GDOT - Mon November 05, 2018
GDOT Breakfast Promotes Opportunities for Veterans
The Georgia Department of Transportation will host a breakfast in Gainesville Nov. 7 to honor veterans and highlight opportunities it provides to veteran-owned small businesses. GDOT has opportunities across the state for service providers to participate in a variety of transportation-related routine maintenance projects....
Jennifer McKevitt - CEG Correspondent - Fri November 09, 2018
Building for Peace — Saluting Navy Seabees
This Veteran's Day, Construction Equipment Guide is focusing on the Navy Seabees, the members of which are a unique combination of skilled construction worker and able fighter, formed in response to the Wake Island disaster of Dec....
Office of Sen. Susan Collins - Thu September 27, 2018
Military Construction Bill Includes $162M for PNSY Projects
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced that the Senate passed the fiscal year 2019 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill, which included more than $162 million for three projects at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) that she championed....
Associated Press - Wed July 25, 2018
Law Speeds Up Vet Home Construction
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a law on July 17 to speed up reconstruction of the troubled state-run veterans' home in Quincy. The Republican governor approved the legislation to consolidate the design and building processes under state law to save time in overhauling the western Illinois campus where 13 people have died since 2015 because of Legionnaires' disease, although groundbreaking is a year away....
Associated Press - Tue July 17, 2018
U.S. OKs Funding for New Vets Homes in Flagstaff, Yuma
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) A published report said the federal government has authorized funding to build new state nursing homes for military veterans in northern and southwestern Arizona. The Arizona Daily Sun reports that federal funding for construction of new veterans nursing homes in Flagstaff and Yuma was announced April 13....
DC Housing Finance Agency - Fri June 08, 2018
D.C. Agency Closes Another Deal for Affordable Housing for Veterans
The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) closed on its third affordable housing transaction during the month of April with the issuance of $9.5 million in acquisition and rehabilitation financing for HELP Walter Reed Apartments (1324 Main Drive NW) in Ward 4....
Mon May 14, 2018
Nearly $700M Available for State Veterans Home Funding
Recently the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will use $685 million in funding from Congress to fund several State Veterans Home construction projects through the VA State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 09, 2018
New Resting Place for Colorado Veterans
Pikes Peak National Cemetery is a new 374-acre Veterans national cemetery in the southeast portion of Colorado Springs. The cemetery will serve the burial needs of more than 95,000 Veterans and their spouses in the cemetery's service area for the next 100 years....
Thu November 30, 2017
Wacker Neuson Auction Benefits Local Veteran's Charity
Wacker Neuson and its dealer, AGF Machinery, LLC, of Dothan, Ala. raised over $111,000 for the local veteran's charity, the Fisher House Wisconsin. During its annual Dealer Summit held in Milwaukee in October, Wacker Neuson auctioned off a special stars and stripes wrapped compact track loader....
Wed November 22, 2017
Rhode Island Opens $121M Home for Veterans in Bristol
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Rhode Island has unveiled a new home for veterans on Veterans Day. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo hosted the state's Veterans Day ceremony and a traditional ribbon cutting on Nov....
