Blue Ridge Public Radio - Wed April 02, 2025
With FEMA Easing Major Floodplain Construction Rules, Impact on Storm Recovery Unclear
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is no longer enforcing certain rules around rebuilding in floodplains as a Trump administration decision rolls some federal funding criteria back to pre-Obama administration standards....
East Carolina University & Triangle Business Journal - Tue March 18, 2025
East Carolina University Building $265M Medical Facility to Turn Out More Trained Physicians
East Carolina University (ECU) in Greenville, N.C., has begun construction on a $265 million facility designed to increase the college's ability to educate more physicians. With the construction of the Center for Medical Education Building, ECU will add a 195,000 sq.-ft....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed March 12, 2025
Sargent Makes Key Contacts With Dynapac, Dream On 3 at Recent Industry Forum
Sargent Corp., an infrastructure builder in central North Carolina, is currently in the process of completing a project on the grounds of Greensboro's Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI). Headquartered in Orono, Maine, Sargent operates two locations in the Northeast and two in the Mid-Atlantic states, the latter of which includes its Greensboro office....
Wilmington Star-News - Mon March 03, 2025
New 5-Acre Artificial Reef to Rebuild Oyster Habitat on N.C. Coast Using Recycled Concrete
The water pressure cannon on the small barge in the Cape Fear River was turned on and its firehose of water was soon pushing the fragments of broken concrete into the waterway at Carolina Beach State Park, south of Wilmington, N.C....
NCDOT & Raleigh News & Observer - Mon March 03, 2025
Crews Begin Building N.C.'s $450M New Alligator River Replacement Bridge
Construction is under way in coastal North Carolina to replace the aging Lindsay C. Warren Bridge on U.S. Highway 64 over the Alligator River in Tyrrell and Dare counties, the state Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced Feb....
Hills Machinery Company - Wed February 26, 2025
Hills Machinery Opens New Sales, Service, Rental Location in Wilson, N.C.
Hills Machinery has opened a 14th location with its new full-service facility at 3235 US Hwy 301 in Wilson, N.C. The new location includes full sales and rental operations, as well as Hills' largest service center with massive service bays, overhead cranes and a large parts and components inventory to serve local heavy and compact equipment owners, according to the company....
The Mountaineer - Mon February 24, 2025
Engineers Believe Long-Term I-40 Rebuild in N.C. Should Start at Pigeon River, Work Upward
With two of the four lanes of the collapsed portion of Interstate 40 set to be reopened on March 1, 2025 in far western N.C., following Hurricane Helene's destruction in fall 2024, attention will soon turn to the much grander and more difficult long-range goal of a permanent fix to the major U.S....
Raleigh News & Observer - Tue February 18, 2025
Hurricane-Damaged I-40 Through N.C.'s Mountains to Be Reopened to Traffic March 1
Interstate 40 will reopen through the Pigeon River Gorge on March 1, 2025, restoring the main highway connection between N.C. and Tenn. for the first time since damage from remnants of Hurricane Helene shut it down in late September 2024....
Charlotte Observer & Charlotte Douglas International Airport - Tue February 18, 2025
Charlotte's $700M Uptown Project Hits Key Milestone; Airport to Build New Taxiway
The skyline-defining Queensbridge Collective project on the edges of Charlotte's uptown and South End recently celebrated a major milestone. Structural framework on the development's first tower, which rises 42 stories, is officially complete after breaking ground in May 2023....
CEG - Tue February 04, 2025
N.C. Governor Asks Lawmakers for More Than $1B in Hurricane Relief
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is asking the General Assembly for $1 billion in Hurricane Helene storm recovery money this spring to help the western part of the state address its "immediate needs."Stein, a newly-elected Democrat, wants the legislature to spend $1.07 billion in a bill to be passed soon, instead of waiting for the state budget bill in the coming fiscal year that begins July 1....
