Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 01, 2020
Illinois' Weber Road, I-55 Interchange Project Moves Forward
Utility relocations delays prevented crews from starting work on the $68 million I-55 Interchange project on Weber Road in Romeoville, Ill., in 2018, but in early May 2019 operations began in earnest. The work zone covers Weber Road from 119th Street north/Rodeo Road of the interchange to 135th Street/Romeo Road to the south and 1/2 mi....
AGC - Wed April 01, 2020
Lansing, Michigan-based Christman Constructors Named the Most Innovative Company in Construction Industry
Lansing, Michigan-based Christman Constructors was named the most innovative construction firm in the country for developing an iOS-based application that brings job-placement logistics into the 21st century....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 19, 2020
Chicago's $2.1B Chicago Transit Authority Modernization Well Under Way
Construction crews drilled the first shafts last fall for the $1.2 billion phase one of the Chicago Transit Authority's $2.1 billion Red-Purple Modernization Program, the largest capital improvement project in the agency's history....
Contractors Association of Will and Grundy Counties - Wed February 19, 2020
CAWGC Announces Details of Its Annual Scholarship Program
The Contractors Association of Will and Grundy Counties (CAWGC) announces its Annual Scholarship Program. Since the program's inception in 1996, the association has awarded almost $130,000 to deserving scholars who will be pursuing degrees in the construction field....
Dan Eichholz – IAAP Executive Director - Thu February 06, 2020
IAAP Director Issues 2019 Recap, Looks Ahead to 2020
The Illinois aggregates industry has reasons to celebrate as we close out 2019. This was the year we finally passed a sustainably-funded state capital construction program — the largest in Illinois' history....
Hitachi - Wed February 05, 2020
Wheel Loader Succeeds Motorgrader for Township Work in Seward, Illinois
Seward Township, Ill., has replaced its motorgrader with a new Hitachi ZW180-6 wheel loader. "We bought the Hitachi loader last summer after months of researching what our needs and budget would fit," said Anne Vickery, road commissioner, Kendeall County, Ill....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 22, 2020
Chicago DOT Project Breaks Down Barriers
In Chicago, Ill., work continues on the final phase of a project that will create a new road between the Loop and Chinatown. Section 3 involves construction of a segment of Wells Street extending from Roosevelt Road to 16th Street, resulting in a new north-south through-street between Clark Street and the South Branch of the Chicago River....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed January 22, 2020
Atlas Bobcat VP of Operations, Bob Loula, Retires After 44 Yrs.
Bob Loula started his career at Atlas Bobcat in Chicago as a part-time employee in the parts department in 1975. As he begins the newest chapter of his life — retirement — reflecting upon the early days is natural....
CEG - Thu December 26, 2019
Ritchie Bros. Conducts Sale in Chicago
More than 5,100 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros.' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Chicago, Ill., on Dec. 17, 2019. With bidders from 48 countries, approximately 60 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as India, Poland and Singapore....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Mon December 23, 2019
IED Holds Holiday Party, Inducts New Board Members
The Illinois Equipment Distributors held its 53rd annual Holiday Dinner Dec. 13 in Addison Ill. The event also included the 2020 Board of Directors induction meeting. Outgoing President Kevin Ridens (First Choice Equipment) thanked the 2019 board — Joe Stack (Cummins Sales & Service), vice president; Jason Zeibert (Finkbiner Equipment Co.), treasurer; Bob Jones (SES), first-year director; Jim McCann (McCann Industries), second-year director; and Joe McKeon (Construction Equipment Guide), associate director — for their contributions to a successful year....
