David S. Chartock - Wed September 20, 2006
State Agencies Determined to Save Bolsa Chica Lowland Ecosystem
Rainfall was the biggest challenge facing the project team of the soon-to-be completed $147-million Bolsa Chica Lowland Restoration Project in Huntington Beach, CA. According to Jack M. Fancher, coastal program chief and Bolsa Chica program manager of the U.S....
Thu August 31, 2006
Compaction Key During Cadence Construction
Once the Deere move out, the horses will move in. New Creation Land Developers, equipped with John Deere machinery, is currently grading a 510-acre site in Blue Ridge, GA, as the future home of Cadence, an equestrian community....
Jeff Cronin - Wed July 05, 2006
’Value Engineering’ Reduces Final Cost of Southern I-75 Project
With a little extra thought, a Georgia contractor saved the state’s taxpayers $10 million. Before The Scruggs Company of Valdosta began working on the 9-mi. stretch of Interstate 75 from Adel south to the Lowndes County line, it proposed a plan that would implement “value engineering.”The plan, which was approved by the Georgia Department of Transportation, changed the phasing of the project to move all four lanes of traffic onto the southbound side of the highway and work on the northbound side first....
Jennifer Rupp - Tue June 13, 2006
I-80 Job on Track, Despite Undercutting
The 7-mi. (11.3 km) refurbishment of I-80 between Yarnell and Bellefonte in Pennsylvania is running on schedule, despite extensive undercutting because of clay and other fine materials. The project began on Feb....
Fran Foran - Wed May 31, 2006
EastCoast Reduces Fuel Consumption While Juggling 14 Jobs
EastCoast General Contractors Inc., a large general contractor based in Massachusetts, is a juggler. Just as a juggler is able to manipulate several objects and keep them in motion, so too can EastCoast Contractors keep several projects in motion at the same time....
Maybelle G. Cagle - Fri April 28, 2006
No Traffic to Dodge at I-69 Site in Mississippi
The only traffic the crew working on the first section of I-69 in north Mississippi has to worry about is its own machinery. APAC-Tennessee is in the midst of constructing a new $53.8-million stretch of highway in the 17 mi....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon April 10, 2006
Design-Build Team Tackles U.S. 1/64 in N. Carolina
The design-build team of The Lane Construction Corporation, SEPI Engineering Group and The LPA Group of North Carolina is well on its way to earning a bonus for the early completion of improvements to U.S....
Wed December 14, 2005
AZ Contractor Completes Emergency Repairs on I-40
This past spring, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) issued a challenge to local highway contractors. The challenge, in the form of a project, was that a 12-mi. (9.3 km) stretch of I-40, between Sanders, AZ, and the New Mexico state line, was in dire need of repair and ADOT wanted the highway's conditions improved before winter temperatures would render pouring asphalt impossible....
Brenda Ruggiero - Fri June 10, 2005
GPS Makes the Grade for McAninch Corporation in NC
A road relocation project in North Carolina includes several unique features, including custom-built equipment and a heavy reliance on Trimble GPS technology. The $40.4-million project involves the relocation of existing Route 16 in Lincoln and Catawba counties to a new divided four-lane roadway....
Tue January 11, 2005
J & J Contractors Collars Challenges on Lynn Police Job
The city of Lynn’s finest soon will be getting a new home to the tune of $12.5 million. The new police station in Lynn, MA, located approximately 15 mi. north of Boston, was in the design and approval process for six years when work finally began in August 2003....
