirrors help the operator keep tabs on anyactivity behind the machine.
For more information, visitwww.construction.newholland.com.
New Holland Motorgraders Perform in Multiple Applications
With heavy-duty, box-section construction, the rugged frames of the G140, G170 and G200 motorgraders are designedto endure the most rigorous working conditions.
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SECT IONPaving
Roadtec Shuttle Buggy MTV Now Features Hydraulic DriveRoadtec changed from axles and gears
to hydraulic motors that control eachwheel of the Roadtec Shuttle Buggy mate-rial transfer vehicle (MTV).
This upgrade makes the machine easierto shift and operate. The hydraulic systemand motors are easier to work on than thetraditional axle arrangement. There will beless wear associated with the hydraulics,making the system more durable. The reli-ability and life span of the Shuttle BuggyMTV’s transmission also will benefit fromthe new hydraulic system, according to themanufacturer.
The Shuttle Buggy MTV is a devicethat remixes segregated asphalt mix andloads it into the paver. Temperature andmaterial segregation are major contribu-tors to uneven density and end-of-loadsegregation and their associated flaws,such as pot holes. Remixing in the Shuttle
Buggy MTV from Roadtec eliminatestemperature and material segregation inthe mix just before it is loaded into thepaver. According to WAASHTO studyT9903, a temperature differential of 44.6 F(7 C) or less, assures the possibility ofeven compaction to specified density.Numerous infrared tests made in real-lifeworking conditions have proven theShuttle Buggy MTV able to consistentlydeliver mix with a temperature differentialof 44.6 F or less.
According to the WAASHTO study,roads built with these extremely low tem-perature differentials require far less main-tenance, and can last twice as long asroads built with temperature-segregatedmix.
Roadtec manufactures pavers, materialtransfer vehicles, cold planers, and soilstabilizers in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Multiquip Integrates Divisions to Address Market ChangesMultiquip Inc. announced a
series of initiatives designed tostreamline the company and boostthe efficiency of its businessprocesses in order to more flexi-bly respond to market changesand better serve the needs of itscustomers.
Founded in 1973, Multiquiphas grown to become one of thelargest and most diversifiedequipment suppliers to the con-struction, entertainment andequipment rental industries. Thegeneral construction equipment(GCE) division develops, manu-factures and distributes small-to-medium size construction equip-ment. The power division suppliespower generation equipment prin-cipally to the construction,telecommunications, shelter/dis-aster recovery and entertainmentindustries.
Multiquip is a wholly ownedsubsidiary of New York-based
ITOCHU International Inc. and itsparent company, Tokyo-basedITOCHU Corporation.
Prompted, in part, by the globaleconomic crisis, which has had aparticularly severe impact on theconstruction industry, the changesconstitute a new business modelthat will enable Multiquip to focusits resources on areas of impor-tance to its customers. It also willposition the company to respondto a rapidly changing market inthe most efficient manner and putit on a path toward growth in thefuture, according to the company.
Under the new initiatives,Multiquip has consolidated andfully integrated the GCE andPower divisions into a single,right sized, function-based organ-ization, eliminating redundanciesand promoting efficiency.Promotion of a single Multiquipbrand will be part of an intensifiedmarket focus. Efforts have been
made to ensure that the reorgani-zation will not simply be seamlessto customers but will result in sub-stantially improved support levelsand response timeliness.
In conjunction with these initia-tives, Multiquip announced thatGary S. Moskovitz, who previ-ously served as the company’sexecutive vice president, has beennamed president and chief operat-ing officer. Mike Howlett, formerGCE division president will takeover the new position of seniorvice president of operations; for-mer power division President BobGraydon will take over the newposition of senior vice presidentof sales, marketing and planning;Phillip D’Amato also has beenpromoted to vice president,human resources and corporateservices and Torsten Erbel alsohas been promoted to vice presi-dent of product management,engineering and customer sup-
port. Michael Hanken continuesas vice president of informationtechnology and Jim Henehan con-tinues as senior vice president offinance/administration and CFO.
“Multiquip has a very strongreputation for quality, reliabilityand service,” said Tom Yasuda,chairman and chief executive offi-cer. “Our goal with these initia-tives is to continue to provide ourcustomers with the products andsupport they need, especially dur-ing these difficult economictimes. Streamlining our businessmodel and refocusing ourresources will allow us to meetthis goal and at the same timeexpand globally.
“Gary’s forward-looking per-spective fits perfectly with ourvision for Multiquip’s future, andI’m looking forward to his contri-butions not only on the customerside of the business but also in ourcontinuing effort to strengthen
long standing relationships withour strategic vendors.”
Newly appointed president andchief operating officer Gary S.Moskovitz commented: “I amconfident that the new directionwe have charted for Multiquipwill enable us to maintain thequalities that have made us anindustry leader — namely, a com-mitment to top-notch productsand service — and will, at thesame time, make us a more nim-ble and productive organization.”
“Multiquip has a well-deservedreputation as a top vendor to theconstruction, telecommunica-tions, and entertainment indus-tries, among others,” saidYoshihisa Suzuki, chief executiveofficer of ITOCHU InternationalInc. “The initiatives that the com-pany has now announced willensure the company’s continuedleadership and growth.”
Roadtec changed from axles and gears to hydraulic motors that control each wheel ofthe Roadtec Shuttle Buggy material transfer vehicle.
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Terex CR300L Series Pavers Tackle Big, Small ProjectsThe Terex CR300L Series asphalt pavers
from Terex Roadbuilding deliver a balance ofpower, size and weight, so they can be used in avariety of applications from small parking lotsand pavement overlays to development streetsand county highways. The pavers’ heavy-duty,highway-class components deliver a long serv-ice life, so contractors can spend more timepaving and less money on maintenance, accord-ing to the manufacturer.
With an 8 ft. (2.4 m) tractor and low profile,CR300L Series pavers are quickly transportedaround metropolitan areas without permits orrestrictions, so more jobs can be paved in a sea-son. The CR300L Series come with either rub-ber tire (CR352L), rubber track (CR362L) orsteel track (CR362SL) drive systems to meetcustomer preference.
The series’ fully electronic, Tier-III- andStage-IIIA-compliant diesel engine develops160 hp (119 kW) and features an electronic governor to holdthe speed better than mechanical governors found on previ-ous paver models. With more torque, the CR300L Series isless likely to “bog down” under heavy loads, which allowthe pavers to efficiently push heavy tandem axle trucks upsteep grades. The engine offers low and high idle speeds.The low speed occurs during normal operation to reducenoise levels and burn less fuel, while high idle is automati-cally selected to run the generator for efficiently heating elec-tric screeds.
With the CR352L boasting a large drive tire and the entireseries incorporating the same Sauer-Danfoss 90 Series pro-pel pumps found on larger Terex pavers, the CR300L Seriesdelivers maximum traction for the most demanding applica-tions. The rubber track CR362L features the SmartracSystem that automatically maintains proper track tensioningat all times, significantly extending service life for loweroperating costs.
While similar class pavers offer a fixed rear suspensionthat compromises mat smoothness, the CR300L Seriespavers lay higher quality mats through their three-point sus-
pension system, which essentially floats thepaver over subbase irregularities to maintainpreset screed slope and grade. The series alsoincludes the frame raise system, which raisesand lowers the rear of the paver, allowing theoperator to fine-tune the head of material at thespreading augers to improved mat quality,according to the manufacturer.
