Author: Carl T

Hurricanes Hammer Florida Operations, Create Miles Of Emergency Road Work (3rd Quarter 2004)    Miles of Indian River Drive in St. Lucie County were included in emergency repair work awarded to Ranger Construction after Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. A 12-foot alligator was found dead in a clogged drainage pipe on the project.   Charley, Frances,…

Ranger Asphalt Plants Earn NAPA Awards (3rd Quarter 2004) Four hot-mix asphalt plants owned and operated by Ranger Construction and Ranger Construction — South have been honored once again by the National Asphalt Pavement Association for operating in an exemplary manner. For the second consecutive year, Ranger’s Winter Garden, Ft. Pierce and West Palm Beach…

Vecellio Group Climbs ENR’s “Top 400” Contractor Rankings (July 2004) The Vecellio Group, Inc. has moved up 15 spots to #153 on Engineering News-Record’s annual ranking of the Top 400 contractors in the United States. In its specialty, transportation construction, the Vecellio Group ranks in the Top 30. The Group’s operations include heavy/highway and bridge…

Proper Maintenance An Important Factor In The Vecellio Group’s Success Formula (1st/2nd Quarter 2004) Welder Jose Suarez thickens the metal surface of an impact crusher at White Rock Quarries. White Rock Quarries employee Barbero H. Palomino carefuly inspects a screen used to sort crushed limestone by size. Godofredo Hernandez, a member of White Rock’s belt…

Ranger Growing Along With Project Sizes (1st/2nd Quarter 2004) Construction on Ranger’s SR-429 (Western Expressway) project in Orange County. A Ranger paving crew lays friction course on a roadway in Orlando. A Ranger foreman and operator inspect the teeth on a trimmer/reclaimer on Ranger’s I-4 widening job in Orange County. Already one of the Florida’s…

Vecellio Family Foundation Awards $100,000 In College Scholarships (4th Quarter 2003) The Vecellio Family Foundation (VFF) awarded 10 college scholarships, worth $100,000, in 2003, the 31st year of the program. The scholarships provide each recipient with $10,000 — $2,500 per year for four years — in care of each student’s college or university. VFF is…

Shucet Is Featured Speaker At Vecellio Lecture (3rd Quarter 2003) Virginia Tech recently presented its third annual Vecellio Distinguished Lecture, featuring Virginia Department of Transportation Commissioner Philip Shucet as the 2003 speaker. Coincidentally, Mr. Shucet is a native of Beckley, WV, where Vecellio & Grogan was founded in 1938, and an acquaintance of the Vecellio…

V&G performed site development work for the expansion of West Virginia’s Caperton Center, commonly known as “Tamarack.” Tamarack is located off I-77 in Beckley, WV, and is operated by the West Virginia Parkways Economic Development and Tourism Authority.

Vecellio Group Moves Up Among Top 200 Contractors (1st/2nd Quarter 2003) Engineering News-Record released its rankings of the Top 400 Contractors, based on 2002 revenues. The Vecellio Group retains its position in the top half of the group, moving up several notches to 168th largest contractor in the nation. Within the category of Transportation Contractors,…

One Flag For Florida: Ranger Construction Expands Its Market Presence (4th Quarter 2002) Effective early 2003, the Vecellio Group’s Florida construction operations are being handled under the Ranger Construction name. This includes operations in Daytona, DeBary, Winter Garden/Orlando, Bartow, Grant, Ft. Pierce, West Palm Beach, Pompano, Miami and Key West. Not affected is White Rock…