John Deere - Thu October 14, 2021
Special Application Vehicles are Equipped to Help First Responders
For several years the fire fighters in Silvis, Ill., tried unsuccessfully to find funding for a Special Applications Vehicle (SAV) to fight grass fires and other community emergencies. That's why when they recently received a SAV, donated by John Deere, it created so much excitement in the department, Silvis Fire Chief John Winters said....
CEG - Wed September 29, 2021
Altorfer CAT Celebrates Opening of Its New Illinois Facilities
To celebrate the opening of its new facilities, Altorfer CAT celebrated with its customers at open houses throughout the month of September. The four new locations are in Mokena, Ill., East Dundee, Ill., Addison, Ill., and Naperville, Ill....
Illinois Tollway - Tue September 28, 2021
Illinois Tollway Board Awards $103M for Construction, Engineering Contracts
The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved 11 construction and professional engineering services contracts totaling more than $103.3 million at its September board meeting, including construction of a new maintenance facility to serve the eastern end of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90)....
Hauser Group - Mon September 27, 2021
Merchants Bridge Reconstruction Project Reaches Major Milestone
The $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois at downtown St. Louis reached a major milestone Sept. 17, with the first of three new trusses being installed. Dating back to 1890, the Merchants Bridge serves six Class I railroads and Amtrak to cross the Mississippi River at St....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 15, 2021
Crews Install Largest Concrete Beams Manufactured in Midwest On Tri-State Tollway's $4B Project
Crews in Illinois are carefully choreographing the placement of the largest concrete beams ever manufactured in the Midwest, as they continue reconstructing the Central Tri-State Tollway. The task under way is anything but routine....
Office of Gov. Pritzker - Tue September 14, 2021
Ground Breaks On $216.8M I-57/74 Project
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation were joined Aug. 23 by local officials and community leaders to announce the start of construction on a new Interstate 57/74 interchange, one of the cornerstone projects of the governor's historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program....
IAAP/CEG - Wed September 01, 2021
IAAP Will Host 2021 Convention, Miner Safety Conference
The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP) announced it will hold its annual Convention and Miner Safety Conference Dec. 14 to 15, 2021, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Ill. The IAAP Convention is the largest aggregates industry convention in the Midwest with more than 400 attendees each year....
CEG - Tue August 31, 2021
Contractors Association of Will & Grundy Counties Hosts Annual Steak Fry
The Contractors Association of Will & Grundy Counties (CAWGC) held its annual Steak Fry Aug. 19 at St. Joseph's Park in Joliet, Ill. More than 700 attended the event, which provided a perfect opportunity to catch up with old friends....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 18, 2021
Illinois Equipment Distributors Celebrates 70 Years as Eyes, Ears of Construction Equipment Dealers Industry
Industry associations exist to benefit association members — and the pooled energy of its members is what makes an association work. This synergy has worked for Illinois Equipment Distributors for 70 years....
Central Tri-State Tollway - Tue August 17, 2021
Beam Delivery Begins for Central Tri-State Tollway Bridge
Transport and delivery of bridge beams are under way for the Illinois Tollway's new southbound Mile Long Bridge on the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294). Delivery of new concrete and steel beams for the $500 million Mile Long Bridge Project is anticipated to continue through early 2022....
