Contractors Equipment Rentals - Tue June 09, 2020
Chicago's CE Rental Company Corrals Life-Size Dinosaurs for Latest Brookfield Zoo Exhibit
A monstrous exhibit of realistic and life-size dinosaurs will go on as planned at Brookfield Zoo, despite a six-week pandemic delay — due to the heavy-duty equipment and one-stop consulting and project management provided by Contractors Equipment Rentals (CE Rentals)....
AASHTO Journal - Wed May 27, 2020
Illinois to 'Fast Track' $25M in Infrastructure Grants
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) launched the $25 million Fast-Track Public Infrastructure Grants initiative on May 12 to accelerate work on planned public infrastructure projects around the state this summer, as many local governments face lost revenues, impacting their ability to finance these projects....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 29, 2020
$4B Illinois Tollway Reconstruction Under Way
The Illinois Tollway's $4 billion reconstruction of the 22-mi.-long Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) from Balmoral Avenue to 95th Street will provide congestion relief and reconstruct aging bridges and other infrastructure to meet current and future traffic demands, while also addressing regional transportation needs in the western Chicago area....
Stevenson Cranes Service - Tue April 28, 2020
Stevenson Crane Service Becomes Multi-National Parts Dealer
Stevenson Crane Service Inc. (SCS), a South Holland, Ill.-based company specializing in mobile heavy lifting equipment, has expanded and diversified parts capabilities. The company has expanded its parts service area into international parts procurement and the sourcing of hard-to-find items, including distributorship for the Load King line, which has taken over production of the Terex truck crane and boom trucks....
Walsh Construction - Tue April 14, 2020
Walsh Construction Converts Portion of McCormick Place Into Care Facility
Walsh Construction, one of the largest contractors in the city of Chicago and in the United States, is leading the temporary conversion of a portion of the McCormick Place Convention Center into an Alternate Care Facility (ACF) for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients....
CEG - Tue April 14, 2020
IAAP Holds 2020 Convention, Safety Conference in Springfield
The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers' 52nd Annual Convention combined with the Aggregate Miner Safety Conference was held in Springfield, Ill., March 4 to 5, 2020, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel....
John Deere - Thu April 09, 2020
John Deere Begins Production of Protective Face Shields for Health-Care Workers
John Deere, in collaboration with the UAW, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, announced it is producing protective face shields at John Deere Seeding Group in Moline, Illinois....
GOMACO - Tue April 07, 2020
Road Machinery & Supplies Named to GOMACO's Top 10 of 2019
GOMACO Corporation recently recognized Road Machinery and Supplies Company as a Top Ten Distributor for sales in the 2019 fiscal year. The award was presented in recognition for outstanding sales and distribution of GOMACO equipment in the United States....
GOMACO - Tue April 07, 2020
Finkbiner Equipment Named to GOMACO's Top 10 of 2019
GOMACO Corporation recently recognized Finkbiner Equipment Company of Burr Ridge, Ill., as a Top Ten Distributor for sales in the 2019 fiscal year. The award was presented in recognition for outstanding sales and distribution of GOMACO equipment in the United States....
Illinois Tollway - Wed April 01, 2020
Illinois Tollway Awards Nearly $270.3M in Contracts for Construction, Professional Engineering Services in March
The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved 10 construction and eight professional engineering services contracts totaling nearly $270.3 million at its March Board meeting on March 26. Nearly $375 million in contracts has been approved by the Tollway Board in 2020, as part of the ninth year of the Tollway's 15-year, $14 billion Move Illinois capital program....
