Midwest Contractor articles from August 2007

Midwest Contractor archives from August 2007

Tall Corn Poses Visibility Risk.
August 13, 2007... Staff As Iowa's corn crop grows taller, motorists are urged to use extra caution at roadway intersections and railroad crossings where the driver's view may be obstructed. Iowa Department of Transportation statistics show 61 total crashes...

Foley Equipment Awards Scholarships.(Foley Equipment Company)(Brief article)
August 13, 2007... Staff Foley Equipment Company of Wichita, Kan., will be sending Michael Kohler and Kurt Williams to Oklahoma State University in the fall as part of the Think Big Cat Dealer Prep Program. The cooperative education initiative allows...

Kansas City Reference Network Upgraded.(Laser Specialists)
August 13, 2007... Staff The Kansas City Reference Network, an innovative RTK network implemented by private industry in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, recently underwent a system upgrade that has doubled the number of available satellites and dramatically...

"Show Me" State Turning Rooftops Into Roadways.
August 13, 2007... Staff The Missouri Department of Transportation is among the first state agencies in the nation to recycle tear-off shingles to resurface or rebuild highways. Over the past two years, MoDOT has allowed contractors to put used shingles that...

Is Safety Just A Spoken Word?
August 13, 2007... By Ron Hinds A safety consultant and creator of Southwest Missouri Safety Co. LLC What does the word "safety" mean? The dictionary defines it, as it relates to the construction industry, as "the state of being safe." Helpful. Maybe we...

Cat 101 Summer School: A glimpse At Caterpillar ...
August 13, 2007... By David Huey Maybe you're a bit like me; part of what makes you love the construction business is the big iron. So when my boss offered me a chance to go to Peoria, Ill., for an orientation at the Caterpillar home office, I jumped at the...

ARTBA Gets New Midwest Regional Director.(appointment of Melanie Bassett at American Road and Transportation Builders Association )(Brief article)
August 27, 2007... Staff The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has hired Melanie Bassett as a regional director, focusing primarily on the Midwest. Based in St. Louis, Mo., she is responsible for field activities including...

Murphy Tractor & Equipment Staff Changes.
August 27, 2007... Staff Murphy Tractor and Equipment recently announced three personnel shifts. Ron Efferding will be branch manager of their Omaha facility. Efferding has been with Murphy Tractor for 12 years and has worked in both Omaha and Wichita, Kan.,...

Industry Marketing Awards Program Now Accepting Entries.
August 27, 2007... Staff The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is now accepting entries for its "Measures of Success" marketing communications awards program. The awards are sponsored by AEM's Publications in Construction and Agriculture (PICA)...

Chart Your Safety Course.
August 27, 2007... By Steve Kirst, Telehandler product manager, Mustang Manufacturing Co. Using load charts to safely operate a telehandler Imagine you've just climbed inside the cab of your telehandler. A hulking load of concrete blocks sits on the...

GPS System Makes The Grade On Irregular Lake Bed Project.
August 27, 2007... By Larry Trojack One of the inherent strengths of today's newer GPS systems for construction equipment is their ability to present the operator with an in-cabdisplay of the terrain - even when that terrain is under water. That ability...

Competing Automakers Sing Same Labor Tune...
August 27, 2007... By Bob Mizke NMA Solves Plant Construction Puzzle Their television commercials dominate the airwaves. The brightest lights on Main Street in Anytown, USA, come from their dealerships. Nowhere is competition for the consumer dollar...