Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu March 17, 2022
Carolina Cat Celebrates 95 Years as Family Business
From its headquarters in Charlotte, Carolina Cat (CTE), formerly known as Carolina Tractor & Equipment, is one of those rare jewels of American business: a family company founded during the "Roaring Twenties" that has achieved immense success without being acquired by a larger conglomerate....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu August 05, 2021
Woman-Owned B&N Grading Enjoys Rapid Growth in N.C.
When Heather Thompson and her then-partner, Brian Hux, decided to open a business together in 2010, they, like most small-business newbies, started off quite humbly. In their case, that meant renting a pickup truck by the hour, lining the bed with plywood and going to Charlotte-area asphalt plants to load it with hot asphalt, despite being warned not to by the vendors....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu July 08, 2021
Blythe Construction Reduces Its Carbon Footprint
Charlotte-based Blythe Construction Inc., one of the Southeast's leading heavy construction companies, recently unveiled a new piece of equipment designed to reduce the firm's carbon emissions from its paving operations in North and South Carolina....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu February 18, 2021
Amid Challenges, N.C Freeway Interchange Remains on Schedule
It is now been almost nine years since contractors first began to transform the interchange at I-40 and I-77 in Statesville, N.C., 40 mi. north of Charlotte. With only an expected year-and-a-half left before the two-phased freeway project is finished, crews from two different construction companies have made quite a few upgrades to each interstate as well as several streets and roads feeding to them and the interchange....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 07, 2021
Tolls Optional Once Blythe Construction Wraps Up $346M Project
Crews on a $346 million North Carolina express lane project are on the cusp of a milestone. They're about to shift traffic to the former median, which will allow them to begin work on new outside lanes in each direction....
Carolina Cat - Mon November 09, 2020
Carolina Cat Celebrates 200th Cat Certified Rebuild with Asphalt Paving Company of Greensboro
Since Caterpillar introduced the Cat certified rebuild program back in 1985, Carolina Cat has proudly participated in offering this service to its customers. Since Caterpillar introduced the Cat certified rebuild program back in 1985, Carolina Cat has proudly participated in offering this service to its customers....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 29, 2020
Greensboro Urban Loop Enters Home Stretch
The final section — the Northern Loop — of the North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) Greensboro Urban Loop is being constructed by E.S. Wagner/Smith-Rowe, joint venture....
Thu August 20, 2020
Celebrating 40 Years at Carolina Cat
Pac-Man. Rubik's Cube. Post-it notes. What do all these things have in common? This year marks 40 years since their debut into the market. But at Carolina Cat, there are two other names that can be added to that list — John Hood and Greg Bradley....
Carolina Cat - Tue May 26, 2020
Carolina Cat Teams with Charlotte Brewery to Distribute Hand Sanitizer
Due to the viral nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), such as hand sanitizer, masks, safety glasses/goggles and gloves, have seen a dramatic increase in need and often are all but impossible to find....
Joe Trinacria – CEG Associate Editor - Thu February 27, 2020
Black Rock Values Bond With Lippmann, Caterpillar
The technical term for the work that Black Rock Crushing conducts at its expansive Ramseur, N.C., processing plant is called "un-bonding," and according to general manager and co-founder John Mason, Black Rock wouldn't be nearly as effective at what they do without the tight bond the company has formed with equipment partners Caterpillar and Lippmann....
