CEG - Thu July 29, 2021
West Coast Power Tech Startup to Build New HQ, Campus in Durham, N.C.
Smart Wires Inc. , a power technology startup from San Francisco, is moving its global headquarters across the country to Durham, N.C., where it will invest $21.5 million over five years to establish new corporate offices and a research and development facility....
CEG - Tue July 27, 2021
NC I-26 Interchange for Pratt & Whitney Site Could Cost Up to $35M
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is fast-tracking a new interchange on Interstate 26 south of Asheville as part of the economic development package surrounding the new $650 million Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine parts plant currently under construction....
Doosan Bobcat - Tue July 27, 2021
Doosan Bobcat Continues Expansion With Groundbreaking of $70M Manufacturing Campus in North Carolina
Doosan Bobcat North America, a global leader in the compact equipment industry, held a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the start of construction for a new $70 million, 600,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing, warehouse and distribution addition to the current office and manufacturing complex in Statesville, N.C....
CEG - Thu July 22, 2021
Hills Machinery Opens ReNew Centers at Three Branches
Hills Machinery, with eight branches across the two Carolinas, has established itself as a leading full-service construction equipment distributor. Hills Machinery's partnership with Case Construction has greatly contributed to that reputation....
CEG - Tue July 20, 2021
Red Bull, Rauch to Build $740M Beverage Plant in Concord, N.C.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced July 13 that the beverage companies Red Bull and Rauch will partner to build a manufacturing, canning and distribution hub in Cabarrus County that will create more than 400 jobs....
UMA - Tue July 13, 2021
UMA Preserves Vital Retaining Wall Structures for N.C. Bridge Demolition
UMA Geotechnical Construction, a North Carolina-based geotechnical contractor serving the Mid-Atlantic Region, this past May helped its customer avoid failure of retaining wall structures during the demolition of a bridge spanning Blanket Creek in the Winston-Salem area....
Bomag - Thu July 08, 2021
Backwoods Grading Uses Bomag to Get the Jobs Done
Josh Miller is the proprietor of Backwoods Grading, Landscape and Excavation, a family-owned business headquartered in Fairview, N.C., just outside of Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Miller uses the Bomag BMP 8500 articulated, dual-drum, radio-controlled multipurpose compactor, specially designed for earthworks, just about every day and "it works as advertised.""We've used Bomag products our whole time in business because we do a lot of compaction work....
Terramac - Thu June 10, 2021
North State Takes On U.S. Ecosystem Restoration With Linder, Terramac
In 1994, Darrell Westmoreland and his wife, Stephanie, founded North State Environmental as a stream and wetlands mitigation and restoration contractor. The Winston-Salem, N.C., based company has grown to 60-plus employees over the last 27 years and takes on a wide range of environmental projects throughout the United States....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu June 10, 2021
New Tools Help Ideal Landscaping 'Make the Grade'
One thing is certain about Ideal Landscaping's project at Hoover Road Park in Durham, N.C.: The Triangle company employs some of the best tools on the market to perform its grading project at the 50-acre soccer park....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 10, 2021
NCDOT Widens Strategic Highway
In an effort to improve traffic, construction crews in North Carolina are working on a stretch of I-40 from Raleigh to the I-40/NC 42 interchange in Clayton. The $360 million project was designed to help ease congestion and delays, make travel safer throughout the area and better accommodate motorists due to future growth....
