Southeast

Thu January 11, 2018

Savannah Moves Ahead With Plans for New 9,000-Seat Arena

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) The Savannah City Council has approved a $2.8 million contract for a firm to manage construction of a new arena. The planned 9,000-seat arena is expected to take about 38 months to design and construct, The Savannah Morning News reported....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 11, 2018

Adamo Demos Georgia Dome in Downtown ATL

Brought in from Detroit, Mich., by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA) to demolish its 71,000-seat Georgia Dome, the Adamo Demolition Company perfectly executed the implosion of the stadium — in 12 seconds — that was built in 1992 as the home stadium for the Atlanta Falcons football team....

Emery P. Dalesio - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue January 02, 2018

Chinese Tiremaker Chooses N.C. Site for Major Plant

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A Chinese tiremaker is moving more aggressively into the United States market, announcing plans Dec. 19 for a North Carolina factory that is to eventually employ 800 and produce six million tires a year....

Janet McConnaughey – Associated Press - Tue January 02, 2018

Suit Asks for Governor's Office, Sheriff's Pipeline Records

NEW ORLEANS (AP) A human rights law firm has sued the Louisiana governor's office and a sheriff's office to get records involving a crude oil pipeline proposed to cross the Atchafalaya (uh-CHAF-uh-LY-uh) Basin....

Tue January 02, 2018

Martin & Martin Auctioneers Welcomes Bidders to Pelzer

On Dec. 13, Martin & Martin Auctioneers Inc. held an absolute auction at its permanent auction facility in Pelzer, S.C. It featured construction equipment, trucks, trailers, related items from local contractors and others....

Tue January 02, 2018

Shea Receives Agribusinessman of the Year Award

On Dec. 13, Chris Shea, owner of Low Country Machinery, was named Effingham County Georgia's Agribusinessman of the Year. He was nominated by a committee in the Young Farmers Association of Georgia....

Tue January 02, 2018

Agriculture Proves Key to Construction Equipment Sales

As farming operations get larger and more diverse, so does the equipment and machinery they use. And more and more, that includes equipment that was once only seen on construction sites. Rob Lynch, the owner of Rob's Hydraulics, based near the coast in Grimesland, N.C., knows that very well....

Tue January 02, 2018

Joey Martin Auctioneers Hosts Winter Fleet Reduction Sale

On Dec. 14, Joey Martin Auctioneers hosted a Winter Fleet Reduction Auction at its Tuscaloosa, Ala., sale site. Auction items included new and used construction equipment, as well as lease return agriculture tractors and like new demolition and recycling equipment from one of the southeast's premier demolition companies....

Danica Coto - Associated Press - Tue January 02, 2018

Two Top U.S. Officials Pledge More Help for Puerto Rico Recovery Efforts

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Two U.S. Cabinet secretaries visited Puerto Rico on Dec. 19 and promised to speed up recovery efforts and increase federal assistance for an island struggling nearly three months after Hurricane Maria....

Tue January 02, 2018

Louisiana DOTD Breaks Ground on Hwy 42 Widening

​Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson joined Gov. John Bel Edwards and other state and local officials Nov. 30 to officially launch a project to widen state highway 42 in Ascension Parish southeast of Baton Rouge....