Bobcat - Thu January 26, 2023
Bobcat Company Opens New Aftermarket Parts Distribution Center in Atlanta
Bobcat Company has expanded its nationwide aftermarket parts distribution center (PDC) network with the opening of a new, 396,000-sq.-ft. facility in Atlanta. This new facility, located in the West Fulton Commerce Park (1850 Oak Lawn Ave.), celebrated its grand opening Jan....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 19, 2023
Georgia Highway Contractors Association Looks to Grow Highway, Bridge Program
The state of Georgia is growing at an immense rate via new residents and companies and with such an influx, the state's highway infrastructure is experiencing a massive investment. Last year alone, more than $1.8 billion was spent on constructing new roads and bridges and upgrading and rehabilitating existing infrastructure, much of which is administered by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)....
Urbanize Atlanta - Thu January 12, 2023
Demolition in Downtown Atlanta Will Lead to Massive Midtown Exchange
Demolition crews have been working steadily in the heart of downtown Atlanta for the last several weeks, barely taking time off for the holidays. After chain-link barriers went up around former nightclubs, a restaurant, apartments (now fire-damaged), and low-rise offices late last summer, heavy equipment is currently wiping clean nearly a full block of buildings between 12th and 13th streets and Peachtree Walk, according to Urbanize Atlanta....
Urbanize Atlanta & Flagpole - Wed January 11, 2023
Athens, Ga.'s $126M Classic Center Arena Aims to Be Area's Top Event Facility
The level of excitement in Athens, Ga., is still at peak levels following the University of Georgia's (UGA) lopsided victory over Texas Christian University Jan. 9, bringing the Bulldogs their second straight college football national championship title....
Buckhead.com - Wed January 11, 2023
As Part of $1.3B Upgrade, Georgia Power to Bury Electric Lines in Buckhead
Georgia Power is planning to bury electric lines in several Buckhead neighborhoods in 2023 as part of a $1.3 billion plan to improve its systems and reduce blackouts in the Atlanta area. First, the electric utility needs to secure the necessary easements by winning over property owners in the path of the project, Buckhead.com, a neighborhood news service, reported Jan....
GDOT - Thu December 22, 2022
C.W. Matthews Completes Work to Reopen Cheshire Bridge
Crews from C.W. Matthews have reached a construction milestone as officials recently reopened a portion of the Cheshire Bridge over South Fork Peachtree Creek. The crucial span suffered damage from a fire in August 2021 when a 4-in....
Georgia Tech & Urbanize Atlanta - Thu December 15, 2022
Georgia Tech Building New Engineer Program Towers in Downtown Atlanta
Construction began earlier in the fall to further expand the Georgia Institute of Technology's footprint in midtown Atlanta. The two multistory towers that make up Tech Square Phase III are going up in the shadow of such facilities as Coda, Centergy and the Technology Square Research Building, evidence of Georgia Tech's success in cultivating one of the country's fastest-growing business and technology ecosystems....
Albany Herald & Albany State University - Wed December 14, 2022
Georgia's Albany State University Building Nursing Simulation Facility
Construction on the new Nursing and Health Sciences Simulation Facility at Albany State University (ASU) in southwestern Georgia began in late November, school officials told the Albany Herald. In a news release, the college noted that it was "excited to share that construction on our newest educational facility" began following what it called "The Standard, Albany State University's 2025 Strategic Plan's Goal 2: Institutional Sustainability and Responsible Stewardship."The ASU Nursing and Health Sciences Simulation Facility will create opportunities to support and enable collaboration with other programs in the region and will include space for simulation labs with low-, medium- and high-fidelity manikins, control rooms, observation spaces, related hospital simulation spaces, work areas and other amenities....
Gwinnett Daily Post & Urbanize Atlanta - Tue December 13, 2022
Northside Hospital Gwinnett Near Atlanta Gets OK to Build 17-Story Tower
A project expected to compete for the title of Gwinnett County, Ga.'s tallest building recently received approval from the state to commence construction. To accommodate growth in one of Georgia's fastest-growing counties, Northside Hospital Gwinnett is moving forward with the building of a 17-story new patient tower at one time, instead of doing so in phases, hospital officials recently announced....
CEG - Thu December 08, 2022
Joey Martin Auctioneers Holds December Sale in Carrollton, Georgia
Joey Martin Auctioneers' final Carrollton, Ga., auction for 2022 took place on Dec. 1. A great crowd turned out to bid on a fantastic line-up of machines, trucks, trailers, support equipment and much more and made for a very successful sale....
