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Dealers

Business Roundup: Chicago Pneumatic excavator attachments re-branded to Epiroc; Global Rental Alliance focuses on workforce development; Minnich signs N.Y.’s JC Smith; Construction spending up 0.1%; Construction loses 15k jobs

With strong 2018 outlook, Global Rental Alliance focuses on workforce development, technology Strategies to promote more women and minorities in the rental industry, as well as efforts to engage young professionals, provoked a lively discussion when the Global Rental Alliance (GRA) met recently at The Rental Show in New Orleans. Technology trends and workforce development […]

April 9, 2018

Roadbuilding

Ill. Tollway seeks firms for 10 contracts worth about $39 million

The Illinois Tollway is looking for firms to provide planning, design and construction management services for 10 new contracts totaling $39 million. The contracts  are part of the tollway’s Move Illinois Program, and they’re included in the Professional Services Bulletin 18-2 Contracts advertised as of March 27: One planning study contract for the 95th Street Interchange […]

April 3, 2018

Roadbuilding

Schillerstrom, chairman of Ill. Tollway board, honored for contributions to state asphalt industry

Bob Schillerstrom, chairman of the Illinois Tollway board of directors, is being honored by the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association (IAPA) in recognition of his contributions to the advancement of the statewide asphalt industry. The IAPA Person of the Year Award is presented annually to an individual outside the association’s membership who has demonstrated a commitment […]

March 15, 2018

Roadbuilding

Ill. Tollway approves $54.3 million in construction contracts for Feb.

The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors on February 23 approved eight construction contracts and three professional engineering service contracts totaling $54.3 million. The awards are among nearly $174.2 million in construction contracts approved in 2018. The awards come during the seventh year of the tollway’s 15-year, $14 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway […]

February 27, 2018

Roadbuilding

In Ill., long-term project begins on westbound I-88 (Reagan Memorial Tollway)

The Illinois Tollway is beginning work on the reconstruction and widening of the westbound side of the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) between I-290 and York Road in Oak Brook. More than 130,000 vehicles use this stretch of I-88 daily. Electronic message signs and construction signage will alert drivers in advance of work that will affect  traffic. […]

February 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway’s massive I-90 project wins a top construction industry award

The Illinois Tollway has won Construction Industry Service Corporation’s 2017 Project of the Year Award for the $2.5 billion Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) Rebuilding and Widening Project. The four-year project involved more than 540 firms, including 415 construction companies and 125 professional engineering services firms. More than 200 of those firms were identified as […]

February 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway approved nearly $936.5 million in contracts in 2017

The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved five construction contracts and three professional engineering service contracts totaling nearly $20.2 million at its December 21 meeting. And in all, the board approved nearly $936.5 million in contracts for 2017 for the tollway, an administrative agency of the State of Illinois. Of those 86 contracts, 78 were […]

December 22, 2017

Dealers

Business roundup: Freightliner honors “elite” salespeople; New Canadian JCB dealer; Cox named Terex Cranes NA sales director; ASV adds National First Equipment of Ohio

Freightliner Trucks honors “elite” salespeople Freightliner Trucks has named “Elite status” to its top 44 sales professionals and seven sales managers. They’ll be honored at a special awards ceremony early next year. The 44 have been recognized with “Elite” status as part of Freightliner’s annual Leland James Elite Sales Achievement program. Created in 2003 in […]

December 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Needing more construction workers, Illinois Tollway seeks vendor for new training, hiring program

The Illinois Tollway is creating a workforce development initiative to train and place disadvantaged workers in roadway and transportation-related construction jobs. The program will prepare both unemployed and underemployed workers for careers in the construction industry with tollway contractors. Now, the tollway is asking for proposals (RFPs) for a vendor that will establish and manage […]

December 15, 2017

Roadbuilding

New Smart Road opens on I-90, providing real-time info for Chicago area drivers

Drivers on a 16-mile stretch of Interstate 90 in the Chicago area will now be able to receive real-time traffic and safety information, with the completion of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway Smart Road. The Illinois Tollway and Pace bus transit system activated the new smart road September 5 between Barrington Road and the Kennedy […]

September 6, 2017

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway’s Lao receives national engineering award

The Gintong Pamana Awards Foundation has presented Illinois Tollway Deputy Chief of Program Implementation Clarita Lao with its 2017 Panday Pira Award for Outstanding Achievements in Engineering. The award recognizes “Filipino Americans nationwide whose accomplishments inspire, motivate and sustain others in the Filipino community.” The group recognized Lao for her engineering career accomplishments spanning more […]

August 30, 2017

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway awards eight contracts valued at $41.3 million

The Illinois Tollway board of directors has approved two construction contracts and six professional engineering service contracts valued at $41.3 million. The approvals were made during the group’s August meeting. “The contracts approved by the Tollway today not only invest our funds to ensure well-maintained, reliable roadways for our customers, but they also are serving […]

August 25, 2017