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Roadbuilding
Crews upset residents by burning pieces of historic covered Bell Bridge after demolition
Residents in Hoyt, New Brunswick, Canada, are angry after construction crews tearing down and replacing the flood-damaged historic Bell Bridge were seen burning the remnants of the bridge in a barrel, CBC reports. The 87-year-old covered bridge was completely demolished on January 19. “I think they’re making a joke of it, a mockery,” Wayne Kirkpatrick, […]
February 2, 2018
Dealers
New England Manitowoc crane dealer marks 60th year
Shawmut Equipment is celebrating its 60th anniversary of selling and renting cranes, serving as one of Manitowoc Cranes’ leading distributors. Shawmut was founded in 1957 in Connecticut by George O’Connell as a crane distributor for Connecticut and western Massachusetts. It represents all Manitowoc crane brands: Manitowoc, Grove, National and Potain. It became one of Grove’s […]
December 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
New Brunswick covered bridge to be restored
Some Charlotte County residents who launched a campaign to make sure New Brunswick didn’t lose another covered bridge were thrilled to learn that the McGuire covered bridge in Elmsville, near St. George, will be restored. The St. Couix Courier reports that the bridge had been closed because of structural problems. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Bill Fraser […]
November 27, 2017
Roadbuilding
96-year-old Maine-Canada bridge closed to large commercial vehicles
Commercial vehicles weighing over 5 tons have been banned from crossing the Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge between Maine and Canada. That includes tractor trailers, box trucks, buses and fire trucks. The Maine Department of Transportation reports that a recent inspection “found significantly more steel deterioration on the floor beams and stringers than expected.” MDOT says the […]
November 2, 2017
Dealers
Business Roundup: Superior expands General Equipment partnership; Deutz spreads Power Centers; Largest Cat dealer transaction; United Rentals buys Cummins power assets; Deere income soars
Superior expands partnership with General Equipment in Neb., Iowa General Equipment & Supplies, a Midwestern distributor of aggregate and construction equipment, has become an exclusive dealer for Superior Industries in Iowa and Nebraska. Superior has maintained a longtime partnership with General Equipment for selling and servicing its conveying equipment throughout the Upper Midwest. The expanded […]
September 12, 2017
Dealers
Superior expands partnership with General Equipment in Neb., Iowa
General Equipment & Supplies, a Midwestern distributor of aggregate and construction equipment, has become an exclusive dealer for Superior Industries in Iowa and Nebraska. Superior has maintained a longtime partnership with General Equipment for selling and servicing its conveying equipment throughout the Upper Midwest. The expanded partnership means the distributor will also exclusively represent Superior’s […]
August 31, 2017
Dealers
Canada’s Toromont tenders its largest Cat dealer transaction in Hewitt acquisition
Calling it its largest transaction ever, Toromont Industries of Canada has offered to purchase Hewitt Equipment, also of Canada, to create one of the larger dealerships in the Cat network. The deal, valued at 1.02 billion Canadian dollars, or about $814 million U.S., would allow Tormont to expand to 120 branches in Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, […]
August 29, 2017
Machine control
Wallace Equipment sells Leica Geosystems machine control solutions
Wallace Equipment will sell, install, and service Leica Geosystems’ machine control solutions for automatic guidance of heavy equipment. This is the first such agreement reached in the Canadian Maritimes between any dealer and machine control vendor. Wallace Equipment is the exclusive John Deere dealership for the Canadian Maritimes, with five branches covering New Brunswick, Nova […]
October 18, 2012
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