Giles Lambertson - Wed February 23, 2000
Mid South Drilling Has a Blast With Concord Mills Job Site
Jeff Seaford started the 1990s driving a low-boy truck for a contractor. He ended the decade as general manager of a rock removal firm owned and operated by himself, his father and his brother.
Now the new century is beginning as brightly as the old one ended: Mid South Drilling has a year’s work already lined up....
Cindy Riley - Wed January 26, 2000
Water Theme Park Paves the Way for Bargain Hunters
When VisionLand amusement park opened its doors almost two years ago, all eyes were on the giant wooden roller coaster and thrilling water rides. Now, CMC President Colin Coyne is hoping to make a splash with an adjacent 18,580-square- meter (200,000 sq....
Suzanne B. Bopp - Sat September 23, 2000
Las Vegas Wins Big With Interstate 15 Expansion
Las Vegas just keeps on growing, and that means its roadways have to keep growing too. The Nevada Department of Transportation recently awarded the $33.7-million contract to Morrison Knudsen to widen a portion of Interstate 15 to accommodate the ever-rising number of vehicles.
The contract is for a 1.5-mi....
Suzanne B. Bopp - Sat July 01, 2000
Nevada Cashes in With $300M Job
When there’s only road that travels through town, it’s inevitable that traffic will be a nightmare. It’s safe to bet that Carson City, NV, drivers don’t look forward to encountering some 40,000 cars that travel U.S....
Giles Lambertson - Wed August 09, 2000
Airport Site Requires Delicate Maneuvering by Teer Crews
The airport serving the Raleigh-Durham, NC, area is sprawled on acreage between two east-west highways that funnel traffic to it and past it. Interstate 40 on the south and NC Hwy. 70 on the north are clogged with vehicles at least twice a day
Hundreds of those that veer off the main flow of traffic enter airport authority property and go … where? Some, of course, drop off or pick up passengers of airlines that fly planes in and out of the airport....
Rita Howe Schweiss - Wed April 05, 2000
Wet Weather Bogs Down Smith Gap Landfill Crew
Branch Highways of Roanoke, VA, has begun work on a $1.42-million project expanding the Smith Gap Regional Landfill (Phase III/ IV, liner system and sediment basin No. 3) located in Roanoke County in southwestern Virginia....
Cindy Riley - Wed March 08, 2000
Utilities Hinder Efforts of DOT Crews in Jefferson County
Department of Transportation crews in Jefferson County, AL, are dealing with a major delay as they widen Alabama 75 from Center Point to Pinson, just outside Birmingham. Based on an increasing traffic flow, the project involves expanding the roadway from two to five lanes....
Sheila Irvine - Wed September 20, 2000
APAC Takes on Dirty Work for Manassas Wetlands Creation
To build a road and bridges, you have to move some dirt.
To complete the Manassas, VA Route 234 bypass, APAC-Virginia has to move a lot of dirt — about 2 million yds. (1.8 million m) — some of it part of wetlands....
Sheila Irvine - Wed July 12, 2000
Pernas Eliminates Blasting Problem With Help From Deere’s Iron Giant
In Dade County, FL, contractors cannot blast in order to form the man-made lakes needed for drainage in every new development, “unless it’s two miles away from residential areas, and that never happens,” according to Delfin Pernas, owner, with his brother Carlos Pernas, of Persant Construction Co....
Cindy Riley - Wed May 03, 2000
Birmingham Tees Off for 2001 Senior PGA Tour at Legacy
It promises to be a premier attraction for Birmingham, AL: a championship 18-hole, par-72 golf course designed by world renowned architect Rees Jones. The Legacy at Greystone (the site of next year’s Senior PGA tour) will be ready for play this summer after more than a year of construction....
