Jan 12, 2016
State Replaces Intersection in Centreville, Maryland
Plans are for the project to be complete in the late fall of 2018/early 2019, weather permitting....
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Brenda Ruggiero
CEG Correspondent
Brenda Ruggiero has written for CEG for over 20 years. She lives near the town of Accident in far western Maryland. Her favorite assignments so far involved interviews with Survivor’s Boston Rob and hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut. Both were involved in construction at one time.
Brenda holds a BA in Mass Communication with a writing focus from Frostburg State University and minors in Public Relations and Political Science. She works full time as a staff writer for a weekly newspaper, the Garrett County Republican. She enjoys feature writing the most, which gives her the opportunity to talk to people and share their stories.
Brenda and her middle school sweetheart, Reuben, have been married for over 34 years and have three grown children and four cats.
Jan 8, 2016
Austin Approves Construction, Demolition Recycling Ordinance
Currently, it is reported that construction and demolition projects generate at least 20 percent of all materials that go into Austin’s area landfills....
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Jan 8, 2016
Breaking New Ground: $650M Expansion for Medical Center
A multi-million dollar renovation and expansion project is transforming the Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston....
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Jan 8, 2016
CDOT Replaces Obsolete Bridge in Westminster
The $11,669,000 project is sponsored by the Bridge Enterprise Program....
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Jan 6, 2016
Eastern Compost Reaps the Benefits of New Terex Grinder
Eastern Compost LLC, located in Battleboro, N.C., is benefiting from a new CBI (Terex) Magnum Force 5800BT grinder that the company purchased from Powerscreen Mid-Atlantic Inc....
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Jan 6, 2016
Observation to Inspiration: Cummins Expands With Sandvik
For the project, Cummins purchased a Sandvik QE341 mobile scalping screen from Crusher Works, a Sandvik dealer based in Birmingham, Ala., which covers the Southeast....
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Dec 23, 2015
Sandy Weathers the Storm, Adapts to Changing Times
The plan preserves Gunter’s Island in Horry County in exchange for wetlands destroyed building the highway....
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Dec 16, 2015
Pittsburgh Begins $27M Riverfront Development Project
The Phase 1 infrastructure will provide a new riverfront street in the city of Pittsburgh...
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Dec 8, 2015
MWI Pumps Prepares for Milestone 90th Anniversary
MWI Pumps has a simple philosophy: Provide innovative, high quality pumps at competitive prices and take care of each customer....
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Dec 2, 2015
Greiner Expands Fleet With Purchase of 14th Crane
Greiner Industries began when Frank Greiner launched a welding business in a one-car garage in April 1976....
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Nov 30, 2015
Crews Face Challenges to Repair Colorado Crib Walls
The work will include the construction of a reinforced concrete slab underneath the roadway....
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Nov 27, 2015
Here Are Some Holiday Gift Ideas for Contractors, Kids on Your List
Plenty of creative construction-themed gifts can be found with a little searching for little people, adults and everyone in between....
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Nov 26, 2015
Innovative Bailey Bridge Improves Safety, Efficiency on $252M I-15 Project
The overall project, valued at $252 million, involves rebuilding a 7-mi. (11.26 km) section known as The Point....
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Nov 23, 2015
Guy M. Turner Invests in New Equipment
When Jimmy Clark purchased the company in 1985, it consisted of four or five cranes, a few trucks and about five rigging crews....
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Nov 17, 2015
Rutgers Unveils the BEAST to Study Lifespan of Bridge Construction Materials
It took about a decade of planning to come up with the concept of full-scale, accelerated bridge testing....
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Nov 17, 2015
MD 355 Intersection Receives Much-Needed Improvements
The work will consist of grinding, resurfacing and widening southbound and northbound MD 355 to provide for an additional through lane south of the Cedar Lane intersection....
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Nov 16, 2015
Frontier Mulch Products Relies on Deacon Equipment to Keep Mulching
The company, which is located in Douglassville, Pa., is well on the way to doubling the yardage that it manufactured and sold last year....
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Nov 11, 2015
Wright Contracting Tackles Wetland Mitigation Project
Known as the UT to Town Creek Stream and Wetland mitigation project, it impacts a stream and wetlands in the Catawba River Basin....
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Nov 11, 2015
May Equipment Expands Its Presence in the Carolinas With New Branch
May Heavy’s location is highly visible from I-26 and centrally located in Charleston’s growth corridor....
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Oct 27, 2015
Ridge Development at Work on Class A Logistics Center
The building is the first of two being added by the company in a new 46.5-acre business park called Lakeland Logistics Center....
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