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NC Bridge Job Puts V&G “On The Map” (3rd Quarter 2007) A recently completed I-440/US-64 interchange, built by Vecellio & Grogan in Raleigh, NC, as part of its US-64 realignment project, is featured among the photos in North Carolina’s 2007 state map.     Return to top

Vecellio Group Honored With Five More Communications Awards In 2007 (3rd Quarter 2007) Adding to four communications awards won earlier this year, the Vecellio Group has been named winner of three 2007 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence for its VanGuard magazines, Vecenergy marketing brochures and www.VecellioGroup.com website. The Group also received two 2007 Magnum Opus Awards…

  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 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…

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…

FDOT Projects Top The List For Ranger Central (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Ranger Construction’s Central Division recently completed resurfacing a section of SR-80 (Southern Blvd., below, looking west) including lane work on I-95 (top, looking south) in south Florida. Return to top  

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

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…

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.…

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…