CEG - Wed July 30, 2025
Global Operator Challenge Showcases Skill, Precision in Tenn.
Thompson Machinery hosted its first Global Operator Challenge of the year July 17, 2025, at its La Vergne, Tenn., location, drawing skilled equipment operators and enthusiastic spectators for a full day of competition, camaraderie and community spirit....
ARTBA - Tue July 22, 2025
Permitting Reforms Needed to Speed Up Transportation Improvements, Tennessee Contractor Tells Congress
Tony Boals, a vice president of Tennessee-based Wright Brothers Construction, called on Congress to make three commonsense reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that could help speed up delivery of transportation improvement projects....
Memphis Commercial Appeal & Memphis International Airport - Thu July 10, 2025
Demolition of Memphis Airport's 50-Year-Old Terminal Part of Modernization Effort
The Memphis International Airport is going through a massive renovation, which includes tearing down one of its concourses to make way for other uses at the facility. The space is being cleared to prepare several major construction sites as part of the Western Tennessee airport's Terminal Modernization and Seismic Project (TMSP)....
Knoxville News Sentinel - Wed July 09, 2025
Despite Uncertainty About Federal Funding, Knoxville Pedestrian Bridge Moving Ahead
The plan to build a pedestrian bridge over the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tenn. cleared another hurdle recently amid uncertainty over whether the Trump administration would follow through on federal money promised to make the project happen....
CEG - Mon June 23, 2025
Rockslide Floods, Closes Stretch of I-40 Near Tenn.-N.C. Line Damaged by Helene in 2024
Almost nine months after Hurricane Helene heavily damaged Interstate 40 near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line, forcing its closure until March 2024, a rockslide and road flooding on June 18, 2025, has once again shut down the freeway in the same area....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed June 11, 2025
ASCENDUM Helps Ga. Contractor Increase Quality of Work
The size and scope of construction companies ranges widely in the United States, from the massive, multinational firms to the much smaller outfits that employ a dozen or so people. But there are also very small companies within the construction industry where fewer than a half-dozen people work hard to prepare raw land for larger firms to build upon....
Tennessee Department of Transportation & WATN-TV - Wed June 11, 2025
Decades of Planning Has Led to $69.4M Widening of Summer Avenue in Memphis
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) began its nearly $70 million widening project on Summer Avenue in Memphis on June 9, 2025, after more than 25 years of planning. The effort is aimed at improving traffic flow and enhancing safety for all users of the busy and vital transportation corridor east of the city's downtown....
Tennessee Department of Transportation & WKRN-TV - Tue June 10, 2025
New DDI in Nashville Part of Major Interchange Rebuild at I-40, Donelson Pike
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is wrapping up a major interchange project that has been in the works for a few years. Officials with the state agency expect these upgrades to relieve much of the heavy traffic on Interstate 40 near Nashville International Airport (BNA)....
Noe Gonzalez - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Wed June 04, 2025
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Invests $205M in Kentucky, Tennessee Projects
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District received $205 million in the fiscal year 2025 Work Plan for Army Civil Works, supporting infrastructure, navigation, flood risk management, hydropower, recreation and environmental stewardship within the Cumberland River Basin in Tennessee and Kentucky....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed May 21, 2025
Takeuchi-US Names Parman's Scott Syler Its 2024 Salesperson of the Year
Nashville, Tenn.'s Parman Tractor & Equipment was recently honored with having one of its veteran sales professionals being named by Takeuchi-US as the manufacturer's 360° Dealer Salesperson of the Year for 2024....
