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| | | | | | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 10:25:06 PM
Snow Days: Weather Puts Crews to the Test in Miss.
Author: Zoie Clift, CEG CORRESPONDENT
An onslaught of rain, snow and temperatures down in the teens has caused some hurdles for construction on a new school being built in Columbus, Miss. Work on Columbus Middle School is taking place on about 50 acres of land at the intersection of highways 373 and 45 North.
A $22 million bond issue is funding the project. West Brothers Construction, Columbus, Miss., was awarded the $19.1 million bid (the remainder of the bond money, passed in January 2008 to pay for the school, went toward purchasing the property and developing the land for utilities such as sewer and electric) to build the school, which is scheduled to open in November of this year.
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National Pavement Expo Comes to Nashville, Tenn.
The Nashville Convention Center in downtown Nashville, Tenn., was the stage for this year’s National Pavement Expo (NPE) Jan. 20 to 23. Thousands of paving and pavement maintenance professionals from across the country attended the event, which received industry support from the Asphalt Institute, ASMA and NAPSA.
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ALL Sunshine Crane Rental Earns Two Safety Awards
ALL Sunshine Crane Rental of Apopka, Fla., a member of the ALL Family of Companies, was presented with two awards from the Florida division of the United Safety Council at its awards banquet on Jan.
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Clock Ticks Down on Old Mississippi River Bridge
GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) The Benjamin G. Humphreys Mississippi River Bridge will soon be a memory. The 70-year old bridge is slated to be demolished once the new Greenville Mississippi River Bridge opens for traffic.
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Carolina CAT Hosts ‘Rewind, Rethink, Reset’ Seminar
Carolina CAT reached out to its customers with a finance seminar on Jan. 20 at its corporate office in Charlotte, N.C. More than 25 of the company’s key customers as well as representatives from Carolina CAT’s construction division management team, Charlotte and Hickory area territory managers and CAT Financial representatives were in attendance for “Rewind, Rethink, Reset… Strategies for Managing the ‘New Normal,’” which offered financial insights, guidance, advice and encouragement to customers trying to get through this tough economic time.
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Cowin Equipment Welcomes Duncan to Its Ga. Sales Staff
Cowin Equipment Company Inc., Birmingham, Ala., announced the addition of Jeff Duncan to its sales staff at its Mableton, Ga., facility. Duncan brings more than 25 years of experience in heavy equipment sales and a strong knowledge of the 26 counties in Georgia for which he’s responsible to the company.
Click to Read More | Cowin Equipment Welcomes Duncan to Its Ga. Sales Staff
CEG Special Feature Report
Managing Key to a Firm’s Emergence From a Recession
Author: Giles Lambertson
(Editor’s note: This article is the final installment in a series on the nation’s and world’s current economic conditions. Over the past several weeks, Construction Equipment Guide (CEG) interviewed experts in economics and business, and even psychology, and reported on how the industry veterans are coping, and in some instances, succeeding in this downturn.