ARTBA - Mon September 30, 2019
Contractors from Florida, Louisiana and Nebraska Receive ARTBA 2019 National Safety Awards
Transportation construction companies from three states were recognized for their outstanding employee safety programs during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) National Convention in Savannah, Ga....
AEM - Wed September 18, 2019
NDOT Releases 2020 Construction Program
On Sept. 10, the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) released its 2020 Construction Program, which details transportation projects scheduled for funding over the next year and identifies those planned for construction in the following five years....
Continental - Wed August 07, 2019
Continental Hose Plant in Norfolk, Neb., Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Continental's Norfolk, Neb., hose plant is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. "We are proud to share in this 40th anniversary celebration of a very valuable and productive facility," said Jim Hill, ContiTech CEO of the North America Region....
Doosan - Wed June 26, 2019
Doosan Portable Power Names Bobcat of Omaha An Authorized Distributor
Doosan Portable Power has named Bobcat of Omaha as an authorized distributor. The company will supply Doosan Portable Power air compressors, generators, light towers and light compaction equipment throughout eastern Nebraska and western Iowa....
Nebraska Governor’s Office - Wed February 20, 2019
Nebraska Governor Speeds Up Beltway Construction
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, along with state Sens. Curt Friesen, Suzanne Geist and Mike Hilgers; Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler; and Nebraska Department of Transportation Director Kyle Schneweis, announced Feb....
Nebraska DOT - Wed January 09, 2019
Nebraska DOT Receives Federal Grant for U.S. 75
The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) has received a $20 million federal grant for the expansion of U.S. Highway 75 between Murray and Plattsmouth through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) program....
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers - Wed October 31, 2018
Multimillion-Dollar Equipment Auction Coming to Lincoln Nov. 9
After 47 years in the construction industry, Joe Engler and his business partner, Melvin Joyce, have decided to embrace retirement. The two friends are calling it quits and selling all the assets from the company they built together — Commercial Construction Inc....
Grant Schulte - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed October 10, 2018
Keystone XL Developer Plans to Start Construction in 2019
LINCOLN, NEB. (AP) The developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline plans to start construction next year, after a U.S. State Department review ordered by a federal judge concluded that major environmental damage from a leak is unlikely and could quickly be mitigated, a company spokesman said....
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)....
Associated Press - Mon September 10, 2018
Tribes: Trump Illegally Approved Oil Pipeline From Canada
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Native American tribes in Montana and South Dakota sued the Trump administration Sept. 10, claiming that approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline did not adequately analyze potential damage to cultural sites from spills and during construction....
