G.W. Hall - Wed February 07, 2001
Integra Scores Home Run in Cobb County
Youngsters in eastern Cobb County will have a new place to play this spring, when the new East Cobb Sports Complex opens on Lee Waters Road in Marietta, GA. “The new complex will be beautiful,” said Jeff Powers, project manager for Integra Construction Inc....
Wed January 31, 2001
Pennsylvania Contractor Completes Jobs to a ’Tee’
When it comes to finding a niche, it appears McAllister Construction Co. Inc. has hit a hole-in-one.
The Yardley, PA-based company recently completed its fourth golf course construction project, Green Briar at West Lake, in Jackson, NJ....
Jill Hirsekorn - Wed December 13, 2000
Forestry Commission Stocks Up on Firefighting Dozers
The low-humidity South Carolina winters create peak conditions for forest fires, making the risk for blazes greater now than any other time of year. But the state is prepared with the recent purchase of 17 new Dressta TD-8H dozers that have been customized to aid in firefighting....
Megan Nichols - Sat January 06, 2001
Route 63 Opens Wide for Missouri Drivers
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is widening Route 63 to four lanes for a 14.4-mi. (23 km) stretch that links Moberly and Columbia, Missouri. Area motorists, including thousands of students who returned to Columbia for another school year at the University of Missouri eagerly anticipate this improvement....
Sat May 06, 2000
Texas Contractor, Komatsu Dozer Rip Through Layers of Tough Austin Chalk
Try moving 670,320 cubic meters (882,000 cu. yds.) of Austin Chalk, and you’ll find it’s not an easy job. C. Watts and Sons Construction Co. Inc., Denton, TX, is in the midst of moving this massive amount of chalk for the North Texas Municipal Water District Landfill, McKinney, TX....
Joe Bird - Wed October 25, 2000
$120M Span Transports West Virginia’s Corridor D Over River, Through Woods
There is so much highway construction under way in West Virginia right now that it’s hard to tell one project from another. Huge cuts through mountains are typical of the construction required through the rugged terrain of the state....
Megan Nichols - Sat November 25, 2000
Route 36 Project’s Conditions Keep Missouri Contractors on Their Toes
North central Missouri boasts some of the country’s finest farmland. However, pockets of the region have more challenging geographical features, including glacial till and wetlands. The design and construction of Route 36 illustrate how the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and contractors are addressing the area’s unique topography....
Giles Lambertson - Mon February 07, 2000
Sleepy Stretch of Highway 87 Gets Barnhill’s Wake-Up Call
Looking at a map of North Carolina, the 13-mile (21 km) stretch of NC 87 angling southeast from Interstate 95 would not seem to warrant four-laning.
At its southern end, the roadway reaches nothing more than the outskirts of the small town of Tar Heel....
Carmen Shirkey - Wed November 15, 2000
Shamrock Welcomes Job Site Challenges
Cross over the Georgia state line into South Carolina, and the first thing that greets you is the Welcome Center in Hardeeville, SC. Situated just over the border on Interstate 95, the Welcome Center is a place where you can stop, get a soda, rest, and attend to Nature’s call....
Angela B. Hurni - Wed January 10, 2001
Scott Bridge Calls Specialist for Consultation on U.S. 31 Project
The Alabama Department of Transportation has awarded a $9.7-million contract to Scott Bridge Company Inc. for work on U.S. 31 in Montgomery, Elmore and Autauga counties. Work on the contract, which involves roadwork and relief bridge replacement over the Alabama River, began in May 1999....
