Reliable excavators enable company to finish job ahead of schedule
Problem: The Titletown District development is a destination area to be created on approximately 34 acres of land immediately west of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Joe DeNoble Sewer & Water needed reliable and productive equipment to successfully complete its part of the work. The company is involved in Phase 1, estimated to be completed in fall 2017. Phase 1 consists of 21 acres, including 6 acres of a planned 10-acre public park and plaza.
Solution: Working with equipment dealer Brooks Tractor, the company purchased a Hitachi ZX380LC-6 and a ZX470LC-6 to help tackle the job. The excavators have moved about 75,000 cubic yards of material to install over 4 miles of pipe — 36-inch-, 6-foot- and 8-foot-diameter pipe — for sewer, water and a stormwater underground storage system, all backfilled with granular material.
RESULT: The efficient, reliable and durable Final Tier 4 (FT4)/EPA Stage IV excavators have proven efficient. Joe DeNoble Sewer & Water’s part of Phase 1 was projected to take 4 1/2 months, and the company completed it in 2 1/2 months. 866/973-0394; www.hitachiconstruction.com.
Excavator enables construction company to install slide rail
Problem: Glenn Korner, owner of Midstate Site Development in Bloomfield, Connecticut, bid a school job where his team would be required to pour a foundation wall 26 feet deep into virgin ground. Instead of recommending driving sheet pile, they proposed using a slide rail system.
Solution: The team won the bid, and put their Volvo EC340 crawler excavator to work. Korner said the machine easily lifted the 30-foot slide rail beams before pushing them into the ground, and kept the job moving efficiently. “When the other contractors saw the power of that excavator,” Korner says, “their jaws dropped to the floor.”
RESULT: The approach saved the customer $250,000, and allowed Midstate Site Development to complete the job in just two months. 828/650-2000; www.volvo.com/constructionequipment.
Company turns bedrock waste into on-site fill
Problem: Brauer Construction of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, had piles of bedrock laying around its facility. In most cases, they would fit it into a hole that was large enough to accommodate the size. Sometimes, when there were no holes, the company would place them in a quarry. That was when owner Jason Brauer searched the internet for a machine that would help him get rid of his bedrock.
Solution: Brauer found the MB Crusher BF80.3 crusher bucket. Now, the company crushes more than just bedrock, including concrete and asphalt, into fill and reusable material for roads and other projects. Brauer uses the BF80.3 on his Komatsu PC210 LC. The crusher attachments are designed for a range of excavators, skid-loaders, loaders and backhoes regardless of brand.
RESULT: “I bet you I’ve used it a quarter of the time I’ve had it, so that’s twice a week,” Brauer says. “We get more jobs because we’re doing things competitors can’t do.” 855/622-7874; www.mbcrusher.com.
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