IED - Wed December 26, 2018
Football Great Don Beebe Speaks at Illinois Equipment Distributors' Dinner
The Illinois Equipment Distributors held its annual Holiday Dinner and 2019 Board of Directors induction meeting Dec. 7 in Addison Ill. Outgoing President Bob Jones thanked the rest of his outgoing 2018 board — Kevin Ridens, vice president; Joe Stack, treasurer; Jim McCann, first-year director; Tom Stern, second-year director; and Joe McKeon, associate director — for their contributions to a successful year....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon September 10, 2018
Work on $23M Chicago Transit Station Upgrade Nears Completion
The finishing touches on the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) $23 million Medical District Station Renovation will be completed by late 2018, bringing closure to a project that will help upgrade of the Forest Park Branch of the Blue Line — the third busiest station on the line, which serves over 1 million passengers....
CE Rentals - Wed November 14, 2018
CE Rentals, Sandbagger Co-Host Oktoberfest Demo Day
Contractors Equipment Rentals near Chicago co-hosted its first Oktoberfest Open House & Demo Day Oct. 18 with manufacturing neighbor The Sandbagger for contractor and public works customers from across Chicagoland....
CEG - Wed October 31, 2018
Next Generation Excavators Highlight Iron Night Open House as Altorfer CAT Shows Off New Elmhurst Facility
Altorfer CAT held its annual Iron Night customer appreciation event Oct. 11 in Elmhurst, Ill. Approximately 150 guests attended the event, which was held for the first time at Altorfer's newly acquired facility in Elmhurst following the company's recent acquisition of Patten CAT....
Illinois Tollway - Wed October 31, 2018
Tollway Awards $42M in Contracts
The Illinois Tollway board of directors approved two construction contracts and one professional engineering services contract totaling more than $42 million at its Oct. 25 meeting. Nearly $555.2 million in construction contracts has been approved by the Tollway board in 2018, as part of the seventh year of the Tollway's 15-year, $14 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 17, 2018
UIC Towers Combine Learning With Living
A $100 million “living-learning” community that will provide residential and academic spaces for students at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is making significant progress. The 10-story building will stand adjacent to the Chicago Transit Authority's recently renovated Peoria Street bridge and Blue Line station, with views of the city's skyline....
CEG - Wed October 17, 2018
Alex Lyon & Son Sells Like-New, Late-Model Equipment
Alex Lyon & Son held its Arctic Snow & Ice Sale Oct. 5 in Frankfort, Ill. The auction featured late-model Case and Cat rubber-tired loaders, skid steers, hydraulic excavators, trucks trailers and support equipment — all used for only one season and sold in like-new condition....
AASHTO - Tue September 25, 2018
Illinois, Georgia Earn Top Awards in National Transportation Competition
An innovative fix for a congestion-plagued interchange connecting people to some of Chicago's most popular destinations and a bikeable and walkable greenway that connects neighborhoods in Atlanta's north side are being honored as the winners in the 2018 America's Transportation Awards competition....
Illinois Tollway - Wed September 19, 2018
Illinois Tollway Eyes Completion of Several Bridge Repairs
The Illinois Tollway is scheduled to complete local crossroad bridge repair work on 47th Street in September and then begin work on the 55th Street over the Tri-State Tollway (I-294), as well as 55th Street bridges over Flagg Creek in Cook and DuPage Counties....
I-74 Mississippi River Bridge Project Web Site (Iowa DOT and Illinois DOT) - Wed September 19, 2018
Crew Sets First Steel Girders on I-74 Bridge in Moline, Illinois
On Sept. 5, River Drive was closed in both directions between 23rd Street and 19th Street in the city of Moline. Contractors began setting the first steel girders for the new I-74 viaduct. River Drive is anticipated to reopen on Sept....