All CR300L Series pavers feature a 10 ton(9.07 t) hopper capacity, offering more pavingtime between truck exchanges. The hopperlength offers ample tailgate clearance for end-dump trucks, enabling more efficient truckunloading. Asphalt mix is channeled from thehopper to the spread augers by the same heavy-duty chain, sprocket and slat bar delivery sys-tem found on the Terex CR400 and CR500Series mainline pavers to minimize wear costs.
With paving widths from 8 to 18 ft. (2.4 to5.4 m), three screed designs can be attached to
the CR300L Series pavers. Offering electric or fuel-oil heat,the Stretch 16 rear extension screed delivers hydraulicallyextendible widths from 8 to 16 ft. (2.4 to 4.9 m) and pavingwidths to 18 ft. (5.4 m) with extensions.
Featuring front-mounted extensions for quick widthchanges, the electric VersaScreed Series offers hydraulicallyextendible paving widths. The fixed width 8 ft. Fastachoffers a variety of pin-lock extension segments to deliverpaving widths from 8 to 18 ft.
For more information, visit www.terex.com.
With an 8 ft. (2.4 m) tractor and low profile, CR300L Series pavers are quicklytransported around metropolitan areas without permits or restrictions.
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Terex CR662RM’s Design Enhancements Increase ProductionTerex’s CR662RM RoadMix material transfer vehicle
and paver features a variable-pitch in-hopper auger designthat increases material throughput. Pitch spacing — transi-tioning from 10 in. (25.4 cm) in the front to 11 in. (27.9 cm)and then to 12 in. (30.5 cm) in the rear — aggressively chan-nels material to the rear of the machine for faster truckunloading. This auger design helps boost production capa-bilities, which can exceed 500 tons per hour (454 t per hour).Even with the aggressive pitch, the auger’s constant-diame-ter continues to reblend 100 percent of the material to com-bat both material and thermal segregation, according to themanufacturer.
The CR662RM’s conveyor assembly features a stationarylift conveyor with flights averaging every other pitch toreduce hydraulic pressure and quickly channel material fromthe rear of the tractor to the swiveling conveyor. Hydraulicpressure gauges for the conveyors, mounted at the operator’sstation, help to minimize the chance of plugging the system.Hydraulically operated clean-out doors and reversible con-veyor flights help to clear obstructions.
The RoadMix increases machine utilization rates, since itworks equally as well as a Remix Anti-Segregation Systempaver, according to the manufacturers.
The variable-pitch, in-hopper auger design enables theCR662RM to match or better production rates of conven-tional slat pavers, while giving the additional benefit of vir-tually eliminating segregation.
When equipped as a paver, the Terex CR662RM incorpo-rates two, 5-ft. (1.5 m) long spread auger sections to delivermaterial to the left- and right-hand sides of the screed. Theauger design employs two independently controlled, vari-able-speed outboard drive motors, which are mounted to the
tractor’s rear bulkhead. This eliminates the center gearboxdrive and, since the left- and right-hand auger sections backup to each other, reduces the occurrences of centerline seg-regation.
Contractors can choose from three different screed mod-els — the diesel or electric Fastach 10, electric VersaScreed,and the electric or diesel Stretch 20 — to convert the TerexCR662RM into a paver. Depending on the screed model, this
10-ft. (3 m) paver delivers mainline paving widths reaching30 ft. (9.1 m) at depths of up to 12 in. (30.5 cm).
When the contractor needs a transfer vehicle, the screedand spread augers are quickly removed from the tractor andreplaced by the conveyor assembly. The RoadMix MTVdelivers continuous, non-contact and off-set paving capabil-ities. Asphalt is immediately channeled from the receivinghopper to the rear of the machine, providing reduced han-
dling time and virtually eliminating the tem-perature loss common with other MTVdesigns. Material passes through the station-ary 37-in. (94 cm) wide lift conveyor to a 30-in. (76.2 cm) wide swivel conveyor. This sec-ond conveyor swings 55 degrees to the left orright of center and offers a hydraulically vari-able discharge height from 73 to 116 in.(185.9 to 294.2 cm).
Whether equipped as a paver or an MTV,the CR662RM features the Terex Smartracrubber track drive system for more reliableoperation. Oscillating bogie wheel assem-blies combine with the system’s frictionallydriven rubber tracks to automatically applythe correct tension, whether in forward orreverse. The self-tensioning system does notover tension the track, significantly extend-ing track life, according to the manufacturers.
The rubber track drive spreads themachine’s 54,000 lb. (24,495 kg) over a larg-er area, resulting in a low ground contactpressure of less than 12 psi. This eliminatesthe parking and bridge-crossing issues com-mon with conventional wheel-driven transfervehicles.
The Terex Cedarapids CR662RM featuresthe latest in emissions control technology tomeet stringent Tier III and Stage IIIA stan-dards. The powerful diesel engine develops260 hp (191 kW). A single-width, triple-ele-ment radiator efficiently cools engine water,charge air and hydraulic oil.
Terex’s CR662RM RoadMix material transfer vehicle and paver features a variable-pitch in-hopper augerdesign.
The CR662RM’s conveyor assembly features a stationary lift conveyor with flights averaging every other pitch to reducehydraulic pressure and quickly channel material from the rear of the tractor to the swiveling conveyor.
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Rammax ACE Trench RollerFitted With Heavy Vibrator
Multiquip’s new Rammax ACE trenchroller is equipped with compaction experttechnology that allows operators to havecomplete control right at their fingertips.
Built-in sensors monitor soil density whilean LED light display visible from all anglesinforms operators when optimal results areattained.
The Rammax ACE trench roller is idealfor any large soil compaction application.This unit produces 18,500 lbs. of impactforce and 1,800 vibrations per minute. The18.5 hp. (13.8 kW) Hatz 2G40 diesel engineon the trench roller delivers 2,600 rpm.
For premium productionand extend-
ed life, the Rammax Ace is fitted with aheavy vibrator and bearings. With vibration,this trench roller can operate on slopes witha 45 percent grade and without vibration at a55 percent. Maximum operating weight is3,263 lbs. (1,480 kg).
Available in either 24- or 33-in. (61 or 84cm) drum configurations, the Rammax Acecomes standard with infrared remote controland joystick operation. A complete instru-mentation simplifies operation and a singleremovable panel allows technicians toquickly access the engine’s electrical com-ponents, including the battery.
The tracked and wheeled 8-ft. (2.4-m)Vision Series pavers of Vögele America Inc.are the recipients of international awards formodern product design.
The Vögele Vision 5100-2 (tracked) andVision 5103-2 (wheeled) pavers won aGOOD DESIGN 2008 award, one of six inthe Industrial class, and were the only con-struction equipment so honored. The 5100-2and 5103-2 were introduced at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2008 in March of that year.
The Good Design Awards are presentedannually by the Chicago Athenaeum:Museum of Architecture and Design, and theEuropean Centre for Architecture Art Designand Urban Studies.
Vision Series designers honored wereRalf Weiser, Joseph Vögele AG, Mannheim,Germany, and Ulrich Ewringmann, MartinBuchmann and Boris Eickhoff, DialogformGmbH, Taufkirchen, Germany. The paverswere designed exclusively for the NorthAmerican market and are distributed byVögele America Inc., Chambersburg, Pa.
The Good Design 2008 AwardsThe Good Design 2008 awards publicly
acknowledge and elevate the best and finestnew design and design innovation for prod-ucts and graphics designed or manufacturedbetween 2006 and 2008. The awards spot-light new, visionary, and innovative productconcepts, and invention and originality indesign. They are the world’s oldest and mostcoveted design competition for manufac-tured goods, for both consumer and busi-
ness-to-business products. Founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects
Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, andEdgar Kaufmann Jr., the Good Design com-petition bestows international recognitionupon the world’s most prominent designersand manufacturers for advancing designwhich “stretches the envelope” beyondwhat is considered basic for products andconsumers.
