Midwest Contractor articles from October 2007

Midwest Contractor archives from October 2007

Where There's A Mill, There's A Way ...
October 8, 2007... By John Hood, Product Manager, Milling & Paving, BOMAG Americas, Inc. ... To Greater Profits Given America's progressively aging infrastructure, cold milling machines are being utilized more and more on today's paving projects....

Rolling Patterns To Achieve Density And Production.
October 8, 2007... Written By: Dale Starry Provided By: Volvo Construction Equipment Shippensburg, Pa. During most paving operations, at the end of each production day or night, someone from the contractor's management team asks the paving crew how many...

A New Terex In Town.
October 8, 2007... Staff Terex Cranes has been hosting a series of open houses both in this country and abroad in 2007 to showcase its new cranes and its improved manufacturing and customer service operations. On August 21, the Terex Cranes Open House came...

Phrase "Structurally Deficient" Defined.
October 8, 2007... Staff The recent collapse of the bridge in Minneapolis has focused the public's attention on the classifications "structurally deficient" and "functionally obsolete," as applied to bridges. The terms have highly negative connotations, but...

IMT Introduces New Accessories.
October 8, 2007... Staff Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT) of Garner, Iowa, recently announced options to their DominatorA[R] mechanics trucks. The CAS2545 rotary screw air compressor, welder/generator and redesigned drawer sets have expanded the options...

New Strobe Guards Offered.
October 22, 2007... Staff Strobe guards for all MeteorliteA[R] 2200 Series Class 1 and 2 strobes are now available from Superior Signals, Inc. The Olathe, Kan., company is a leading manufacturer and distributor of vehicle safety lighting and traffic control...

Worldwide Ethanol Producer Eyes Midwest.
October 22, 2007... Staff The planned sale of the Abengoa Bioenergy Portales, New Mexico, ethanol facility is part of the company's strategy for future growth through development of Midwestern facilities. The company's newest 88-million-gallons-per-year...

Wichita Distributor Welcomes New Salesman.
October 22, 2007... Staff Murphy Tractor and Equipment Co. in Sioux City, Iowa, has added Cole Knapp to its staff as a territory sales manager. He will be responsible for heavy equipment sales in an area covering nine counties in northwest Iowa. Knapp is a...

Arrow's Nerman First Honoree Of Award.
October 22, 2007... Staff Truck Blue Book presented the inaugural Industry Achievement Award to Jerome Nerman, co-founder of Arrow Truck Sales, Inc., at Truck Blue Book's 2007 Workshop, in San Antonio. Nerman started Arrow in 1950 from a small used truck lot...

Compact "Dumpers" Carry Their Weight.
October 22, 2007... Staff Once these agile European machines crossed the Atlantic, they became a popular alternative to larger earth haulers on tight job sites. North American contractors are always looking for tools to help them do their jobs more...

Going Green To Win LEED[R] Gold.
October 22, 2007... Staff The Sunset Drive Office Building in Olathe, Kansas, was designed from the beginning to have the smallest possible negative impact on the environment and the largest possible positive impact on everyone who uses the building. In...

The Fair Face Of KC3.
October 22, 2007... By David Huey Kids At This Year's Kansas State Fair Got the Chance To Walk Onto A "Job Site" And Have Fun While Learning About The Construction Field. "Worker shortage" is becoming a common phrase across America. As the Baby Boomer...