Tag: Chattanooga

Dealers

Doosan Bobcat North America, Montabert transition U.S. sales, distribution

Doosan Bobcat and Montabert have ended their partnership as Montabert hopes to draw closer to its United States customer base. Learn more on Equipment World.

April 9, 2019

Roadbuilding

Concrete railing of Chattanooga I-75 bridge collapses onto road below

Both lanes of Chattanooga's I-75 were temporarily closed on April 1, 2019, after a concrete railing fell from a bridge onto the roadway below. Details here.

April 4, 2019

Roadbuilding

TDOT’s Chattanooga traffic center now operating 24/7

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is staffing the Region 2 Traffic Management Center in Chattanooga 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to try to improve traffic management in a 24-county area. As of October 1, technicians and dispatchers have been monitoring traffic operations and communications in the center as part of the TDOT’s […]

October 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

Tennessee DOT launches new Work Zone safety campaign

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has announced the launch of a new safety campaign asking motorists to “Work with Us – move over and slow down” for highway workers. TDOT spread the message throughout Tennessee during National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 3-7, after three employees died in 2016. “Last year was absolutely tragic for our TDOT family; […]

April 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

FHWA announces winners of the 2015 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards

The Federal Highway Administration recently honored eight transportation projects from across the country with the 2015 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards. The award, created by the FHWA and the Federal Transit Administration, is handed out every other year to show recognition to the “outstanding transportation planning practices.” The winners are chosen by a panel of experts based, in […]

July 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Obama to propose tax cuts to generate transportation funds

President Barack Obama will propose today a bipartisan effort to cut the U.S. corporate tax rate and use a portion of the generated revenue to fund infrastructure projects, according to a report from Reuters. Obama will propose the plan, which administration officials are referring to as a “grand bargain,” during a speech at an Amazon.com […]

July 30, 2013

Business

Astec discusses market position in India

Four United States-based companies of Astec Industries have hosted two senior executives of Tractors India (TIL) to work toward strengthening Astec’s market position in India. Visitors included Sumit Mazumder, vice chairman and managing director, and Somnath Bhattacharjee, president of material handling solutions equipment and project solutions business at TIL. The guests visited the Telsmith factory […]

July 31, 2012

Roadbuilding

GNSS receivers withstand harsh winter conditions in Cumberland Trail survey project

In Winter 2010, Leica’s Viva GNSS receivers and integrated surveying system played key roles in a boundary survey that added a lengthy section to Tennessee’s nearly-finished Cumberland Trail. Working in extremely harsh winter conditions —during the 11 weeks of the survey, average daytime temperatures were below freezing, and surveyors endured more than 60 inches of […]

July 1, 2010