Chicago Construction Expo III

The Windy City provided the back-drop for the third consecutive year forthe Chicago Construction Expo Jan. 7and 8. The event featured hockey greatDenis Savard and a host of free LICA-sponsored seminars, which comple-mented the showcase of the latest mod-els from all of the major manufacturersat the Renaissance Convention Center inSchaumburg, Ill.

Hundreds of new and repeat visitors,as well as first time and veteranexhibitors enjoyed the two days ofmeeting up, exchanging numbers, mar-keting sales and seminars.

Dave Webb, marketing manager ofWellBuilt Equipment, met plenty ofattendees and showed off his array of RTscissor lifts, DC articulating, DC scissorlifts, telescopic booms and RT forklifts.

“The Expo went really well for us. Wesold a couple pieces of equipment andpaid for our booth,” Webb said.“I wouldsuggest the show to other people, defi-nitely.”

Attendees also had chances to win anumber of giveaway prizes throughoutthe event including hats, jackets, freeInternet advertising and more.

During the Expo, hockey fans lined up

for autographs and a chance tomeet Savard, who was draftedby the Chicago Blackhawks inthe 1980 NHL Entry Draft.Savard spent 17 years on theice, primarily playing for theBlackhawks from 1980 to 1990and again from 1994 to 1997. In

Construction Expo III Takes Hold of WindyCity

Construction enthusiasts came in droves to the Chicago Construction Expo IIIJan. 7 and 8.

(L-R) are Dennis Tovar, McCann Industries; Max Durrows, Marengo Public Works; Dennis Kruepke, president, McCannIndustries; Darrell Koelper, Golf Course Construction Co.; Eric Nettleton, Case Construction; and Jim McCann, vice presidentof sales and marketing, McCann Industries.

(L-R): Mark Domeier, MikeShane and Scott Rozwalke, all ofIronPlanet greet attendees attheir booth.

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the interim, he playedwith both the TampaBay Lightning and theMontreal Canadiens,with whom he won theStanley Cup in 1993.

New to this year’sConstruction Expowere free LICA-spon-sored seminars.

“This year’s showwas attended by a lotof sincere, hard-work-ing contractors look-ing to improve theirbusinesses and theirknowledge,” said JerryBiuso of LICA. “Theseminars that we ranwere, in my evaluation,a tremendous successand will continue togrow in the future. Theeducational level thatthe contractors tookaway from the semi-nars is something theycan use for a long time.I look forward to build-ing the seminar struc-ture in Chicago. It wasvery successful for us.We will definitely be apart of next year’sshow. ”

Tom Woodcock,

Door Prize Winners• Standard Industrial, pair of car jacks, Dave

James,All About Snow,Schaumburgh,Ill.

• Palmer Kenworth, Cobra truck radio, Doug

Holicz,Evans & Son Blacktop,Wauconda,Ill.

• All World Equipment,hunting knife set,Barry

Jones,Beach Park,Ill.

• Battery Services Corp.,battery charger, Paul

Berwanger,PDS Construction,Lake Zurich,Ill.

• Battery Services Corp., battery charger, Dave

Wheaton,Wheaton Enterprises,Belvidere,Ill.

• West Side Tractor Sales, jacket, Tom Perron,

Diversified Construction

• West Side Tractor Sales, jacket,Ed Jurczdk,All

About Snow,Schaumburg,Ill.

• McCann Industries, skid steer rental, Richard

Hein,McHenry,Ill.

• McCann Industries, skid steer rental, Bryan

Grezyak

• Crane & Machinery, jacket, Roul Martinez,

Village of Whally,Antioch,Ill.

• Crane & Machinery, jacket, Dave Henken,

Wheaton Enterprises,Hebron,Ill.

• Stucchi, Chicago Bears bag and cap, Jim

Kobinski,Elmhurst,Ill.

• Baker Tanks, cooler jug, Fred Hall, Hall

Enterprises,Monmouth,Ill.

• Baker Tanks,hat and sweatshirt,Bill Marcum,

Protech,Des Plains,Ill.

• Baker Tanks — hat and t-shirt — Tom Hall,

Hall Enterprises,Monmouth,Ill.

• Baker Tanks, stapler and pen, Brian

Heneghan,City of Wood Dale,Wood Dale,Ill.

• Baker Tanks, cup, Brent Thelen, Arnies

Excavating

• Baker Tanks, Maglite and safety glasses, Ed

Dieber,City of Wood Dale,Wood Dale,Ill.

• Positioning Solutions Company, jacket,Brian

Felton,Four Seasons Construction,Villa Park,Ill.

• Parent Petroleum,six hats

Grand Prizes• BidTool, $2K Internet Advertising, Tom

Marconi,Advance Landscape,Crystal Lake,Ill.

• BidTool, $2K Internet Advertising, H.B.

Carpiel,Carpiel Construction,Bloomingdale,Ill.

(L-R): Founder Scott Storey, Denny Storey and DaveGourley, all of D. Storey, Grimes, Iowa, talk withIronWolf Product Specialist Greg Ogle about the prod-ucts and services IronWolf offers, including the IronWolfequipment line.

Chicago Blackhawk Hall of Famer Denis Savard (seat-ed) signs a jersey for Steve Foltin, Associated Buildersand Contractors Inc.


