Katherine Petrik – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed June 19, 2024
Brandeis Apprentice Program Offers Career Path for Techs
Brandeis Machinery, a division of Bramco, offers an apprenticeship program that is nearing a decade of training new technicians for a career in servicing equipment. The training facility is at the Brandeis corporate headquarters in Louisville, Ky....
CEG - Thu June 06, 2024
ASCENDUM Machinery Hosts Open House in Knoxville
ASCENDUM Machinery held a customer open house in May at its Knoxville, Tenn., branch location to shine a spotlight on several new features within the facility. The Knoxville location is one of two in Tennessee, along with ASCENDUM's Chattanooga branch....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 06, 2024
Charles Blalock & Sons Work On TDOT Project
A stretch of Tennessee highway — in a place perhaps best known for the famous country musicians born there — is currently undergoing a $51 million construction project to widen the highway over a span of 5.34 mi....
Knoxville News Sentinel - Tue May 28, 2024
Tennessee Valley Authority Moved 3,200 Tons of Rock to Restore River Island Ecosystem
The problem may sound small, but it was huge for aquatic life and fishers on an East Tennessee river: A 10-acre island downstream of the Norris Dam was washing away. Hibbs Island, a popular spot for anglers, sits in the Clinch River just a few miles downstream of the giant Norris Dam, the centerpiece of a much smaller dam that controls the flow of water from Norris to keep the riverbed downstream from drying up....
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tue May 28, 2024
Renovations Likely to Begin in March 2025 On Chattanooga's Historic Walnut Street Bridge
Officials in Chattanooga, Tenn., kicked off the city's efforts to conduct the first major renovations of the 134-year-old Walnut Street Bridge in three decades by advertising the project for bids on May 26....
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tue May 14, 2024
USACE Seeking New Bids to Complete Tennessee River's $954.4M Chickamauga Lock
The new and bigger lock being built at the Chickamauga Dam in Chattanooga is designed to expedite the flow of barge traffic on the Tennessee River but building the replacement chamber has proven to be anything but expeditious for the U.S....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu April 25, 2024
Tennessee's Pugmill Systems LLC Expands Its Product Offerings to Include Concrete Plants
Since the mid-1980s, Duane Allen and his team have been designing and manufacturing pugmill mixers and related equipment for Pugmill Systems LLC in Columbia, Tenn., south of Nashville. Allen's son, Jared, who has been involved in the family business for 16 years, is the elder Allen's partner and has served as the company's general manager for the past few years....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 25, 2024
Blalock Crews Build TDOT's $67M Newport Bypass
Currently under construction by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), a $67 million project will provide drivers with a safe, more efficient route for SR 35 to pass through Newport, Tenn., avoiding downtown traffic....
Belmont University - Mon April 15, 2024
Nashville's Belmont University Gets $58M Gift From Executive for Music Row Expansion
A $58 million lead gift from philanthropist and music industry icon Mike Curb and the Mike Curb Foundation to Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., was announced by the school April 9. The funds will be used to catalyze the expansion of Belmont's nationally renowned Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business....
CEG - Thu April 04, 2024
World of Asphalt 2024 Shatters Records in Nashville
A record number of asphalt and aggregates professionals convened in Nashville for the largest World of Asphalt and AGG1 Aggregates Academy & Expo in the show's history. Running March 25 to 27, 2024, the show set new records in both attendance and square footage....
