News

Relief coming for I-26 drivers

October 14, 2011

After dealing with orange cones and barriers, some drivers on Interstate 26 will get some much needed relief starting Sunday. Read full story here...

U.S. Group plays lead role in reforming state's "Call Before You Dig" laws

June 20, 2011

South Carolina's laws regarding "Call Before You Dig" hadn't been updated since 1978 and had numerous loopholes meaning that calling before working didn't always protect construction workers and homeowners. U.S. Group played a key role in crafting a reform bill which passed both House and Senate unanimously and was quickly signed into law by Governor Nikki Haley. Read full story here...

Road crews deal with extreme heat

June 20, 2011

While many people flocking towards the air-conditioning, shade or pool in the triple-digit weather, hundreds of Lowcountry workers didn't have that luxury. Road crews are taking extra precautions while they work beneath the hot sun. Read full story here...

Restoring Lowcountry wetlands

November 18, 2011

Deep in the woods and swamps of the Francis Marion National Forest, crews with U.S. Group, Inc. are hard at work helping to readjust the balance of nature and roads and offset the loss of wetlands caused by road construction in South Carolina. Read full story here...

North Charleston Mayor helps open Aviation Avenue

May 26, 2011

When crews re-opened Aviation Avenue to traffic, the Mayor of North Charleston decided to lend a hand. Read full story here...

Aviation Avenue overpass re-opens

May 26, 2011

The overpass at Aviation Avenue opened days sooner than initially thought. The ramps will be completed and opened when the new interstate lanes open in July. Read full story here...

I-26 project 75% complete

August 17, 2010

Roadwork on the most heavily traveled stretch of Interstate 26 in metro Charleston is three-quarters done and ahead of schedule.

Orange barrels, concrete barriers and lane shifts could be a memory by June and possibly earlier if the road-widening is finished before the deadline. Read full story here...

Innovative Drainage Key to New Parking Area for Gamecock Games

November 11, 2009

Tailgate parties at University of South Carolina (USC) Gamecocks football games should be more enjoyable this fall with the construction of a sparkling new parking area adjacent to the stadium.

The just-opened parking area, on the southwest side of Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, also serves visitors to the South Carolina State Fair, which will ran this year from Oct. 14 to 25.

Football fans and fair goers alike who have parked near the stadium in the past should notice the biggest difference on rainy Saturdays due to an unseen technology under their very feet. Read full story here...

Church forms popsicle brigade for hot construction workers

August 12, 2009

When temperatures heat up, a cool popsicle hits the spot. And Monday, on one of the hottest days of the year, construction workers along S.C. 901 were provided cold treats from Mount Holly United Methodist Church. Read full story here...

Drivers urged to slow down, help protect workers from serious injury

July 25, 2009

Construction workers are being injured, and authorities are turning to the public, once again, and asking them to think about what they are doing when they travel through the work area. Read full story here...

New plan has project ahead of schedule

February 27, 2009

The S.C. Transportation Department and U.S. Group, the construction company running the project, are working out details to speed up the project by doing the Aviation and Remount bridge work at the same time. That could complete the entire project a few months ahead of schedule, maybe by the end of 2010 or earlier. The work had been scheduled to end in April 2011. Read full story here...

Fixing 26: Dangerous for Workers

January 7, 2009

Hazardous working conditions in the work zone on U.S. Group's I-26 widening project in North Charleston are generating concerns for the safety of both workers and motorists. Read full story here...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...