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MECALAC NORTH AMERICA EXPANDS SALES, SERVICE TEAMS
Mecalac North America’s sales and service teams continue to grow as the company celebrates five years in the United States and Canada. Team members pictured include (L-R) Gina Mazzotta, Vincent Talotta, Peter Bigwood, Adrien Thomas, Sarah Brixi, Greg Bouvier, Geoffrey Andrews and Mike Shireman.
Mecalac, a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of compact construction equipment for urban environments, celebrated five years as an incorporated company in the North American market.
To support its rapidly growing dealer network and increased demand for the company’s compact and rail excavators, loaders, backhoe loaders and site dumpers, Mecalac North America has expanded its sales and service teams and is actively recruiting additional team members.
“North America has been very receptive to Mecalac and recognizes the value our products bring to the market,” said Peter Bigwood, general manager of Mecalac North America.
As part of this growth, Manuel “Manny” Mendez has joined the sales team, bringing experience with major equipment brands, including Merlo and Manitou.
Mendez started his career as a material handling specialist at Linder Industrial Machinery Company of Plant City, Fla. His next career move took him to Briggs Equipment as a territory manager in Miami for Hyster/Yale and Manitou telehandlers. Then he worked as a regional sales manager/dealer development manager of Magni telescopic handlers.
He most recently served as a sales manager for Applied Machinery Sales, which supplies and services Merlo telescopic handlers to the United States.
As Mecalac North America’s longest-serving employee, Geoffrey Andrews’ role on the sales team is expanding. Along with continuing to serve as regional
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Environmental Services Inc. (ESI) is a full-service environmental contractor providing planned and emergency services to private customers and governmental agencies throughout southern New England.
Founded in 1991, it is the largest privately held environmental services company in the area, with a staff of more than 70 employees, including project managers, supervisors, compliance and regulatory personnel, equipment operators, craftsmen, field technicians with decades of experience in emergency response and remediation, hazardous waste management and backgrounds in the petroleum and construction industries. Billy Mitchell, one of the founding principals of ESI, is still involved with the day-to-day operations as general manager. He is highly respected in the industry.
ESI’s staff of professionals provides continuity throughout every stage of environmental challenges, large or small.
According to Mitchell, “When the company got its start in 1991, the company was primarily focused on tank removals, contaminated soil cleanup and chemical spills. Over the last several decades, the company has experienced tremendous growth and has diversified into a wide variety of environmental related service areas.”
Today, the company responds to all types of emergency environmental issues, including but not limited to over-the-road truck spills, train derailments, PFAS release due to fires and drug labs that involve hazardous materials. ESI even has a marine division to take care of contaminated water issues.
The company’s demolition team is fully equipped to take down buildings and facilities of any size and deal with contamination
A John Deere 270D with 60-ft/-long reach working at a demolition site
see ESI page 46 Environmental Services’ vac-truck is cleaning up following a tanker spill.
ESI from page 40
issues such as asbestos in the process.
ESI also offers site services that include contaminated soil transportation and disposal, portable toilets, frac tanks, as well as roll-off services.
ESI has a 24,000 sq. ft. office, warehouse and maintenance facility in South Windsor, Conn., and the company is permitted in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont for hazardous waste transportation and spill response.
For several of its key divisions, earth moving construction equipment is a significant tool. Contaminated soil cleanup and tank removal, as well as demolition work, incorporate the use of heavy iron. In addition, ESI is an approved contractor for multiple states and relies on its heavy equipment to respond to highway incidents.
Oftentimes, vehicles have left the highway completely and tumbled over embankments and emptied their load. In such a case, ESI not only has to have the means to pull these vehicles back up to the highway to be transported away from the scene, but it also must be equipped to excavate and remove the impacted materials from the site.
Once the scene has been cleaned up, ESI has to haul in fill or whatever other organic materials are needed to restore the site to its original condition. Sometimes environmental cleanup projects come in some pretty unexpected places, including cleaning up after an airplane crash at a local airport.
ESI’s growth over the past 30 years has been phenomenal and with ever-changing environmental regulations, ESI has adapted and diversified its operations to be able to respond and complete projects in a timely and effective manner.
Anyone who has spent any time with Billy Mitchell or has seen any of ESI’s cleanup projects is acutely aware that their construction equipment brand of choice is John Deere, which they obtain from The W.I. Clark Company.
The list of John Deere equipment in ESI’s fleet includes JD 310 and JD 410 tractor loader backhoes; JD 544J and JD 644J loaders; JD 270D excavator with a long front and 60in. ditching bucket; JD 317G tracked loader; several JD 50G mini excavators; JD 650H dozer; and a JD 130G excavator.
Greg Hulbert, of The W.I. Clark Company, is Mitchell’s sales rep and has been since the start of the company’s relationship with John Deere. The service that ESI has received from Hulbert and the service department at The W.I. Clark Company, and the overall reliability of the John Deere product, is what has kept ESI loyal to The W.I. Clark Company.
According to Mitchell, “W.I. Clark knows how customers should be treated and the word ‘no’ is not in their vocabulary. In our business we are on all 24 hours a day 7 days a week and we have to work with suppliers that keep the same hours. Not long ago we called W.I. Clark at 4:30 in the afternoon on a Friday. We needed a part that was somewhat obscure and due to supply chain issues was not available. W.I. Clark took the part from one of the machines in their own fleet and got it to me within hours. That type of service reinforces to me how much they understand how critical their equipment is to our business.
