TDOT & CEG - Tue April 19, 2022
VIDEO: New Buckner Road Connection to I-65 in Spring Hill, Tenn., Under Construction
Construction of the new Interstate 65 interchange at Buckner Road in Spring Hill, Tenn., has officially begun, with a goal of become fully operational by this time next year. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) awarded the design-build contract for the new interchange last year to BELL Construction in Nashville....
Compass Auctions - Thu April 14, 2022
Compass Performs as Heavy Equipment Auctioneer
Compass Auctions, located in Chattanooga, Tenn., has had a long history with heavy equipment auctions as "special events" for the company and its clients. The company changed its direction in 2022 and has committed to making heavy equipment part of its monthly auction and will offer a selection of "yellow iron" — including Caterpillar, Komatsu, Kobelco and New Holland — in an extensive catalog including industrial and construction surplus, vehicles and more....
CEG - Thu April 07, 2022
World of Asphalt, AGG1 Break Records at Show
Asphalt paving and aggregates professionals filled in a sold-out Music City Center exhibition floor in Nashville as World of Asphalt's 20th Anniversary and AGG1 brought the industry back together. Organizations from across the country to view specialized exhibits and product unveilings, take in the latest education offerings, learn about the latest innovations in the asphalt and aggregates industries and make purchasing decisions....
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....
