Carter Machinery - Tue February 04, 2020
Carter Machinery to Acquire Baltimore-Based Alban Tractor Co.
Salem-based Carter Machinery, a Caterpillar Inc. dealer, announced an agreement to acquire the assets of Baltimore-based Alban Tractor Co. Inc. effective Feb. 4, 2020. In connection with the acquisition, Carter Machinery will become the Cat dealer in an expanded service territory that will now include Northern Virginia; Washington D.C.; Maryland; and Delaware....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 04, 2020
Beaver Excavating Set to Deliver $114M Findlay Project
Beaver Excavating Company is scheduled to deliver the Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) $114 million Interstate 75 Widening and Reconstruction project in Hancock County through the city of Findlay this year....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon February 03, 2020
Reviving the Viaduct — South State Leads Key 15-Span Project in Philly
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is overseeing a nearly $90 million project that will rehabilitate the U.S. 1/Roosevelt Expressway viaduct in Philadelphia. The viaduct is located between the Broad Street and Wissahickon Avenue/Germantown Avenue exits in the Nicetown section of the city....
Colin Kund – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon February 03, 2020
The Rebirth of H&K's Douglassville Quarry
In early 2019, H&K Group. Inc. (H&K) built a new crushing and processing plant at its Pottstown Trap Rock Douglassville Quarry (PTR-Douglassville Quarry) in Pennsylvania. With help from Kemper Equipment, H&K has built a new state-of-the-art plant, which provides raw materials to H&K's Delaware Valley Asphalt plant in Philadelphia, Pa....
Caterpillar - Thu January 30, 2020
Operator Titans Set to Clash at ConExpo-Con/AGG
The championship finals are set for the Global Operator Challenge, the largest global campaign in Caterpillar history. Nine Regional Champions from around the world will compete in Las Vegas on March 10, 2020, for their quest to be named the best of the best and awarded Global Operator Challenge Champion....
AEM - Wed January 29, 2020
AEM Calls USMCA a Victory for Equipment Manufacturers
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) president Dennis Slater issued the following statement after the President signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement during a ceremony at the White House:"President Trump and Congress have delivered a free trade agreement that works for equipment manufacturers, farmers, and working families across the country," said Slater....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 28, 2020
Bang for the Buck: Bangerter Highway's $180M Facelift
Work is set to begin on a $180 million project to change three intersections on Utah's Bangerter Highway from signalized traffic controls to interchanges. Six projects on the highway have already been completed, including four last summer, at a cost of $222 million....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 22, 2020
Chicago DOT Project Breaks Down Barriers
In Chicago, Ill., work continues on the final phase of a project that will create a new road between the Loop and Chinatown. Section 3 involves construction of a segment of Wells Street extending from Roosevelt Road to 16th Street, resulting in a new north-south through-street between Clark Street and the South Branch of the Chicago River....
Caterpillar - Wed January 15, 2020
Caterpillar's Jean Savage Announces Retirement
Caterpillar Inc. announced that E. Jean Savage, currently vice president of the surface mining & technology division, has elected to retire. Earlier, Trinity Industries Inc. announced that Savage, a member of the company's board of directors, has been appointed chief executive officer and president, effective Feb....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 14, 2020
Flatiron Construction Ahead of Schedule for I-710 Project
Construction began in May 2018 on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $150.7 million Interstate 710 Pavement Rehabilitation and Bridge Widening Project, which was awarded to Flatiron Construction Corporation in February 2018....