Vision 5100-2 and 5103-2 Pavers
The Vision 5100-2 and 5103-2 paversprovide contractors a versatile machine in apowerful, compact and maneuverable pack-age. They are designed for commercial andhighway class applications and provideoperators with comfort, visibility and easeof operation, according to the manufacturer.
The slope of the machine and hood havebeen designed so the operator can see thesides, the hopper, and the conveyors in theback, without having to move around. Theoperator stations swing out from both edgesof the machine, for enhanced visibility to thesides, behind and into the hopper.
Self-diagnostics are built into the newVision Series. Fluid levels and other inspec-tion points need not be checked each day.Instead they are monitored from a displaypanel, part of the Vögele Ergo-Plusergonomic design for enhanced productivi-ty.
For more information, call 615/501-0600or visit www.wirtgenamerica.com.
The Vögele Vision 5100-2 (tracked) and Vision 5103-2 (wheeled) pavers won aGOOD DESIGN 2008 award.
Available in either 24- or 33-in. (61 or 84 cm)drum configurations, the Rammax Ace comes
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Astec Inc. test-fired the 250th burner manufactured since entering the burner market in2003. Astec built the 150-million BTU/hr gas-and-oil-fired Phoenix Talon burner for Illinois-based Gallagher Asphalt Corporation.
Astec burners offer burner technology combined with complete one-source responsibility.Astec is able to offer everything from a simple burner replacement to a complete installedsystem, including retrofit installations. Astec’s burner group engineers the burners to thespecifications of each customer and manufactures each in a new manufacturing facility.
Prior to shipment, each burner is tested on one of Astec’s tri-fuel (oil, gas and coal) teststands to ensure fast and easy start-up at installation.
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Astec Inc. test-fired the 250th burner manufactured since entering the burner mar-ket in 2003.
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Roadbuilding SolutionsLeeBoy roadbuilding solutions are designed and built for the most demanding applications. From asphalt pavers and motor graders to compaction rollers, asphalt distributors, brooms, chip spreaders and pothole patchers, count on LeeBoy brand products for value that delivers bottom-line results.
Durability, productivity, ease of operation and value have made LeeBoy an industry leader.
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Blanchard Shows Its Appreciation for Customer Loyalty
A big draw at the Blanchard Machinery event was signing up to potentially win one of two Caterpillar 277C multi-terrain loaders — one decked out in Clemson Tigers colors and logo and the other in South Carolina Gamecocksspirit.
While attending the Fan Appreciation Day event, KleckHarman (in cab) of Harman’s Landscaping,Lexington, S.C., took a moment to demo a Caterpillar304C cr mini-excavator with his Blanchard Machinerysales representative Erik Hoffman.
decked out in Clemson Tiger colors, while the other was cladin South Carolina Gamecock spirit.
Blanchard Machinery holds its Fan Appreciation Day tothank its customers’ loyalty and to further its spirited college
football-themed promotional efforts. Manufacturer represen-tatives also were on hand to show their appreciation. Theyincluded Caterpillar, Genie, JLG, Sullair, Allmand andWacker-Neuson. And, of course, guests were treated tolunch, which consisted burgers, hot dogs and several sides.
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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) The Biloxi Planning Commissionhas approved the expansion project of Palace Casino Resort.
The proposal will go before the city council on Dec. 15.The Palace, located on the Back Bay of Biloxi, plans new
casino space, buffet and bakery, new spa, meeting rooms,sports bar and lounge.
General Manager Keith Crosby told The Sun Herald thatthe 110,000 sq.-ft. (10,219 sq m) expansion would open instages because new facilities will replace the buffet and otheramenities already there.
He expects construction to take approximately 20 months,until fall 2011.
The expansion will front the existing hotel tower and beelevated 31 ft., which Crosby said is above the required floodelevations but what management feels is the safe level.
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H&E Equipment ServicesOpens New Store in Tenn.
On Nov. 1, H&E Equipment Services Inc.expanded its coverage in Tennessee by open-ing a new facility in Nashville. This newstore allows H&E to provide full-service toits customers in central Tennessee, northernAlabama and southern Kentucky.
“Nashville has been in need of a full-serv-ice operation for some time. Our typicalcompetitor limits their scope to just rentals.As a full-service operation, we are equippedand committed to be a one-stop shop for ourcustomers, providing services such as equip-ment rentals, new and used equipment sales,in-shop and mobile service and repair, acomprehensive parts inventory, training andmany other services,” explained MarkMiller, Nashville branch manager.
“For years we hoped to expand into mid-dle Tennessee. The current economy hascaused most of our competition to enter amode of retraction or retreat. However, wesee this as an opportunity to grow our busi-ness. We have already begun to move a largeinventory and big variety of equipment intoNashville, including aerial lifts, telescopicforklifts, earthmoving equipment, crane
trucks, light towers, compressors and more,”said Miller.
The new H&E Equipment ServicesNashville facility is located just north ofdowntown Nashville at 1301 Whites CreekPike. The store is conveniently located forcustomers and central to most current con-struction projects.
“With its strong projected future growthand healthy, diverse economy, Nashville wasan obvious choice for us to locate a branch,”explained Mike Rattan, H&E vice president— Midwest division.
“We see a clear need in this area for a truefull-service equipment provider that wouldprovide customers with a single source fortheir rental, sales, service and parts. OurBranch Manager, Mark Miller, brings morethan 20 years of local, equipment industryexperience to the role and has assembled asales, service and operations team with atremendous wealth of knowledge and expe-rience. The Nashville staff will be an invalu-able resource for our customers in the area.”
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Smooth Ride, Maintenance-Free Roadway for Hattiesburgas the stimulus package. Throughthis package, an estimated $27.5billion will go toward roadway andbridge improvements.
According to Dan Ashley, proj-ect manager of DunnRoadbuilders, the project beginsjust north of the Edwards Streetintersection and runs north to theintersection of 31st Avenue. It isthe second of four projects that hasbeen awarded to DunnRoadbuilders by MDOT since theARRAprojects began at the begin-ning of 2009.
“The main focus of this projectis to remove five and one-halfinches of existing asphalt pave-ment in the two main travel lanesof U.S. 49 and replace it with twolifts of a polymer modified asphaltmix,” Ashley explained. “Oncecompleted, this project will pro-vide a smoother ride for the travel-ing public as well as providing amaintenance-free roadway for thedepartment of transportation for aslong as 20 years in the future.”
Ashley noted that liquid poly-mers are added to the asphalt mixdesign to provide a better bondingstrength among the asphalt compo-nents of stone and liquid asphaltcement. The strength of the mixreduces rutting, which in turn pre-vents water from standing on theroadway.
In addition, adjacent frontageroads, crossovers and connectorroads are receiving a new overlayto produce a desirable productfrom start to finish.
“After the Mississippi gulf coastarea, Hattiesburg has a high num-ber of passenger cars and freighttrucking vehicles,” Ashleyexplained. “This high traffic count,along with numerous businesses, ahospital and the University ofSouthern Mississippi locationforces MDOT to declare this workis done during night time hours.Normal roadway work hours are 6p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sunday throughThursday. Adjacent service roadsare allowed to be paved duringdaylight hours.”
In order to complete the projectby Nov. 30, Dunn Roadbuilderswas running four paving andmilling/cleanup crews at the sametime. Another crew was responsi-ble for maintaining a safe workzone.
