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.
A project to lengthen the runway at the Fairfield County Airport in central South Carolina is set to upgrade the facility, and help it stay economically competitive....
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Meade Tractor is analyzing its entire operation to determine which of its facilities are in need of an upgrade to better represent the John Deere brand....
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If anyone thinks the American work ethic is a thing of the past, then they need to meet Malcolm E. Thomas. The CEO and president of Ty's Hauling & Paving Inc....
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Decades before the California Gold Rush in the 1840s, numerous working gold mines were operating in the Carolina Slate Belt....
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Palmetto’s hot-mix asphalt work was at core of the business when it was first started in 1987....
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In the new millennium, construction companies are increasingly realizing the merit — and potential profits — of being environmentally responsible....
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Wildwood Contractors Inc. in Walterboro has built a solid reputation for working creatively and efficiently within an urban confined space....
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One of the reasons that Pinnacle Cranes is one of Link-Belt’s best distributors is because it works extremely hard to anticipate its customer’s needs....
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After 20 years of discussion and planning, a two-part road project on Greensboro’s rapidly-growing northwest side is finally under way....
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A small-town airport runway needs to be extended to accommodate larger corporate jets....
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Down at Thompson Contractors Inc.’s two rock quarries drilling, blasting and moving hard, abrasive rock requires extra-tough machines to get the job done properly....
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Cat is there for a one-man operation in Aiken, S.C....
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It made perfect sense when two big-name and well-respected equipment dealerships joined forces recently in Tennessee to sell two big-name product lines....
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Having confidence in the reliability of your equipment when you are running a construction firm may be a little more important than the amount of money you lay out for that equipment....
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The state of Alabama had a need and a local dealership, assisted by a Georgia specialty manufacturer, answered the call....
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On a recent hot summer day at a building site in north Raleigh, excavators and bulldozers were busy working to grade the site for a future Lifetime Fitness location....
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Getting actual dirt on your hands and coming home dog-tired at the end of the day can still buy success in this country....
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From modest beginnings in rural northeastern North Carolina, Glover Construction Co. Inc. has grown into a respected building firm in the southeast....
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One of the Tennessee River's major hydroelectric dams in eastern Tennessee is under construction that is designed to greatly improve highway traffic in the area....
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