Author: Carl T

Sharpe Bros. Reaches Safety Milestone (3rd Quarter 2007) Working safely is of vital importance when your business involves heavy equipment, underground work, asphalt paving and more. The challenge becomes even greater when your business is growing and adding new employees and projects to the mix. Sharpe Bros. recently celebrated a full year with no lost time…

Ranger South EXPANDS in the Miami Market (3rd Quarter 2007) Ranger South has crowned a summer of achievement with the recent acquisition of APAC Southeast’s Miami office. While Ranger has worked in the market for some time, the expansion will complement Ranger South’s Miami operations with a physical presence. The acquisition has also boosted the division’s…

Improving Roads And The Roadbuilding Experience (3rd Quarter 2007) Leo A. Vecellio, Jr.  Vecellio Group, Inc. President, Chairman and CEO Although road construction contracts are bound by specifications and schedules, a contractor can still propose adjustments that will improve the experience for the local community. It is, after all, the residents and businesses near a road…

Vecellio Companies Go The Extra Mile For Residents, Businesses Near Work Zones (3rd Quarter 2007)   Above: Milled debris is cleaned up and brought to a waiting truck by Loader Operator Donnie Hilderman on a Ranger Central project. Diamond-shaped road construction signs and bright orange cones announce to the world that road improvements are just around…

  Massive Tank Farms Store & Distribute Petroleum Products Diesel tank construction at South Florida Materials Corp. Below are the existing asphalt tanks, shown when work first started on the diesel tanks.   South Florida Materials’ truck-loading rack. Return to top  

Vecellio Group Receives Four Communications Awards To Start The Year (1st & 2nd Quarter 2007) The Vecellio Group’s VanGuard newsmagazine received a 2006 Inspire Award for Excellence in Communications from the League of American Communications Professionals. VanGuard also received two 2007 Hermes Creative Awards for Writing and Photography from the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals.…

White Rock Reaches Top Of The Heap, Quarry Ranked Largest Producer In U.S. (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) White Rock Quarries, the Vecellio Group’s mining operation, has cemented its reputation as a high-volume, low-cost producer of limestone aggregates. Its main quarry, situated along US-27 / Okeechobee Rd. in Miami-Dade County, FL, has been recognized as the…

Piedmont Parkway Completion Tops Sharpe Bros. Projects (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Sharpe Bros. has successfully completed several substantial projects in the cities of High Point and Greensboro, NC, with a number of other sizable projects still in the works. In High Point, the division crowned a $5.2 million Piedmont Parkway project with a six-month-early completion.…

Vecellio & Grogan Makes Excellent Progress On Complex Projects (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Work is on target for a $30.9 million Corridor H bridge in Moorefield, WV, Vecellio & Grogan’s largest single-bridge contract to date. The 2,200-ft.-long bridge will take traffic over agricultural land and the Potomac River, rising to a 90-ft.-height. The project involves…

Associated Builders & Contractors Award (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Ranger Central Safety Director Rick Boardman and Project Manager Greg Reilly show off an Associated Builders & Contractors award the division received for site development work for Wal-Mart’s Regional Distribution Center in Ft. Pierce, FL, as featured in previous issues. Return to top