Encompass Health Corp. - Wed February 06, 2019
Work Starts on Iowa Hospital
Encompass Health Corp. announced Jan. 30 it will build its first inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Iowa. The 40-bed, freestanding hospital will be located near the southwest corner of Oakdale Boulevard and Coral Court in Coralville and is expected to begin serving patients in the second quarter of 2020....
Joe Barron – CEG Associate Editor - Wed December 26, 2018
'Farm-Born' Custom Made Products Celebrates 50 Years
Custom Made Products, a roller and scraper dealership and trucking company with 15 locations throughout Iowa, is celebrating its golden anniversary in 2018. Like many home-grown successes, the company started small....
Iowa DOT - Wed November 28, 2018
Iowa Project Finds Blue, White Lights Make Snowplows Safer
To make its snow plows more visible during blizzard conditions, the Iowa Department of Transportation embarked on legislatively approved pilot project three years ago to add rear facing blue and white lights to the already existing amber-colored lighting systems on about 200 of its snowplows in central Iowa....
CEG - Wed October 31, 2018
Star Equipment Celebrates 50 Years of Growth in Iowa
The Bowman family celebrated the 50th anniversary of Star Equipment Ltd. Sept. 29 with close to 500 friends, customers and vendors at the company headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. The weather was cold and wet during the celebration, but Star Equipment was able to minimize its effects with tents, heaters and the use of the service shop....
DICA - Fri October 05, 2018
DICA Nominated for Iowa Legends in Manufacturing Award
DICA was recently nominated as Exporter of the Year by Midwest Partnerships as part of the Legends in Manufacturing event presented by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry. Midwest Partnerships is an economic development corporation serving Adair, Audubon, Greene and Guthrie counties in West Central Iowa....
Kenworth - Wed September 19, 2018
Sioux City Kenworth Invests $5.5M in New Building
Responding to the needs of local businesses and truck fleets and operators, Sioux City Kenworth has moved its full-service dealership to a new building located on a major truck route in Sioux City. Sioux City Kenworth's new 44,000 sq.-ft....
Terex Cranes - Tue September 11, 2018
Terex RT 100US Out-Lifts 130-Ton Crane On Wind Turbine Project
Lattice boom crawler cranes typically steal the wind-turbine-installation show, and with good reason. Decked with their turbine packages, long booms and heavy counterweight, they are the most visible part of the operation, called on to lift turbine components weighing up to 300 tons (272 t)....
AASHTO Journal - Wed September 05, 2018
Iowa Commission OKs Five-Year Plan
On June 12, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved a five-year, $3.4 billion transportation improvement plan that includes $1.8 billion for “modernizing” the Hawkeye state's existing highway system as well as adding “enhanced highway safety features,” according to the Iowa DOT....
Iowa DOT - Wed August 22, 2018
Iowa Expands Its Move Over Law
Starting July 1, drivers in Iowa are required to change lanes if possible or slow down when they approach any vehicle with flashing lights. All 50 states have versions of this type of law commonly referred to as a “Move Over” law....
Emily Buenzle - Fri July 20, 2018
Vermeer Plants Hit by Tornado
Two Vermeer plants were severely damaged in a series of tornadoes that ripped through central Iowa during the afternoon of July 19. Around 400 people had gathered at the company's facility in Pella, Iowa, to celebrate the company's 70th anniversary when the tornado alarm went off, the Des Moines Register reported....
