A writer and contributing editor for CEG since 2008, Eric Olson has worked in the news-gathering business for 45 years.
Olson grew up in the small town of Lenoir, N.C. in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where he began covering sports for the local newspaper at age 18. He continued to do that for several other dailies in the area while in college at Appalachian State University. Following his graduation, he worked for, among other companies, the Winston-Salem Journal, where he wrote and edited the newspaper's real estate and special features sections for 10 years. Since 1999 he has worked as a corporate media liaison and freelance writer, in addition to his time at CEG.
He and his wife, Tara, have been happily married for almost 40 years and are the parents of two grown and successful daughters. He currently is in the employ of two dogs and three cats, a job that he dearly loves.
The mighty Mississippi River has long been regarded as a dividing line between the American East and West. Flowing south from its headwaters in Minnesota, the 2,320-mi.-long river almost splits the country from north to south all the way to the Gulf of Mexico south of New Orleans....
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The annual mega-sale of construction equipment at the 2018 Florida Auctions is almost here with the gavels set to drop throughout February in the Orlando-Kissimmee, Fla., area....
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Work began last February on a $320 million expansion that will be done in four separate projects. Completion of the construction should be in early 2019....
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What promises to be a sparkling new addition to an already beautiful campus is currently rising from a site on the eastern edge of the main campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio....
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When disasters occur, it’s not just ordinary citizens that feel compelled to give....
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Keeping drinking water clean and safe for an ever-growing metropolitan area demands a treatment plant that can continually be upgraded to meet changing needs. The vibrant communities in and around Charleston, S.C., are seeing their primary water treatment plant being modernized this year at a cost of $40 million to handle current and future population growth....
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Florida is famous for its rapid population growth as more and more people have chosen to leave the colder, northern states for the warmer climes of the Sunshine State....
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It is hard to imagine a pair of structures more in need of replacement than the two that make up the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge. More commonly known together as the Interstate 74 Bridge, the twin suspension spans transport about 80,000 vehicles across the Mississippi River each day between Bettendorf, Iowa and Moline, Ill....
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The project was spurred by the state's desire to make it easier for tourists to reach the ever-popular North Carolina Zoo, a powerful economic engine in the area....
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Hauling rock out of a quarry is about as heavy-duty as any job can get. The people that do it have to be tough and stay sharp for hours each day both to stay safe and to keep the material moving....
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The number of vehicles crossing the old bridge has increased each year since it was built in 1965....
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The gigantic and complex task of rehabilitating the Herbert Hoover Dike around South Florida's Lake Okeechobee may take close to 25 years when it is finished, but the benefits of the work should ensure the safety of area residents for many decades after that....
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With more than 60,000 cars and trucks traveling along the congested corridor everyday, something had to be done to loosen the traffic tie-ups....
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The new 2.8 mi. long bridge will connect Bodie Island and Hatteras Island....
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The crucial junction for Atlanta commuters and travelers is slated to be opened before the start of the vacation season....
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The $54 million project is intended to replace an aging swing bridge, but because of its elegant design, it also will give motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians a sweeping view of the ocean....
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In an effort to help rescue the Palmetto State from having one of the worst road systems in the country, South Carolina's Senate voted April 26 to increase the state's gas tax, the second lowest in the nation....
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The Ohio Interceptor Tunnel will be dug by a tunnel-boring machine and is designed to funnel waster-water from local waterways to a treatment plant....
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The effects of Matthew on the entire southeastern United States will undoubtedly last for several months....
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Walsh & Kelly was very keen on seeing if it could make the job easier and more precise by mating the technologies of two leaders in their respective industries....
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