CEG - Thu December 07, 2023

Ace Intermountain Recycling Efficiently Handles Waste

Nine years ago in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ace Disposal and Intermountain Regional Landfill partnered to establish Ace Intermountain Recycling Center, essentially a transfer station. Both parties — Ace Disposal and Intermountain Regional Landfill — are privately owned companies....

Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu May 04, 2023

Right Attachments Helps Va.'s Medek Corp. 'Move Fast'

When Adam Medek plays pool, he isn't afraid of the 8-ball being in a precarious position. "I like to be aggressive. That's just the way I am."He brings that philosophy to business as well. Starting a tree business at 18, Medek grew it into Medek Corp., a business with $15 million of equipment, 28 employees and a 12,000-sq.-ft....

Katherine Petrik – CEG Editorial Assistant - Tue December 06, 2022

Nye Pulverizer Improves Bottom Line for Illinois' CHDS

Dan Powell, owner of CHDS (Concrete, Horticulture, Dirt and Stone) headquartered in Wheeling, Ill., is used to hard work. He also needs his machines to work hard. He started his first company, Powell Inc., at age 18, when he graduated from high school....

CEG - Thu July 14, 2022

'Burgh Biz Takes Down Historic Building in Strip District

Continental Construction and Demolition, which began operations in 2010, has accrued an impressive list of clients in the 12 years since starting operations. The company, based in the Pittsburgh, Pa., suburb Bethel Park, provides demolition services, site preparation, asbestos abatement, concrete crushing and recycling, high reach services and roll off services....

CEG - Thu April 08, 2021

Despite Challenging Restrictions, JDC Demolition Deftly Razes Athletic Center

JDC Demolition was contracted to perform the environmental remediation and demolition of the former Alfond Athletic Center at the Colby College, a private Liberal Arts college in Waterville, Maine. Founded in 1813, the campus, located on a beautiful, historic 714-acre site, is among the most selective liberal arts institutions in the country and is considered a "Little Ivy."Together with sister company New Roads Environmental, JDC Demolition completed the abatement and removal of the 200,000-sq.-ft....

Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 07, 2020

Nye Builds Heavy-Duty Attachments as Tough as Its Founder

Nye Manufacturing Ltd. builds heavy-duty construction and demolition attachments that are almost as tough as company founder Jack Nye. Extremely durable, innovative and precise — that describes both the man and the products of the Canadian manufacturing company he launched 68 years ago in Ontario....

Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Mon October 07, 2019

Friendship Is Key for National Attachments, Smith-Rowe

American commerce was built on the close, personal relationships developed between companies or between a company and its customers. To be successful, each party mutually benefits from the business exchange....

Emily Buenzle - Mon January 22, 2018

Old Tappan Zee Bridge Begins Its New Life

On a redevelopment site in Perth Amboy, N.J., crews are repurposing a piece of history. The job: break down pieces of the old Tappan Zee Bridge to build up a 35-acre site situated on the banks of Arthur Kill, which flows into the Raritan Bay....

Brenda Ruggiero - Fri January 23, 2015

Tried and True: National Attachments Delivers XCP4

Morgan Asphalt of Salt Lake City, Utah, has expanded far beyond its namesake and into a full service infrastructure company that reports that its quality of customer service is rivaled only by the quality product it delivers....

Lori Tobias - Thu July 17, 2014

Arizona Contractor Ends Equipment Search With NYE 40CP49DU Pulverizer

Brian Thomas, owner of the BLT Companies in Yuma, Ariz., got into the business of recycling concrete largely out of necessity. As a supplier of Ready Mix Concrete, he often had waste, which ended up in his company yard....

Lori Tobias - Wed April 23, 2014

Iowa Contractor Relies on Nye’s Stumpharvester Model SHX 350

The memory is still fresh enough to make Nick Wylie cringe. J. Pettiecord Inc. crews were hard at work clearing 30 acres of trees along a new rail line when the shear they were using to process stumps broke....