CEG - Mon July 15, 2019
Ring Power Hosts Cat Operator Challenge in Tampa, Florida
The best-of-the-best heavy equipment operators in central and north Florida descended on Ring Power CAT for a two-day operator challenge June 19 and 20 at the company's Tampa, Fla., location. On both days, the overall challenge event provided friendly competition among operators from various construction companies, opportunities to see and operate the newest Caterpillar products, win some great prizes and enjoy a catered barbeque lunch with representatives of Ring Power and Caterpillar....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon July 15, 2019
Upgrading Fort Pierce, Florida's Kings Highway
Built in the 1970s, 3.417 mi. of Kings Highway from south of State Road 70 to north of the I-95 overpass are being rebuilt by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and the road near the city of Fort Pierce (Saint Lucie County) is being expanded to two lanes in each direction with a 30-ft....
Pompano Beach CRA - Thu June 27, 2019
Pompano Beach, Florida is Seeking Master Developer
The city of Pompano Beach, Fla. and the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) have issued a Request for Letters of Interest (RLI) for a Master Developer for the city's downtown and "Innovation District." The South Florida municipality has undergone a tremendous transformation during the past few years, and the creation of a dense urban downtown is the next redevelopment goal....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon June 03, 2019
Mobro Fishes Plane From Florida Waters
When an airplane skidded off the runway and into the St. Johns River on Jacksonville Naval Air Station (NAS) in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 3, Mobro Marine Inc. knew just what to do. "We became involved in the plane salvage and move when we heard about the accident on the news," explained Stephen Cumella, who has been the chief financial officer for Mobro Marine since 2004....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon May 20, 2019
Work Proceeds on Miami-Dade's Krome Avenue
Phase 8 of the Krome Avenue reconstruction and widening program, a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) initiative, began in mid-January and is expected to be completed in April 2020, when crews from Halley Engineering Contractors Inc....
CEG - Mon May 06, 2019
Heavy Equipment Operators Compete at APWA Events in Florida
Heavy equipment operators from public works departments across the state of Florida competed against each other April 17 at the 2019 American Public Works Association Florida Chapter Public Works Expo in Daytona Beach....
CEG - Mon May 06, 2019
Heavy Equipment Operators Learn, Compete at APWA Events in Florida
As the APWA Florida Chapter 2019 Public Works Expo, in Daytona Beach was about to conclude, manufacturers and dealers turned out to put on an exhibit show on April 18. Products and services from close to 100 exhibitors were "front and center" in the Ocean Center as attendees gained information on and got a feel for what might be of value to their city and county operations....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon April 22, 2019
Florida Road Project Clears Coastal Forest
In Bay County, Fla., work is under way on a $50 million, multiyear construction project that calls for a four-lane roadway on SR 388 from SR 79 to east of Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport....
ALL Family of Companies - Wed April 17, 2019
Major Interchange Construction in Orlando Wrapping Up This Year
In the past decade, Orlando, Fla., has been in a near-constant state of road construction. State and local governments are tasked with staying ahead of the transportation needs of a swelling residential population and a year-round flood of tourists....
Tom Kuennen – SPECIAL TO CEG - Mon April 08, 2019
Wirtgen Recyclers Breathe New Life Into Florida Roads
In the busy phosphate mining district south of Orlando, a two-lane blacktop road all but destroyed by trucks got a new lease on life due to the biggest full-depth recycling (FDR) and asphalt emulsion stabilization project undertaken to date by the Florida Department of Transportation....
