Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Fri June 29, 2018
'Exciting Project' Begins by the Chattahoochee
Against an idyllic backdrop, construction crews in Cobb County, Ga., are converting an abandoned industrial site into a sustainable planned community. The mixed-used project, known as Riverview Landing, will offer dining, retail and residential space, along with walking trails and other amenities....
CEG - Fri June 29, 2018
International Paper's Cat 990H Reaches Big Milestone
Willie Keen is responsible for everything with wheels as the mobile equipment owner and manager of International Paper in Oglethorpe, Ga. He has been with the company, which is one of the world's leading producers of fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper, for 38 years....
GUCA - Thu June 28, 2018
GUCA Elects Its 2018-2019 President, Board Members
The Georgia Utility Contractors Association Inc. recently elected Jeff Rowan of Callaway Grading Inc. in Hampton, Ga., as the 2018-2019 GUCA President at the 2018 GUCA Annual Conference in Ponte Vedra, Fla....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 28, 2018
Waters College of Health Professions to Open in 2019
Georgia Southern University broke ground on Aug. 29, 2017, for the new $22 million facility that will house the Waters College of Health Professions in Savannah. The S/L/A/M Collaborative designed the project and the project is being managed by the Holder Construction Company....
GUCA - Thu June 28, 2018
GUCA Honors 2018 Winners of Hard Hat Safety Awards
The Georgia Utility Contractors Association Inc. (GUCA) held its 2018 GUCA Hard Hat Safety Award gala on March 29 to honor the 2017 Hard Hat Safety Award recipients. Awards were presented to members dedicated to making safety a priority for every employee....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Fri June 22, 2018
GDOT's $51M Widening of SR 92 Makes Progress
Last November the C.W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. began work on the multi-year, $51,173,350 widening and reconstruction of State Route 92, a Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) project that begins at Malone Road in Douglas County and goes north to Nebo Road in Paulding County....
Emily Buenzle - Wed June 20, 2018
State Officials Announce $100M in Bonds for New Bus Lanes
Georgia 400 will soon see the addition of bus rapid transit express lanes to cut down on traffic. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and other officials, who outlined the project's details in a news conference, said the project will cost $1.8 billion....
CEG - Fri June 15, 2018
T.M. Trailer Sales Hosts Grand Opening Event
T.M Trailer Sales held a ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration June 7 in Jackson, Ga. Local dignitaries and vendor representatives, including from Eager Beaver, Landoll, Talbert, Buyers Products Company and others, as well as many contractors from around the area, came out to support the event....
CEG - Fri June 15, 2018
Hitachi Relocates from Kennesaw, Ga., to Newnan, Georgia
Thirty years after starting assembly of its wheel loaders in a factory in Newnan, Ga., Hitachi unveils the company's newest facility expansion and introduces the all new corporate headquarters campus for Hitachi Construction Machinery Loaders America Inc....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 31, 2018
Savannah Mason Mega Rail Terminal Work Proceeds
Work is well underway on a 20-month contract to build the infrastructure for a railroad project in Savannah that will make it the largest on-deck intermodal rail facility for a port authority in North America....
