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Construction Equipments

The Constructor

Sometimes a bulldozer is used to push another piece of earthmoving equipment known as a "scraper" The towed Fresno Scraper, invented in 1883 by James Porteous, was the first design to enable this to be done economically, removing the soil from the cut and depositing it elsewhere on shallow ground (fill).

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

ALABAMA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM: Funds are available for extension of water, sewer and road facilities. The cities of Fresno, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Francisco, Orange Cove, Parlier, and the counties of Imperial and Riverside have designated RCs, EZs or ECs. Three of the nation’s 40 Renewal Community areas are in Alabama.

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