C & D Recycler articles from November 2003

C & D Recycler archives from November 2003

More than a new look.(Editor's Focus)
November 1, 2003... By now you've surely noticed that C&D Recycler magazine has undergone a fairly dramatic change. We've changed our name to Construction & Demolition Recycling magazine and done a complete graphic redesign. These changes are important, but they...

AASHTO takes recycling steps.(Commodities)
November 1, 2003... The Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has established a Recycling Task Force within its Subcommittee on Materials (SOM). The mission of the Recycling Task Force is investigating which recycled products can...

Deere gets behind highway bill.(Commodities)
November 1, 2003... In a meeting with President Bush in Chicago, Deere & Co. Chairman Bob Lane has asked the president to help ensure that a new multiyear highway funding bill is enacted before the Feb.2004 expiration, According to a news release from the...

CCA-wood focus of conference.(Commodities)
November 1, 2003... A conference scheduled for February in Orlando, Fla., will bring together researchers in the field of handling wood treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA). The presenters will share research results and attempt to develop a research...

Fort Ord continues C&D planning.(Industry News)
November 1, 2003... More deconstruction and recycling will take place at the giant Fort Ord military complex near Monterey, Calif. USA Recovered Resources Ltd. has signed a contract with the University of California-Monterey Bay, to seeks permits for and then...

Marcor adds asset recovery service.(Industry News)
November 1, 2003... Marcor Remediation Inc., Hunt Valley, Md., has introduced its Capital Assets Management LLC subsidiary to market surplus equipment and materials from distressed properties. The growing brownfields redevelopment market is one of the targets...

School reaches for extra credit.(Industry News)
November 1, 2003... The Institution Recycling Network (IRN), Concord, N.H., is helping a prep school in New England reach for a 75 percent scrap materials recycling goal as it builds a new athletic center. The IRN has contracted with St. Paul's School,...

Nuprecon promotes Whitley.(Industry News)
November 1, 2003... * Dave Whitley has been promoted to vice president of client services at Nuprecon Inc., Snoqualmie, Wash, Whitley was manager of ReNu Recycling, the recycling arm of the demolition contracting company that is among the 10 largest in the U.S....

CMRA adds to roster.(CMRA News)
November 1, 2003... * The Construction Materials Recycling Association, Lisle, Ill., which promotes the recycling of construction and demolition materials, has accepted the following companies as members: * California Concrete Crushing, Sacramento * Capitol...

Advocacy fund established.(CMRA News)
November 1, 2003... * An event to be held at the 2004 C&D World Exhibition & Conference is serving as a launching pad for an advocacy fund that is being established by the Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA). A fundraising dinner, sponsored by...

Allied, Sandvik strike attachments deal.(Equipment Report)
November 1, 2003... * Allied Construction Products, Cleveland, and the Sandvik Group, Sandviken, Sweden, have announced an agreement re combine their demolition attachments businesses in the North American market. The combined company will sell breakers and...

Metso to shut down former Nordberg facility.(Equipment Report)
November 1, 2003... * Finnish industrial conglomerate Metso Corp. is planning to shut down the Milwaukee factory that produced crushers under the Nordberg brand name for decades. Metso, which has acquired assets and brands including Svedala and Nordberg, will...

East upgrades paint shop.(Equipment Report)
November 1, 2003... * East Manufacturing Corp., Randolph, Ohio, has introduced a new painting facility specifically designed to improve the quality of paint application and to provide a unique baked-on paint finish on steel dump trailers, frames and subassemblies....

Equipment broker facing trial.(Equipment Report)
November 1, 2003... * A Jan. 12, 2004, trial date has been set for Floyd Riley, 55, a Missouri businessman charged with 29 counts of fraud stemming from his business dealings, many of them in the recycling equipment industry. According to the U.S. Attorney's...

Rhino Wheelwash Systems made in U.S.(Equipment Report)
November 1, 2003... * The wheel washing and truck washing system offered by Global Equipment Mktg. Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., is now made in the U.S. The Rhino System is used widely in Europe and the U.K. by quarries, C&D sires, coal-fired plants, landfills and...

Emmer named to Lippmann post.(Equipment Report)
November 1, 2003... * Lippmann-Milwaukee, a Cudahy, Wis.based manufacturer of crushing machinery for the recycling and aggregate industries, has named Pete Emmet as its service and warranty administrator. Emmer will handle technical customer inquiries, with...

Con-Way to provide Peterson parts.(Equipment Report)
November 1, 2003... * In order to offer customers more responsive parts service in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada, Peterson Pacific Corp., Eugene, Ore., has allied with Con-Way Logistics Inc. Peterson parts for equipment such as its wood and asphalt...

In the mix: aggregates giant Vulcan Materials Co. includes recycled products in its mix.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2003... Since 1979 a crushing operation has been recycling concrete on Midway Court in Elk Grove Village, a Chicago suburb near O'Hare International Airport. For most of that time it was run by R.I. Busse Inc., a pioneering company in concrete...

Future stakes: the year concluding was flat for most contractors and recyclers, but 2004 brings with it new hope.(State Of The Industry)
November 1, 2003... How was 2003 for C&D recyclers, and what will 2004 bring? We talked with dozens of recyclers across the U.S. to try to get a reading on how the industry did this year and what will happen in the market next year. Overall, most people reported a...

Rock 'n Roll? Stationary? Portable? Mobile? Recyclers have a variety of options in crushing equipment.(Crushing Equipment Focus)
November 1, 2003... While making recycled aggregate products out of demolition debris is common among C&D recyclers, the approach varies, as does the equipment used. Recyclers must weigh a variety of economic and environmental factors to arrive at the best...

