John Deere - Thu April 09, 2020
John Deere Begins Production of Protective Face Shields for Health-Care Workers
John Deere, in collaboration with the UAW, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, announced it is producing protective face shields at John Deere Seeding Group in Moline, Illinois....
GOMACO - Tue April 07, 2020
Road Machinery & Supplies Named to GOMACO's Top 10 of 2019
GOMACO Corporation recently recognized Road Machinery and Supplies Company as a Top Ten Distributor for sales in the 2019 fiscal year. The award was presented in recognition for outstanding sales and distribution of GOMACO equipment in the United States....
GOMACO - Tue April 07, 2020
Finkbiner Equipment Named to GOMACO's Top 10 of 2019
GOMACO Corporation recently recognized Finkbiner Equipment Company of Burr Ridge, Ill., as a Top Ten Distributor for sales in the 2019 fiscal year. The award was presented in recognition for outstanding sales and distribution of GOMACO equipment in the United States....
Illinois Tollway - Wed April 01, 2020
Illinois Tollway Awards Nearly $270.3M in Contracts for Construction, Professional Engineering Services in March
The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved 10 construction and eight professional engineering services contracts totaling nearly $270.3 million at its March Board meeting on March 26. Nearly $375 million in contracts has been approved by the Tollway Board in 2020, as part of the ninth year of the Tollway's 15-year, $14 billion Move Illinois capital program....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 01, 2020
Illinois' Weber Road, I-55 Interchange Project Moves Forward
Utility relocations delays prevented crews from starting work on the $68 million I-55 Interchange project on Weber Road in Romeoville, Ill., in 2018, but in early May 2019 operations began in earnest. The work zone covers Weber Road from 119th Street north/Rodeo Road of the interchange to 135th Street/Romeo Road to the south and 1/2 mi....
AGC - Wed April 01, 2020
Lansing, Michigan-based Christman Constructors Named the Most Innovative Company in Construction Industry
Lansing, Michigan-based Christman Constructors was named the most innovative construction firm in the country for developing an iOS-based application that brings job-placement logistics into the 21st century....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 19, 2020
Chicago's $2.1B Chicago Transit Authority Modernization Well Under Way
Construction crews drilled the first shafts last fall for the $1.2 billion phase one of the Chicago Transit Authority's $2.1 billion Red-Purple Modernization Program, the largest capital improvement project in the agency's history....
Contractors Association of Will and Grundy Counties - Wed February 19, 2020
CAWGC Announces Details of Its Annual Scholarship Program
The Contractors Association of Will and Grundy Counties (CAWGC) announces its Annual Scholarship Program. Since the program's inception in 1996, the association has awarded almost $130,000 to deserving scholars who will be pursuing degrees in the construction field....
Dan Eichholz – IAAP Executive Director - Thu February 06, 2020
IAAP Director Issues 2019 Recap, Looks Ahead to 2020
The Illinois aggregates industry has reasons to celebrate as we close out 2019. This was the year we finally passed a sustainably-funded state capital construction program — the largest in Illinois' history....
Hitachi - Wed February 05, 2020
Wheel Loader Succeeds Motorgrader for Township Work in Seward, Illinois
Seward Township, Ill., has replaced its motorgrader with a new Hitachi ZW180-6 wheel loader. "We bought the Hitachi loader last summer after months of researching what our needs and budget would fit," said Anne Vickery, road commissioner, Kendeall County, Ill....
