Fri May 19, 2017
PIRTEK Provides 24/7 Support to Crews Working on I-85
PIRTEK is helping Atlanta traffic get moving again after a 100-ft. long bridge section collapsed March 30 on heavily traveled I-85. An intense fire under the bridge caused its collapse during the evening rush hour, snarling traffic for many hours and creating a temporary transportation crisis in the metro area....
Fri May 19, 2017
Heavy Machines Inc. Expands Its Reach in Birmingham
Heavy Machines Inc. (HMI), based in Memphis, Tenn., recently opened a 14,000 sq. ft. branch facility in Birmingham, Ala., situated on approximately 4 acres just off Interstate 20. This branch is an authorized distributor of LBX, KCM and Liebherr machines, and provides sales and service for Furukawa Rock Drill and Rotobec grapples....
Fri May 19, 2017
Sennebogen to Increase Capacity of Pinellas County Waste Facility
Boasting one of the most advanced waste management systems in the Southeast United States, the Pinellas County, Fla., Solid Waste Management Facility has been a part an aggressive solid waste management program for several decades....
Fri May 19, 2017
William Richard Arcilesi Sr. Passes Away at Age 82
William Richard Arcilesi Sr., former Mitchell Distributing Company president, died April 15. He was 82. Mr. Arcilesi Sr. was born in St. Louis, Mo., on Oct. 10, 1934. He attended Furman University, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity, played saxophone in the band and met his wife, Martha Sparks....
Fri May 19, 2017
APWA Florida Chapter Hosts 2017 Public Works Show
The APWA Florida Chapter held the 2017 Florida Public Works Show on May 8 to 12, and the expo on May 11. More than 200 attendees, 45 exhibitors and public works directors and staff were on hand to check out the latest equipment and product and services....
Fri May 19, 2017
Tennessee Contractor Steve Wright Receives ARTBA's Highest Honor
Steve Wright, president of Charleston, Tennessee-based Wright Brothers Construction Company, is the sole recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) highest honor—the “ARTBA Award.” It was presented to Wright May 17 during the association's Federal Issues Program held in the Nation's Capital....
Thu May 18, 2017
North Carolina Orders Penalties for Delays on Interstate-77
North Carolina officials are imposing penalties on the company building toll lanes on Interstate 77 north of Charlotte because of delays in clearing the road after overnight construction. Local media outlets report the North Carolina Department of Transportation has told the builders that the state will withhold about $1.3 million from the next payment....
Thu May 18, 2017
Goodgame Company Awarded $85M Expansion Project
Goodgame Company Inc., has been selected as the construction manager for the $85 million expansion at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) in Lincoln, Ala. The expansion work is expected to be completed in 2018 and will add 200,000 sq....
Thu May 18, 2017
HealthSouth Corporation Makes a Comeback
Having rebounded from a financial crisis that once threatened the company's future, officials with HealthSouth Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama, are celebrating a milestone in the construction of a new $75 million home office in Liberty Park....
Tue May 16, 2017
$2 Billion Construction Project on Hold in Va.
A Chinese pulp and paper company is pushing back its construction plans for a $2 billion manufacturing plant near Richmond. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/2qtpWtd ) that Tranlin, which also goes by Vastly, had previously said the plant should be running by 2020 but did not provide a new completion date....
