Memphis Commercial Appeal - Tue April 05, 2022
Site Work Begins at Ford's $5.6B Blue Oval City Project in West Tennessee
Ford's Blue Oval City entered the land prepping phase in the last week of March when a few hundred workers starting moving gravel around the site in the west Tennessee town of Stanton. The daily arrival of crews on site marks a key milestone ahead of formal construction on the $5.6 billion electric truck and battery plant set to begin later this year....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Thu March 31, 2022
TDOT's Largest Project in History Under Way: I- 65 Nashville to Kentucky State Line
High traffic volumes, peak hour congestion and resulting delays and crashes have resulted in Tennessee Department of Transportation's (TDOT) efforts to widen Interstate 65 from Nashville to the Kentucky state line, covering Davidson, Robertson and Sumner counties....
Knoxville News Sentinel & CEG - Thu March 24, 2022
Tennessee Smokies Baseball Club Awaiting Construction of Its New Stadium
The Tennessee Smokies minor league baseball club is thinking through where the team will play if its new $80.1 million Old City stadium complex in Knoxville is not ready in 2024 for the season opener. A team official told the Knoxville News Sentinel on March 22 that the club is planning for the complex to be ready for opening day in April 2024, but the timeline is getting "tight" and the Smokies are keeping their options open for where they will play that year....
TDOT & Crossville Chronicle - Tue March 22, 2022
New $85.3M Bridge in Tennessee to Be Built in Next Phase of U.S. 127 Upgrade
Dignitaries and citizens came together March 11 to attend a groundbreaking ceremony in Clarkrange, Tenn., prior to the building of a major new bridge along U.S. Highway 127. Construction of the $85.3 million Clear Creek Bridge construction is part of a larger project to connect the towns of Crossville and Jamestown in east-central Tennessee....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu March 17, 2022
Southern Sun Paving Carves Niche as Successful Business
Often, today's business news is all about mergers and acquisitions, or billion-dollar corporations, but it is also newsworthy when small, decades-old family companies have proven that they can establish a successful place for themselves in the highly competitive marketplace....
CEG - Thu March 17, 2022
Buyers Come Out in Force for Ritchason Auctioneers' Sale in Lebanon, Tenn.
Ritchason Auctioneers held another successful auction March 5, 2022, at its permanent auction facility in Lebanon, Tenn. Approximately 1,110 bidders vied for 662 total lots of equipment that included excavators, backhoes, trucks, wheel loaders, skid steers, dump trucks and many more items....
JLG - Tue March 15, 2022
JLG Expands Manufacturing Footprint Into Tenn., Adds Capacity at Three Plants
JLG Industries Inc. announced an expansion of its manufacturing footprint into Jefferson City, Tenn. This new 60,000-sq.-ft. space, which is being leased from the Oshkosh Defense segment, along with the addition of new lines at the company's Bedford and McConnellsburg, Pa.-based plants, and its Leon, Mexico, manufacturing facility, will support the increased production of boom lifts and scissor lifts, as well as both JLG and SkyTrak telehandlers....
The Daily Beacon - Thu March 10, 2022
Plans Move Ahead to Build Pedestrian Bridge for UT Over Tennessee River
The University of Tennessee (UT), along with the city of Knoxville and Knox County, are teaming up to begin funding a new pedestrian-bicycle bridge over the Tennessee River to extend the college's boundary....
Nashville Tennessean - Tue February 22, 2022
Upgrades Paused at Nashville's NFL Stadium as City Considers New Construction
Negotiations for $600 million in upgrades to Nissan Stadium in Nashville have been paused as recent studies show extensive renovations are needed beyond what was expected, officials told the Tennessean....
World of Asphalt - Thu February 17, 2022
Five Must-Attend Sessions at World of Asphalt 2022
World of Asphalt is bringing critical education sessions to asphalt paving pros at its show and conference in Nashville, Tenn., March 29 to 31. With topics like labor challenges and concerns over winning the next job at the forefront of asphalt business tasks, World of Asphalt and AGG1 is featuring several sessions that meet those, and many other needs....
