Max Diamond - Thu September 07, 2017
Grant to Provide $1M Toward Training Low-Income Youth in Construction Jobs
If you're a young person in Raleigh, N.C., struggling to find work, you can now get job training and help the community. Capital Area Workforce Development (CAWD), an organization that runs youth programs, has received a $1 million grant from the United States Department of Labor to establish a youth work-training program....
Emily Buenzle - Wed August 30, 2017
Defense Department Awards Caterpillar $663M Equipment Contract
The U.S. Department of Defense recently awarded Caterpillar a contract for more than $663 million. As part of the five-year contract, Caterpillar will supply commercial construction equipment to perform duties in Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Austria, Belgium, England, France, Italy and Japan, with a performance completion date of Aug....
Christine Allen - Mon August 14, 2017
Prime Source Parts & Equipment Expands in North Carolina
Prime Source Parts & Equipment, a division of Carolina Tractor and Equipment Company (CTE), recently announced its expansion in the North Carolina market. Prime Source was established in 2013 to offer sales and product support solutions, as well as aftermarket solutions for owners of mixed fleets of equipment and users engaged in non-traditional product applications....
Thu August 03, 2017
2017 Construction Starts Reveal Mixed Pattern Across Top Metro Areas
During the first half of 2017, eight of the top ten metropolitan markets for commercial and multifamily construction starts ranked by dollar volume registered decreased activity compared to a year ago, according to Dodge Data & Analytics....
Wed August 02, 2017
After Fire, Massachusetts City Votes for Safer Building Codes
Waltham, Mass., city councilors voted unanimously July 31, to call on the state of Massachusetts to implement tighter restrictions on the size of wood-frame residential buildings after a massive ten-alarm fire destroyed a wooden apartment complex under construction in late July....
Mon July 31, 2017
UPDATE: Carolina CAT, Gregory Poole Help Outer Banks Residents Get Power Back
Residents and vacationers on Outer Banks islands in North Carolina have been forced to evacuate after a construction company damaged power cables on July 27. The trouble began when PCL Construction accidentally drove a steel casing into an underground transmission line on July 27 while they were working on building the new Herbert C....
Mon July 31, 2017
N.C. Goes to Court to Get Property for Coastal Bridge
COROLLA, N.C. (AP) North Carolina has gone to court to condemn property it wants to use for a bridge that would make it easier to get to the northern Outer Banks. The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City reported the state Transportation Department wants the property located off N.C....
Eric Olson - Mon July 31, 2017
Bypass to Ease Traffic Around Popular North Carolina Zoo
Anyone who has ever visited the North Carolina Zoo, located in the center of the state south of Asheboro, has experienced the often-maddening summertime traffic around the massive park. With more than 700,000 visiting the zoo each year, it is the Tarheel State's most popular tourist attraction....
Thu July 27, 2017
ECA Announces New VP of Sales and Marketing
Equipment Corporation of America (ECA), a distributor of foundation construction equipment, announced July 27 that it has promoted Jeff Harmston to the position of vice president - sales and marketing, effective July 1, 2017....
Tue July 25, 2017
Fluor Wins Contract to Expand Ajinomoto's North Carolina Facility
Fluor announced July 25 that it has been awarded engineering and procurement services for the design and construction of Ajinomoto's facility expansion at its Raleigh, N.C. manufacturing site. Fluor will provide engineering and design of the process building and utilities, procurement of the process equipment, and construction and installation of the new facilities....
