Rome News-Tribune - Thu July 01, 2021
GDOT Awards Contracts to Resurface Road, Build Bridge Near Rome
A $4 million contract has been awarded by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to resurface a heavily traveled section of Martha Berry Highway/U.S. Highway 27 in Rome. North of that planned work, a $3.5 million bridge replacement effort on GA Highway 100 in Chattooga County alsowill be performed....
JCB - Mon June 21, 2021
JCB Partners With Make-A-Wish Georgia for Wish Parade
JCB partnered with Make-A-Wish Georgia to deliver a "Wish Parade" for Wish Kid Aidan. Aidan is an 11-year-old boy who lives in Savannah and was born with a heart defect requiring him to be on oxygen, impeding his ability to play outdoors for extended periods of time....
ALL Family of Companies - Thu June 17, 2021
ALL to the Rescue When Customer's Tower Crane Leans Over the City
We say that every well-executed lift is preceded by massive amounts of preparation. Why is preparation so important? Because you have to plan for when lift day doesn't go, well, according to plan. That kind of quick-shift-to-plan-B was needed this spring when a customer-owned tower crane suddenly began to lean over a building under construction in midtown Atlanta....
GUCA - Wed June 16, 2021
GUCA Announces New Board Members, Award Recipients
The Georgia Utility Contractors Association Inc. (GUCA) elected David Westrick, Ruby-Collins Inc. , Smyrna, Ga., as the 2021-2022 GUCA president at the 2021 GUCA Annual Conference in Hilton Head, S.C. Westrick has served on the GUCA board of directors as 1st Vice President 2020-2021; 2nd Vice President 2019-2018; and Board of Directors 2016-2018....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 10, 2021
Old River Road Overpass On I-16 Nears Its Finish
McLendon Enterprises Inc. is a few months away from completing the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $8,575,000 Old River Road Overpass at Interstate 16 project in Bloomingdale, Effingham County....
Flagpole - Thu June 03, 2021
New Episcopal Dorm Under Construction Near University of Georgia Campus
After a delay of more than a year, primarily due to the pandemic, construction crews are finally able to get construction underway on Wright House, a new residential facility in Athens, Ga., that has been in the planning stages for years....
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed June 02, 2021
Buttigieg Touts Biden's Scaled-Back Infrastructure Plan on Atlanta Visit
Atlanta's most high-profile and problematic infrastructure issues were on display May 21 for U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who came to the city to talk about President Biden's scaled-back $1.7 billion proposal to improve and rebuild the nation's infrastructure....
Takeuchi-US - Wed June 02, 2021
Takeuchi Names Cobb County Tractor's Bill Smith Top Dealer Salesperson of 2020
Takeuchi-US has recognized Bill Smith of Cobb County Tractor in Marietta, Ga., as its top-performing dealer salesperson in North America for the year 2020. This marks the fourth time Smith has taken top honors as Takeuchi's Salesperson of the Year after ranking number one again in retail sales for North America....
Sakai America - Mon May 24, 2021
Sakai America Celebrates 20 Years In Adairsville, Ga.
Sakai America Inc. is celebrating 20 years of assembling asphalt and soil rollers in Adairsville, Ga., in May. "Sakai America has experienced exceptional growth over the past 20 years in the United States....
Takeuchi-US - Wed May 19, 2021
Cobb County Tractor Recognized as Takeuchi's Dealer With Top Sales Volume in 2020
Takeuchi-US has recognized Cobb County Tractor of Marietta, Ga., for having the highest sales volume of all Takeuchi dealers in North America during 2020. As a full-line dealer of Takeuchi equipment, Cobb County Tractor and its Perimeter Takeuchi division supply the consumer, construction, landscape and agricultural markets....
