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Ranger North’s $105 Million SR-414 Job Is Group’s Largest (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Ranger North has begun a $105.6 million contract in Orange County, FL, to construct a 2.7-mile elevated section of SR-414 (John Land Apopka Expressway). This is the largest contract awarded to date to any of the Vecellio Group companies. The project, for…

Ranger South Earns Recognition For Paving Quality (1st / 2nd Quarter 2007) Ranger South’s commitment to quality recently received accolades from the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), which has bestowed a 2006 Quality in Construction Award for Excellence in Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavement. The award was presented for a $5.3 million FDOT project on I-95 in Broward…

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…

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.…

Giving Back To The Community Helps Us All (4th Quarter 2006) Leo A. Vecellio, Jr.  Vecellio Group, Inc. President, Chairman and CEO Community involvement is an important part of our commitment to doing business the right way. Through local business sponsorships of community events to non-profit endowments furthering higher education, we’re proud to sow seeds of…

Family Foundation Provides $110,000 In College Scholarships (4th Quarter 2006) Danielle C. Bradley Casey S. Pratt Jason D. Richardson The Vecellio Family Foundation provided $110,000 in college scholarships to 11 graduating high school seniors in 2006. The scholarships are worth $10,000 each — $2,500 per year for four years, in care of the selected college or…