Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 20, 2019
I-74 Bridge Links Illinois-Iowa 'Quad Cities'
A $1.2 billion bridge replacement is currently under way in a cooperative effort between the Iowa and Illinois Departments of Transportation. The I-74 Mississippi River Bridge project is part of an overall plan to improve the I-74 corridor from Moline, Ill., to Davenport, Iowa....
Illinois American Water - Wed February 06, 2019
Illinois American Water Invests Over $122M for Water Infrastructure
Illinois American Water invested over $122 million in water and wastewater upgrades in 2018. The 2018 construction season included installing approximately 198,000 ft. (more than 38 mi.) of water main and approximately 3,700 ft....
CEG - Wed December 26, 2018
Alex Lyon & Son Holds 'One Owner' Auction in Illinois
Alex Lyon & Son held a one-owner, job-completion auction for Kordas Inc. Dec. 19 in Orland Park, Ill. The sale featured a selection of dump trailers, dump trucks, truck tractors and skid steers, as well as a utility truck, a rubber-tired loader, a tractor loader backhoe, a crawler loader and support equipment....
CEG - Wed December 26, 2018
Bidders, Buyers Flock to Ritchie Bros.' Windy City Auction
More than 4,500 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros.' multimillion-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Chicago on Dec. 18. With bidders from 41 countries, approximately 63 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers from as far away as Egypt, Greece and the United Kingdom....
IED - Wed December 26, 2018
Football Great Don Beebe Speaks at Illinois Equipment Distributors' Dinner
The Illinois Equipment Distributors held its annual Holiday Dinner and 2019 Board of Directors induction meeting Dec. 7 in Addison Ill. Outgoing President Bob Jones thanked the rest of his outgoing 2018 board — Kevin Ridens, vice president; Joe Stack, treasurer; Jim McCann, first-year director; Tom Stern, second-year director; and Joe McKeon, associate director — for their contributions to a successful year....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon September 10, 2018
Work on $23M Chicago Transit Station Upgrade Nears Completion
The finishing touches on the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) $23 million Medical District Station Renovation will be completed by late 2018, bringing closure to a project that will help upgrade of the Forest Park Branch of the Blue Line — the third busiest station on the line, which serves over 1 million passengers....
CE Rentals - Wed November 14, 2018
CE Rentals, Sandbagger Co-Host Oktoberfest Demo Day
Contractors Equipment Rentals near Chicago co-hosted its first Oktoberfest Open House & Demo Day Oct. 18 with manufacturing neighbor The Sandbagger for contractor and public works customers from across Chicagoland....
CEG - Wed October 31, 2018
Next Generation Excavators Highlight Iron Night Open House as Altorfer CAT Shows Off New Elmhurst Facility
Altorfer CAT held its annual Iron Night customer appreciation event Oct. 11 in Elmhurst, Ill. Approximately 150 guests attended the event, which was held for the first time at Altorfer's newly acquired facility in Elmhurst following the company's recent acquisition of Patten CAT....
Illinois Tollway - Wed October 31, 2018
Tollway Awards $42M in Contracts
The Illinois Tollway board of directors approved two construction contracts and one professional engineering services contract totaling more than $42 million at its Oct. 25 meeting. Nearly $555.2 million in construction contracts has been approved by the Tollway board in 2018, as part of the seventh year of the Tollway's 15-year, $14 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 17, 2018
UIC Towers Combine Learning With Living
A $100 million “living-learning” community that will provide residential and academic spaces for students at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is making significant progress. The 10-story building will stand adjacent to the Chicago Transit Authority's recently renovated Peoria Street bridge and Blue Line station, with views of the city's skyline....