Ashley explained that the origi-nal concrete roadway was pouredmany years ago in joints rangingfrom 12 to 20 ft. (3.6 to 6 m) inlength.
“As the concrete roadwayexpands and contracts during theheat and cold of summer and win-ter months, joint lines become evi-dent and produce an uneven road-way at most of the joint lines,” hesaid. “Repair choices to a roadwaylike U.S. 49 are to remove the con-crete completely or place asphaltpavement on top of the asphalt inorder to smooth the joint lines. Atits completion, the U.S. 49 projectwill have five and one-half inchesof asphalt on top of the existingconcrete roadway.”
According to Ashley, in order toopen the U.S. 49 roadway at 6:30
a.m. without penalty, all removaland placement of asphalt must becompleted by an exact time everymorning.
“Coordination among milling,clean up and asphalt pavementcrews to determine exactly howmany feet of roadway to repairduring the allowed work time ischallenging,” he said. “Roadwayrepair lengths vary from night tonight according to varying factorssuch as intersections, crossoversand turn lanes.”
He noted that weather is anothercrucial factor. Nighttime thunder-storms at times caused delays andeven termination of work. In addi-tion, lights must be used that allow
workers to see, but at the sametime must not blind the travelingpublic.
Milling and cleanup crews aremade up of eight to 10 employees,and paving crews require 12 to 15people to place asphalt pavement.An additional eight to 10 moreemployees are needed as truckdrivers to deliver milling from thejob to the stockpile location and todeliver asphalt from the plant to thejob. Maintaining traffic requiresanother four employees to protectworkers from traffic and trafficfrom working equipment.Excluding contractors, a total of 46employees were on the project inthe average 48-hour period.
The 5.3-mi. projectinvolved 209,000 sq. yd.(174,750 sq m) of coldmilling, 87,000 tons(78,925 t) of hot mixasphalt, 34,000 linear ft.(10,363 m) of sawing andsealing transverse joints inasphalt pavement.
Ashley noted that up to25 percent of the materialsrequired to make a ton ofasphalt come from the
recycled pavement received fromthe same project. The milledasphalt pavement is injected intothe new asphalt mix that is beinglaid back on the project. This par-ticular project is expected to yieldapproximately 50,000 tons (45,359t) of recycled asphalt pavement(RAP).
Major subcontractors include A-1 Sealing, Richton, Miss., forasphalt joint sealing; J.L. McCoolContractors, Inc., Pascagoula,Miss., to place temporary and per-manent traffic stripe; AtwoodFence Company, Inc., Kosciusko,Miss., to remove and install newguard rail; and Lewis Electric
All equipment used by thecrews was company owned. Theasphalt paving crews used a CatAP1055 paver, a TREX CedarRapids asphalt transfer machine, aBroce Broom RC350, two steelwheel roller Sakai SW900, and acat rubber tired roller PS360.Milling crews used two RoadtecRX50B milling machines, a Cat420D rubber tired backhoe, a JohnDeere 310SG rubber tired back-hoe, two Broce RC350 brooms,and a Ford service truck F650.
Dunn Roadbuilders was estab-lished in 1997. It is one of fivecompanies under the managementdirection of Dunn InvestmentCompany based in Birmingham,Ala.
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A load of asphalt being placed into a shuttle buggy, whichacts as a buffer between the asphalt paver and the truck toreduce the time it takes the spreader to lay the asphalt. Asthe shuttle buggy conveyor dumps into the holding bin onthe paver, the spreader lays a continuous amount ofasphalt therefore reducing unnecessary bumps in the sur-face.
The paver foreman controlling the screed of the paver to lay a 4-in. (10cm) uniform lift of HT 19mm Polymer Modified Hot Mix Asphalt againstthe gutter face so that it is below the gutter line for the surface lift.
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Apprenticeship Enrollment, Craft Training at All-Time HighThe school operates eight merit
apprentice programs, but anyone iswelcome to enroll and union mem-bers quite often do. Laborer andheavy equipment apprenticeshipclasses are “steaming along quitenicely,” Graham said, possiblybecause public funding is at pres-ent flowing most heavily into high-way and bridge construction proj-ects. Some apprenticeship pro-grams, such as the one serving tilesetters, are under-enrolled becauseof minimal work for residentialconstruction contractors, which are“just getting hammered” by theeconomy, Graham said.
Like similar institutions acrossthe country — actually, Graham isnot aware of any others configuredquite like NCWW — the collegehas twin goals of upgrading skilllevels in the industry and swellingthe ranks of skilled workers.Graham said the sponsoring asso-ciations support both efforts.
“We were sponsored by theindustry locally for the training, but
they really want us to spend a fairamount of our energy in recruiting.We are always in a recruitmentmode. We have been watching thedemographics of our industry for10 years. We know what the aver-age age of journeymen tradespeo-ple are. The pool is pretty old andwe know we are going to have toget new people in the industry.
“There are a lot of people on thebench right now,” Graham said oflayoffs that mark the economictimes, “and that makes it a chal-lenge to bring new people in.Those laid off will go back to workbefore we can hire new people. Butwe are seeing apprentices beinghired right now and apprenticeshipenrollment is at an all-time high.”
One of the challenges facing theadministration is to identify seriouscandidates for apprentice trainingas opposed to those who in the eco-nomic downturn are just bidingtheir time at an employer’sexpense.
“Some are interested in a careerin construction but then decide it
isn’t what they had in mind. Thereis always a weeding out,” the pres-ident said. “Just this morning I wasthinking about how to get people toget to that decision sooner ratherthan later. Apprentices are all paidfor by employers, so it is real easyjust to show up and let someoneelse pay the bill.”
Local chapters of AssociatedBuilders and Contractors frequent-ly partner with community col-leges for apprenticeship classes,said Todd Staub, ABC’s director ofcraft training.
“What we are focusing on in thechapters is development of a life-long career path for tradespeople.Skills training is a part of that.”
Staub is enthusiastic about a sec-ond educational track beingoffered employers — craft train-ing. In this program, studentsreceive the identical classroominstruction and hands-on trainingas apprentices but sometimes forshorter duration. Craft training tar-gets companies that want a way toraise the formal skill level of their
employees without jumpingthrough the hoops required by for-mal apprenticeship agreements. Itappeals to contractors who are notworking on public sector projectswith obligatory apprenticeshipcontractual language.
A curriculum, certified instruc-tion and accreditation for crafttraining are provided by the 13-year-old National Center forConstruction Education andResearch, which is affiliated withthe University of Florida. The not-for-profit foundation’s accredita-tion gives a certified graduate aportable credential.
“Upon graduation,” said Staub,“a person has third-party accredita-tion he can carry throughout hiscareer that says, ‘I have beentrained to do this.’ We are lookingfor the lifelong learner in thisindustry and if we have somethingto engage these people from thebeginning, if we can attract theright people into the industry, theywill develop and stay in the indus-try for their entire career. Overall,
we look at it as one of the pieces ofthe puzzle” in meeting the loomingworker shortage.
ABC gives craft training partici-pants an extra incentive by once ayear bringing together the top stu-dents from each center in the coun-try in a national craft skills cham-pionship. In two days of competi-tion, students vie for cash and toolprizes. Some 130 students areexpected to compete in about adozen crafts at ABC’s conventionin San Diego, Calif., in February.
Staub said the industry mustoffer today’s young people realchoices in making and pursuingcareer decisions.
“We are dealing today with peo-ple who want options, who wantinformation to make an informeddecision. Apprenticeship and crafttraining are two of those options.”
