Sound Heavy Machinery - Mon February 20, 2023
Sound Heavy Machinery Adds New Product Line to Portfolio of Products
Sound Heavy Machinery (SHM) has been tapped by Rubble Crusher to represent its new line of crushers in North and South Carolina and is one of the brand's first North American dealers. Rubble Crusher offers compact mobile crushing equipment across various industries allowing for on-site recycling of C&D "waste" materials....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu February 16, 2023
Sugarhill Contractors Builds Strong Reputation
So many of America's successful small and mid-sized construction companies were started by individuals who, as youngsters, had grown up on job sites watching their elders make a good living in the trade....
CEG - Thu February 16, 2023
Raleigh Hosts Successful 45th Annual Farm Show
The 45th annual Southern Farm Show wrapped up Feb. 3, 2023, and was deemed a great success by an overwhelming number of the 385 exhibiting companies. With nearly 300,000 net sq. ft. of indoor and outdoor exhibit space, the show used nearly all of the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 16, 2023
NCDOT Works to Widen, Improve 55 Miles of I-95 to Meet Future Demands
Interstate 95 stretches 182 mi. across North Carolina, some of it built nearly 70-odd years ago and as can be expected, now significantly outdated. But not for long. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded six contracts for 55 mi....
Asheville Citizen Times & NCDOT - Tue February 07, 2023
NCDOT's $681M Road Project to Include Land Bridge for Appalachian Trail
Those folks hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) in western North Carolina, the 2,190-mi. footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine, will see some delays and detours near Robbinsville in Graham County this spring as major construction on N.C....
Winston-Salem Journal & Boom Supersonic - Mon January 30, 2023
Boom Supersonic Breaks Ground On Overture Aircraft Plant at Greensboro, N.C., Airport
The ground proved too wet for Boom Supersonic Inc., so North Carolina state and local elected officials on Jan. 26 chose to conduct an indoor groundbreaking at Greensboro's Piedmont Triad International (PTI) Airport....
National Equipment Dealers - Mon January 30, 2023
National Equipment Dealers Acquires Carolina Equipment Rental, Sales & Service in Western North Carolina
On Jan. 26, 2023, National Equipment Dealers LLC finalized the acquisition of Carolina Equipment Rental, Sales & Service, located in Fairview, N.C. Carolina Equipment began in the mid 1990's, originally doing business as Rent-It of Fairview....
Asheville Citizen Times - Wed January 25, 2023
Work to Start in 2023 to Build Ecusta Trail Along Old Rail Bed in Western North Carolina
The first part of western North Carolina's Ecusta Trail, planned to link the towns of Hendersonville and Brevard by converting an old railroad into a walking and biking path, is set to begin construction this summer as the trail nears its design completion....
Raleigh News & Observer & NCDOT - Mon January 23, 2023
Tarheel State Receives $110M Federal Grant to Replace Link to Outer Banks
North Carolina received a federal grant in early January that will help it replace the 60-year-old Lindsay C. Warren Bridge that carries U.S. Highway 64 over the Alligator River to the Outer Banks. The state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will use the $110 million grant to build a new 3.2-mi....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu January 19, 2023
Buffalo Creek Finds Sure Thing in SANY, Ironpeddlers
On his path to becoming a successful entrepreneur, Chad Whitley always figured he needed to rely on one or two "sure things" — people or companies that would help him reach his desired business goals....
