Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 17, 2019
New Bridges Part of $3B I-94 MDOT Project
As part of its $3 billion I-94 Modernization Project, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is demolishing and reconstructing 14 bridges in Detroit in advance of the main work via the Advanced Bridges program between 2019 and 2022 to help minimize the traffic impact of the construction on local residents and businesses when the main project gets underway....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 04, 2019
MDOT's I-696 Reconstruction Project Expects Fall Finish
The Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) $90 million Interstate 696 Project — dubbed "Restore the Reuther" in Oakland and Macomb counties — is being executed by Interstate Highway Construction Inc....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 21, 2019
Kalin Begins Reconstruction Work on U.S.-131
Kalin Construction Company Inc. (KCC) crews started work on the Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) $20 million reconstruction of a section of U.S.-131 last May, which is being rebuilt from William R....
Doosan - Tue July 23, 2019
Doosan Names Ellens Equipment Inc. as Authorized Dealer serving Northern Michigan
Doosan Infracore North America LLC has expanded its dealer network with the addition of Ellens Equipment Inc. as an authorized sales, service, parts and rental provider of Doosan equipment. Ellens Equipment serves all agriculture, construction and logging industries as well as government agencies in the Northern Lower peninsula of Michigan....
Doosan - Wed July 17, 2019
Demolition in Detroit
No major U.S. city has suffered more economically in the last 70 years than Detroit, Mich. What was once a thriving automotive manufacturing center with a robust middle class has fallen on hard times. The good news is companies, like Blue Star Inc....
Volvo - Tue July 02, 2019
Volvo CE Opens Certified Used Center at Alta Equipment Company
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has opened its second Volvo Certified Used Center in North America. Alta Equipment Company (Alta) in New Hudson, Mich., was selected for this second location, joining the initial VCU center announced last year in Las Vegas....
Deutz Corporation - Tue June 11, 2019
Deutz Service Center Chicago Expands Territory, Becomes Deutz Power Center Great Lakes
Deutz Service Center Chicago will now be known as Deutz Power Center Great Lakes. The facility, which has served customers in northern and east central Illinois and northern Indiana since September 2017, has expanded its coverage area to include Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula....
Telsmith Inc. - Tue June 04, 2019
Marty Waldorf Joins Telsmith as Regional Sales Manager
Marty Waldorf has joined Telsmith Inc. as a regional sales manager covering Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Upper Michigan as his primary focus. "We are excited to have Marty join our sales team," said Jeff Gray, vice president of sales and marketing, Telsmith Inc....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 29, 2019
Construction Begins on $500M Lansing Hospital
Crews have begun pouring concrete for the foundation of the new Greater McLaren Hospital in South Lansing, Mich., marking the single largest investment ever of parent company McLaren Health Care. "When it is all said and done, we will invest more than $500 million on this site — for the replacement hospital, wonderful modern medical services building, cancer center, research programs and a number of other things that will be coming here," said Phil Incarnati, president and CEO of McLaren Health Care....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 15, 2019
Michigan Experiments With Paving Longevity
The Michigan Department of Transportation began work this spring on the fourth in a series of experimental pavement projects designed to determine if thicker pavement equals a longer lifespan. The experiments grew out of Public Act 175, which was passed by the state legislature in 2015 and established the Roads Innovation Task Force....
