Most contractors don’t have to imagine the stress associated with finding themselves in the middle of an important project when an unforeseen problem crops up – the route for the pipeline encounters a wall of rock that planners had not anticipated, for example. They’ve lived it more than once. Kevin Pilon, vice president of Pilon [...]

“When you’re laying down a residential driveway or a small commercial driveway, you don’t need a big behemoth of a paver,” says Robbie Murphy, vice president of Wesley Corp., Macedon, NY. Wesley Corp. is a 35 year old paving contractor recently purchased by Macedon Excavating and Paving, itself a company Robbie’s father founded in 1968. [...]

I bet you’ve been here: Despite the all too familiar vagaries of Upstate New York weather the approaching deadline was in sight. Barring some unforeseen problem the project would be completed on schedule and on budget. The crews had been meticulous about the way they handled more than a million dollars worth of construction equipment [...]