(L-R): Stopping by the Roland Machinery booth is Joel Kennedy, KennedyConstruction; Ray Roland, president of Roland Machinery Co.; and Jimmy Slavens,general manager of Chicago Division, Roland Machinery Co.

president of Seal the Deal, presented“You’re Not Sellin’, They’re Buyin’!” andJohn Deere’s Mike Boyle, excavator prod-uct consultant, and Kent Stickler, pull-type scrapers product consultant, talkedabout “Paydirt: Mass ExcavatingAlternatives for Mass Profits.”

Other seminars offered by LICA

included “Introduction to AdoptingPositioning Technology forConstruction” and “Invisible Structures”hosted by Ted Dzierzbicki, EngineeredEarth Systems, and “Never Buy AnotherOil Sample,” “Is 500 Hours Really Safe,”and “Hoisting the Curtain Off the NewCrane Standard.”

The show was produced by the trade

show division of Construction

Equipment Guide.

For more information on exhibiting at

next year’s Chicago Expo, call Bob

Buckley at 800/992-7116 or visit

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(L-R): In front of their Haulotte MJX 990 multi-job loader are Rick Stevenson, Stevenson Sales & Services; Bruce Anderson,Haulotte Group; Katy Kusek, Stevenson Sales & Services; Bill Perry, Haulotte Group; Amber Zurcher, director of marketing,Stevenson Sales & Services; and Rob Kruml, Stevenson Sales & Services.

(L-R): Chuck and Scott Graefen of C. Graefen & Sons Excavating Inc. stop by to seeBLS Enterprises President Barry Stoughton.

Tim Scannall (L) of Powerscreen ofChicago Ltd. gets an assist from TylerTrowbridge of TerexPegson/Powerscreen.


Casey Equipment’s Jim Cox talks aboutLeeBoy’s road construction machines.

Sales Manager Michael Fry (R), RobbinsHDD in Chicago, shows Jim McCann,vice president of sales and marketing,McCann Industries, the new Universal6070 uni drilling machine and its variousfeatures.

(L-R): Ed Reid, rental manager of West Side Tractor Sales Co.; Mike Camp, IndecoNorth America Inc.; and Tom Stern, sales manager, West Side Tractor Sales Co.,stand in front of a Hitachi Zaxis 80 excavator.

Tom Benck (L), vice president of WestSide Tractor Sales Co., welcomes JohnSchuepfer of Schuepfer Inc. to the WestSide Tractor Sales Co. booth.

(L-R): Steve Costello, McCann Industries; Bill Keller, Rabine Paving; MarshallBroadway, Rabine Paving; Keith Griffin, Rabine Paving; and Justin Hawksworth,McCann Industries, discuss specs.

(L-R): Lenny Odle of Talbert Trailers joins Tucker Schmal, Bruce Burdick, TroyGeisler, and Pat Bamrick at the ILOCA Services display.


Tom Woodcock conducts a sales semi-nar sponsored by LICA

Chris Daugherty (L) and Mark Spera welcome attendees to the NESCO Sales &Rentals booth.

Al Mendoza (L) and Hal Dahlstrom review the specs on this Link-Belt.


(L-R): Jorge Trejo, Bob Vogler, Josh Kraus, Rob Sloan and Glen Schue greet atten-dees at the C.E. Rentals exhibit.

Terex Pegson/Powerscreen’s TylerTrowbridge (L) shakes hands with NHLgreat Denis Savard.

Brian Felton of Four SeasonsConstruction won a jacket fromPositioning Solutions.

(L-R): Dynapac’s Tim Springer joins Dave Cox of CaseyEquipment and Des Jarvis of JCB.

(L-R): Tim Kingren, Mike Pate and Dar Lewis welcome atten-dees to the John Deere Commercial Worksite Products exhibit.


Chad Alred greets visitors at the Construction Expoto let them know about IRAY Auction’s expansioninto the Wisconsin area.

Scott Calloway (L) and Dave Farmer of LoupElectronics are excited about their “Weigh While YouLift” product lines, which offer a comprehensiverange of mobile on board weighing systems.

Tom Lewandowski (L) and Rich Hartman (R), both ofRingland-Johnson, meet up with Jim Cox, president of CaseyEquipment Co.

Jeff Gustafson and Carla Finch of Superior Tire & RubberCorporation were on hand to discuss wear parts replacement.

(L-R): Chris Mazzoni, West Side Tractor Sales Co.; Nate andGeno Landers, both of Thom Gravel & Excavating; and TomStern, West Side Tractor Sales Co., are standing inside thebucket of a John Deere 524K wheel loader.


Dave Webb Jr. of Wellbuilt Equipment inChicago said it was a great show witha lot of customers.

Mark Stienmetz (L), sales manager of Drake Scruggs TruckEquipment in Springfield, Ill., and Jeff Steer (R), GoodallManufacturing in Edin Prairie, Minn., talk about a Goodall productwith Tom Pleckham, Pleckham Excavating in Chicago.

Bob Beck (L) and Pat Evett of S.E.S. present theLiuGong wheel loader.

(L-R): Paul Zaremba, Luke DeForest and Joe Lennongo to man-to-man coverage at the Crane & MachineryInc. booth.

(L-R): Brent Swearingen, Todd Sleezer and Ron Schweiters were onhand at the Associated Professionals Inc. to discuss GPS and lasertechnologies.

Chicago Expo III’s day-two crowd waits to enter.

Chuck and Erin Grunier tell Expo attendees about the new servicesnow being offered by National Tractor Parts in Plano, Ill., includingrubber tracks and Volvo replacement parts

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