UMA - Tue July 13, 2021
UMA Preserves Vital Retaining Wall Structures for N.C. Bridge Demolition
UMA Geotechnical Construction, a North Carolina-based geotechnical contractor serving the Mid-Atlantic Region, this past May helped its customer avoid failure of retaining wall structures during the demolition of a bridge spanning Blanket Creek in the Winston-Salem area....
Bomag - Thu July 08, 2021
Backwoods Grading Uses Bomag to Get the Jobs Done
Josh Miller is the proprietor of Backwoods Grading, Landscape and Excavation, a family-owned business headquartered in Fairview, N.C., just outside of Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Miller uses the Bomag BMP 8500 articulated, dual-drum, radio-controlled multipurpose compactor, specially designed for earthworks, just about every day and "it works as advertised.""We've used Bomag products our whole time in business because we do a lot of compaction work....
Terramac - Thu June 10, 2021
North State Takes On U.S. Ecosystem Restoration With Linder, Terramac
In 1994, Darrell Westmoreland and his wife, Stephanie, founded North State Environmental as a stream and wetlands mitigation and restoration contractor. The Winston-Salem, N.C., based company has grown to 60-plus employees over the last 27 years and takes on a wide range of environmental projects throughout the United States....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu June 10, 2021
New Tools Help Ideal Landscaping 'Make the Grade'
One thing is certain about Ideal Landscaping's project at Hoover Road Park in Durham, N.C.: The Triangle company employs some of the best tools on the market to perform its grading project at the 50-acre soccer park....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 10, 2021
NCDOT Widens Strategic Highway
In an effort to improve traffic, construction crews in North Carolina are working on a stretch of I-40 from Raleigh to the I-40/NC 42 interchange in Clayton. The $360 million project was designed to help ease congestion and delays, make travel safer throughout the area and better accommodate motorists due to future growth....
Kubota - Wed June 02, 2021
Kubota Commemorates Three Million Units Sold
Kubota Tractor Corporation has sold its three millionth unit in the United States. The L3901 tractor was sold by Kubota dealership Kenansville Equipment Company in Kenansville, N.C., to customer Mike Trombly, both of whom were recognized recently by Kubota executives in a special ceremony....
Charlotte Observer - Wed June 02, 2021
VIDEO: Controlled Demolition Blows Center Span of Old Outer Banks Bridge
The last remaining center span of one of North Carolina's most famous bridges went up in smoke and flying debris on May 27 as part of a controlled explosion. Contractors blasted the final remaining horizontal section of the old Herbert C....
CEG - Thu May 27, 2021
Meekins Holds Retirement Auction for Currin Brothers
After 49 years in business, Currin Brothers has decided to retire, and hired Meekins Auction Company, in conjunction with Sound Heavy Machinery Inc. , to sell the equipment at absolute public auction. Since April 1, 1972, Currin Brothers Inc....
Wake Forest Baptist Health - Mon May 17, 2021
New $450M Hospital Care Tower Planned Near Downtown Winston-Salem, N.C.
Patients and visitors to the main campus of Wake Forest Baptist Center will soon notice prep work under way on a new $450 million care tower in Winston-Salem, N.C. The long-time regional hospital announced recently that the project will include an upgraded emergency department, modern operating rooms and enhanced adult intensive care units....
CEG - Wed May 05, 2021
Apple to Invest $1B on East Coast Hub in North Carolina, Expand Second Site
Apple unveiled plans in late April to build a campus and engineering hub near North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, committing more than $1 billion in investments and creating at least 3,000 new jobs for the area....
