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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded 1957.” August 8, 2012 • Vol. XXV • No. 16 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com
Inside “We have to build it like a puzzle, one piece at a time...”
Amid Name Change, Service Standards Stay High…8
Todd Ashworth Constructing the walls and roof to the building first, then the foundations, help control the weather variable; which is exactly what happened on this project.
Wayne Brothers
Wayne Brothers Takes on Cat Plant Foundation Job ACC Unveils New Lightning Protection Company…14
By Peter Hildebrandt CEG CORRESPONDENT
When constructing a plant which will be assembling, testing and painting mas-
sive mining truck axles for use worldwide, you better make sure the machine foundations are solid. Wayne Brothers Inc., Kannapolis, N. C., took on the chalsee PLANT page 30
AGC Releases Employment Data for Last Year Construction employment increased in just half the states plus the District of Columbia from June 2011 to June 2012, but declined in a slim majority of states in the past month, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America. “The latest state data show again how fragile and fragmentary the construction recovery is,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Although private sector demand for structures has risen in most states, improvement in single-family homebuilding is spotty and public investment is shrinking.” Simonson noted that 25 states and D.C. added construction jobs between June 2011 and June 2012, while construction employment fell in 25 states. D.C. added the highest percentage of new construction jobs for the year (17.8 percent, 2,100 jobs), followed by North Dakota (16.2 percent, 3,800 jobs) and Montana (14.6 percent, 3,300 jobs). California added see AGC page 96
Auto Lube Systems ‘Never Have to Be Retrained’…20
Table of Contents ............4
Men Over Manhattan
Paving Section ........35-49 Backhoes & Attachments Section ......................53-65 Parts Section ................66 Auction Section ......88-99
Crane inspector Tim Barry (top right) and his crew look for lightning damage on a crane located at the 1 World Trade Center site. The CAN USA inspection team spends its days tethered to cranes situated hundreds of feet above the ground. This day, Barry and company inspected a crane 93 stories — about 1,200 ft. — above the ground. AP Photo/Joe Woolhead
Business Calendar ........92 Advertisers Index ..........98