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ALEX LYON & SON AUCTIONEERSBridgeport, NYPhone: 315-633-2944
• South Plainfield, NJFri., December 4, 2009For: Property is SOLD!Complete Liquidation ofConstruction, SupportEquipment, Trucks & Trailers
• Queretaro, MexicoFri., December 4, 2009For: Large ConstructionEquipment Auction, SupportEquipment, Trucks & Trailers
• Kissimmee, FLThurs., December 10, 2009For: Late Model Rental Returnsof Construction, SupportEquipment, Aerial Lifts,Telescopic Forklifts
• Atlanta, GAFri., December 11, 2009For: Late Model RentalsConsisting of Construction,Support Equipment, Trailers,Trucks, Aerial Lifts & Forklifts
• Ledyard (Foxwood Casino),CTSat., December 12, 2009For: Late Model Rental FleetConstruction, SupportEquipment, Aerial Lifts, Trucks& Trailers
• Syracuse, NYTues., December 15, 2009For: Late Model Crane, BoomTrucks, Aerial Lifts & LargeQuantity of Rigging Equipment
• San Bernardino, CAFri., December 16, 2009For: Large Rental ReturnAuction of Late ModelConstruction Equipment, AerialLifts, Forklifts, Trucks & Trailers
• St. Louis, MOThurs., December 17, 2009For: Rental Fleet Equipment —Large and Small, Trucks &Trailers
• Atlantic City, NJSat., December 19, 2009For: Late Rental Return Auctionof Late Model Construction,Aerials, Forklifts, Trucks,Trailers & Support Equipment
• Greenwich (Albany), NYWed., December 30, 2009For: Late Model Kobelco, NewHolland, Cat, John DeereEarthmoving Equipment,Forklifts, Aerial, SupportEquipment
• Middletown (Florida), NYSat., January 9, 2010For: Late Model ConstructionEquipment, Aerial Lifts &Support Equipment
• Scranton, PASat., January 16, 2010For: Late Model TruckWreckers, Truck Tractors, VanTrailers & Containers
• Columbus (Delaware), OHSat., January 23, 2010For: Late Model Rental ReturnAuction plus SupportEquipment
• Kissimmee, FLSunday thru Saturday., February 1-8, 2010For: Annual 8 Day Sale of theLatest & Greatest Construction,Aerials, Forklifts, Cranes, TruckTractors, Dump Trucks and AllTypes of Trailers and SupportEquipment — THE REAL SALE!
• Waynesboro, VAWed., December 9, 2009For: Former Assets ofEnnstone, Inc. and LeaseReturns
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December 2-3, 2009 – Forum. The National UtilityContractors Association has scheduled the SafetyDirectors Forum (SDF) at the New York Hotel, Las Vegas,NV. For further information please contact the NUCA at703-358-9300.
December 3, 2009 – Meeting. AGC of St. LouisMembership Meeting held at the Anheuser Busch SoccerPark, #1 Soccer Park Road, Fenton, MO. ConstructionOutlook for the Year Ahead: Far from a Perfect ‘10... andthe AGC of St. Louis will also recognize the members thatvolunteered their time andtalents throughout 2009.Deadline for registration is Monday, November 30 at 5:00p.m. Questions, please call Nancy Valentine at 314-781-2356, ext. 103 or [email protected].
December 10, 2009 – Legislative Breakfast. TheDelaware Contractors Association (DCA) will hold aLegislative Breakfast in the DCA Boardroom in Newark,DE. For further information, fax Nancy Handlin at 302-994-8185.
December 14-15, 2009 – Winter Conference. OhioContractors’ Assoc. Winter Conference Midwest,Columbus, OH. For more information call 800-229-1388or 614-488-0724.
January 10-13, 2010 – EXPO ‘10. National UtilityContractors Association Utility Construction Expo, WaltDisney World Dolphin Hotel, Orlando, FL. NUCA is locat-ed in Arlington, VA. Call 703-358-9300 for further infor-mation.
January 13-15, 2010 – EXPO ‘10. AG CONNECT Expo- Preview Day January 12, 2010 (by special admission),Orlando, FL. AG CONNECT Expo provides a world-classinternational forum for agriculture industry professionalsto share global agricultural ideas and managementtrends. For information please call 800-867-6060.
February 7-10, 2010 – SHOW. THE RENTAL SHOWreturns to Orlando, FL at the Orange County ConventionCenter. The show will be in the North-South building,which is where the 2006 Show was held. Exhibitors andRental Store Attendees can call 800-334-2177.
February 27 to March 3, 2010 – InternationalHardware Fair. International Hardware Fair Cologne2010, Cologne, Germany. For more information regardingthis event contact Chris Beavers, Koelnmesse, Inc. at773-326-9928.
March 17-20, 2010 – CONVENTION ‘10. Mark yourcalendar! AGC’s 91st Annual Convention will be held atthe Marriott Orlando World Center in Orlando, FL. Moreinformation will be posted as soon as it is available.
March 22-26, 2011 – EXPO. CONEXPO-CON/AGG, LasVegas, Nevada, U.S.A. CONEXPO-CON/AGG will be theworld’s largest international gathering place in 2011 forthe construction and construction materials industries,showcasing the latest equipment, services and technolo-gies. For more information, visit:www.conexpoconagg.com; E-mail: [email protected] or phone: 800-867-6060.
March 22-26, 2011 – International Exposition. LasVegas, Nevada, U.S.A. IFPE 2011 - the InternationalExposition for Power Transmission is the leading interna-tional exposition and technical conference for hydraulic,pneumatic, electrical and mechanical power transmissioncomponents, systems and controls. For information visit:www.ifpe.com; E-mail: [email protected] or phone 800-867-6060.
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ATLANTA (AP) The Centers forDisease Control and Prevention hassome badly needed medicine forAtlanta’s construction industry — twonew research buildings at the agency’scampus in Chamblee.
CDC officials said each building
will be approximately 10 stories, andcampus parking decks also will beexpanded. They say the cost of theproject will be about $300 million.
The CDC said the buildings willhouse about 250 employees apiece andwill be used to conduct research on
chronic diseases and birth defects.
