The Moultrie Observer - Thu September 23, 2021
Long-Time Crane Representative Patrick Leatherwood Passes Away
Patrick Curtis Leatherwood, 55, passed away Sept. 10, 2021, at home. Mr. Leatherwood was born Oct. 13, 1965, in East Point, Ga. In 1971, his family moved to Moultrie, Ga., where he grew up and graduated from Colquitt County High School....
GDOT - Thu September 23, 2021
East-Central Georgia Getting Key Upgrade to U.S. Highway Corridor
Georgia's primary north-south road corridor in the eastern part of the state is U.S. Highway 1, which will mark 100 years as a numbered roadway in 2022. And, in many places along its 2,300-mi. route from South Florida to the Canadian border, U.S....
CEG - Thu September 23, 2021
Building Boom at Atlanta Airport May Result From Infrastructure Dollars
Building crews continue to work on a project to expand the North Terminal at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. By the end of 2023, what is now a dusty, noisy construction site will be an expanded terminal featuring five new gates....
CEG - Thu September 16, 2021
Mason Tractor Opens Fifth Kubota Dealership in Villa Rica, Ga.
Mason Tractor, based in Blue Ridge, Ga., recently opened its fifth Kubota dealership in Villa Rica, Ga. The location had previously been a Beshears Tractor & Equipment branch owned by Randy Beshears, who continues to own and operate Kubota dealership locations in Oxford and Opelika, Ala....
Brian Fraley - Wed September 15, 2021
UMA Goes Deep to Anchor Georgia Pump Station
You need to build a stable foundation for improvements to a pump station but you're located in a 5-ft. water table within proximity to a creek. How do you keep the foundation from rising?One Georgia county's engineer chose to pin it down with rock anchors and UMA Geotechnical Construction was the right fit for the job....
CEG - Thu September 02, 2021
Iron Auction Group Holds Liquidation Sale in Loganville
On Aug. 18, the estate of Dwight McCart commissioned The Iron Auction Group to liquidate all construction equipment, trucks, trailers and miscellaneous support equipment for McCart Pipeline Inc. at its Loganville, Ga., headquarters....
CEG - Thu September 02, 2021
Yancey Bros. Holds Grand Opening of Its CAT Rental Store
Yancey Bros. Co. hosted a great crowd to the grand opening celebration of its newest CAT Rental Store/Yancey Rents branch in Bogart (Athens), Ga., on Aug. 27. The facility, which is located at 50 Trade Street in Bogart, had previously been a rental store location for another company and went through an extensive top-to-bottom renovation to serve the needs of Yancey for its Athens, Ga.- area rental customers....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 02, 2021
McLendon Enterprises Upgrades Hillcrest Parkway
Crews from McLendon Enterprises Inc. broke ground on the city of Dublin's $12,105,455.90 Hillcrest Parkway on Dec. 27, 2019, a project that should be delivered in 28 months. "The project has been described by city officials as the most needed and most ambitious projects for Dublin in recent decades," said Miles Cason, McLendon's project manager....
FOX 5 Atlanta - Thu August 26, 2021
Atlanta Area Mobile COVID-19 Unit Helps Vaccinate Construction Site Crews
A mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit in DeKalb County, Ga., was established this summer to visit businesses, work sites, churches or anywhere else that groups of people wanted to get the shots. A metro Atlanta construction company was among those utilizing the mobile service earlier in August, in the process making it easier for its employees to get the vaccine....
CEG - Thu August 26, 2021
Georgia Wants Time to Analyze $5B Jasper Ocean Terminal Deal with South Carolina
The Jasper Ocean Terminal (JOT), a long-planned $5 billion seaport expected to improve the economy of the rural South Carolina Lowcountry, is likely delayed again as Georgia officials want more time to consider whether to partner with Jasper County, S.C., on the project....
