Fri July 23, 2010
James River Equipment Expands With Asheville Location
ames River Equipment has expanded its sales and servicing capabilities into western North Carolina with the opening of the Asheville, N.C., branch. The Asheville branch, located on Bruce Road, is James River’s 25th location....
Fri July 09, 2010
James River Expands With Asheville Location
James River Equipment has expanded its sales and servicing capabilities into western North Carolina with the opening of the Asheville, N.C., branch. The Asheville branch, located on Bruce Road, is James River’s 25th location....
Giles Lambertson - Fri March 05, 2010
The Stim Effect: One Year Later
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was intended to be an effective antidote to high unemployment and stagnant growth in the construction industry. A year after the Act passed, the consensus is that things would have been worse without it....
Tue April 28, 2009
NorAm Appoints New Dealers
NorAm Construction Equipment has appointed six additional dealers to sell and rent the NorAm 65E compact motorgrader. The dealers include Yellowhouse Machinery Co., with five locations in west Texas; Western Plains Machinery with five locations in Montana and three in Wyoming; Groff Tractor & Equipment with two stores in western Pennsylvania; Alma Tractor & Equipment in western Arkansas; RTL Equipment Co....
Giles Lambertson - Thu February 26, 2009
Industry Anxiously Awaits Infusion of Stimulus Funds
The February infusion of $140 billion into the federal infrastructure budget would seem to justify general jubilation among construction industry members. Yet celebration of the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is generally subdued, testifying to uncertainty about the distribution and impact of the stimulus money....
Eric Olson - Wed February 04, 2009
English Erects Much-Needed New Yadkin River Bridge
Heavy cranes are being moved into position to begin the girder assembly later this winter on a new $14.9 million, four-lane bridge spanning the Yadkin River along U.S. Highway 158 in North Carolina, 10 mi....
Eric Olson - Tue December 23, 2008
Huge U.S. 321 Widening Project Heads Into Home Stretch
A $65 million road-widening project in Caldwell County, N.C., will enter its fifth year of work in 2009 and all indications are that the construction will be completed next fall. A 6.57-mi. (10.6 km) stretch of U.S....
Eric Olson - Tue July 01, 2008
Cane Creek Restoration Helps Balance Out Development
More than 17,000 linear ft. (5,200 m) of a once wild and meandering North Carolina stream system that has degraded due to agricultural activity is currently undergoing an extensive restoration. The $2 million Cane Creek restoration project in northwest Person County has seen crews working there since early May....
Matt Houpt - Fri December 21, 2007
Rock-Free Dirt Speeds Up Monroe’s Work at 1,000 Unit Development
Coming across an out-of-the-ordinary situation in construction usually isn’t a good thing, at least in terms of time. But Monroe Roadways, of Charlotte, N.C., is benefiting from a less-than-ordinary situation in its $21 million housing development project in Waxhaw, N.C., that the group took over in March 2006....
Thu October 25, 2007
James River Shows Off Expanded Charlotte Location
James River Equipment’s open house to ceremoniously cut the ribbon on the 10,000-sq.-ft. expansion of its Charlotte, N.C., drew more than local guests, employees and contractors. Two John Deere executives joined in on the Oct....
