Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu September 17, 2020
U.S. 70 Havelock Bypass: Another Upgrade to Critical North Carolina Corridor
Although not an interstate highway, U.S. Highway 70 in eastern North Carolina is steadily being transformed into one. The highway is already one of the state's most critical transportation arteries. Most of the route across the length of the state is made up of four lanes, while some sections have been converted to freeways....
Asheville Citizen Times - Mon September 14, 2020
Asheville's I-26 Connector Among Several NCDOT Works Facing Delays
A slew of high-profile road projects in the Asheville, N.C., area, including the I-26 Connector, are facing delays, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). A revised schedule of projects from across the state was released by the agency in early September....
Curry Supply Company - Tue September 08, 2020
Curry Supply Adds North Carolina-Based Regional Sales Manager
Curry Supply Co. announced the addition of Will Buddin to the team as a regional sales manager. Buddin will oversee customers positioned in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu September 03, 2020
Former Marine Runs His Coastal Carolinas Business Smartly, Neatly
One might be surprised to know a 25-acre recycling yard in an industrial area of Wilmington, N.C., filled with big equipment processing giant piles of old trees and vegetation, also is a model of neatness and efficiency....
Port City Daily - Tue August 25, 2020
Surf City Expects to Spend $25M on 10-Mile Berm and Dune System
The town of Surf City on North Carolina's Topsail island is looking to finally attain its coveted status as a "Corps-engineered beach" at an estimated cost of nearly $25 million. Surf City is expected to pay approximately $24.9 million for its 6-mi.-long portion of a 52,150-ft....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu August 20, 2020
Ascendum Machinery Opens Flagship Store Near Charlotte
In 60 years, Charlotte-based Ascendum Machinery has established itself among the country's best full-service dealers of top-brand construction equipment. The company is not only the exclusive distributor of Volvo Construction Equipment, but it employs a highly dedicated and knowledgeable staff committed to maximum uptime, quality service and parts availability....
Thu August 20, 2020
Celebrating 40 Years at Carolina Cat
Pac-Man. Rubik's Cube. Post-it notes. What do all these things have in common? This year marks 40 years since their debut into the market. But at Carolina Cat, there are two other names that can be added to that list — John Hood and Greg Bradley....
Raleigh News & Observer - Wed August 12, 2020
Raleigh Landmark, The Big Yellow Tractor Sign, Returns to City Street
The old tractor sign from the former North Carolina Equipment Co. building has a new home on The Standard student apartment building along Raleigh's Hillsborough Street. When residents began moving into The Standard, a new student apartment building on Hillsborough Street, many of them passed under a big yellow tractor that has watched over this stretch of the street since before World War II....
CEG - Tue August 11, 2020
Rare 5.1 Quake in North Carolina Spares Street Project Near Epicenter
The mayor of Sparta, N.C., issued a state of emergency Aug. 9, hours after a rare magnitude 5.1 earthquake, with its epicenter just outside his town, was felt across North Carolina and neighboring states, and from Georgia to Ohio....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon August 10, 2020
Conveyer Belt Speeds Up Fayetteville Outer Loop Progress
Construction on another section of the North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) Fayetteville Outer Loop project began last spring — a $129.7 million design-build contract awarded to the Wilmington, N.C.-based team of Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc....
