Tag: Winston-Salem

Dealers

ACT Construction Equipment adds Doosan equipment to two branches

Doosan's dealer network is expanding with the addition of the Cloverdale, Virginia, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina braches of Act Construction Equipment.

May 30, 2019

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina DOT awards $99.2 million contract for I-40 reconstruction in Winston-Salem

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded a $99.2 million contract for reconstruction of a 1.2-mile stretch of Interstate 40 Business/U.S. 421 in Winston-Salem, dubbed the Business 40 Improvement Project. The agency awarded the contract to a team made up of Flatiron Constructors Incorporated/Blythe Development Company Joint Venture and HDR Engineering Incorporated. NCDOT […]

September 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

State Street Aid starts distributing $147.7 million to 507 municipalities in North Carolina

More than 500 municipalities in North Carolina have begun to receive their distributions from the North Carolina State Street Aid, a program also known as the Powell Bill fund, for street, bikeway, greenway or sidewalk projects. State Street Aid is sending out $147.7 million to 507 municipalities, with half the money sent October 1 and the […]

October 7, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in boom lift accident in Winston-Salem

A worker in Winston-Salem was killed last week in an accident involving a boom lift. According to a report from the Winston-Salem Journal, 65-year-old Dennis Michael Laney was found unresponsive atop elevated train tracks running through his jobsite. Police tell the paper the cherry picker was sitting nearby. Laney and co-workers with Bonitz Contracting were performing […]

July 13, 2015

Business

Recession-proof decisions lead North Carolina contractor to the top

Gene Lowder, owner of Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Charles D. Lowder, Inc., has a remarkable track record of good decision-making. The firm, which celebrates its 60th birthday in 2013, has been largely successful ever since Gene’s father founded it, but under Gene’s thoughtful and inspired stewardship has made great strides since he took over sole ownership […]

March 4, 2013