Distributor for Armstrong & Shipco Pumps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Distributor for Armstrong & Shipco Pumps.
Distributing and providing replacement parts for both lines.
BUFFALO, NY | AUGUST 04, 2014 – Moley Magnetics, Inc. Industrial Apparatus Division is excited to announce that we are an authorized distributor for both Armstrong and Shipco Pump Companies.
We are confident that our partnership will provide enhanced service for our electrical apparatus customers by offering an expanded line of products and local stock for quicker deliveries. Moley Magnetics is committed to providing exceptional customer service and we expect that this will be enriched as we work together with the teams at Armstrong & Shipco.
Scrap Specifications Circular
Approved by the ISRI nonferrous division and board of directors, the new specification states that, “Thorn—Aluminum Breakage shall consist of aluminum with miscellaneous contaminants like iron, dirt, plastic, and other types of contaminants.
The ”Scrap Specifications Circular” is an important tool for the global recycling industry, notes Joe Pickard, ISRI’s chief economist and director of commodities. ‘As the range of commercially recyclable commodities continues to evolve, ISRI’s specifications are frequently reviewed and updated to reflect what is actually being traded in the scrap marketplace. This new specification will serve to bring more clarity to an important aluminum scrap grade that was not previously covered under ISRI specifications.’
More women leading building companies
Kristi Dellaria, the owner of Bella Homes, got her start in the housing industry flipping old homes. Credit: Carlos Ortiz/Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
Women are starting to make their mark on the local housing market, especially since the industry has picked up after the recession. Times have indeed changed, said Rick Herman, CEO of Rochester Home Builders’ Association. When he started at his position at the builders’ group 17 years ago, only one of the group’s members was a woman. Now, more women leading building companies.
5 Bridges Damaged
Damage to one of the five bridges hit by an excavator boom in Thurston County, Washington. Credit: WSDOT
While being hauled by a truck traveling through Thurston County, Washington, last week, an excavator’s boom collided with five different bridges before the driver finally pulled over.
The driver of the truck, 45-year-old George Russell, was delivering the excavator to an equipment rental company. Washington State Patrol Trooper Guy Gill told The News Tribune that Russell is “facing numerous defective equipment violations, registration and height and weight violations,” starting with the fact that Russell did not lower the boom of the excavator before hauling it.
Stage Center Demolition
Construction crews demolish a portion of the Stage Center with heavy machinery Tuesday in downtown Oklahoma City. Photos by K.T. King, The Oklahoman KT King – The Oklahoman
After years of debate over the history, importance and fate of Stage Center, the end is set to start Monday as preparatory demolition begins.
Stage Center, originally known as Mummers Theater, was designed by John Johansen, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright and a member of the legendary “Harvard Five” (which also included Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Philip Johnson and Eliot Noyes).
OSHA Takes Steps to Eliminate Demolition Fatalities
OSHA launches updated website, training resources for construction demolition industry; OSHA Takes Steps to Eliminate Demolition Fatalities.
In one June 2014 case, a construction worker in New Jersey was trapped and killed when the last standing wall of the building he was demolishing collapsed on top of him. Six months earlier, a 25-year-old construction worker in Chicago was struck and killed by pieces of falling concrete while conducting renovations on a shopping mall. And in June 2013, a four-story building undergoing demolition in Philadelphia collapsed, killing six people and injuring 14.
Demolition of Downtown Ann Arbor
Demolition on the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau has begun as crews make way for a new hotel on the corner of E. Huron and N. Ashley streets on Monday, July 14, 2014. Melanie Maxwell | The Ann Arbor News
Construction crews started demolition of the former Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (AAACVB) at the northeast corner of Huron and Ashley streets at 2:15 p.m. Monday. The neighboring Greyhound bus depot building will also be torn down. Demolition will last several days.
Disco Demolition Night
35 Years Ago, White Sox Forfeit after Disco Demolition Disaster
Disco Demolition Night: On July 12, 1979, a promotion mocking disco music incited a crowd of 90,000 to trash Comiskey Park and storm the field, forcing umpires to declare a forfeit for the White Sox. Fans who brought disco records to Comiskey Park would be admitted into the White Sox doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers for just 98 cents; the collection of records would then be destroyed by Dahl in an on-field ceremony between games.
Demolition Begins at Rocky Point Amusement Park, RI
Demolition has begun at the former Rocky Point amusement park to make way for a coastal state park.
Rocky Point Park was a highly popular amusement park on the Narragansett Bay side of Warwick, Rhode Island. It operated from the late 1840s until it closed in 1995. Over the decades, attractions at Rocky Point have come and gone – nature trails, a ferry pier, an observation tower, hotels, clambakes, restaurants, swimming pool, rides, games, and concerts. The following year, the park filed for bankruptcy.
Catalytic Converter Theft
Catalytic converters are valuable to scrap metal dealers, in part, because they contain precious metals.
A converter is an emissions control device that has precious metals — platinum, palladium, rhodium — that act as catalysts. Platinum is often used as the catalyst for the converter, which reduces nitrogen oxides to nitrogen and oxygen, and oxidizes carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and unburned hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide and water.