Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 17, 2020
VIDEO: Atlantic Coast Dismantling Razes Former Raytheon Plant in Massachusetts
To make room for the construction of a 14-acre Home Depot e-commerce distribution facility on the site a former Raytheon ordnance site split among the Massachusetts municipalities of Tewksbury, Lowell and Billerica, Atlantic Coast Dismantling LLC (ACD) successfully demolished a similar sized rectangular-shaped building on a 20-acre site between late June and Oct....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 14, 2020
Knife River Executes Bridge Slides on I-84
The twin east-west bridges – 112 ft. long, two lanes each – at the Blacks Creek Interchange on I-84 in Ada County, Ida. (20 mi. east of Boise and built in 1963) reached the end of their lifespan and have been replaced – hence the Idaho Transportation Department's (ITD) $12.1 million project awarded to Knife River Corporation that had prefabricated two new bridges off-site that were eventually slid into place....
Associated Press - Wed December 02, 2020
Largest Dam Demolition in U.S. History Gets Revival
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) An agreement announced recently paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project that promises to reopen hundreds of miles of waterway along the Oregon-California border to salmon that are critical to tribes but have dwindled to almost nothing in recent years....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 01, 2020
Demolition of Old Salt Lake City Airport Underway
With the new Salt Lake City airport open now for more than two months, demolition on the old facilities is well underway. The demolition, expected to cost approximately $35 million, began with the former parking garage, which will see 100,000 tons of concrete removed....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 17, 2020
Simmerly Slough Bridge Receives Urgent Upgrade
MCM Construction Inc. is replacing the Simmerly Slough Bridge on State Route 70, north of the city of Marysville at a cost of nearly $84 million, as the bridge no longer meets current design and seismic safety standards....
CEG - Tue November 03, 2020
Iconic Layton Landmark Comes Down
Local construction crews, in conjunction with the Utah Department of Transportation, took part in an historic demolition as part of the U.S. 89 reconstruction project. To make room for upgrades near the intersection of Oak Hills Drive and U.S....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 28, 2020
MoDOT's $278M I-270 Project Increases Mobility in St. Louis County
In an effort to improve outdated highway design, deteriorating infrastructure and traffic congestion, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is overseeing the I-270 North Design Build Project....
Associated Press - Wed October 21, 2020
Demolition of Molson Coors Coming Soon in Colorado
DENVER (AP) As part of its corporate farewell to Denver, Molson Coors Beverage Co. vowed last fall to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the company's brewing plant in Golden, Colo., the second-largest beer-making facility in the world....
LaBounty - Tue October 20, 2020
LaBounty Adds Shear Jaw to UPX 1800 Processor
Stanley Infrastructure, a partner for industrial tools and attachments, announced that LaBounty added a shear jaw to its UPX 1800. This adds to the concrete cracker jaw already available with the 32,000-lb....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 14, 2020
Minnesota's Dale Street Bridge Honors Residents
A unique blending of engineering, art and enthusiastic neighborhood input were key components in the replacement design of one of the original, urban bridges built over I-94 when President Eisenhower's massive interstate highway system began construction in the late 1950's....
