WSB Radio & CEG - Tue August 23, 2022
Univ. of Georgia to Spend $68M to Upgrade Football Team's Sanford Stadium
The home of the 2021 national champion Georgia Bulldogs will soon get some upgrades. A year after the university's talent-laden football squad crushed Alabama to win the national championship game, UGA is starting a $68.5 million project to overhaul the southside of Sanford Stadium, making it easier for Bulldogs' fans to get around during games....
CEG - Tue August 09, 2022
Firms Receive Honors at Build Georgia Awards
The Associated General Contractors of Georgia (AGC Georgia) recently recognized member construction firms for outstanding achievements over the past year at the prestigious Build Georgia Awards, which honors the talented individuals who deliver the state's largest and most influential construction projects throughout the Peach State....
Associated Press - Thu July 28, 2022
Hyundai to Receive $1.8B in Incentives to Build Electric Car Plant in Georgia
The state of Georgia and local governments are giving $1.8 billion in tax breaks and other incentives to Hyundai Motor Group in exchange for the Korean automaker building its first U.S. plant dedicated to electric vehicles....
Capitol Beat News Service - Mon July 25, 2022
Inflation Forced GDOT to Reject 12 Project Bids Due for Lettings in August
Inflation is having a negative impact on the construction schedule for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), the Capitol Beat News Service in Atlanta reported July 24. The agency has rejected bids on 12 projects that had been due for letting in August, Meg Pirkle, GDOT's chief engineer, told members of the State Transportation Board July 21....
Sandvik - Thu July 21, 2022
Country Boy Supply Appointed New Distributor of Sandvik Mining, Rock Solutions Boom Drills for Tennessee, Georgia
Country Boy Supply LLC will be supplying Sandvik's comprehensive range of boom drills, rock tools and full aftermarket support for customers in Tennessee and Georgia, effective June 2022. Country Boy Supply LLC, based in Conyers, Ga., officially started in 2016, but CBS' CEO Brent Taylor's experience in the drilling industry goes back to 1983....
GUCA - Wed July 13, 2022
GUCA Elects 2022-2023 President, Board Members, Presents Awards
The Georgia Utility Contractors Association Inc. (GUCA) recently elected Brian Burleigh, Dennis Taylor & Company Inc., Lawrenceville, Ga., as the 2022-2023 GUCA president at the 2022 GUCA Annual Conference in Panama City Beach, Fla....
Capitol Beat & Yahoo! Finance - Tue July 05, 2022
Georgia Power to Repurpose Coal Ash Into Concrete Products for Infrastructure
Georgia Power announced plans June 29 to recycle more than nine million tons of coal ash stored at the state's Plant Bowen site at a pace of about 600,000 tons per year, making it the largest beneficial use project of its kind in the United States....
Spellman College & Turner Construction Co. - Wed June 29, 2022
Construction Starts on $75M Innovation, Arts Center at Spelman College
New York-based Turner Construction Company has begun work on building Spelman College's Center for Innovation & the Arts (CI&A) in Atlanta, the contractor announced June 27. The 84,000-sq.-ft facility is designed to house Spelman College's creative and scientific disciplines in one dynamic space, while serving as a catalyst for interdisciplinary interaction....
Savannah Morning News & GDOT - Mon June 27, 2022
Savannah, Ga., Drivers to See I-16/I-95 Interchange Work for Another Year
The project to revamp Savannah, Ga.'s interchange at Interstates 16 and 95 is more than a year from completion, but drivers may start to see bridge work wrap up towards the end of this year, the Savannah Morning News reported earlier in June....
CEG - Thu June 09, 2022
Crews Rebuild Critical Spans for 16@95 Project in Georgia
Construction crews and the Georgia Department of Transportation are making considerable progress on a $295 million project just outside of Savannah. At the point where I-95 crosses over I-16, just a few miles west of downtown Savannah, crews are clearing benchmarks for a major construction project, primarily along I-16, to keep traffic moving safely and efficiently....
