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Erosion Control in Avon, CT By Joanne Ray, 4/13/2009
It all started with a major traffic accident that took the lives of four people. On July 29, 2005, a dump truck with a history of brake violations barreled into traffic at the busy intersection of U.S. Routes 44 and 10 in Avon, CT. The truck crushed cars, setting off a chain of fiery collisions that killed four people and injured 14. More
Versatile Equipment Helps Landscaper Battle Economy By Eric Morse, Two Rivers Marketing Group - 04/13/2009
If there's one thing on the minds of most landscape contractors these days, it's the economy. It's certainly on the mind of Chris ...
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Green Construction Transforms Minnehaha Creek By Richard Parrish - 04/06/2009
One of the Twin Cities' most famous waterways, Minnehaha Creek, is now undergoing a major facelift and restoration at many locations along its winding, 22-mile odyssey from Lake Minnetonka through many western suburbs, across south Minneapolis to the Mississippi River. One of those locations is on land owned by Methodist Hospital in St.
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The Garden Of Healing By Aram Kalousdian, Editor - 04/06/2009
Construction of The Garden of Healing and Renewal adjacent to the future McLaren Health Village Cancer Center in Clarkston, MI, was completed in 2008. The garden will be within walking distance of several other future medical buildings, including the new McLaren regional hospital. "This provides patients with a place to contemplate and relax and get out into nature a little bit.
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Signature Contracting Services By Liz Moucka - 04/06/2009
Who would have thought to start a landscaping business during the longest drought that North Texas had seen in 50 years? Corey Tompkins, Willie Propes and Marsha Newberry did. Newberry, involved in real estate and development back then, had hired Propes and Tompkins to install some water utility lines.
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Defying The Rain By Liz Moucka - 04/06/2009
The story behind the new K-8 elementary school in Pass Christian, MS, is quite a tale of teamwork to create a multifunctional facility for the entire community. Even with their children attending school in trailers since Hurricane Katrina, Pass Christian students had the highest test scores in Mississippi.
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TurfEx Introduces Bulk Material Spreaders 04/02/2009
TurfEx, a new product division of TrynEx International, has a new line of bulk material spreaders, available in two models: the MS-1875 and the MS-2000.
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Terex Forestry Compact Track Loader 04/01/2009
Outfitted for use with virtually any industry attachment, the Terex® ASV PT-100 Forestry compact track loader is ideal for right-of-way maintenance, pipelines and utilities, forest management, and fire abatement applications.
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Restoring The Bricks in Roswell An apartment building dating from almost 170 years ago is restored and expanded to create new residential space in an historic Atlanta suburb.
Restoring The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum The restoration of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City involved rebuilding the museum's Pier 86 into a state-of-the-art docking facility.
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