Another CDC construction project is
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BULLDOZER D7G ONLY CONTRACTORContact: JEAN MAURICE BOUTINPhone: 1 450 346 8975Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––BARBER GREEN BG210B PAVERI AM LOOKING FOR BG210B PAVERContact: TONY THOMASPhone: 818-956-5231Fax: 818-956-5239Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––HM 4500Contact: NASEEM KAUKABPhone: 00966 503114628Fax: 00966 1 477 3075Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––DUMP TRUCKContact: LARRY WEINSTEINPhone: 845 721-2983Fax: 845 357-221Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––2 CAT 938F WHEEL LOADERSContact: RICHARDPhone: 603 828-6100Fax: 603 430-2119Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––I AM LOOKING TO BUY D6NLGPContact: JEAN MAURICE BOUTINPhone: 1 450 346 8975Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––VOLVO 360 EXCAVATOR 2004-2006, ANY LOCATION OKContact: JOHN TANNOURJIPhone: 914-693-0300Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––DEMOLITION BUCKET FOR A CAT 977LREASONABLY PRICEDContact: RICKPhone: 860-428-1059Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAT WHEEL LOADER 910EFG, 920, 930,936EContact: ALHARTHIPhone: 00447875086827Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––DYNAPACSCA251D,CA252D,CA262D,CA302,CA301Contact: WAQAR AHMEDPhone: 92-0333-2376638Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––KOMATSU MOTORGRADERSGD525A,GD605A,GD625APLEASE OFFER US & KINDLY SEND USDETAILS, PHOTOS & BEST PRICE.Contact: NAQIB KHANPhone: +92-333-3298751Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CRAWLER CRANEAMERICAN 9310 CRAWLER CRANEContact: JOHN NEVINSEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
KUBOTA CHAIN ON FORKS TO BUCKETTHESE ARE FORKS THAT SLIP ON THEBUCKET AND ARE HELD ON WITH ACHAIN AND BINDERContact: BILL VAN PAMELEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––LOOKING TO BUY OLDER CAT WHEELLOADERS | IN MODELS 910, 920, 930,950, 950B, 950E, 966D/E/F.Contact: ATHER A. SIDDIQUIPhone: +92-333-2240692Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––325 OR 330 BL OR CL325 9R 330 MUST HAVE 3306 ENGINE,36" TRACT, JACK HAMMER AND 70 TO80% U/CContact: SAMPhone: 940-655-8462Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––KUBOTA REAR HYDRAULIC OUTLETSI WANT TO CONNECT UP TO 4 QD FORREAR ATTACHMENTS ON MY KUBOTA3750 TRACTOR. I HAVE EXISTING 3-POINT & MY TRACTOR HAS EXISTINGLEVER SLOTS FOR CONTROL. USED ISOK.Contact: TERRYPhone: 206-241-0630Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAT DEMOLITION BUCKET USEDContact: RICKPhone: 860-428-0159Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––JOHN DEERE OR HITACHI 160C LCContact: DAVE CAPODICEPhone: 309-275-1927Fax: 309-828-1960Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––LOADERS, GRADERS, EXCAVATORSLOOKING FOR EQUIPMENT TO PUR-CHASE. WE CAN ALSO HELP YOULOCATE EQUIPMENT YOU’RE LOOKINGFOR.Contact: RHONDA SCHEERPhone: 610-544-3399Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––ANY TYPE OF STEELI BUY ANY TYPE OF NEW, USED ORSURPLUS STEEL INCLUDING SHEETPILING, H-PILING, PIPE PILING, WIDEFLANGE BEAMS, PLATES, PIPE, TUBINGETC...Contact: MICHAEL KAYEPhone: 609-882-6983 x 104Fax: 609-882-7458Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CASE/DAVIS TRENCHER TF900/TF1000DEAD OR ALIVEContact: STEVEN H. MILLERPhone: (260) 341-2140Fax: (260) 724-4165Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
OHIO SCRAP MAGNETContact: MARK VIAPhone: 540-745-3405Fax: 866-905-5488Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAT 345B TRACKS/PADSContact: BILL KUKURINEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––BOBCAT 323 COMPACT EXCAVATORI AM LOOKING FOR A COMPACT EXCA-VATOR SIMILAR TO THE 323.Contact: JASONEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––I AM LOOKING TO BUY CONTRACTORD6KLGPContact: JEAN MAURICE BOUTINPhone: 450-346-8975Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––VIBRO HAMMERContact: MIKE DONNESPhone: +61427775849Fax: +61892932261Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––FINAL DRIVEContact: ROBERTO J PALACIOSPhone: 786-287-7056Fax: 305-573-7038Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CATERPILLAR D11R CRAWLER TRAC-TORSWE NEED ONE POSSIBLY TWO 8ZR OR9TR SERIES PARTS OR CORE REBUILDMACHINES. SU AND SINGLE SHANKPREFERRED. ANY LOCATION WORLDWIDE. IF YOU HAVE A MACHINE MATCH-ING OUR NEEDS PLEASE SENDDETAILS, PHOTOS AND PRICE.Contact: CHARLES SOLOMONEPhone: 719-689-2434Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAT D11T | CAT D11T. NEW UP TO 4000HOURS.Contact: PAUL CROLLAPhone: +47-22.207696Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Wrecked or burnt Morbark Model 13wood chipper for parts.Contact: NormaPhone: 724-887-9375Fax: 724-887-4899Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––VOLVO L120B OR L120C - (1) VOLVOL120B OR L120C, ANY YEAR, ANY CON-DITIONContact: IVAN OCAMPOEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––KOMATSU D85A21 - 4 X KOMATSUD85A-21. NEW UPTO 3000 HOURS.Contact: PAUL CROLLAPhone: +47-22.207696Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
KUBOTA L39 OR NEW HOLLAND TC40 -WOULD LIKE EITHER A KUBOTA L39OR A NEW HOLLAND TC40AContact: GERRY PAOLINEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––FRONT LOADER FOR A KUBOTA L5450Contact: CHARLIE LOVEALLPhone: 412-445-1878Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––FELCO ROLLER BUCKETContact: DONALD BEARDPhone: 828-324-6774Fax: 828-324-9632Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––RAYGO RUSTLER 404 PARTS MACHINEContact: WARREN CARDPhone: 423-332-2223Fax: 423-332-9444Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CRANE BOOM & BASE FOR BUCYRUSERIE 30B SUPERContact: VINCENT NERIPhone: 860-664-8042Fax: 860-664-9175Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––JD 595D,495 - LOOKING TO BUY JOHNDEERE 595 WHEELED EXCAVATOR OR495 JD ANY YEARContact: IMTIAZPhone: 647-887-4786Fax: 905-497-8633Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––LATE MODEL SOMERO POWER RAKE -NO RETAIL DEALS PLEASE.Contact: TOM NACEYPhone: 651-214-1694Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––BADGER 460Contact: COREYEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––NEED NOW FROM CONTRACTOR ONLY4 BULLDOZERS 375A 3Contact: JEAN MAURTICE BOUTINPhone: 1 450 346 8975Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAT 330DLContact: RANDY REECEPhone: 770-966-9056Fax: 770-966-9035Email:[email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––330BL CAT EXCAVATORContact: ROD MARTIN OR PETERCORCHPhone: 717-733-3593Fax: 717-733-8531Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––VIBRATORY ROLLERS • WANTED 05 ORNEWER 66-84 IN ROLLERS 1000 HRSOR LESSContact: JIMEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAT 140H - CAT 140H GRADER, 17.5X25TYRES, BELOW 3500 HOURS, RIPPERContact: PAUL CROLLAPhone: 47-22.207696Fax: 44-161.226-8525Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
