Ascendum Machinery - Wed November 05, 2025
Legacy of Care at Sparks Lumber
For more than 40 years, Sparks Lumber, based in Ellijay, Ga., in Gilmer County, has been a cornerstone in its community, supplying quality lumber and materials with consistency and care. From its early days, the company built its reputation on reliable service, trusted products and equipment that could be counted on to perform....
Dynapac - Mon August 25, 2025
Dynapac Announces Partnership With Ascendum Machinery
Dynapac announced its new dealer partner, Ascendum Machinery. This partnership strengthens Dynapac's presence in the southeast, expanding sales and support in North Carolina, South Carolina and east Tennessee....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed June 11, 2025
ASCENDUM Helps Ga. Contractor Increase Quality of Work
The size and scope of construction companies ranges widely in the United States, from the massive, multinational firms to the much smaller outfits that employ a dozen or so people. But there are also very small companies within the construction industry where fewer than a half-dozen people work hard to prepare raw land for larger firms to build upon....
Tue June 10, 2025
Volvo CE Dealer, TranSource, Expands Territory in Northern Plains
South Dakota-based TranSource Truck & Equipment Inc. (TranSource) is expanding into North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota as the exclusive Volvo Construction Equipment dealer of general purpose equipment, compact equipment and rigid haulers....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu December 05, 2024
ASCENDUM's Tech Program Serves Customers Efficiently
ASCENDUM Machinery in North Carolina and Tennessee has kicked off a Rapid Response Technician program through which the company has assigned three of its master technicians — veteran professionals who have achieved the company's highest skill level — to each work in different portions of its Southeastern market with the goal of improving customer uptime....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed August 28, 2024
Volvo Wheel Loaders Critical to Harrison Construction Co.
Any aggregates business that operates concrete plants, asphalt facilities and quarries can only be successful if it uses the best machines to move its heavy materials from one place to another. One such firm is Harrison Construction Co., with offices in Knoxville, Tenn., and Asheville, N.C., that not only supplies and delivers construction aggregates in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina but is itself a major paving contractor in the area....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon July 08, 2024
Newport Sand & Gravel Relies On Volvo Iron, ASCENDUM
Any company in the business of mining stone, and then processing it for use by landscapers and homeowners, is going to need the toughest, most dependable heavy equipment on the market. That is certainly true of Newport Sand and Gravel Inc....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu June 20, 2024
HARCO Prospers With Help From ASCENDUM, Volvo CE
Opening a business as a 21-year-old is a daunting prospect for anyone. In the case of Jeffrey Hardin, he had plenty of help in getting his company started and continued to build it through hard work and sheer determination....
CEG - Thu June 06, 2024
ASCENDUM Machinery Hosts Open House in Knoxville
ASCENDUM Machinery held a customer open house in May at its Knoxville, Tenn., branch location to shine a spotlight on several new features within the facility. The Knoxville location is one of two in Tennessee, along with ASCENDUM's Chattanooga branch....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu May 23, 2024
Georgia's Dustcom Limited Perseveres to Become Prosperous
When the Great Recession swept across the United States in 2008, it destroyed or damaged countless businesses in its wake. Construction companies, too, were not immune to economic disaster, no matter the size of their operations....
