News

Don't pour a wall, spray it

December 26, 2008

Wonder what that hose is spraying on the new Remount Road off-ramp on Interstate 26?

It's a wall. A 100-ton concrete wall.

The retaining wall for the eastbound off-ramp by the Bank of America building is being built with Shot-crete, a new generation concrete application that uses air pressure and a pump to spread a congealing mass of the liquid stone. Read full story here...

"Let them work safely": Charleston Post and Courier editorial

November 10, 2008

Some of those working with U.S. Group on the project say that local drivers have demonstrated some of the worst behavior they have ever experienced. Workers have been hit by objects thrown from cars and unnerved by vehicles that weave in and out of traffic, flying by only a few feet away. Some drivers will get away with it, but plenty will not. Read full story here...

Rude, speeding motorists put workers at risk

November 7, 2008

Leroy Durant never saw it coming.

He was setting up traffic cones, one by one, to close off a lane on Interstate 26, walking in the dark with only a fluorescent vest and the arrow truck's blinking lights to separate him and the traffic blasting past. The work is dangerous anyway. It was about to get ugly. Read full story here...

South Carolina's 901 Widening Project

November 25, 2008

U.S. Group, Inc., Columbia, SC, is eight months into a project to widen a 4-mile section of S.C. 901 in York County, SC. Part of York County's “Pennies for Progress” road-building program, this $13.8-million project will create a regional bypass around Rock Hill and connect central York County directly to Interstate 77. Read full story here...

Fairgrounds parking gets facelift

November 25, 2008

The State Fairgrounds parking lot — one of the main tailgating areas for USC football games — is undergoing a $4.5 million beautification project that will include paved roads, drainage, curbing and 250 adult trees. Read full story here...

Project to widen Interstate 26 to get under way in August

July 21, 2008

Get ready for a lot of orange barrels, concrete barriers and lane shifts on your interstate commute for the next three years. Widening Interstate 26 to eight lanes from the Mark Clark Expressway to Ashley Phosphate Road in North Charleston is about to start. Read full story here...

U.S. 21 is done!

May 20, 2008

The widening and improvements to a 3.3-mile stretch of U.S. 21 on St. Helena Island is complete, and the locals are very pleased with the road's new Lowcountry aesthetics and people-friendly features. Read full story here...

St. Helena road widening to end in June

April 22, 2008

After more than a year and a half of orange cones, traffic barriers and concrete dust on U.S. 21, the end of construction is in sight for residents and business owners on St. Helena Island. Read full story here...

Company employee researching trench safety for Master's degree

November 1, 2007

Earl Capps, the Communication Specialist for U.S. Group, will graduate with his Master’s degree in Communication from the College of Charleston in May 2008. He will complete his last classes in December and has started working on his thesis project, in which he is researching barriers to effective risk communication about trench excavation in the construction industry. Read full story here...

Bamberg celebrates opening of revamped downtown

October 28, 2007

Shortly after 10 a.m., with the parade units gathering down the street, city council members, downtown business owners and the emcee of the parade, James Burch, lined up in front of the ribbon, beaming as the mayor sliced through the ribbon symbolizing both the beginning of the parade and the beginning of a new era in Bamberg. Read full story here...

Sea Island Parkway on the road to completion

September 25, 2007

After widening the most clogged stretch of U.S. 21 on St. Helena Island to three lanes last month to relieve left-turn backups, workers are about to pour 2 miles of oyster shell concrete sidewalks bordering the rest of the soon-to-be widened highway. Read full story here...

SC Comptroller and Secretary of State help USG wrap up Newberry highway projects

August 31, 2007

When several dozen people descended on a roadside in Newberry to open a newly-widened State Highway 121 on Friday, there was just one problem that kept the dignitaries from taking part in opening the new lanes: the new lanes had opened several weeks ahead of schedule. Read full story here...

Crews Widen Main Street in Bamberg

August 29, 2007

In addition to a downtown that is safer to drive through and park in, U.S. Group left another mark on the small town. The company's project manager, Lane Anderson, a U.S. Navy Reserve diver and demolition expert, is working to restore and improve a neglected veterans’ memorial in the project area. “This should help the community better remember the sacrifices made by Bamberg’s native sons and daughters in uniform." Read full story here...

Company first in South Carolina to receive Incumbent Worker Training grant

March 4, 2007

U.S. Group, Inc. recently became the first construction company in South Carolina to receive an Incumbent Worker Grant for employee training. This grant was used to develop a program and provide selected USG employees a meaningful career learning experience. Read full story here...

36 hours of non-stop work in Bamberg

March 1, 2007

In March, U.S. Group crews carried out a 36-hour marathon effort, starting on a Friday morning and ending the evening of the next day, to shift traffic and realign an intersection on the U.S. 301 project in Bamberg. Read full story here...

Clarendon and Fairfield SCDOT project completions wrap up 2006

December 8, 2006

The end of 2006 saw the completion of two major highway construction contracts which will help open up rural communities for greater economic development. The completion of the widening of U.S. 521 in Clarendon County and the new Peach Road interchange in Fairfield County were heralded as milestones which included some of U.S. Group’s largest contracts to date. Read full story here...

U.S. 21 widening on St. Helena begins

October 5, 2006

U.S. Group, a road construction firm given accolades for a widening project on Lady's Island in 2003, has started work on the widening of U.S. 21 on St. Helena Island. Read full story here...

Nathan Kistler Scholarship recipients announced

September 1, 2006

KOTY BAGWELL is a Senior at the University of South Carolina, Columbia majoring in Civil Engineering. She has been an intern at USG for the last year and half, and is the President of the Student Chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers at USC. Read full story here...