Business View Magazine - September 2015

56 Business View - September 2015 Business View - September 2015 57 Big R Bridge is not in the business of building the world’s longest bridges. In fact, about 400 feet is the upper limit of its clear span designs. But the next time you cross a short-span bridge over a golf course creek, or a commuter rail line, or pass under a pedestrian bridge that spans your local four-lane thoroughfare, you’ll probably know a little more about how it might have gotten there. Quite possibly, it’s a Big R Bridge, bridge. PREFERRED VENDORS Peddinghaus Corporation - Founded in 1903, the Ped- dinghaus Corporation of Bradley Illinois, serves the steel construction, plate fabrication, and metal working indus- tries with innovative equipment and products, from anvils and bench vises to technologically advanced structural and plate fabricationsystems.Under its fourthgenerationofPed- dinghaus family management, the company is dedicated to engineering expertise focused on machine productivity, ef- ficiency, and innovation, while creating the best tools for the 21st century fabrication industry. - www.peddinghaus.com Shocker Trucking, Inc. - Shocker Trucking is a small trucking company built on family values. Based in Kersey, Colorado, the company has been in operation since 2003. It owns a total of seven trucks and carries freight across 45 states and the District of Columbia. Typical cargo hauled includes general freight, building materials, grain feed and hay, sheet metal, coils and rolls, lumber, oilfield equipment, machinery, and agri- cultural farm supplies. - tsshocker@aol.com A588 & A572 Steel Company - www.a588a572steel. com Bowman Supply - www.bowmanconstructionsupply. com logistics logistics