GDOT - Thu January 18, 2024
Contractors Continue Working to Complete I-16/I-75 Project in Georgia
Contractors working for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will continue construction on the I-16/I-75 Interchange Improvement Project in Macon-Bibb. Crews currently have detours in place in order to perform work on the project, such as installing diaphragms on the I-16 eastbound overpass and installing overhang jacks on the I-16 westbound overpass....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 18, 2024
Crews Continue to Make Progress On Florida's Suncoast Parkway
A project designed to ease congestion in Citrus County, Fla., will result in a much-needed extension when completed in 2026. The $103 million effort, known as Suncoast Parkway 2, Phase 2, calls for a 4-lane toll facility extending from SR 44 to CR 486....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed January 17, 2024
Shilling Brings Safety to Rural Kansas Highway
For more than a decade, motorists in Kansas drove K-177 like a star running back on their beloved Kansas State Wildcats, weaving around obstacles to record a touchdown. The northern section of this 100-mi.-long state road leading into Manhattan, home to Kansas State University, had no shoulders so a car or truck carrying mammoth farm equipment could drift down an embankment if its wheels slipped off the highway....
CEG - Thu January 11, 2024
Top Performing Regional Stories On CEG's Website in 2023
Construction Equipment Guide (CEG) posts thousands of stories each year to our website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com. Here are the most clicked-on stories in 2023 and leading the way is an article that appeared in our Western Edition that garnered an astounding 180,533 pageviews....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 11, 2024
Hampton Roads Express Lanes Network Will Alleviate Congestion in Busy Southeastern Virginia
The cities of Hampton, Norfolk and Newport News in southeastern Virginia straddle interesting and, for motorists, challenging real estate. The region is home to some 1.8 million people and bristles with military bases, universities, companies, retail locations and homes....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 10, 2024
Multiple Contractors Answer Call to Stabilize Slopes
Emergency work operations are proceeding at a breakneck speed to conduct repairs on approximately 32 mi. of State Route 33 (SR 33) in Ventura County, Calif., due to relentless winter storms in late in 2023 that have caused excessive damage to a substantial portion of the highway....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 10, 2024
HP Civil Crews Answer Emergency Call in Oregon
Construction crews in Tillamook, Ore., raced against the winter weather to build a new bridge in less than two weeks after torrential downpours washed out a critical traffic corridor linking northern coast communities....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon January 08, 2024
Cooper Green Mercy Health Makes Headway On $120M Project
In Birmingham, Ala., construction crews are making significant progress on the $120 million Cooper Green Mercy Health medical facility. The highly anticipated project is expected to be completed by the end of 2024....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon January 08, 2024
Portion of North Carolina's I-42 Reaches Last Year of Work
A relatively short but critical bypass of U.S. Highway 70 around the small community of Havelock, in southeastern North Carolina, is now in its last year of construction after the state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) commissioned the project in 2019....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Fri January 05, 2024
Crews Build $250M Water Plant in St. Paul, Minn.
Construction crews are closing in on the final days of the second year of a five-year reconstruction project to improve water treatment facilities and capacity for years to come at the St. Paul Regional Water Service (SPRWS) treatment plant....
