CEG - Mon May 13, 2019
TrenchTech Holds Open House at Its HQ in Morrisville, Pa.
TrenchTech held an open house April 30, 2019, at its headquarters in Morrisville, Pa. PA One Call and Monica Rakoczy, owner of Enter Training Solutions, Lancaster, Pa., as well as TrenchTech personnel, were on site to discuss training on excavation safety and utility location topics, as well as the full line of trenching and shoring solution offered by TrenchTech....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Mon May 13, 2019
Pennsylvania Roads, Bridges Losing Billions in Funding
With each passing day, deteriorating roads and bridges become a bigger issue across the state of Pennsylvania. A 2018 report card on the state's infrastructure from the American Society of Civil Engineers gave Pennsylvania a D+ for its highways, roads and bridges after inspecting their condition....
Pennsylvania American Water - Mon May 13, 2019
Pennsylvania American Water Unveils $8M Plan for Storage Upgrades
Pennsylvania American Water announced its 2019 plans to rehabilitate 15 of its water storage tanks. Pennsylvania American Water's tank rehabilitation program of inspecting, sandblasting and repainting tanks will extend their service life and protect water quality....
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission - Mon May 13, 2019
Major Milestone Reached on New Scudder Falls Toll Bridge
A major milestone in the Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement Project was reached on April 29 when the pouring of concrete for the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge's upstream span reached completion, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced....
Hitachi - Fri May 10, 2019
Hitachi Wheel Loaders 'Re-Opens' The Road 2 Pocono With Sweepstakes for 2019 Indy Race
Last year, more than 4,000 Indy race fans signed in to win a pair of tickets to see the 2019 NTT INDYCAR Series ABC 500 at the famous Pocono Raceway as guests of Hitachi Construction Machinery Loaders Americas Inc....
AGC - Mon May 06, 2019
Pennsylvania Congressman Kelly Calls for Repeal of Cadillac Tax
Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Kelly (PA-6) called on Congress to take steps to authorize composite plans, repeal the Cadillac tax, and pass a long-term infrastructure bill during a visit to a local construction project on May 3....
PennDOT - Mon April 29, 2019
U.S. 30 ITS Improvements Project Begins
The Wolf Administration announced construction began April 9 on a project to install Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) improvements on U.S. 30 (Coatesville-Downingtown Bypass) and a 20-mi. stretch of Business U.S....
Jennifer McKevitt - CEG Correspondent - Mon April 29, 2019
Philadelphia Modernizes Port for the Future
Work on the Port of Philadelphia's $300 million upgrade to better accommodate post-Panamax ships continues apace. Soon to be completed is the dredging of the port from 40 to 45 ft. The work was performed by the U.S....
CEG - Thu April 25, 2019
Workforce Development Tops Agenda at DVAED Meeting
The Delaware Valley Associated Equipment Distributors, one of the most active local chapters of the AED, held its spring 2019 meeting April 18, 2019, at Norris Sales Company in Conshohocken, Pa. Jason Blake, CEO of the AED Foundation, provided an update to members on his association's trade school accreditation programs, which includes efforts to bring more schools into the construction (and particularly, technicians) workforce development pipeline with dealers and manufacturers....
Sennebogen - Thu April 18, 2019
Fuel Savings, Lifting Power Make Watco Manager a Believer in Sennebogen 875
When Jon Mihalic's last cable crane operator retired recently, he knew the time had come to also retire the aging Manitowoc 4000 crane from his barge dock. "You can't find a qualified cable crane operator anymore," he noted, "but really, that old crane just wasn't efficient by today's standards."Mihalic heads the Watco Companies barge and rail terminal in Industry, Pa., near Pittsburgh....
