NCDOT - Mon May 20, 2019
NCDOT Receives Award for Drone Use During Florence
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has received national honors for its innovative use of drones during the state's coordinated response to Hurricane Florence. NCDOT was awarded the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's Xcellence Award in the humanitarian category at the AUVSI's annual Xponential Conference, which was held in Chicago April 29 to May 2....
ARTBA - Wed May 15, 2019
Private Firms, Public Agencies in Five States Honored with ARTBA Globe Awards
Highway, bridge and local road projects from Indiana, Utah, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Washington state were recognized for their contributions to environmental protection and mitigation by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) at a May 14 luncheon in the Nation's Capital....
Ascendum Machinery - Mon May 06, 2019
U.S. Representative Discusses Workforce Issues at Ascendum
U.S. Rep. Alma Adams (N.C. Dist. 12) recently met with officials of Ascendum Machinery and Associated Equipment Distributors at Ascendum's corporate offices to discuss workforce development. Attracting skilled workers remains a major challenge for all fields, but it is especially important for the construction equipment industry, which is losing more than $2.4 billion in revenue annually....
CEG - Mon May 06, 2019
Linder Welcomes Customers to New Concord Facility
Linder Industrial Machinery held a grand opening celebration for its new facility in Concord, N.C., on April 18.. The 44,000-sq.-ft. building is equipped with 12 service bays; an open floor plan and work stations; and an efficient, high-tech parts and warehouse system....
Doosan - Thu April 25, 2019
Doosan Adds Authorized Dealers Serving Cloverdale, Va., and Winston-Salem, N.C.
Doosan Infracore North America LLC has expanded its dealer network with the addition of two branches of ACT Construction Equipment as authorized sales, service, parts and rental providers of Doosan equipment....
CEG - Mon April 22, 2019
Complementing Volvo Lineup With LeeBoy Equipment, Ascendum Welcomes Customers to Asheville Open House
Ascendum Machinery hosted an open house at its Asheville, N.C., location March 25 to introduce its new partnership with LeeBoy. Ascendum, the largest Volvo Construction Equipment dealership in both the United States and the world, began carrying LeeBoy equipment Jan....
CEG - Mon April 22, 2019
Iron Auction Holds One-Owner Heavy Equipment Sale
Iron Auction Group held a one-owner absolute auction for R.L. Smith Inc. March 20 in Mooresville, N.C. Up for sale were excavators, dozers, loaders, skid steer loaders, wheel loaders and more. Attendees came from across the Southeast to buy the iron, and more than 250 registered bidders were able to bid online and live....
CEG - Mon April 08, 2019
Ascendum Introduces LeeBoy, Rosco Lineups During Special Open House Celebration at Charlotte Facility
VT LeeBoy recently announced Ascendum Machinery will serve as its new equipment dealership in western North Carolina, and Ascendum introduced its LeeBoy and Rosco product lines March 22 at an open house at its Charlotte, N.C., location....
CEG - Mon March 25, 2019
Bidders Find Deals on Hundreds of Items at J.J. Kane
Several times each year, J.J. Kane's Charlotte auction in Concord, N.C., turns into an enormous event in which the public has a chance to get deals on hundreds of used cars, trucks, SUVs, flatbed trucks, cranes, pieces of construction equipment, trailers, tools and more....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon March 11, 2019
Crews Clean Up After N.C. Rock Slide
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) called out heavy equipment to clean up a rockslide that occurred along Interstate 40 near the Tennessee state line in Haywood County. Westbound lanes were closed at the highway U.S....
