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Recognized for outstanding service, the Ditch Witch organization recently awarded Jerry Almanza of Ditch Witch of Central Texas with the Harold Chestnut Award.

JCB is ready to report for duty. The company recently announced that it has won a $50 million contract to supply high-speed backhoe loaders to the United States Army. The High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEEs) will be manufactured at JCB’s North American plant in Savannah, Ga., and will be delivered by 2017.

The HammerHead Mole, a pneumatic piercing tool that can install a new pipe with “smaller holes, fewer trenches,” was designed in 1989 by an earth-piercing tool owner and two design engineers with an entrepreneurial passion for making tools easier to use, simpler to service and more reliably productive.

“To maximize the life of your backhoe loader,” says John Semosh, Product Support Manager for Terex Construction Americas, “invest in a preventive maintenance program, as directed by the manufacturers’ recommended guidelines in your owner’s manual.”

The 2014-2015 NUCA Membership Directory is a handy reference, indexed by state and product/service, of NUCA Contractor, Associate and Institutional Members.

Things are looking good for utility contractors — better, in fact, than they have in years. As the Great Recession fades in the rearview mirror and the summer months gather steam, more and higher-margin jobs are opening up for bid.

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