Scott Green - Wed April 10, 2002
Old Dominion State Sets Its Sights on Highway Facelifts
The Virginia State Department of Transportation (VDOT) has plans for making highway improvements throughout the state.
Several projects on the VDOT’s docket are:
• Springfield Interchange Improvement Project Phase 5, Capital Beltway
Widening I-495, Capital Beltway, between I-95/395 and Heming Avenue Bridge, from 8 to up to 18 lanes and rebuilding three bridges (Heming Avenue; Backlick Road; bridge over Northern-Southern RR tracks), as well as realigning the ramp from I-395S to I-495W....
Sharon Cohen - Wed February 27, 2002
Truss Bridge in Simsbury, CT, Gets Much-Needed Facelift
Simsbury, CT, rests along the shores of the Farmington River. Established in the 1600s, it exemplifies a quaint New England town. Its 35 sq. mi., with approximately 22,000 inhabitants, includes antique homes, bed and breakfast lodging, the white steepled church and farmland....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed February 13, 2002
Crews Turn the Page on $10M Library Expansion in MD
A $10-million expansion of the C. Burr Artz Central Library in downtown Frederick, MD, will soon provide some much-needed additional space.
According to Darrell Batson, library director, actual building costs total $8 million....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed January 16, 2002
Cat 320 Lifts Marine Limestone Out Of Chesapeake Bay
A donated track excavator has played an important role in the development of Maryland’s first ecological sanctuary this past summer.
Located on 1.2 acres (.48 ha) of private land in the Nanticoke River in Wicomico County, the $80,000 experimental project uses marine limestone as an alternative substrate for restoring oyster reefs....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed September 26, 2001
Contractors Rush In to Aid Recovery at Pentagon
Ever since American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, crews have been working around the clock to aid in the clean-up efforts. Although the work was hampered by the occasional fire and stopped at one point for a bomb threat, it has progressed well....
Tue July 24, 2001
JLG Telescoping Booms Rev Up Work for General Motors Plant
“Mud and more mud” was how Jeremy Hughes, site safety manager for SCI/SteelCon described job-site conditions at the General Motors Truck Light Duty Assembly Plant in Shreveport, LA, where contractors are doing the steel erection for a new stamping plant, material storage area and body shop....
Wed May 09, 2001
NY Power Authority ’Charges Up’ With Bronto Aerials
New York Power Authority is (NYPA) St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project, a hydroelectric generating facility on the St. Lawrence River, can produce more than 900,000 kilowatts of electricity, more than enough to light a city the size of Washington, D.C....
Wed August 16, 2000
$45M Pennsylvania Mall Project Blooms With JLG Lifts
Scissor lifts manufactured by JLG Industries Inc. have dominated much of the work performed by aerial work platforms at the $45-million Red Rose Commons site in Lancaster, PA, as a new shopping mall takes shape....
Wed June 21, 2000
New York’s Palisades Parkway Gets Specialized Facelift
Manny Amorim, owner, and Spiro Mitrou, resident engineer of A-Tech Concrete in Edison, NJ, wanted to reduce the cost of a 109-kilometer (68 mi.) rehab project that A-Tech won in the state of New York.
According to Amorim, the parkway is the biggest curb job in the history of New York State....
Wed April 26, 2000
Trico Lift Provides Eagles’ Eye View
NFL Films of Mount Laurel, NJ, is gearing up for a new season and a new facility. Its new facility, located approximately five minutes from the old one, will be larger and equipped with all the finest equipment....
