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Mon July 24, 2006

Concrete Champions Float Away With Fourth Straight

This was no ordinary boat race. The competitors weren’t sleek sailboats riding the winds or high-powered yachts muscling their way across the finish line. Theses were canoes made of concrete. The only thing propelling these crafts was the determination of the engineering students that created them in a bid to win the ’America’s Cup of Civil Engineering.’Like all success stories, the journey for the University of Wisconsin-Madison was demanding....

Thu June 30, 2005

Championship-Caliber Golf Course Takes Shape Near NYC

It’s hard to imagine that anyone could look at a former toxic dump in New Jersey and envision a championship golf course in its place. But that’s just what happened approximately 10 years ago when Tom Kite and famed golf course designer Bob Cupp laid their eyes on approximately 150 acres in Jersey City, overlooking the Statue of Liberty and the lower Manhattan skyline....

Jeff Cronin - Thu February 17, 2005

Champion Motor Graders’ Ownership Comes Full Circle

The man who created a line of compact motorgraders didn’t get to see the company return to his family’s ownership. Bud Lee, who first built the smaller machines (and the company that would become Champion Motor Graders) to suit his own needs as a contractor, passed away five years ago, while the company was still owned by Volvo Construction Equipment....

Mon April 26, 2004

Georgia Gov. Champions $15.6B Transportation Construction Initiative

Many highway projects throughout Georgia will be put on the fast track under a transportation construction plan unveiled by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue on April 14. Despite criticism that the plan focuses too much on road building and not enough on mass transit, Perdue said his $15.6 billion initiative balances the need to relieve traffic headaches while staying within the means of a limited budget....