Thompson Machinery - Mon August 17, 2020
Thompson's Station, Tenn., New Home for Caterpillar Equipment Dealer
Construction in middle Tennessee continues to push forward, enabling Thompson Machinery, the local Caterpillar dealer, to invest $15 million in Thompson's Station, Tenn. Even with a presidential election looming, global economic uncertainty and national social unrest, Nashville and its surrounding counties continue to be the darling of the southeast for new residential and commercial construction investment....
Katie Kohler – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu August 06, 2020
Crown Paving's 'Boss Lady' Paves Way in Greenbrier, Tenn.
Asphalt is all around. It paves the way for us to get to where we are going, whether it is for work or play. As president of Crown Paving in Greenbrier, Tenn., Jessica Blackburn understands the importance of efficiency and quality....
IACMI – The Composites Institute - Wed August 05, 2020
Composite Bridge Offers Low-Cost Solution for Rural Tennessee County
A damaged, decades-old concrete bridge just off a narrow, curvy rural road in north central Tennessee's Morgan County will soon come down, and a low-cost, low-maintenance, technologically advanced composites bridge deck system with a 100-year lifespan will take its place....
Vanderbilt University Research News - Tue July 28, 2020
Vanderbilt, TDOT Awarded Grant to Enhance I-24 Smart Corridor with AI
Nashville, Tenn.'s exhilarating growth has provided immense benefits to the region. The flip side of all that expansion, however, is that traffic has increased by a whopping 60 percent since 2005 along the area of I-24 that connects Nashville southeast to Murfreesboro, the fastest growing city in Tennessee....
Contractor's Machinery - Wed July 08, 2020
Contractor's Machinery Becomes Toro Siteworks Dealer in Knoxville, Tri-Cities, Tenn.
Contractor's Machinery (CMI), a Case heavy duty equipment dealer with store locations in both Knoxville and Tri-Cities, Tenn., has officially become a Toro Siteworks dealer. CMI will carry the Toro Dingo series of compact utility loader products and attachments....
NUCA - Wed June 24, 2020
NUCA of Middle Tennessee Announces Winner of 2020 Trench Safety Stand Down Week Contest
Trench Safety Stand Down (TSSD) Week was held across the nation by the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA), and as part of that event the association's Middle Tennessee Chapter held its first TSSD Week Contest....
Chattanooga Times Free-Press - Mon June 15, 2020
Repairs Continue on Slide-Damaged U.S. Highway 41 in Tennessee
The now nearly $19.2 million Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) slide repair project begun just over a year ago on U.S. Highway 41 in Marion County has been delayed again, due to another wintertime swamping by Mother Nature....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 11, 2020
'The Lake District' Rises Outside of Memphis
Earth work, site preparation and the installation of underground infrastructure are ongoing for more than 50 acres of the more than 161 acre "The Lake District" development, a $400 million upscale mixed-use community just outside of Memphis, Tenn., that is being implemented by The Lake District LCC (TLD), which is owned by Gilad Development Inc....
Tennessee DOT - Mon June 08, 2020
TDOT Decides to Conduct Pile Driving for I-24 Bridges During the Daytime
As part of the bridge replacement project on I-24 in Chattanooga, contract crews for the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) in late May began pile driving operations during daytime hours for bridge foundations on Germantown Road over the interstate....
Case Construction Equipment - Mon June 01, 2020
Diamond Equipment Supports Team Rubicon Tornado Cleanup in Tennessee
Case Construction Equipment dealer Diamond Equipment is currently supporting Team Rubicon, a veteran-led disaster response organization, in numerous operations throughout the state of Tennessee after a series of tornadoes and heavy storms moved through the region in March and April....
