Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 15, 2020
Widening the Gap — How KNA Is Improving a Major Colorado Highway
The Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT) $350 million I-25 South Gap project, awarded to Kraemer North America (KNA), is improving 18 mi. of highway south of Castle Rock (Douglas County, about 40 mi....
ADOT - Wed June 17, 2020
Work Begins on SR 189 Improvement Project in Nogales
Gov. Doug Ducey and state, local and federal officials recently broke ground on a $134 million project to improve mobility and safety on a 3.75-mi. Nogales highway. The project, once completed, will help increase international trade coming through Nogales by linking the Mariposa Port of Entry and Interstate 19....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 19, 2020
Ames Moves 1.5 Million Tons of Fill in Tooele County
A project under discussion for 60-odd years will give Tooele County residents three miles of new highway and a much needed connection to I-80. Phase one of the $74.4 million Midvalley Highway (S.R. 179) began last fall, but the project has been on the table since the 1960s....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 08, 2020
Bridge Crews Endure Brutal Winter, High Water
In just a matter of one year when cranes began to loom over the original 35W bridge crossing over the Minnesota River, regular commuters are now seeing real progress on its replacement. Connecting the cities of Bloomington and Burnsville just south of Minneapolis, traffic crews recently switched all six lanes from the old bridge to the new, northbound bridge....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 07, 2019
Army Corps' First-Ever P3 Project Presses On
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' $2,841,062,000 (current estimate) Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project is pressing forward, and one of the ongoing elements is the $46,040,475 Diversion Inlet Structure (DIS) initiative in the city of Horace, N.D....
CEG - Thu January 31, 2019
Richard 'Dick' Ames, Co-Founder of Ames Construction, Dies at 89
Richard "Dick" Ames, who founded a small Minnesota earthmoving company with his brothers in 1962 and built it into a multistate contracting giant, died at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 30, 2019. He was 89....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 22, 2018
Minneapolis Aims for Congestion-Free Travel
The Minnesota Department of Transportation's (MnDOT) $239 million, multi-year 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown project reached its first year of construction in July as crews from a joint-venture, consisting of Ames Construction, Lunda Contracting Co....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 14, 2018
On the Right Track: $55M SR 347 Expansion Over UPRR
A $55 million project in Maricopa, Ariz., is under way, following an extensive traffic and accessibility study. SR 347 is the city's main transportation corridor through the community, serving as a regional connector to major employment and recreation areas....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 31, 2018
UDOT's $430M I-15 Project Adds New Lanes in Tech Corridor
Work on $430 million project to widen I-15 in Utah County, Utah, began last April. The project is taking place in one of the fastest growing areas in Utah, known as Silicon Slopes for the high number of technology-based businesses there....
Wed May 09, 2018
Pershing Gold Begins Construction
Pershing Gold Corporation, an emerging Nevada gold producer, announces the start of preliminary construction activities at Relief Canyon. On Feb. 13, 2018, Ames Construction began initial land clearing in preparation for potential construction at Relief Canyon, including future heap leach pads, haul roads and waste rock storage facilities....
