Purple Wave - Thu February 27, 2025
Purple Wave Auction Announces New District Sales Director
Purple Wave announced that Nick Pacino has joined the company as a district sales director. Pacino brings 19 years of experience in the equipment auction industry where he developed relationships with customers across multiple states....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 25, 2025
Brasfield & Gorrie Helps 'Groundbreaking Ideas Take Root'
Designed to foster creativity and growth, the Wiregrass Innovation Center in Dothan, Ala., is a transformative project that will create new opportunities for the entire region. When completed early next year, it's expected to generate new jobs and economic opportunities....
Thunder Creek - Fri February 21, 2025
Thunder Creek Equipment Adds Experienced Sales Leader Paul Runge as New Territory Sales Manager for Southeastern U.S.
Thunder Creek Equipment has named Paul Runge as its new territory sales manager (TSM) for the southeastern United States, including Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. Runge has spent nearly 20 years serving the region in a variety of service and sales roles for both multinational corporations and regional manufacturers with a focus on the Southeast....
WRBL-TV & Auburn City Schools - Thu February 20, 2025
Alabama's Auburn City Schools' Proposed $383M Expansion to Include Two New Schools
The Auburn City Schools (ACS) in east-central Alabama is launching 2025 with a massive investment in education infrastructure, highlighted by a second high school, a new middle school and the reconstruction of two of the district's oldest elementary schools....
South Alabamian & West Alabama Highway - Thu February 20, 2025
Long-Awaited West Alabama Highway Project Will Boost Area's Rural Communities
For decades, residents of rural west Alabama have waited for a highway to be built that would better connect them to the rest of the state. Now, construction is under way on a four-lane, north-south corridor spanning more than 80 mi....
AL.com - Thu February 20, 2025
Mobile Officials Receive a $237M Construction Bid to Build Its New Civic Center Arena
City officials in Mobile, Ala. celebrated Feb. 14, 2025, after bids for a new Civic Center arena came in slightly beneath their budget ceiling. "It's come in a little under budget, and that's very gratifying," Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson told Al.com after the bid opening....
Alabama AGC - Fri January 31, 2025
Mobile Section Manager of Alabama AGC Retires After 50 Years
Charlotte Kopf, Alabama AGC mobile section manager, announced her retirement effective Jan. 31, 2025, after 50 years with the Alabama Associated General Contractors. Kopf joined the association in 1975 and served in various capacities within the organization until being named the mobile section manager in 1988....
CEG - Thu January 23, 2025
Record Snow Assists Demo of Mobile's Civic Center; Gadsden Set to Build New City Hall
After a historic snowfall in south Alabama, the old Mobile Civic Center's roof collapsed on Jan. 22 due to the heavy amount of frozen precipitation, the city announced. The roof cave-in comes as crews hired by the city were already in the process of demolishing the more than 60-year-old structure in order to rebuild the facility into a $300 million entertainment arena by 2027....
Alabama Reflector - Wed January 22, 2025
Alabama DOT to Consider Criteria for Local Funding Matches On State Road Projects
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) plans to research ways of evaluating the financial situation of municipalities seeking funding for road projects. The move came after a meeting of the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program II (ATRIP II) committee on Jan....
CEG - Wed January 22, 2025
VIDEO: Helicopter Flexes Muscles at Birmingham, Ala. Airport; AFC Launches Bridge Program
Like a scene out of a movie, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) in Alabama conducted an equipment replacement operation Jan. 15 that involved a heavy-duty helicopter lifting, transporting and lowering cooling towers in various locations....
