Cat® Customers Use Old Shingles to Build Airport Runways (Video)
Asphalt shingles repurposed to be used on a new Chicago O'Hare International Airport runway
Jul 17, 2014 1:00 PM ET
The culture of sustainable progress fostered at Caterpillar is extended through the sustainable efforts of our Cat® Customers.
Plote Construction was recently featured in a video by the Chicago Tribune operating Cat® equipment to use 10,000 tons of material originating from old asphalt shingles to build a 7,500 foot runway in the Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Plote Construction, a customer of Patten Cat, is a heavy-highway contractor operating in the Chicago area.
Click here to read more about customer applications in the Caterpillar 2013 Sustainability Report.
