LiuGong - Thu January 19, 2023
Broadhead Equipment Joins LiuGong North America Dealer Lineup
When Broadhead Equipment, formerly known as JES Equipment Solutions, set out to find a new line of construction equipment to sell, it had never heard of LiuGong North America. But after research and talking with local suppliers, leaders of the Sumiton, Ala.-based dealership kept hearing the same name pop up again and again....
Alabama AGC - Wed January 18, 2023
Alabama AGC Announces 2023 Board of Directors
Alabama AGC has announced the executive committee and board of directors for 2023. Alabama AGC has represented the state's construction industry for more than 100 years. The executive committee and board members work to bring together construction professionals and related industries to protect the interest and integrity of the workforce....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 05, 2023
Stone Building Company Builds Gardendale's 'Field of Dreams'
A modern-day field of dreams is close to becoming reality in Gardendale, Ala., as construction crews work to complete a $32 million sports complex just outside Birmingham. Bill Noble Park is being transformed into a venue that will serve young athletes in the area and beyond....
AL.com - Thu December 29, 2022
Inflation Has Delayed Building New Arena for University of Alabama Basketball
With the University of Alabama (UA) men's basketball recently reaching No. 4 in the Associated Press poll ranking, its highest in 16 years, fan excitement around the program has reached a fevered pitch....
AL.com & CEG - Wed December 28, 2022
Alabama Congressional Members Got $772M From New Federal Funding Bill
Members of Alabama's congressional delegation requested funds totaling more than $772 million in earmarks for use in statewide spending projects as part of the mammoth $1.7 billion omnibus funding bill passed shortly before Christmas by the U.S....
University of Alabama at Birmingham News - Tue December 27, 2022
University of Alabama at Birmingham to Get Federal Funding for New Biomedical, Psychology Building
A new Biomedical Research and Psychology Building on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), made possible by a $76 million federal appropriation, received stage 1 approval from the UA System Board of Trustees, the school announced Dec....
CEG - Thu December 22, 2022
JM Wood Holds Final Sale of 2022 in Montgomery, Alabama
The 2022 auctioning year came to a close for JM Wood Auction on Dec. 6 and 7 at the company's Montgomery, Ala., headquarters facility. This auction rounded out another strong year and officially starts the company's year-long 50th anniversary celebration for 2023....
CEG - Thu December 08, 2022
Thompson Tractor Holds Three-Day Demo in Opelika, Alabama
Thompson Tractor Company held a three-day site prep demo at its Opelika, Ala., location on Nov. 8, 9 and 10. Representatives from Thompson Tractor were joined by representatives from MTS (Mobile Track Solutions) and Sitech South for a few days of hands-on site-prep "clinics"....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 08, 2022
Brasfield & Gorrie Leads Much-Needed Courthouse Construction in Huntsville, Ala.
With an eye to the future, officials in Huntsville are overseeing construction of a new $110 million federal courthouse that will house the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. When completed, the 123,100-gross-sq.-ft....
The Auburn Plainsman - Wed November 30, 2022
Auburn University Program Looks to Revive, Build Resiliency in Rural Alabama
Across Alabama, the landscape is littered with abandoned shops, rusted-out factories and dilapidated homes without hope of revival in small towns that have seen better days. However, a program at Auburn University aims to reverse the state's rural decline....
