Alabama AGC - Tue September 29, 2020
Alabama AGC Presents RiskCon 2020 Event
Alabama Associated General Contractors offers more than just a construction community and membership program. Jointly with CompTrustAGC, Alabama AGC is one of the chapters across the nation that hosts RiskCon — an event designed to benefit anyone responsible for the administrative risk and risks experienced on construction job sites across the state....
CEG - Fri October 02, 2020
Alabama's Latest Gas Tax Increase to Aid Road Projects
Alabamians began paying an extra two cents per gallon for gasoline beginning Oct. 1 when the second installment of the state's 10-cent tax increase went into effect. The state's share of taxes on gasoline rose to 26 cents per gallon, which includes eight cents under the 2019-passed Rebuild Alabama Act (RAA) and the 18 cents that existed before the new law was passed....
Gulf Coast Media - Thu September 24, 2020
Busy Gulf Shores Airport Getting New Air Traffic Control Tower
Coastal Alabama's Jack Edwards National Airport will see big changes over the next 12 months. The Airport Authority of Gulf Shores held a groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 8 for the airport's new air traffic control tower facility....
CEG - Thu September 24, 2020
Grant to Fund Study of Two Alabama Highway Projects
A $450,000 U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant was awarded to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission to fund a technical and feasibility study of two Wiregrass Region highway projects....
CEG - Thu September 24, 2020
Alabama Governor Wants to Build a Trio of Mega Prisons
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently announced plans to move forward with state leasing of three privately built mega prisons that would begin construction next year. She described the move as a step toward overhauling an understaffed and violence-plagued prison system beset by years of federal criticism....
Curry Supply Company - Tue September 08, 2020
Curry Supply Adds North Carolina-Based Regional Sales Manager
Curry Supply Co. announced the addition of Will Buddin to the team as a regional sales manager. Buddin will oversee customers positioned in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 02, 2020
Ben E. Keith Patiently Awaits Its 'Gateway to the Southeast'
A new food distribution center under construction in New Brockton will allow for future expansions up to 1 million sq. ft. when it opens next year. Construction crews on the approximately $100 million Ben E....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 02, 2020
Wetumpka's New $21M Home Field Advantage
A new tradition is beginning in Elmore County, Ala., as fans mark the start of the 2020 football season. Hohenberg Field, the longtime home for Wetumpka High School games, has been replaced with a highly anticipated stadium....
PIRTEK - Tue September 01, 2020
PIRTEK Hoover Opens Doors in the Heart of Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala.'s, Oxmoor Industrial Park is in the heart of the area's metropolitan market and is home to a broad variety of businesses representing a cross-section of industries. UPS and FedEx distribution facilities, a dairy plant, U.S....
Tuscaloosa (AL) News - Mon August 31, 2020
ALDOT Begins Upgrades to U.S. Highway 82 Near Tuscaloosa
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has begun the first of a pair of road improvement projects this year on U.S. Highway 82 in Tuscaloosa County. Work got under way Aug. 31 to resurface a 5.34-mi....
