IED/CEG - Tue January 16, 2024
IED Welcomes Third-Generation as It Installs Its 2024 Board of Directors
The Illinois Equipment Distributors (IED) welcomed guests to the 56th Holiday Reception and Installation of Officers on Dec. 14, 2023, at Venuti's Banquets, in Addison, Ill. Michael Morton, the outgoing 2023 IED president, opened the formal social event after a cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvres that began with guests' arrival and networking....
Illinois Tollway - Mon November 20, 2023
Illinois Tollway Awards $335.7M in Contracts in November
The Illinois Tollway board of directors on Nov. 16 approved five construction and professional engineering contracts totaling $335.7 million at its November board meeting, including the last major contract needed to deliver the reconstruction of the I-290/I-88 Interchange on the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294)....
CE Rentals - Wed November 08, 2023
CE Rentals Feeds Crowd of Customers at Appreciation Open House in Elmhurst, Ill.
More than 150 Chicago-area professional contractors, landscapers and public works teams attended an Oct. 27 Customer Appreciation open house and lunch hosted by CE Rentals in Elmhurst, Ill. Owner Robert Sloan and his team welcomed continuous waves of customers to the newly renovated facility at 441 W....
CEG - Tue November 07, 2023
VIDEO: Luby Equipment Holds Grand Opening in Fairmont City, Illinois
The ribbon was cut on Luby Equipment Services' newest facility on Nov. 3. The new store is located at 921 N 1st St. in Fairmont City, Ill. More than 200 guests, including customers and vendors, were there for the celebration....
CEG/Lincoln Land Community College - Tue October 24, 2023
Lincoln Land Community College Names Diesel Technologies Lab in Honor of Roland Machinery
Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC) in Springfield, Ill., announced Oct. 17 it has received a major gift from Roland Machinery Co. (RMC), also of Springfield, and has named its new Diesel Technologies Lab in honor of the Roland family....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 11, 2023
Chicago's Kennedy Expressway Undergoing $150M Bridge Rehabilitation
Construction crews at work on an ambitious $150 million rehabilitation of the Kennedy Expressway are on track to complete Stage One this fall. The Illinois Department of Transportation's Kennedy Expressway Bridge Rehabilitation Project from Edens Expressway (I-94) junction to Ohio Street is scheduled to span three construction seasons....
Katherine Petrik – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed October 11, 2023
Montabert Opens Distribution, Rebuild Center in Nashville, Illinois
Montabert USA held an open house on Sept. 28 to celebrate the opening of its expanded distribution and rebuild facility in Nashville, Ill. This expansion will enhance the company's factory-certified rebuild system, as well as allow more space to store parts and repair larger hammers with the new rebuild pit....
Alta Equipment - Mon October 02, 2023
Alta Equipment Group to Acquire Burris Equipment
Alta Equipment Group Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Burris Equipment Company, a supplier of construction and turf equipment with three locations in Illinois....
Bonnell Industries - Tue September 26, 2023
VIDEO: Bonnell Breaks Ground On New Facility in Dixon, Illinois
On Aug. 30, Bonnell Industries held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new manufacturing facility located in Industrial Park 325 E. Progress Dr., Dixon Ill. Bonnell's friends and family joined in the festivities....
Office of Gov. Pritzker - Wed September 13, 2023
Rebuilding Kankakee: IDOT Highlights Major Projects
Entering year five of Rebuild Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced Aug. 15 that multiple projects in the Kankakee area are complete, planned or under way, highlighting an ongoing commitment made possible by the historic, bipartisan capital program....
