CEG - Wed February 01, 2023
AGC Minnesota Hosts Its 2023 Construction Summit
Held Jan. 17 to 18 at the St. Paul RiverCentre and serving more than 350 attendees, the 2023 Minnesota Construction Summit was a day and a half packed with education, inspiration and networking for Minnesota construction industry professionals....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 01, 2023
Crews Make Upgrades to Highway 10 in Anoka, Minn.
Residents of Anoka, Minn., are on a winter hiatus from a two-year, $85 million project that includes a major state highway rebuild that has a particular nasty bite to it because of the complexity of the local street network, very tight workspace and detailed traffic control....
Yanmar - Wed January 18, 2023
Yanmar CE NA Announces Expansion Plans, Hundreds of Job Openings in Coming Years
Yanmar Compact Equipment North America (Yanmar CE NA), encompassing the Yanmar Compact Equipment and ASV brands, announced plans for a 32,000-sq.-ft. expansion to its Grand Rapids, Minn., facility. The new expansion and a subsequent paint system will increase paint capacity by up to three times with maximum automation and allow a parts manufacturing capacity increase of up to two times in the previously occupied space....
CEG/MAPA - Wed December 21, 2022
MAPA Hosts 68th Asphalt Conference in Prior Lake, Minn.
The Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association held its 68th annual Asphalt Conference at the Mystic Lake Convention Center in Prior Lake, Minn., Dec. 1 to 2 with record attendance of more than 450 participants....
CEG - Tue December 20, 2022
Hayden-Murphy's Hoffbeck Becomes Master Technician
Hayden-Murphy announced Adam Hoffbeck, service technician of the Bloomington, Minn., location, has become a Master Technician, making him proficient across Wirtgen Group's entire road construction line....
Minnesota Utility Contractors Association - Tue December 20, 2022
MUCA's 10th Annual 'Day of the Dozers' Is Huge Success
In 2013, a handful of construction companies partnered with ERX Motor Park in Elk River, Minn., to give kids rides in dozers, backhoes and excavators. They charged $5 per kid to ride with a qualified operator, and all the money was donated to Children's Minnesota....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Thu December 01, 2022
Engineering, Innovation Drive Altoz to New Heights
From the company that manufactured the world's first zero-turn and stand-on mowers with tracks comes a new multipurpose, multi-seasonal tool carrier that has already received industrywide recognition....
CEG - Wed October 26, 2022
Minnesota Preps for Winter With Maintenance Expo
Public works employees were in St. Cloud, Minn., Oct. 5 to 6 at the city's public works facility for the Fall Maintenance Expo. The expo is an opportunity for city, county and state maintenance and transportation employees to gather ahead of the winter season to learn about the latest in winter equipment....
CEG - Wed October 26, 2022
Jeff Martin Auctioneers Conducts Upper Midwest Fall Sale
Jeff Martin Auctioneers held its Upper Midwest Fall Construction Equipment and Truck auction on Oct. 4 at its facility in Glencoe, Minn. Items were also available for bidders participating online. The sale featured equipment from large fleets, government agencies, farms and construction companies and included skid steers, excavators, backhoes, wheel loaders, trucks and more from manufacturers including John Deere, Komatsu, Case, Bobcat, Takeuchi, Mack and more....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 12, 2022
Excavation Highlights New Highway Improvement Work
Surrounded by the rolling farm and prairie land of central Minnesota, road crews are months into an ambitious highway improvement project to widen a 9-mi. section of highway from two to four lanes. This is the first of a two-bid project to add capacity over a 16-mi....
