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Roadbuilding
Georgia DOT to spend $1 billion on Atlanta interchange updates in most expensive project in state history
The busy interchange at Atlanta’s Interstate 285 and Georgia State Route 400 will receive $1 billion worth of lane and fly-over updates, according to a report from WSB-TV. According to a report on the news channels web site, Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Project Director Marlow Clowers says the project will be the most expensive in GDOT’s history. To […]
February 10, 2015
Workforce
Excavator tumbles 60 feet from Georgia overpass, operator survives
A machine rollover is one of the scariest things an operator in the construction industry can face. In northwest Georgia recently, an excavator operator has lived to tell about one of the more extreme examples you can think of. While working on the construction of a new overpass on Highway 136, off exit 320 of […]
October 27, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed after being hit by dump truck on Georgia interstate
A construction worker was killed over the weekend in Rockdale, Georgia after being hit by a dump truck. Tristram Harvey, 51, was killed inside of a road work zone on Interstate 20 after being backed over by the truck, according to a report from the Rockdale News. The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, the Georgia […]
September 30, 2014
Safety
Construction worker dies after fall down flight of stairs in Georgia
An accident earlier this week in Roswell, Georgia shows how construction workers must remain vigilant about safety even when they’re not operating or around heavy machinery and tools. The Roswell Police Departmet tells MyFoxAtlanta.com that a construction worker at a jobsite for a condo under construction was killed Tuesday when he fell down a flight […]
September 26, 2014
Workforce
Construction worker shot multiple times after altercation with coworker in Georgia
Another jobsite altercation between coworkers erupted into a shooting, this time in Valdosta, Georgia. According to a report from WFXI TV, the workers were part of a crew doing a home renovation. It’s unclear what caused the altercation between the two men, but around noon Valdosta Police Responded to the shooting. Xavier Jones was shot […]
September 12, 2014
Construction Equipment
Texas construction firms are buying the majority of construction equipment for earthmoving right now and it’s not even close
At 645 buyers, Texas stomped No. 2 Florida (317 buyers) in the number of financed construction equipment buyers engaged in earthmoving through August. The numbers are the result of an analysis of Equipment Data Associates data segmenting out companies* likely to be engaged in earthmoving and which bought new equipment in the past eight months. […]
September 8, 2014
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