Mon December 04, 2017
NTEA Announces Expanded Schedule for The Work Truck Show
NTEA — the Association for the Work Truck Industry — has announced The Work Truck Show 2018 schedule of events. The line-up features more than 60 educational opportunities, including Fleet Technical Congress, Green Truck Summit and special sessions on lean thinking; a two-day Ride-and-Drive; multiple networking opportunities; and an exhibit floor packed with the latest commercial vehicles, equipment and technology....
Emily Buenzle - Mon December 04, 2017
University Completes Replica of 11th Century Viking Home
Construction has wrapped up on a replica of an 11th century Viking house on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's campus. The project has been under construction for the past month, and now that it is complete, it has put UW-Green Bay on the map as one of the only campuses worldwide to boast such a structure, ABC 2 reported....
Mon November 27, 2017
King of Prussia Equipment Hosts MQ-Whiteman Seminar
King of Prussia Equipment Corp. and MQ-Whiteman held a one-day service seminar Nov. 4 for the Whiteman hydrostatic ride-on trowels. The service school started at 8 a.m. at King of Prussia Equipment's facility in King of Prussia, Pa., with coffee and donuts....
RICHARD AMRHINE - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon November 20, 2017
Log Cabin Workshop Offers Experience in Colonial History
ORANGE, Va. (AP) — One gentleman came all the way from California. Another from North Carolina. A few others call various places in Virginia home. But all eight of them came to Orange County — James Madison's Montpelier to be exact — to build a log cabin pretty much the way they were built in Madison's day....
Wed November 15, 2017
Yanmar America Opens EVO Center In Acworth, Ga.
On Nov. 3, national, state and local officials joined together with Yanmar America and its honored guests to officially open the Yanmar EVO//Center located at the corner of Highway 92 and Old Alabama Road in Acworth, Ga....
Mon November 13, 2017
Delaware State University Announces New Residence Hall to House Up to 600
As part of the new residence hall plan, Tubman Hall and Laws Hall will be demolished. On Sept. 22 Delaware State University's Board of Trustees announced plans to enhance the University's capacity to meet its rapidly growing residential enrollment with a new 200,000-sq.-ft....
The Associated Press - Mon November 13, 2017
State Construction Industry Leaders Start Program to Attract Workers
Minnesota construction industry leaders have launched a campaign to draw more people into the field as the industry is facing a workers shortage. Project Build Minnesota has a website that offers resources regarding career opportunities and training programs, Minnesota Public Radio reported....
Tue November 07, 2017
ADOT, Tucson-Area Tribe Partner on Construction Academy
Twenty-seven members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe earned their certification to work as flaggers on tribal construction projects through a free Construction Academy sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation....
Eric Olson - Tue November 07, 2017
$95M UT-San Antonio Research Building to Showcase Lab Work
What promises to be a sparkling new addition to an already beautiful campus is currently rising from a site on the eastern edge of the main campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio. The school began constructing a 153,000-sq.-ft., four-story Science and Engineering Building (SEB) off Bauerle Road and Key Circle earlier this year with a finish date set for May 2020....
Cindy Riley - Thu November 02, 2017
University of Alabama Embarks on Projects Totaling $400M
In Tuscaloosa, Ala., a highly anticipated adapted athletics facility is among several multi-million dollar construction projects that will better serve students at the University of Alabama. Work continues on a 500-bed residence hall and new parking deck, while Stran-Hardin Arena nears completion....
