Dirt work drives growth.
Dirt work drives growth By Allan Heydorn Phoenix-based Western Paving adds site preparation to its business, then adds software to ease dirt work Last year when Western Paving bid the site work at Forum at Gilbert Ranch, a mixed-use development in Gilbert, AZ,...

The right truck for maintenance: producers turn to customized preventive maintenance trucks to boost productivity and avoid costly mistakes. (E&T Maintenance).
Trucks customized to a contractor's specific application can help crews and equipment work at full capacity while avoiding missed deadlines, voided warranties and unnecessary capital outlays. A decade or two ago, pit and quarry operators may have had the luxury of maintaining their equipment fleet at centralized...

Cookie Thornton--a well-known man's path to violence.
Stock story lines in the media about loners and psychopaths fail to explain Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton's murderous assault Feb. 7 on the city hall of my hometown, Kirkwood--an attack that killed two police officers and three city officials and gravely wounded the mayor, my friend. Nor...

Rose to Rodents: you're fired! Rose Pest Solutions controls a Norway rat problem during construction of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago.
The newest Chicago landmark added to the city's famed skyline was little more than a glimmer in the eye of real-estate magnate Donald Tromp when the Chicago Sun Times building was demolished to make way for the new project. The old seven-story newspaper building, overlooking the Chicago River, imploded...

Those calves are mine: toward a Uniform Commercial Code definition of "rights in the collateral".
I. INTRODUCTION Article 9 (1) of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) governs in large measure relationships between debtors (2) and secured parties. (3) Section 9-203 of South Dakota Codified Laws, by requiring attachment of a security interest prior to its perfection, usually serves as the starting point...

Daring to deconstruct.
Doors and windows stood in loose piles at Habitat for Humanity's ReStore in Stratford, Connecticut. Disconnected from their former lives in homes and commercial buildings around the state, the materials had been rescued from a one-way trip to the local landfill. When it comes to solid waste,...

Lancaster's movie connection: mel meets the RTC.
Here's a multiple choice test for California city officials. Let's say your city has a partially constructed housing project which you view as a threat to public health and safety. Although the usual plan of attack would be to hire a wrecking crew to demolish the structures, your hands...

Oregon.
When the wind blows in Bend, particularly in the summer, dust and noise complaints concerning a handful of mines operating in urban areas start coming in to state and county offices. So when 4-R Equipment submitted an application to mine basalt near Millican--20 miles east of Bend--few in the...

Massachusetts.
A portion of a Union Street sand and gravel operation in Westfield was shut down by the city last week after working too close to its boundary lines on Springdale Road. Zoning Enforcement Officer Dennis J. Gaido said he issued a cease and desist order against Berkshire Materials Corp....

Super mobile, durable. (TechWatch: cutting-edge solutions).
Crushtek LLC's Supertrack impactor is a highly mobile, track-mounted crushing unit designed for durability and consistent performance, crushing up to 400 tph of recycle materials, aggregates and even the most contaminated construction debris, including concrete with heavy rebar. At the touch of a button, the optional fingertip,...