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Lori Lovely – PROFILE CORRESPONDENT - Mon January 06, 2025

Highway Superintendent Walter Cook and the Town of DeRuyter

"I've only had three jobs in my life," said DeRuyter Highway Superintendent Walter Cook. He's been at this one since 2001, elected to office after his predecessor retired. "The previous superintendent went on vacation and decided to quit....

Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu May 23, 2024

Georgia's Dustcom Limited Perseveres to Become Prosperous

When the Great Recession swept across the United States in 2008, it destroyed or damaged countless businesses in its wake. Construction companies, too, were not immune to economic disaster, no matter the size of their operations....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 15, 2023

Project Manager Treats Every Job as 'My Small Business'

Jason Goldsbrough, an experienced senior project manager for heavy highway and bridge projects, began his career in construction in 1996 and — over the years — has overseen many projects of all sizes, sometimes taking on two or three simultaneously....

Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu September 28, 2023

Takeuchi US to Soon Make Full Lineup of CTLs at S.C. Plant

After almost six decades as one of Japan's foremost makers of construction machinery, Takeuchi Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is recognized worldwide for its production of compact machines such as mini-excavators and track loaders....

Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu September 14, 2023

Western N.C.'s Valley Precast Supplies MagnumStone to Region

Since he was a youngster, Jason Ball always enjoyed being outside and using equipment, whether it was for farming or construction. By the time he had become a young adult, he decided that construction was the career for him, and he wasted little time getting started....

Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu May 18, 2023

Expanding to Southeast Increases Success of Pa. Contractor

Despite outside forces, such as a much-forecasted economic slowdown, the Southeastern U.S. infrastructure building market has continued to grow at a steady pace during the post-COVID period. Multiple structure and road/bridge projects are announced daily in states like the two Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, to name a few....