The Luck o' the Truck.
The selection and purchase of the right kind of major equipment to excavate rock and haul it to the crushing/screening plant can be quite challenging. Choices for excavation equipment are typically a hydraulic shovel, front-end loader or a hydraulic excavator. The type excavator chosen depends upon the rock-excavation conditions....

Guingona opens Luzon Balikatan; Urges training in protection of RP waters.
Byline: ARIS R. ILAGAN Vice President and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teofisto Guingona Jr. batted yesterday for the inclusion of joint military training programs in the RP-US Balikatan that will focus on the protection of the country?s marine resources to ensure a program with ?national relevance.? ...

Losses due to fraud; (Editor's note: Every day overpricing/fraud in various forms easily tempt the civil servants noted in this article.).
LAST week a US federal jury returned guilty verdicts on nine separate counts of fraud against the top officer of a giant corporation that manipulated its accounting system to shortchange the stockholders. The federal judge said the court sentence would be handed down in June. Facing 85...

Nation's costliest highway job is wrapping up.
Byline: Steve LeBlanc BOSTON - When the clock runs out on 2007, Boston will quietly mark the end of one of the most tumultuous eras in the city's history: The Big Dig, the nation's most complex and costliest highway project, will officially come to an end. ...

Congestion relief: assessing the case for road tolls in Canada.
The Study in Brief Amid growing congestion on urban roads and aging highway infrastructure, the merits of road tolls are receiving increasing international attention. Direct road user charges in the form of electronic highway tolls, area charges, or distance-based charges are not only a tool to alleviate...

All in a day's work: from new road construction to airport taxiway modifications, Orland Paving Co. takes specific project challenges in stride when delivering paving expertise to a diverse customer base.
Orlando Paving Co. (OPC), a division of Hubbard Construction Co., is accustomed to the varying project demands crews face on a daily basis and a recent visit to two current projects proved just how diverse those projects can be. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a subcontractor on...

Granite Finalizes Acquisition of Halmar Builders of New York, Inc.
WATSONVILLE, Calif., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE: GVA) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the common stock of Halmar Builders of New York, Inc., a Mt. Vernon, New York-based heavy-civil construction company. Financed via a combination of bank credit...

Industry concerns grow over rising fuel prices.
Key Points * Gas prices in April, on average, were 44 percent higher than they were a year ago. * The Producer Price Index for construction materials and components rose 10 percent from February 2004 to February 2005, compared to a 4 percent gain for...

Investing to build and repair roads is vital to our economic prospects.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Ellen Teninty For The Register-Guard It's summer, and along with blackberry brambles and foxgloves, our roadways are adorned with orange cones and heavy construction equipment. Instead of cursing the inconvenience, you can appreciate that these are tax dollars well spent toward our common...

Granite Construction Acquires New York-Based Construction Company.
WATSONVILLE, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE: GVA) announced today that it had signed an agreement to purchase 100 percent of the outstanding stock of Halmar Builders of New York, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is subject to normal terms and conditions...