Thu September 14, 2017
FAA Announces Another Round of Airport Infrastructure Grants
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced Sept. 13 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $264 million in airport infrastructure grants to 95 airports in 31 states across the United States as part of the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP)....
Fri September 08, 2017
DSI Relies on Gregory Poole Equipment Company
Directional Services Inc. (DSI), a full service licensed electrical and utility contractor, has been serving customers from Hope Mills, N.C., and the surrounding area since 2005 by performing horizontal directional drilling, power line utility work, commercial electrical work and solar farm construction....
Tue September 05, 2017
OAIMA Board of Directors Adopts Veteran's Resolution
The Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association (OAIMA) and its members are committed to workforce development and United States veterans. To this end, the OAIMA Board recently adopted the following resolution:WHEREAS, hiring and retaining qualified and motivated employees is vital to the industry and the citizens of Ohio who utilize our products, andWHEREAS, we recognize that United States veterans and their families possess many of the qualities such as creativity, problem solving and attention to safety that are integral to the continued success of our industry, our state and our nation, andWHEREAS, veterans, through their training, and military family members through their sacrifices, have proven to be reliable, independent and hardworking team members,NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors this 15th day of February, 2017, that the Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association does hereby proclaim its full support for the industry's commitment to outreach efforts to engage Veterans eager to enter the workforce to consider careers in the surface mining industry....
Mon August 28, 2017
Cleveland Brothers Partners with CPI to Launch New Two-Year Gas Compression Degree Program
Beginning in Nov. 2017, the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology (CPI) will offer a new two-year degree designed to train students to become technicians in the gas compression field....
Wed August 23, 2017
Ohio State Prepares for $20M Project to Update the University's Airport
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State is launching a $20 million project to update the university airport in central Ohio with a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Aug. 19. The project includes construction of four new hangar buildings, an aviation education and research facility with flight simulators, research labs and classrooms....
Tue August 22, 2017
NGLCO Hosts 50th Annual Summer Field Days Event
The Nursery Growers of Lake County Ohio Inc. (NGLCO) held its 50th Annual Summer Field Days event on Aug. 8 in Madison, Ohio, at the Chalet Debonne Vineyards. With more than 175 acres of vines, the vineyards are Ohio's largest estate winery....
Emily Buenzle - Tue August 22, 2017
Construction Project Exposes Speculated Prohibition-Era Speakeasy
A construction project at Ohio State University revealed a doorway to what might be a secret Prohibition-era speakeasy. Crews found the underground, arched door while working on a new entrance at 15th and High Streets as they demolished Long's Bookstore, the Columbus Dispatch reported....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue August 22, 2017
Kenmore Construction Widens 5.6-Mi. Stretch of I-76
Crews from Kenmore Construction Inc. are widening a 5.6-mi. stretch of Interstate 76 from two lanes to three lanes in each direction between SR 21 and Central Avenue. The $87.6 million project began last August, and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) project should be completed in July, 2019....
Wed August 09, 2017
Company Wrench Obtains Patents for Excavator System, Demo Method
Company Wrench, Carroll, Ohio, and its owner Brad Hutchinson were recently awarded two patents, US 9,657,458 B2, the Auxiliary Power Unit Excavator System (APU Unit) and US 9,662,661 B2, the Demolition machine retrofit method, apparatus, and demolition method (hybrid demolition pulverizing/shearing machines)....
Wed August 09, 2017
Gate Project at Air Force Base Receives $9M Contract
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) An Ohio company has received a $9.1 million contract to relocate a security gate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. The Army Corps of Engineers said Dayton-based Messner Construction Company is scheduled to complete the project in September 2019....
