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Dealers

Business Roundup: Superior expands General Equipment partnership; Deutz spreads Power Centers; Largest Cat dealer transaction; United Rentals buys Cummins power assets; Deere income soars

Superior expands partnership with General Equipment in Neb., Iowa General Equipment & Supplies, a Midwestern distributor of aggregate and construction equipment, has become an exclusive dealer for Superior Industries in Iowa and Nebraska. Superior has maintained a longtime partnership with General Equipment for selling and servicing its conveying equipment throughout the Upper Midwest. The expanded […]

September 12, 2017

Dealers

Superior expands partnership with General Equipment in Neb., Iowa

General Equipment & Supplies, a Midwestern distributor of aggregate and construction equipment, has become an exclusive dealer for Superior Industries in Iowa and Nebraska. Superior has maintained a longtime partnership with General Equipment for selling and servicing its conveying equipment throughout the Upper Midwest. The expanded partnership means the distributor will also exclusively represent Superior’s […]

August 31, 2017

Roadbuilding

More than half of all U.S. states have raised fuel taxes for highway funding

With transportation revenue lagging, 26 states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation to raise the gas tax in the past four years, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). The most recent additions in 2017 include California, Indiana, Montana, South Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In addition, Utah enacted […]

August 4, 2017

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Neb. Supreme Court rules county not liable for dump truck driver’s 2011 death

On July 7, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a Washington County District Court’s ruling that Washington County is protected by sovereign immunity and can’t be sued for the death of a quarry worker who drowned while working to raise a county road during the 2011 Missouri River flood, Pilot Tribune & Enterprise reports. James McGauley, […]

July 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nebraska’s Lancaster Co. struggles to maintain 53 rural bridges

The bridge engineer’s department in Lancaster County, Nebraska, maintains 53 rural bridges that are more than 50 years old. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the bridges are built with timber support beams and obsolete foundations, and that most were built too short for the streams they span. The county’s bridge engineer, Chad Packard, told the news agency that his office […]

August 29, 2016

Contractor of the Year

Inspired by father, Nebraska contractor built his company into an American Dream

The TCW in TCW Construction stands for “Tony’s Cement Works,” a tribute to the company started by Joe Delgado’s father, Lorenzo (Tony) Delgado. “We use his wheelbarrow logo to this day,” says Delgado, president of the Lincoln, Nebraska firm. In true American dream fashion, however, the son’s company has far eclipsed what his father started. […]

May 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nebraska DOR flagger killed after being struck by vehicle

A Nebraska Department of Roads worker was killed in a construction zone after being struck by a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was suspected of being under the influence of drugs. According to the Nebraska State Patrol, John Hansen was working as a flagger on Sunday in a work zone on Highway 94 in Thurston County when […]

March 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

Plows make way for Nebraska man to get a heart transplant

The Nebraska Department of Roads helped save a man’s life earlier this month. According to KSLA, Dan Griffin had been on the heart transplant list for a year after a heart attack 13 years ago. But when the call came that a donor heart was available, 15 inches of snow had been dumped in parts […]

February 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nebraska launches Innovation Task Force for Transportation

The Nebraska Department of Roads has launched a new task force to focus on how the public and private sectors can work together to tackle transportation issues in the state. The NDOR announced the creation of the Innovation Task Force for Transportation October 15, with Director Kyle Schneweis touting how he would work with the task force in […]

October 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

Nebraska legislature overrides governor’s veto of gas tax increase

Almost immediately after the Nebraska Legislature passed a bill to raise the state’s gas tax, it appeared the newly-approved road funding was at risk as Gov. Pete Ricketts shot down the bill with a veto. But just a week later, lawmakers struck back by overriding the governor’s veto without any votes to spare. The Journal Star […]

May 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

Nebraska expects big increase in highway projects next year

If you live Nebraska, prepare for an increase in highway construction next year. During 2014, a total of 107 highway improvement projects took place. That number is expected to increase by 40 percent during 2015, with at least 150 planned projects. The increase in highway projects for 2015 was announced by Governor Dave Heineman and […]

December 4, 2014

Business

Thief takes his sweet time plundering Nebraska contractor’s equipment yard on multiple occasions

Law enforcement in Omaha, Nebraska, are searching for a man who stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment and materials from a contractor’s equipment yard earlier this year. According to a report from KETV, the thief made four trips to the yard between February and March. What he apparently didn’t know—or maybe he just didn’t care—was […]

November 24, 2014