Philanthropy

Bomag - Thu May 07, 2020

Bomag Americas Supports Construction Angels Charity

Bomag Americas raised nearly $7,000 during ConExpo-Con/AGG 2020 in Las Vegas, to support Construction Angels, a 501(C)3 non-profit organization. Construction Angels was founded by Kristi Gibbs with the mission of providing immediate financial assistance and grief counseling for the children and spouse of a construction worker fatally wounded on the job site....

Outreach Program - Wed April 29, 2020

Kansas-Based Hutton Packages Meals

Hutton, a design and construction firm headquartered in Wichita, Kan., announced it began engaging employees and their families in its McPherson office to package The Outreach Program meals in response to the COVID-19 crisis....

Volvo Construction Equipment - Mon April 27, 2020

Volvo CE Produces, Donates Personal Protective Equipment to Local Healthcare Workers

Through internal crowdsourcing of the best designs, materials and assembly techniques, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) employees are producing personal protective equipment (PPE) for local front line healthcare workers....

Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 23, 2020

Messick's Steps Up to Help During Crisis in a Different Way

An awareness of the effect the coronavirus pandemic was having on the food supply in the local community and beyond recently led the folks at Messick's to step in and see if they could help in a different way....

Mack Trucks - Mon April 20, 2020

Mack Trucks Donates to Local Lehigh Valley Community to Help During COVID-19

To assist those in the community and those on the front lines, Mack Trucks recently donated to local Lehigh Valley organizations aiding food insecurity and a shortage of medical supplies spurred by the coronavirus....

Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed April 15, 2020

Construction Industry Responds

Many construction equipment manufacturers, construction companies and other construction-related firms are stepping up in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. These are just some of the many acts of mercy being performed in the industry....

John Deere - Thu April 09, 2020

John Deere Begins Production of Protective Face Shields for Health-Care Workers

John Deere, in collaboration with the UAW, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, announced it is producing protective face shields at John Deere Seeding Group in Moline, Illinois....

Terex Utilities - Thu April 09, 2020

Terex Utilities Joins Community Effort to Supply Face Shields to Health Care Workers

Terex Utilities recently acted on a request by Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) to 3D print parts for face shields. The Electronic Systems Technology and Robotics departments at the technical college are leading the effort....

Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 09, 2020

Pa. Contractors Donate N95 Masks, Negative Air Machines to Local Hospital

In a demonstration of community support, Rycon Construction Inc. donated N95 face masks and negative air machines to St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, Pa., to help keep patients and staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 09, 2020

Construction Industry Steps Up to Help During Crisis

As the world struggles to make sense of the devastating effects of the coronavirus, countless individuals in the construction industry are doing what they can to ease the burdens associated with COVID-19....