CEG - Thu September 02, 2021
Iron Auction Group Holds Liquidation Sale in Loganville
On Aug. 18, the estate of Dwight McCart commissioned The Iron Auction Group to liquidate all construction equipment, trucks, trailers and miscellaneous support equipment for McCart Pipeline Inc. at its Loganville, Ga., headquarters....
CEG - Thu September 02, 2021
Yancey Bros. Holds Grand Opening of Its CAT Rental Store
Yancey Bros. Co. hosted a great crowd to the grand opening celebration of its newest CAT Rental Store/Yancey Rents branch in Bogart (Athens), Ga., on Aug. 27. The facility, which is located at 50 Trade Street in Bogart, had previously been a rental store location for another company and went through an extensive top-to-bottom renovation to serve the needs of Yancey for its Athens, Ga.- area rental customers....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 02, 2021
McLendon Enterprises Upgrades Hillcrest Parkway
Crews from McLendon Enterprises Inc. broke ground on the city of Dublin's $12,105,455.90 Hillcrest Parkway on Dec. 27, 2019, a project that should be delivered in 28 months. "The project has been described by city officials as the most needed and most ambitious projects for Dublin in recent decades," said Miles Cason, McLendon's project manager....
FOX 5 Atlanta - Thu August 26, 2021
Atlanta Area Mobile COVID-19 Unit Helps Vaccinate Construction Site Crews
A mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit in DeKalb County, Ga., was established this summer to visit businesses, work sites, churches or anywhere else that groups of people wanted to get the shots. A metro Atlanta construction company was among those utilizing the mobile service earlier in August, in the process making it easier for its employees to get the vaccine....
CEG - Thu August 26, 2021
Georgia Wants Time to Analyze $5B Jasper Ocean Terminal Deal with South Carolina
The Jasper Ocean Terminal (JOT), a long-planned $5 billion seaport expected to improve the economy of the rural South Carolina Lowcountry, is likely delayed again as Georgia officials want more time to consider whether to partner with Jasper County, S.C., on the project....
Capitol Beat News Service - Wed August 25, 2021
Georgia 400 Toll Lanes Delayed by Unexpectedly High Contractor Bid
An effort to add toll lanes to Georgia Highway 400 in the Atlanta metro area hit a major roadblock Aug. 19 when the State Transportation Board rejected the only qualifying bid on the project. The 14-member board is governed by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)....
CEG - Thu August 19, 2021
Big Onsite, Online Turnout Marks Joey Martin Auctioneers Sale in Carrollton
Joey Martin Auctioneers was back at its Carrollton, Ga., permanent sales site on Aug. 11 for another hot Georgia sale. A great turnout of onsite bidders came out to see a tremendous selection of machines representing the heavy earthmoving, paving, trucking and transportation industries....
CEG - Thu August 05, 2021
Dealer Rebrands as Lashley Kubota and Loader Source
During and after the pandemic, when some in the industry were scaling down, cutting back, or just "waiting to see what the future held," Lashley Tractor was busy doing a complete facility renovation, while also renaming and rebranding itself....
CEG - Thu August 05, 2021
Joey Martin Holds Retirement Auction In Douglasville, Ga.
On July 28, Joey Martin Auctioneers completely liquidated the assets of Jackson Paving Inc. in Douglasville, Ga. A spectacular crowd turned out to bid on a nice line-up of paving equipment, dump trucks, earthmoving machines, trailers, support equipment and a wide array of tools and miscellaneous items....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 04, 2021
Crews Widening, Reconstructing One of Oldest Routes On East Coast
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), via a $62.9 million project, is widening and reconstructing 9.403 mi. of on U.S. 1/SR 4 beginning south of SR 147 (Plant Hatch) and extending south of George Hill Road (CR 106)....