“That was an unusual scenario, not having the part in inventory. Through the entire pandemic it was the only time they didn’t have a part that we needed. But that situation demonstrated their ‘go to’ attitude. Reliability from the equipment is critical. In emergency situations we can be dispatched hundreds of miles in the middle of the night. We
A John Deere 650H is used to clean up after an accident off the Massachusetts Turnpike. On a tank removal and soil remediation project, a John Deere 130G excavator is used in tandem with a John Deere 317G tracked loader.
have to know when we get there that the equipment that we have brought is going to be reliable and up to the task at hand. “Over the years we have worked with Greg Hulbert and the people at W.I. Clark to consistently match up the right equipment to meet our varied needs and it is a relationship that we can count on going into the future.” CEG
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T & T Landscape and Masonry Inc. was founded in 2005 by Tim Kachnovich as a lawn care and soft landscaping service.
In 2021, Tim’s son, Tyler, took over the company as president and in the ensuing years, the company has grown from its lawn care roots and expanded into hardscape: retaining walls, patios, walkways and other masonry projects.
Tim oversees the landscape and maintenance operations, and Tyler oversees masonry, hardscape, material sales and excavation projects. Winter weather finds the crews busy with snow removal for their customers, which are strictly commercial.
T & T Landscape and Masonry specializes in all phases of masonry construction (brick, block and stone) and hardscape construction (patios, walkways, retaining walls, fireplaces and outdoor living). The company also provides chimney construction, repair and cleaning, and all phases of excavation and trucking, including gas lines, drainage, loam and gravel work.
Over the past several years, T & T has made a significant investment in JCB equipment purchased from Alta Equipment Company, including skid steers, compact tract loaders and wheel loaders.
“We currently have four pieces of JCB equipment,” said Tyler. “One of our most prized JCB machines is our JCB Teleskid. The extending boom is ideal for unloading pallets. With the boom feature of the Teleskid, reaching the last pallet is no longer a problem.
T & T also owns a JCB 260T track loader, a JCB 215 skid steer as well as a JCB 427 3-yd. 179 hp wheel loader. The wheel loader is used primarily as a snow removal machine for 30-acres of property at a hospital, which has zero tolerance for ice or snow areas. In the non-winter months, it is used for loading mulch at T & T’s material yard.
“We have made quite an investment in JCB equipment, but when we invest in equipment, it’s not really the brand name we are investing in; it’s the dealership that sells the equipment. We’ve had a very good experience with Alta Equipment and that’s why we stick with JCB.
“With supply chain disruptions, getting almost anything—parts in particular—has been a real nightmare for everyone. But we have not really run into that with JCB and Alta Equipment. The people at Alta Equipment are great to work with. Our sales rep, Richard Loabe, has been a real asset. He is easy to get in touch with and keeps us well informed.” Another key part of T & T’s relationship with Alta Equipment is matching the right attachments to its equipment—in particular the Arctic Sectional Sno-Pushers. “So far, we have invested in three Arctics and have been very happy with them,” Tyler said. “Because the Sno-Pushers are built in sections, they adjust to the contour of the surface that is being plowed. A traditional snow pusher will miss a lot of the surface and you have to go back and use a lot of salt and sand to compensate for the
Alta Equipment Company photo areas where the blade did not make T & T Landscape and Masonry currently contact with the asphalt or concrete owns four pieces of JCB equipment. surface. These are really top-quality snow pushers, and I would recommend them to anyone.” “Yes, they definitely cost more money, but we got that money back in the first year we used them. The fact that the snow pusher releases in sections when it hits a foreign object such as a curb or manhole can save us thousands of dollars in liability and property damages.” Accessibility and comfort are other key features T & T looks for: getting in and out the machine from a side door just makes a Alta Equipment Company photo lot more sense than having to climb over a
“Because the Arctic machines are built in sections, bucket in the front, Tyler added. they adjust to the contour of the surface that is being “What we appreciate the most about the plowed,” said Tyler Kachnovich. JCB machines is the innovation — a skid steer with a telescoping boom and a side entry door. That’s real innovation, and that’s one of the reasons we started out with JCB in the first place. Innovation was the reason we purchased Arctic snow pushers from Alta Equipment. So, we appreciate that Alta Equipment represents companies that bring innovative new ideas to us.” Tyler also has been impressed with the operator comfort of the JCB machines, which he called “the most comfortable machines [he] has ever been in.” “Obviously, there is a learning curve adjusting to the controls of any new machine, but the learning curve was short. “As a hardscape contractor we pay attention to quality. We choose quality over quantity, meaning we don’t take on too many jobs. Taking care to know that we can handle the jobs that we do take. We go above and beyond on every single project we do to make sure our bases are solid and that our completed projects will last.” Alta Equipment Company photo For more information visit Over the past several years, T & T has made a significant investment in JCB equipment pur- www.tandtlawncare.org/ and chased from Alta Equipment Company, including this JCB 260T track loader. www.altaequipment.com/. CEG
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Tyler Kachnovich
