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Feature Articles

The 2nd Annual Machine Control Report

For the second year in a row, Site Prep has compiled exclusive research from contractors regarding the use of machine control technology. The 2009 report reveals the machine control usage patterns of contractors, as well as their future plans for technology adoption and growth. ...


Lime Modification in the Limelight

The village officials in Sugar Grove, Illinois, had a problem. Their project to build a new road—Municipal Drive—about 40 miles west of Chicago was facing wet, weak and unstable soil conditions. Determined to stay on schedule so pavement construction could resume, everyone involved in the project gathered for a meeting on site in early November 2008. ...


From Farm to Fairground

“Building a new county fairground from scratch is not the kind of job you work on every day,” observes Ruben Cuevas, chief surveyor of Lake County Grading Company in Libertyville, Illinois. “That’s one of the things that makes it so interesting.” ...

by Doug Drummond


Put Some Energy Into It

Day in and day out, generators bring power to where it’s needed most. These workhorses of the worksite enable contractors to work where they need to, not where they’re forced to by existing power sources. ...

by Dale Gabrielse


Industry Dirt

Equipment manufacturers help battle Midwest floods; LoJack reports construction theft holds steady in 2008 and more.


Equipment Focus: Scrapers

Read specs on 14 manufacturers' scrapers.


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