SmithCo - Tue October 29, 2024
SmithCo Adds River-Roads as New Dealer in Illinois, Missouri
SmithCo Mfg. Inc. has reached an agreement with River-Roads Sales & Leasing to sell SmithCo's line of side dump trailers in western Illinois and eastern Missouri. River-Roads is headquartered in Granite City, Ill....
Foley Equipment - Thu October 24, 2024
Foley Equipment Adding New Facility Dedicated to Machine Rebuilds
Foley Equipment, the Caterpillar dealer of Kansas and northwestern Missouri for more than 80 years, announced Oct. 24 that it will be expanding by adding a new facility in Kansas City dedicated to machine rebuilds....
Terramac - Thu October 24, 2024
Terramac Hosts AEM's Manufacturing Express
Terramac was honored to be selected as one of 80 facilities on the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) 2024 Manufacturing Express Bus Tour as it traveled across the country. This visit showcases Terramac as an influential leader in the industry....
CEG - Wed October 23, 2024
Fabick Cat Holds Fall Customer Appreciation, Demo Day in Springfield, Mo.
Fabick Cat welcomed 175 guests to its Fall Customer Appreciation and Demo Day at its Springfield, Mo., branch, located at 2222 E Kearney St., on Oct. 4, 2024. With the newest equipment from Caterpillar on display, customers were given the opportunity to test drive the new 265 and 255 compact track loaders, excavators, wheel loaders as well as a variety of other Cat machines....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed October 09, 2024
KCI, MoDOT Work to Improve I-55 Near St. Louis
Interstate 55 is the backbone of interstate travel in the Midwest. It roughly parallels the Mississippi River and connects New Orleans, Memphis and St. Louis before heading across the Illinois farmlands terminating in Chicago....
Missouri Department of Transportation - Tue September 24, 2024
New Eastbound Rocheport Bridge Construction On Schedule
The last steel girder was placed Sept. 11, marking a major milestone in the construction of the new eastbound Lance Corporal Leon Deraps I-70 Missouri River (Rocheport) Bridge. With the final girder in place, crews will now be able to place cross frames and wind bracing on this final span, and then prepare for pouring the new bridge deck....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed August 14, 2024
St. Louis Intelligence Facility Nears Completion
Large construction projects rely on teamwork for success. One such successful undertaking is bringing new life to a large intelligence agency located in St. Louis. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is spread out in several locations around the city, some of them more than 100 years old....
CLAAS - Mon August 12, 2024
CLAAS Addresses Gap in Dealer Network
In letters to customers, Ziegler Inc. recently announced its intent to exit the ag equipment business in the state of Wisconsin, close select stores in central Missouri, and end a long-standing CLAAS combine distribution agreement in all its remaining ag retail locations....
Office of Gov. Mike Parson - Wed July 17, 2024
Missouri Officials Break Ground On Historic Improve I-70 Project in Columbia
Gov. Mike Parson kicked off the first project within Missouri's Improve I-70 Program with an official groundbreaking ceremony in Columbia June 13. Parson joined federal, state and local elected officials along with members of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and its design-build contractor team to break ground on Project #1: Columbia to Kingdom City....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 02, 2024
Missouri's Buck O'Neil Bridge Nears Completion
As the $220 million Buck O'Neil Bridge replacement effort nears its completion date, construction crews are committed to finishing the design-build project on time and under budget. "As we start moving into the final year, we are focused on the final push to get all the work done," said James Pflum, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) project manager....
