Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 11, 2025
USACE Begins Work On Mississippi River's Lock & Dam 25 in Missouri
The mighty Mississippi River requires mighty-strong manmade structures to corral it and to withstand the volume and pressure of water exerted upon them. It follows that the simple addition and lengthening of a lock for faster handling of river vessels is a mighty undertaking, a multi-year, multi-million-dollar one....
Liebherr - Wed December 11, 2024
Groundbreaking of Liebherr's New Logistics Center for the Americas
Photo courtesy of LiebherrLiebherr celebrated a significant milestone with the groundbreaking of its new logistics center in Tupelo, Miss. Located at the Hive Business Park, this advanced facility represents a major milestone in the company's ongoing commitment to strengthening distribution capabilities across the Americas....
University of Mississippi - Thu November 14, 2024
Ole Miss Progressing Toward Construction of $125M Accountancy School
To bolster its efforts to construct a new, $125 million, 100,000-sq.-ft. accountancy building, the University of Mississippi at Oxford received a $10 million donation in late October from one of its alumni....
Magnolia Tribune - Wed September 18, 2024
Several Top Regional Contractors Are Building $10B Twin AWS Data Centers in Mississippi
When Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced in January that it intended to make a $10 billion investment in Madison County, Miss., to build two data center campuses by mid-2027, Mississippi contractors were already on the job....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 29, 2024
T.L. Wallace Begins Work On Mississippi's Pearl River Bridge
In Marion County, Mississippi, construction crews are replacing two aging bridges over the Pearl River on U.S. 98. Work on the $57.7 million project began in January 2024. "The U.S. 98 eastbound bridge over the Pearl River was built in the 1930s and is rather narrow," explained Jordan Whittington, Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) District 7 construction engineer....
Liebherr - Wed July 24, 2024
Liebherr Acquires Land in Mississippi for New Logistics Site
Liebherr has acquired more than 570,000 sq. yds. of land in the state of Mississippi with plans to invest in a new logistics distribution center for spare parts to serve its customers in North and South America....
CEG - Thu May 23, 2024
Jeff Martin Auctioneers Holds Sale in Brooklyn, Mississippi
Despite intermittent torrential downpours rolling through the Jeff Martin Auctioneers Brooklyn, Miss., sale site, the late-spring construction and transportation two-day auction May 17 and 18, 2024, was a success....
CEG - Thu April 11, 2024
Deanco Auction Holds Spring Sale in Philadelphia, Miss.
Deanco Auction held its first Spring 2024 auction March 27 and 28, 2024, at its Philadelphia, Miss., facility. Bigs crowds turned out on both days for two rings of bidding on a solid lineup of trucks, construction equipment, tractors, attachments, miscellaneous items and much more....
American Loggers Council - Mon April 01, 2024
Safer Routes for Logging Trucks in Mississippi
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) secured a provision in the Transportation — HUD Appropriations Bill, signed into law March 9, to allow unprocessed agricultural commodities, including raw or unfinished forest products (e.g....
Mississippi Development Authority & Recycling Today - Mon April 01, 2024
Owl's Head Alloys to Build $29.2M Aluminum Recycling Plant in Clay County, Miss.
The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) announced March 21 that secondary aluminum producer Owl's Head Alloys (OHA) intends to build a new melt shop facility in Clay County. The manufacturer intends to make a $29.2 million investment that will create 68 new jobs....
