Published Nationally Northeast Edition
® May 11 2022 Vol. LXIV • No. 10
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C.N. Wood Acquires Three Komatsu Dealerships A leading heavy equipment dealer based in Massachusetts, C.N. Wood has purchased three full-service dealer locations from heavy equipment manufacturer Komatsu, expanding C.N. Wood’s reach and adding 60 employees. The acquisition, which is the largest in the company’s histo-
Harms Installs Drilled Shafts With Barge-Mounted BAUER…8
ry, will expand C.N. Wood’s footprint in the Northeast. The deal involves acquiring assets of dealer locations in Newington, Conn., Pine Bush, N.Y., and Holmes, N.Y., and will make C.N. Wood a regional powerhouse with customer Paula Benard focused ideals stretching from
“This is a major milestone that will allow us to develop into a larger scale organization that remains rooted in a strong family business.”
C.N. Wood President
see ACQUISITION page 32
Branch Civil Leads I-81 Project in Virginia Work to Relieve Congestion Around Roanoke Earns Early Completion Bonus
Messick Holds Open House at Spacious New Facility…28
L.I. Firm Adds Greenery for New Amazon Facility…36
Table of Contents ................4 Paving Section..............51-65 The $23 million project is planned to finish in the summer. Attachments Section ...69-84 By Chuck MacDonald Auction Section ......120-132 Business Calendar ..........128 Advertisers Index ............130
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Framed by the Appalachian Mountains to the North and Smith Mountain Lake to the South, Roanoke draws visitors to southwest Virginia, generating some $920 million each year in business revenue for the region.
For thousands more, Roanoke is simply another exit off I-81, which is one of the busiest interstates in the country. Unusual in that it is almost exclusively a rural expressway, I-81 carries heavy truck traffic and travelers north toward Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Pennsylvania and south to connect people with interchanges that will bring motorists to the
(Branch Civil photo)
Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) selected Branch Civil to help alleviate congestion around this picturesque small city by adding a lane in each direction of I-81 as part of a series of projects to add capacity to I-81. The see BRANCH page 102
