CEG - Mon March 02, 2020
Tracey Road Equipment Hosts Paving Professionals Workshop
Tracey Road Equipment packed the Center of Progress Building at the New York State Fairgrounds on Feb. 5, 2020, with paving professionals from across the state who gathered for an informational workshop presented by representatives from some of the most recognized names in road building equipment....
Fecon - Thu February 20, 2020
Fecon Hosts Senator Rob Portman
Fecon recently hosted Sen. Rob Portman, delegates from the United Way of Warren County and students involved with Fecon's apprentice program for a roundtable discussion on workforce development. Fecon has a long history with local high schools and technical colleges, providing training and meaningful, well-paying jobs while students are in school and after they graduate....
Contractors Association of Will and Grundy Counties - Wed February 19, 2020
CAWGC Announces Details of Its Annual Scholarship Program
The Contractors Association of Will and Grundy Counties (CAWGC) announces its Annual Scholarship Program. Since the program's inception in 1996, the association has awarded almost $130,000 to deserving scholars who will be pursuing degrees in the construction field....
AEM - Thu February 13, 2020
AEM to Host Annual Product Safety & Compliance and Liability Seminars
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers is hosting its annual Product Safety & Compliance Seminar followed by the Product Liability Seminar from April 27-30. Taking place in Itasca, Ill., the returning seminar is designed to offer product safety and compliance professionals in attendance up-to-date information and valuable insights on equipment manufacturing industry standards, regulations and best practices....
AEM - Thu February 06, 2020
Protecting Infrastructure From Natural Disasters
Every year, natural disasters threaten infrastructure and human life. The greatest damage (measured in repair dollars) is caused by storms. It is not only the high winds of thunderstorms, but rain and hail that cause the damage....
ARTBA - Tue February 04, 2020
ARTBA Announces Four Winners in Annual Student Video Contest
A middle schooler from Washington, a California high school senior, an engineering student from University of California, Davis, and a graduate student from Carnegie Mellon University are winners of the 9th annual American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) "Student Transportation Video Contest." They each will receive a $500 cash prize....
AEM - Wed January 22, 2020
Six Evolving Technologies in the Construction Industry
The construction industry — a very information intensive industry — has been slow to adopt technology. Until about six or seven years ago, technology was reserved for the back office and typically used for HR, accounting, contract writing, tracking change orders, with nothing to drive the information to the people actually doing the work in the field....
Construction Safety Week - Thu January 16, 2020
Construction Safety Week Announces 2020 Dates
Construction Safety Week, an annual industrywide education and awareness event originally formed in 2014, is set for May 4-8, 2020. This year's theme is Built on Safety. "This year's Safety Week theme, Built on Safety, provides great opportunities for us to come together and recommit to safety as the foundation of everything we do," said Scott Cassels, Kiewit Corporation executive vice president and 2020 Safety Week executive committee chairman....
AEM - Wed January 15, 2020
Stay Informed by Attending College Course Sessions at IFPE 2020
Along with its prestigious lineup of education sessions, IFPE 2020 will be hosting college course styled speaker sessions at the show in March. These hands-on sessions will help attendees get the most out of their IFPE experience by providing information critical to the success of companies as the industry continues to expand and develop....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 08, 2020
Missouri Valley Line Constructors Build New Training Facility in Iowa
Linemen have one of the most dangerous jobs out there, and now apprentices from the Missouri Valley region will have one of the best places in the country to learn their trade. The Missouri Valley Line Constructors and Apprenticeship and Training Program is building a $13.5 million facility to train apprentice linemen, traffic signal technicians and substation technicians from seven states — Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin — in Indianola, Iowa....
