Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed March 29, 2023
Blanchard Machinery, Employees Aim to Be Force for Good Through Joe's Wish
With its 750 employees and their families in mind, South Carolina's Blanchard Machinery last fall launched an internal foundation, Joe's Wish, to provide emergency relief funds to its people during times of hardship....
CEG - Wed March 15, 2023
Blanchard Machinery Opens New Facility in Aiken, S.C.
Blanchard Machinery opened a new Cat Rental store March 2, 2023, in Aiken, S.C. The dealer designed the new store to handle rental and new equipment sales needs of its building customers in the areas of Aiken and North Augusta, S.C....
CEG - Thu March 02, 2023
Blanchard Machinery Opens Seneca, S.C. Rental Branch in Growing Area
The newest branch location for Blanchard Machinery was unveiled to the public during an open house Feb. 2, 2023, in Seneca, S.C. Blanchard designed the new store to handle the rental and new equipment sales needs of its building customers in the burgeoning areas of Seneca and Clemson, which include the residential areas around lakes Hartwell and Keowee....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon August 08, 2022
Blanchard Machinery CEO, President Joe Blanchard Passes at Age 60
The construction industry in the Southeast lost a great and trusted friend on Thursday, July 14 when Joseph Rozier Blanchard, the president and CEO of Blanchard Machinery Company in West Columbia, S.C., passed away surrounded by his loved ones at his Charleston home following a brief battle with cancer....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu February 03, 2022
Blanchard Machinery Upgrades Summerville, S.C., Branch
In any competitive marketplace, the essential elements to success always include individual talent and company reliability. But for prosperous firms to remain strong, they also need to find ways to upgrade their look and improve their service to keep customers coming back time after time....
CEG - Thu May 13, 2021
Tremendous Growth in S.C. Spurs Blanchard Machinery
In the construction equipment business, staying on top in the marketplace means working hard and investing wisely to remain there. The executives that operate the leading companies are always thinking ahead and planning for the future....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 29, 2020
Greensboro Urban Loop Enters Home Stretch
The final section — the Northern Loop — of the North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) Greensboro Urban Loop is being constructed by E.S. Wagner/Smith-Rowe, joint venture....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 22, 2019
Crews Executing Army Corps Contract to Renourish S.C. Beaches
In addition to causing serious damage to many communities in the Carolinas, Hurricanes Matthew (2016), Irma (2017) and Florence (2018) were responsible for considerable destruction to the beaches in several communities throughout South Carolina that rely on local, regional and national tourism....
CEG - Mon June 17, 2019
Jeff Martin Auctioneers Hosts Large Public Auction for Blanchard Machinery Company in West Columbia, S.C.
On May 30, Jeff Martin Auctioneers held a large public auction for Blanchard Machinery Company consisting of 50,000-plus surplus used and remanufactured Caterpillar parts spread over more than 1,300 lots in West Columbia, S.C....
CEG - Mon May 20, 2019
Blanchard Machinery Demos Next Gen Cat Equipment
Shown from the left are Boyd and Rozier Blanchard, Clark and Trey Banks (Banks Construction in Charleston), Joe Blanchard and Cat's Troy Arrington. On April 26 and May 7, Blanchard Machinery Company hosted two exclusive showcases of the latest in product innovation from Caterpillar that were each attended by more than 100 contractors working jobs throughout South Carolina....
