Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 27, 2021
Alabama A&M Transforms Huntsville With New Event Center
In Huntsville, Ala., crews are working on a $60 million, 132,000-sq.-ft. event center at Alabama A&M University (AAMU). The building will include an arena with a 6,000-person capacity that will host basketball and volleyball games, as well as various university gatherings....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 25, 2021
Dual Bridge Repair in Dayton
Nothing lasts forever. When the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) conducted routine inspections of the bridge decks and surface of Interstate 75 over Edwin C. Moses Boulevard and Carillon Boulevard near the Great Miami River in Dayton, Ohio, they concluded that the bridge decks built in 1963 had reached the end of their useful design life....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed May 19, 2021
Maine Begins Work On Interchange
The reconstruction of the Exit 45 Interchange on the Maine Turnpike I-95 in South Portland began on March 19 after the initial pre-load of the site was completed at the end of December 2020. CPM Contractors, Freeport, Maine, is the lead contractor on the $28 million reconstruction and Sargent Corporation, Old Town, Maine, was the contractor on the pre-load project, which had a budget of $14,792,753....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 19, 2021
HIghway 1 Emergency Reconstruction
Highway 1, California's scenic highway that runs along the Pacific Coast, experienced a serious washout at Rat Creek in Monterey County on Jan. 28 when a post-fire debris flow from the Dolan Fire burn scar removed a 150-ft....
InSite Software - Wed May 19, 2021
Digital Take-Off Solutions Save Time When Developing Machine Control Plans
Moving tons of dirt over a large area down to millimeter accuracy is a daunting task. Machine control is an excellent way of improving grading productivity and accuracy. Earthwork movers can achieve accurate grades the first time, thereby reducing rework and re-grading....
K-Tec and Soil Connect - Thu May 13, 2021
K-Tec, Soil Connect Partner to Promote Efficient Earthmoving
Soil Connect and K-Tec Earthmovers are working together to promote responsible and efficient earthmoving and material transportation practices across the United States. In order to bring awareness to the common pitfalls and inefficiencies faced by today's dirt movers, the companies have agreed to work together to educate the earthmoving industry through multiple cross-promotional channels about new technologies and best practices....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 13, 2021
Crews Make Headway On $63M I-16/I-75 Improvement Project
Since ground was broken in April 2017 on the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) I-16/I-75 Improvement Project in Macon, crews from E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. and C.W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 15, 2021
Tennessee Aims to Ease Traffic Woes Along I-40
Construction crews in Tennessee are working on 5 mi. of Interstate 40, starting at the North Highland exit and continuing east to the Highway 70 exit. The roughly $88 million effort, which began in November 2020, will widen the interstate from four to six lanes, and also replace five bridges, including three overhead/overpass structures and two interstate bridges over railroads....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 14, 2021
BLEX Conducts Major Earth Work Operations in Missouri
JE Dunn Construction Company broke ground last June for the $295,974,160 design-build replacement of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Kansas City district) Fort Leonard Wood Hospital, an initiative expected to be delivered in fall 2024....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 14, 2021
Work Resumes On Michigan's Firesteel River Bridge
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is overseeing a $12.8 million project on M-26 over the east and west branches of the Firesteel River. The work is taking place in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula....