JOHN DEERE WHEELED EXCAVA-TOR595 - JOHN DEERE WHEELEDEXCAVATOR 495,595Contact: IMTIAZPhone: 647-887-4786Fax: 9054978633Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––I AM LOOKING TO BUY 650J NEW LGPContact: JEAN MAURICE BOUTINPhone: 1 450 346 8975Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAT D8H STARTER - 46A22000 SERIESDIRECT ELECTRIC STARTER.Contact: JOHN NEVINSEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––2004 CAT BACKHOE 426BContact: DOUG LAUGHLINPhone: 607-742-9017Fax: 607-795-4157Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––BALL JOINT FOR INGERSOLL RANDVR636 - LOOKING FOR USED BALLJOINT FOR INGERSOLL RAND VR636ALL TERRAIN FORK LIFT. PART#59210572.Contact: JOSH KAMMEYERPhone: 269-685-9525Fax: 269-685-5888Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––BRIDGE DECK FINISHERContact: BRIAN SKAJEMPhone: 909 772 1749Fax: 951 352 4301Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––NEED PARTS FOR JCB BACKHOE3C1400B - NEED LOADER CONTROLALSO NEED18.4-24 TIRESContact: KLAUS MUELLERPhone: 239-980-2000Fax: 239-418-1000Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––AUSTIN WESTERN BLADE PACER 300DEAD OR ALIVEContact: LYLE CARPENTERPhone: 701-549-3727Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––REAR RIPPER FOR CAT D5NXLContact: WENDELL CAINPhone: 770-381-8984Fax: 770-381-6977Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––GRADALL 660E CRAWLER | GRADALL660E CRAWLER WITH 5.9 CUMMINSContact: SCOTT RUBRIGHTPhone: 724-468-4700Fax: 724-468-4975Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––KOMATSU D355Contact: RANDY REECEPhone: 770-966-9056Fax: 770-966-9035Email:[email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
1976-1979 CAT 12GContact: RANDY REECEPhone: 770-966-9056Fax: 770-966-9035Email:[email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CATERPILLAR CRAWLER DOZERContact: GREG HENDRIXPhone: 936-327-5430Fax: 936-327-5108Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––LOADER CAT 970FII,966FII,966DVERY GOOD CONDITIONContact: MANSOUR HASEBPhone: +202 26632820Fax: +202 26632820Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––50 TO 75 TON CONVENTIONAL TRUCKCRANEContact: JERRY WADEPhone: 713-248-7971Fax: 281-348-0854Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––TELEHANDLERContact: TONY SPADAPhone: 407-509-4000Fax: 407-850-0256Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CRAWLER CRANEContact: VINCENTPhone: 860-664-8042Fax: 860-664-9175Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WHEEL LOADER-JD 624J, QUICK CON-NECT, LOW HRS, PREFER SIDE DUMP.Contact: JOHN NEVINSEmail: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WANTED KOMATSU DOZER 155,375Contact: ALHARTHIPhone: 00447875086827Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1972 96J1729 DS CAT DOZERContact: CHUCK GREENEPhone: 843-669-8481/843-621-4411Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––FLATBED TRAILERContact: JIMMY ELRODPhone: 864 226 9380/ 843 238 8588Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––I AM LOOKING TO BUY PIECE 355KOMATSUContact: JEAN MAURICE BOUTINPhone: 1 450 346 8975Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––MASSEY FERGUSON 50HX "S SERIES"BACKHOEContact: STONEPhone: 937-313-0321Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAT WHEEL LOADER 950B,E,F 936EContact: ALHARTHIPhone: 00447875086827Fax: 00441912713032Email: [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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Link-Belt TCC-750 MakesNorth American Debut
Link-Belt’s 75 ton (70 t) TCC-750 wasformally introduced in North America atLink-Belt’s CraneFest ’09 customer eventon Sept. 28 through Oct. 1 at Link-Belt’sworld headquarters in Lexington, Ky. Thecrane had previously been announced onlyin Europe.
The TCC-750, designedand built completely inLexington, Ky., has receivedextremely strong interestfrom the market despite thecurrent economic climate.Recently, ALL Erection &Crane Rental Co. purchasedten TCC-750’s for its fleet,according to Link-Belt.
“This model has gotten alot of attention. Our cus-tomers are really interestedin a reliable telecrawler.We’re sold well into 2010,”said Pat Collins, Link-Belt’ssenior lattice boom productmanager under whom the750 falls. “The new optionswe’ve added will expand outtelecrawler base.”
One of those new options,shown attached and stowedat CraneFest, was the Pengohydraulic powered earthauger. The auger comes intwo sizes: the RT-15 with a17.8 cu. in. (293 cu cm)motor and 15,478 ft. lbs.(20,985.3 Nm) of torque,and the RT-20 with an 11.9cu. in. (195 cu cm) and22,662 ft. lbs. (30,725.5 Nm)of torque.
Also available as anoption is a work platform.
The TCC-750 features afour-section, full-powerformed boom with grease-less Teflon wear pads. Theboom is 38 to 115 ft. (11.58to 35.05 m) with a maximum tip height of121 ft. (36.88 m). Optional equipmentincludes a 35 to 58 ft. (6.09 to 17.7 m), two-piece, on-board lattice fly with offsets of 2,15, 30, and 45 degrees. The maximum boomand jib length is 121 ft. plus 58 ft. for 179 ft.(36.88 m plus 17.67 m for 54.55 m). Link-Belt’s “A” boom mode offers increasedcapacities for short radii, while the standard“B” mode extends all four sections equallyfor extended reach. The quick reeve boomhead and lightweight nylon head sheavesreduce weight and make rigging easy. A
hammerhead boom nose allows the operatorto work at high boom angles.
Special on the TCC-750 is the completelysealed lower and hydraulically retractableside frames for easy, fast transport. Thelargest telecrawler that can transport with its
tracks attached at under 100,000 lbs.(45,359.2 kg), the 750 moves in either one ortwo loads depending on local restrictions.The retracted gauge, good for transport orwork, is 8.4 ft. (2.56 m). Once on the job,two additional working modes at 11.9 ft.(3.63 m) and, fully extended, at 14 ft. (4.27m) give added versatility to this mobile rig.With 36 in. (91.4 cm) triple grouser trackpads and a retracted boom, this rig can easi-ly navigate difficult terrain.
For more information, visitwww.linkbelt.com.
The TCC-750 features a four-section, full-powerformed boom with greaseless Teflon wear pads. Theboom is 38 to 115 ft. (11.58 to 35.05 m) with a maxi-mum tip height of 121 ft. (38.88 m).
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Talking about NASCAR, football and tractors (L-R) are Ralph Curtis ofCurtis Equipment in Loudon, Tenn.; Lee Mashburn of Mashburn
Equipment Sales in Ringgold, Ga.; Robert Miller of UnitedAuction in Hazlehurst, Ga.; and Jack Lyon.
Hillcrest Construction Iron Goes on Block in Charlotte
Jackie Atkinson (L) of J&J Truck Sales in Chatham, Va.,and Jason Payne of Atkinson Truck Sales, also inChatham, thought this 2007 Kenworth dump truckwas in good shape and planned to bid on it later in theday.
Allan Keller (L) and Rick Coulson, bothof Coulson Equipment in Parkersburg,W.Va., went over this Cat D8N from topto bottom and thought it would work outfor their needs.
Eric Leatherman (L) of Leatherman Grading inHickory, N.C., and Jerry Smith of Little MountainGrading in Maiden, N.C., came to buy a few scrapers.Leatherman and Smith both landed jobs and were inneed of several machines.
Timothy Blake of Blake’sLandscaping in West End, N.C., testedout this John Deere 410G backhoe.Blake tried out several machines, butthought this backhoe would work outfor him.
Larry Bowen of Marshall Truck & Equipment Salesin Danville, Va., came with his checkbook in handto buy several dump trucks.
Butch Bouwens of LB Builders Construction Groupin Mooresville, N.C., just landed a contract to builda new business park in Mooresville where KyleBusch of KBM Motorsports will be the anchor ten-ant. Bouwens was in need of several machines forthis project so he came to see what was available.
Brian Manley (L)and Jason Little,both of HillcrestConstruction inMooresville, N.C.,were hoping fora big day andgood bidding fortheir machines.
Hunter Hemp of Virginia Equipment Distributors inOrange, Va., tested out this Komatsu excavator. Kempliked the feel of the hydraulics and was pleased with theundercarriage on the machine so he planned to bid on it.
Alex Lyon & Son held an auctionOct. 23 in Charlotte, N.C.
The sale was a job completion auctionfor Hillcrest Construction, Neff Rentals& United Rentals.