Tuesday's gone: a Sacramento demolition project yields recyclable materials.(Demolition Project)
November 1, 2003... It was the last Tuesday the old Tuesday Club building in downtown Sacramento was going to see. The four-story building, which had served for years as a place for state legislators, staff and lobbyists to meet after (and sometimes during) work,...

On the upside: the volatile metals markets have spent 2003 on an upswing.(Scrap Metals Update)
November 1, 2003... Generators of scrap metal stemming from demolition and construction projects or C&D recycling efforts know enough about metals pricing to realize it seldom stays fixed for long. The current year, like many before it, has offered volatility....

Gambling with change: New Mexico's Inn of the Mountain Goats makes way for a resort casino.(Demolition Job Story)
November 1, 2003... Since 1975, the Mescalero Apache Reservation has been operating a resort property called the Inn of the Mountain Gods in the Sierra Blanca Mountains of southern New Mexico. The resort, now valued at $20 million, was once a five-star...

Stanley LaBounty Tach II Coupler.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... Stanley LaBounty, Two Harbors, Minn., has introduced the Rapid Tach II quick coupling system. * Approved to work with La Bounty mechanical attachments, such as the CP concrete pulverizers, BLS bucket linkage shears and MWS mobile wood...

Vecoplan VNZ 210 shedder.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... The VNZ 210 low-speed, double-shaft shredder from Vecoplan LLC processes consumer, C&D and industrial waste. * Features a 250 hp engine and a 4-feet by 7-feet vertical infeed opening. * Includes a solid cutting rotor with replaceable...

Sandvik Jawmaster[TM] crushers.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... Sandvik Rock Processing North America, Appleton, Wis., introduces a range of Jawmaster [TM] single-toggle jaw crushers. * Available as unit machines for stationary aggregate processing applications or as mobile Crawlmaster [TM] jaw plants...

Lippmann 4818 Prime Mover.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... Lippmann-Milwaukee Inc., Cudahy, Wisc., has introduced the 4818 Prime Mover, a economical, high-volume portable impact crushing and screening plant. * Offers multi-product capabilities and precise material sizing in a self-contained,...

Grasan primary impactor plant.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... The KRH1515, Grasan's largest road-portable primary impact crushing plant, can be configured for concrete/ asphalt recycling or crushing limestone. * Provides reduction ratios as great as 30:1 in closed circuit. * Features the Hazemag...

Kinshofer orange peel grapples.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... Kinshofer, a company based in Germany, offers a line of orange peel grapples. * Available with four, five or six tines. * Can be engineered with open, pointed tines; half-dosing tines or fully closing tines. * Each time is...

Bandit mulch coloring system.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... Bandit Industries Inc., Remus, Mich., offer a mulch-coloring system that can be attached to Beast Recyclers. * Uses a dry colorant that is metered onto wood as it enters the grinder. * Works off the diesel engine's electrical system...

Peterson horizontal recyclers.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... Peterson Pacific has introduced the HC4700 horizontal recycler for high-volume producers with demanding end-product specifications. * A mid-range model featuring 630 hp using the Peterson three-stage grinding process. * Patented Impact...

LFM[TM] harp-type screen.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... Montreal-based Major Wire Industries Ltd. has advanced harp-style screening technology by adding polyurethane strips. * Increases screening productivity compared to traditional harp--or piano-style wire cloth. * Eliminates common wire...

Atlas Copco hydraulic breakers.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... These hydraulic breakers are suitable for mounting on large skid steers, standard backhoes and mini-excavators weighing fewer than 10 tons. * Models 650 and 850. * Feature integral side-mounted accumulators to reduce overall length,...

Vermeer skid steer loader.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... Vermeer Manufacturing, Pella, Iowa, has introduced its model $600 compact skid steer designed for rental centers and small contractors. * Can be mounted to rubber tires or rubber tracks over tires. * Operator Presence feature stops all...

BTI MBS rockbreaker systems.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... A line of portable rockbreaker systems offered by Breaker Technology Inc., Thornbury, Canada. * Low-profile design enables them to remain on the plant during transport. * Boom can be lowered flat onto the feeder for road...

Vecoplan VNZ 300 shredder.(Product News)
November 1, 2003... The Vecoplan VNZ 300 low-speed, double-shaft shredder features 350 horsepower and reported throughputs of 25 tons per hour. * Infeed hopper opening of 4 feet by 10 feet. * Rotor design uses two solid rotor shafts with inexpensive,...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2003... Nov. 17-19 Market Outlook for Iron 8 Steel Scrap and Scrap Alternatives, New Orleans, Gorham Technologies, (207) 892-5445 Dec. 2-5 Pollutec 2003, Paris-Nord Villepinte, France, Promosalons USA, (888) 522-5001 Dec. 3-4 ...

ConExpo reports early '05 interest.(Back Page)
November 1, 2003... * Organizers of the ConExpo-Con/Agg show, held every three years in Las Vegas, say the 2005 show is shaping up as another winner. The mammoth construction and heavy equipment exposition has already received more than 540 exhibitor...

Crippen clean-up completed.(Back Page)
November 1, 2003... * The clean up is finished at the Archie Crippen Excavation site in southwest Fresno, Calf., where a huge pile of C&D debris caught fire in January of this year and threatened the health of residents in the area. The Fresno Bee has...

Housing carries the load.(Back Page)
November 1, 2003... * With August numbers for new construction contracts calculated, McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, New York, is reporting continuing strength in home building and ongoing weakness in most commercial, industrial and infrastructure segments. ...