CEG - Tue August 03, 2021
TVA Topples 600-Foot Tower in Tennessee, Oldest Coal-Fired Plant
With a boom and a cloud of dust, demolition contractors on July 31 imploded the 600-ft. smokestack and the 10 boilers that had been the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) oldest coal-fired facility, located in New Johnsonville, Tenn....
Taylor Machine Works - Thu July 29, 2021
Taylor New Dealer of Bell Articulated Dump Trucks, Tracked Carriers in Tennessee, Mississippi
Taylor Machine Works Inc. , a manufacturer of heavy industrial lift trucks and distributor of multiple lines of allied products, is partnering with Bell Trucks of America Inc. to become the Bell articulated dump trucks (ADT) and Bell tracked carriers (TC) dealer in the states of Tennessee and Mississippi....
Power Equipment Company - Thu July 29, 2021
Power Equipment Appointed Komatsu Dealer in Arkansas
Power Equipment Company, based in Knoxville, Tenn., will be appointed the authorized Komatsu distributor in Arkansas effective mid-September 2021, expanding its presence in the state. The territory will be served by existing authorized Komatsu branches in Little Rock, Ark., and Springdale, Ark....
Tennesee DOT - Wed July 28, 2021
I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge Partially Reopens
Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright announced July 28 the I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge over the Mississippi River will reopen under limited traffic while contractors finish the work....
CEG - Wed July 14, 2021
New $300M Storybook Theme Park Planned for Middle Tennessee
Tennessee could soon have a new theme park, with attractions based on books written by authors from around the world. According to NASH Today, Storyville Gardens will be built in Middle Tennessee, with construction slated to start in mid-2022....
Kubota Tractor Corporation - Tue July 13, 2021
Kubota Awards $100,000 “Hometown Proud” Grant to Wayne County, Tenn.
Kubota Tractor Corporation announced Wayne County Ag Center, in Collinwood, Tenn., as the winner of the Kubota "Hometown Proud" community revitalization grant program. Wayne County will receive a $100,000 grant and loaned equipment from Kubota to help develop the grounds for the county's first and only dedicated Agricultural Center (Ag Center)....
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tue July 06, 2021
'Signature' Bridge Over Ocoee River Taking Shape in Eastern Tennessee
As mountain river enthusiasts and others head east this summer on U.S. Highway 64/TN 40 toward the Ocoee River and Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tenn., they will pass the state's $12.6 million "signature" bridge as the new structure takes shape alongside its aging predecessor....
Arkansas Democrat Gazette & WATN-TV Local ABC 24 - Wed June 30, 2021
VIDEO: Construction Crews Installing Eight Steel Plates on Damaged I-40 Bridge
Progress is being made by construction crews carefully working around the clock to make repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis after it was closed May 11 following the discovery of a large crack spotted on one of its beams....
Thompson Machinery - Thu June 24, 2021
Thompson Machinery Expands Product Line with Metso
Thompson Machinery has announced a new dealer agreement with Metso for its mobile and stationary crushing and screening products. As the exclusive Cat dealer in middle and west Tennessee, and north Mississippi, the Metso product line fits seamlessly within Thompson's equipment offering to support its construction, recycling and roadbuilding customers, the company said....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Thu June 24, 2021
Charles Blalock & Sons Inc. Leads $300M Alcoa Highway Reconstruction Work
With traffic along East Tennessee's Alcoa Highway (State Route 115/U.S.129) increasing daily and congestion in the area causing concern for commuter wellbeing, the Tennessee Department of State Transportation (TDOT) embarked upon a highway corridor improvement project in 2016, spanning Blount and Knox counties....
