CEG - Wed February 13, 2019
Alex Lyon & Son Begins Annual Florida Auction Buying Spree
Alex Lyon & Son held its annual Florida Auctions from Feb. 2 through Feb. 10 in Kissimmee, Fla.*Video Credit - John Anderson and Kyle Blaney with Proxibid. The nine-day auction featured a wide variety of equipment types each day, including, but not limited to:Recreational and utility vehicles, generators, skid steer attachments on Day 1;Survey equipment, several new tagalongs & utility trailers, several mini-hydraulic excavators and skid steers on Day 2;Boom and scissor lifts, landscape equipment, several mini-hydraulic excavators, trench boxes and new tools and support equipment on Day 3;Agricultural — utility — compact and loader landscape tractors, concrete equipment, utility carts, chippers and stump grinders and agricultural attachments on Day 4;Rough-terrain cranes, carry deck — hydraulic truck cranes, tower cranes, crawler cranes, hydraulic pile drivers and crane accessories on Day 5;Rubber-tired loaders, tractor loader backhoes, motor scrapers, motorgraders, articulated haul trucks, straight haul trucks and asphalt and vibratory rollers on Day 6;Hydraulic excavators, rubber-tired hydraulic excavators, scrap handling excavators, crawler tractors, crawler loaders, pipe layers, and tractor loader backhoes on Day 7;Dump trucks (tri-tandem-single), truck tractors, cab and chassis, rolloff trucks, rollback trucks, bucket trucks, cement mixer trucks, refuse trucks, military tanks, military trucks, pickup trucks and utility trucks on Day 8; andRecreational and utility vehicles, compact construction equipment, generators, pumps, tires and more than 1,000 attachments on Day 9....
Terex Cranes - Tue February 12, 2019
Terex, Demag Work on Orlando's Massive I-4 Ultimate Project
At 21 miles long and $2.3 billion, Orlando's massive I-4 Ultimate is the largest infrastructure project in the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) history. By the time the last yard of concrete is placed in 2021, the project will consume 6.7 million cu....
Douglas Company - Mon February 11, 2019
Douglas Nears Completion of Tallahassee Health Center
The Douglas Company, General Contractor, has provided an update on the construction progress of the expansion of the Centre Pointe Health and Rehabilitation Center in Tallahassee, Fla. Lantz Boggio Architects collaborated with the owner, Clear Choice Health Care, to design the 40,860-sq.-ft, addition, which includes 33 new suites, a state-of-the-art therapy gym and spa, salon and theater....
Liebherr - Thu February 07, 2019
Superior Rigging and Erecting Co. Uses Liebherr LR1300 SX Crawler Crane at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Expansion
For 65 years, Superior Rigging & Erecting Co. located in Atlanta, Ga., has made tough look easy by building an undeniable reputation for steel erection, rigging and crane rental services. The company takes pride in developing detailed construction projects from millwrighting complete industrial installations to placing Olympic torches....
Yoder & Frey - Thu January 31, 2019
Yoder & Frey Finalizes Plans for Kissimmee Auction Feb. 13 to 16
Yoder & Frey is seeing interest and growth in the upcoming Florida sale Feb. 13 to 16. Three separate sales rings will be in use across each of the four days to accommodate the volume of quality new, used and surplus equipment being consigned to this auction....
Curt Anderson - Associated Press - Thu January 31, 2019
Sinkhole Leads FBI to Bank Tunnel
The FBI and local police are investigating a Miami-area mystery: Who dug a narrow tunnel that burrowed beneath a road and pointed toward a quiet suburban bank branch office. FBI spokesman Mike Leverock said Jan....
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers - Wed January 30, 2019
11,500 Items and Counting for Ritchie Bros.' Six-Day Orlando Event
Adding 20 extra acres for equipment display, Ritchie Bros. is aiming to make the February 2019 Orlando auction its best yet. With three weeks remaining until the six-day mega auction, there are already 11,500+ equipment items and trucks listed to be sold for companies across the United States and internationally — up approximately 15 percent from the same time last year....
Ring Power - Tue January 29, 2019
Ring Power Corporation Appoints Alban President
Ring Power Corporation announced Jan. 24 the appointment of David Alban as president. Alban will assume day-to-day leadership of the company, while Randal L. Ringhaver will remain chairman and chief executive officer....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon January 28, 2019
Bypass Project Alters Florida Landscape
The Florida Department of Transportation's $60 million Baldwin Bypass project in the town of Baldwin, Duval County, is an ambitious attempt to relieve traffic congestion by constructing a 4-mi., four-lane highway and three overpasses that cross CSX railway tracks....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Fri December 28, 2018
Truck Bypass Aims at Easing Congestion
As truck traffic continues to increase in the U.S. 301 corridor in Starke, Bradford County, Fla., the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is spending $90 million to construct the 7.3-mi. Starke Alternate Truck Route, also known as the Starke 223 Bypass, to relieve traffic congestion both now and in the future....
