CEG - Wed July 14, 2021
New $300M Storybook Theme Park Planned for Middle Tennessee
Tennessee could soon have a new theme park, with attractions based on books written by authors from around the world. According to NASH Today, Storyville Gardens will be built in Middle Tennessee, with construction slated to start in mid-2022....
Kubota Tractor Corporation - Tue July 13, 2021
Kubota Awards $100,000 “Hometown Proud” Grant to Wayne County, Tenn.
Kubota Tractor Corporation announced Wayne County Ag Center, in Collinwood, Tenn., as the winner of the Kubota "Hometown Proud" community revitalization grant program. Wayne County will receive a $100,000 grant and loaned equipment from Kubota to help develop the grounds for the county's first and only dedicated Agricultural Center (Ag Center)....
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tue July 06, 2021
'Signature' Bridge Over Ocoee River Taking Shape in Eastern Tennessee
As mountain river enthusiasts and others head east this summer on U.S. Highway 64/TN 40 toward the Ocoee River and Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tenn., they will pass the state's $12.6 million "signature" bridge as the new structure takes shape alongside its aging predecessor....
Arkansas Democrat Gazette & WATN-TV Local ABC 24 - Wed June 30, 2021
VIDEO: Construction Crews Installing Eight Steel Plates on Damaged I-40 Bridge
Progress is being made by construction crews carefully working around the clock to make repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis after it was closed May 11 following the discovery of a large crack spotted on one of its beams....
Thompson Machinery - Thu June 24, 2021
Thompson Machinery Expands Product Line with Metso
Thompson Machinery has announced a new dealer agreement with Metso for its mobile and stationary crushing and screening products. As the exclusive Cat dealer in middle and west Tennessee, and north Mississippi, the Metso product line fits seamlessly within Thompson's equipment offering to support its construction, recycling and roadbuilding customers, the company said....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Thu June 24, 2021
Charles Blalock & Sons Inc. Leads $300M Alcoa Highway Reconstruction Work
With traffic along East Tennessee's Alcoa Highway (State Route 115/U.S.129) increasing daily and congestion in the area causing concern for commuter wellbeing, the Tennessee Department of State Transportation (TDOT) embarked upon a highway corridor improvement project in 2016, spanning Blount and Knox counties....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu June 10, 2021
Modern Facility, Capabilities Make Parman One of Tenn.'s Best Distributors
Just two years ago, a new company, Parman Tractor & Equipment, opened its doors to contractors in Tennessee and other parts of the South wanting a distributor of top shelf construction machinery — one that is also expert in the art of treating its customers well....
WMC Action News 5 - Thu May 20, 2021
ARDOT Fires Inspector Who Overlooked Crack in River Bridge in 2019
As the investigation continues as to why a significant beam fracture occurred on the I-40 bridge across the Mississippi River, an inspector with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) who checked the 48-year-old structure in 2019 and failed to discover the crack, has been fired and may face criminal charges....
Takeuchi-US - Thu May 06, 2021
Takeuchi Recognizes Parman Tractor as North American Dealer With Largest Market Share Growth
Takeuchi-US has presented Parman Tractor & Equipment of Nashville, Tenn., with an award for having the largest market share growth of all Takeuchi dealers in North America during 2020. Parman Tractor has provided Takeuchi equipment sales, service, parts and rentals to customers throughout Tennessee since 2019....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 15, 2021
Tennessee Aims to Ease Traffic Woes Along I-40
Construction crews in Tennessee are working on 5 mi. of Interstate 40, starting at the North Highland exit and continuing east to the Highway 70 exit. The roughly $88 million effort, which began in November 2020, will widen the interstate from four to six lanes, and also replace five bridges, including three overhead/overpass structures and two interstate bridges over railroads....
