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.
The new location is on approximately 3 acres, and the brick-and-mortar facility is around 10,000 sq. ft. (929 sq m), with 2,500 sq. ft. (232 m) for retail and the rest for the shop area....
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The company’s most current job involves about 150 tons (136 t) of resurfacing at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Raleigh....
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The company has excelled at finding hard to find crane parts....
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The $150 million project calls for new lanes on a heavily traveled section of the toll road....
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Located in downtown Pittsburgh, the estimated cost of the building is more than $400 million....
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The project is 100 percent funded by toll dollars and is being coordinated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission....
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The XCP4 is the latest in an evolving line of mechanical pulverizers....
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The new bridge will be made entirely of concrete like the old one, but with substantially bigger piling — 24 in....
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One company finds that while buying 10 trucks is not an easy thing to do, where to get them is an easy choice....
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A major bridge replacement and widening project headed by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is well into construction in Dauphin County, Pa. Throughout the project, three bridges will be replaced, and the roadway will be widened between Mileposts 250 and 252 in Middletown Borough and Lower Swatara and Londonderry townships in Dauphin County....
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Hughes Brothers Construction Inc., based in Wildwood, Fla., is a family company founded in the depths of the recession in 2011. The hard work of brothers Chad and Justin Hughes, combined with a boost from Nortrax and John Deere, has paid off and helped the company to thrive....
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George A. Thompson and his sons, Bill and George Jr., founded Thompson Pump in 1970. “I was just graduating from college — I had just graduated in December of ’69, and my brother was just graduating from high school,” Bill Thompson said....
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Approximately 400 tons of reinforcing steel was placed, and the pour consisted of 3,800 cu. yds. (2,905 cu m) of concrete....
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Still need a few more gifts to complete your Christmas shopping? It’s not too late to find something with a construction theme for all ages and budgets....
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The company is noted for actions like avoiding a $15,000 repair job with a $8.50 clamp purchase....
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The project forges ahead despite "unusually challenging" conditions....
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West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va., is currently in the middle of spending more than $250 million on construction for campus academic buildings....
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A complex job is performed to allow a company to continue to mine while construction work was being done....
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A master plan community known as Starkey Ranch is beginning to take shape just north of Tampa, Florida....
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The building is the new home of Lift Inc.'s material handling division serving Berks, Lebanon, and Schuylkill counties....
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