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Portable Screen Plant and Tub Grinder`05 POWERSCREEN Commander 1400 Rinser, s/n 13501954, e/w 6’x13’ grizzly, hyd tilt with 44”x14’discharge belt, 42”x44’ conveyor, 5’x12’ wet screen, (5) wash bars • `99 MORBARK 1200XL Portable TubGrinder, s/n 567-469, Cat 3412E, 650HP diesel engine and Twin Disc PTO, e/w Morlift 350 knuckleboomloader with Tarantula grapple, 36”x28’ hyd folding discharge conveyor with magnetized end pulley
Scrap Baler/Logger`06 SIERRA S5250G Roll-Off Scrap Baler/Logger, s/n 03-116-06, e/w M8500-S knuckleboom loader, 4-tine rotating orange peel grapple, 22’ boom reach, 17’4” scrap tub with 160 ton main compression cylinderforce, 210 ton side compression force, and 1,100# average bale/log weight
All Terrain Crane, Boom Truck, and Forklift`93 LINK-BELT ATC822, 22 Ton, s/n 71-I3-0142 • `04 INT’L/TEREX 12 Ton Boom Truck, TerexBT2463 mtd on Int’l 7400 S/A • `07 DAEWOO G25E, s/n CXO3540
Concrete Pump Truck, Power Rake, and Bulk Trailer`03 PUMPSTAR ZF5-42/PS220, s/n 777192, e/w 42 meter, 5-sectionZ-fold concrete placing boom, umbilical remote control, wash downpump and hose reel. Mtd `03 Mack MR688S, 8x4 Carrier (No BoomPipe) • `07 SOMERO Power Rake, s/n 40232-0107 • `05 HEIL T800Cement Bulk Trailer
(19) Rear Discharge Concrete Mixer Trucks(12) `06 MACK CV713 Granite Tri-Axle Mixer Trucks, Mack A1-375A, 375HP dsl, Allison automatic, e/w CBMW 11 cy hyd mixer, 150 gal pressurized water tank • (2) `04KENWORTH T800 T/A Mixer Trucks, Cat C13 Acert, 380HP dsl engine and Allison automatic, e/w
Kimble K2000 10.5 cy hyd mixer, 120 gal pressurized water tank • (2)`04 MACK CV713 Granite T/A, Mack AMI-400 dsl and Allison auto-matic, e/w McNeilus 10.5 cubic yard hyd mixers • (3) `04 MACKEV713 Granite T/A, Mack AMI-370 dsl and Mack TM309M, 9 spdtransmission, e/w McNeilus 10.5 cy hyd mixers
Front Discharge Mixers Trucks(5) `06 TEREX/ADVANCE, 6x10, C13 Acert dsl and Allison trans, e/w10.5 cy hyd mixer, 120 gal pressurized water tank
Virginia Auction License No.: 2908 000496 While information is believed to be accurate, all items will besold “As-Is, Where-Is” without guarantee or warranty. A physical inspection is suggested.
Absolute AuctionWed., Dec. 9, 2009 –
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Deere Series II ADTs FeatureOnboard Weighing System
John Deere’s four newSeries II articulated dumptrucks (ADTs), featureonboard weighing sys-tems, tire pressure moni-toring systems, and a hostof control and cab changesdesigned to enhance com-fort and productivity.
All D-Series models aresix-wheel-drive units thatprovide traction indemanding conditions.They are designed formaximum productivity,increased uptime and lowdaily operating costs, par-ticularly in fuel efficiency,with Tier III-certifiedengines ranging from 265 to 413 hp (197 to308 kW).
Onboard Weighing SystemOnboard weighing systems are standard
equipment on Deere D-Series II ADTs. Theygive operators overload protection, with mir-ror-mounted lights that alert the loadingoperator when the truck is nearing capacity.The payload weight information also isavailable through JDLink so owners andequipment managers can monitor truck uti-lization far away from the job site.
“The onboard weighing system helps theoperator manage his productivity anduptime,” said John Chesterman, productmarketing manager of ADTs, John DeereConstruction & Forestry. “You can monitormaterial moved data right from your desktopvia the information transmitted throughJDLink. This helps in calculating machineutilization and managing a project.”
“Because John Deere ADTs already havea significant weight advantage and the low-est ground pressure among the top five ADTmanufacturers, Deere trucks burn less fuel,particularly in high time-on-grade applica-tions and poor underfoot conditions,”Chesterman said.
A fully automatic transmission with anintegrated transmission retarder hasimproved transmission shift performance,allowing quicker acceleration out of theloading area for faster cycle times, alongwith decreased fuel consumption.
The tire pressure monitoring system letsthe operator keep track of tire pressure fromthe seat, eliminating guesswork and time outof the cab. The owner also can monitor tirepressures from his desktop since all of thetire information is available via JDLink.
Cab and Control ChangesJohn Deere D-Series II ADT cabs have
been updated with a modern, comfortableand convenient design, with lower soundlevels and a heated air suspension seat stan-dard. The Series II ADTs feature push-buttonstart and stop with a standard turbo cool-down timer. To help owners reduce costs,these trucks have programmable auto-shut-down timers to save fuel, reduce noise andminimize engine use at times when thetrucks are not doing productive work.
Taking fleet management even further,Series II ADTs come with JDLink Ultimatestandard.
An updated 25-button sealed switch mod-ule with integrated transmission and dumpbody controls makes the units easier to oper-ate and ensures switch durability.
All John Deere ADTs feature fabricated,heavy-duty frames, axle housings and artic-ulation joints for lower truck weights andreliable performance. The ribbed bodydesign increases strength yet contributes tolow ground pressure. The structure also isengineered to ensure a best-in-class frontalapproach angle, according to the manufac-turer.
Deere ADTs also have ground level fuel-ing.
The 250D and 300D have dry disc brakesand axles with limited slip differentials,while the 350D and 400D have controlledtraction differentials and wet disc brakesstandard.
“Building and site prep contractors, quar-ries, and road builders are going to findSeries II ADTs have the fuel efficiency, pro-ductivity, durability and reliability to keepthem more productive at a lower cost perton,” Chesterman said.
For more information, visitwww.JohnDeere.com.
All D-Series models are six-wheel-drive units that pro-vide traction in demanding conditions.
IronPlanet Reports RecordSales for Third Quarter
IronPlanet posted record sales for the thirdquarter of 2009. Gross auction sales were$123 million, an increase of 61 percent overthird quarter of 2008. IronPlanet’s year-to-date performance of $334 million is a 36 per-cent increase over the same period in 2008.
“I continue to be pleased with our quarter-ly and year-to-date performance as we con-tinue to deliver on our business objectives in2009,” said Gregory J. Owens, IronPlanetchairman and chief executive officer. “Ourongoing commitment to our customers tobring fair market value for their equipment,at a low cost to sell through our weeklyonline marketplace will continue to be thecatalyst for our growth.”
In the third quarter, IronPlanet conducted22 global auctions, up 38 percent from thirdquarter 2008. In addition, 55 percent of theitems sold in IronPlanet North Americanauctions had bids from international biddersand 25 percent of the items sold went to buy-ers outside of the United States.
“As we approach 2010 we will continueto build on our strategies to broaden ourreach and grow both our seller and buyerbase around the world. The advantages of
our online marketplace versus more tradi-tional auction channels are our global reachand our ability to bring an internationalbuyer audience to all of our auctions whetherin North America, Europe, Australia orSoutheast Asia,” said Owens.
In its third quarter, IronPlanet achievedother significant milestones that will beinstrumental in the continued success andgrowth of the company. IronPlanet Canadaexpanded its sales team to increase coverageand customer service from coast to coast,while IronPlanet Australia added JohnO’Sullivan to continue growth intoSoutheast Asia. In August, IronPlanetexceeded half a million users worldwideexpanding the number of potential biddersand buyers across its marketplace in NorthAmerica, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. In July,Roger S. Siboni joined the board of direc-tors, bringing more than 30 years of experi-ence and executive level management intechnology and financial management to theIronPlanet board.
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