Tue January 09, 2018
Agreement Allows Historic Railroad Bridge Demolition
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) Agreement on a historic preservation plan will allow the demolition of a former railroad bridge next to the Ohio Turnpike. The state Department of Transportation said removal of the old Chessie railroad bridge in northwestern Ohio will likely begin during the second half of the year....
Tue January 09, 2018
Historic Bungalow Sparks Local Preservation Debate
BEXLEY, Ohio (AP) The proposed demolition of a 103-year-old bungalow in suburban Columbus has set off a dispute between the property's new owners and area preservationists. The Columbus Landmarks Foundation has argued that the Bexley home and its architecture are significant to the inner-ring suburb's history and heritage, The Columbus Dispatch reported....
Giles Lambertson - Wed January 03, 2018
Oak Island Treasure Hunters Turn to Caterpillar for Digging Needs
Oak Island is a dream for buried-treasure hunters, tantalizing them with links to 14th-century explorers, 17th-century gold coins and mysterious coded messages. For nearly 200 years, the island has drawn treasure-seekers....
Emily Buenzle - Tue January 02, 2018
Construction Crews Unearth Ancient Discovery
Crews at a Chinese construction site on Christmas Day uncovered 30 dinosaur eggs. Construction was halted at the site of a new middle school in the city of Ganzhou after the workers found the 130 million-year-old eggs while clearing rock with explosions, BGR reported....
Tue December 26, 2017
Indiana to Demolish WWII Bunkers
A southern Indiana redevelopment group is moving ahead with the first phase of the planned demolition of nearly 180 World War II concrete bunkers that were once used to store explosive powder at an Army ammunition plant....
Edgar A. Browning - Mon December 11, 2017
Looking Back: Football, Race and Building Bridges
Archie Alphonso Alexander was born in 1888 in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was an African-American mathematician and engineer who studied at the State University of Iowa and in 1912 was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the university....
The Associated Press - Mon December 11, 2017
Subway Paleontology: LA Construction Unearths Fossil Trove
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by. When her phone buzzes, she quickly dons a neon vest, hard hat and goggles before climbing deep down into a massive construction site beneath a boulevard east of downtown....
Emily Buenzle - Mon December 04, 2017
University Completes Replica of 11th Century Viking Home
Construction has wrapped up on a replica of an 11th century Viking house on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's campus. The project has been under construction for the past month, and now that it is complete, it has put UW-Green Bay on the map as one of the only campuses worldwide to boast such a structure, ABC 2 reported....
Joe Trinacria - Wed November 22, 2017
Careful Construction of Pilgrim Monument Commemorates First Landing
Built of solid granite and casting a rather large shadow at 252 ft. tall, Cape Cod's Pilgrim Monument stands as the largest single structure crafted from the igneous rock in this country. Located in Provincetown, Mass....
The Associated Press - Mon November 20, 2017
Construction Crew Finds Enormous Swastika on Site
BERLIN (AP) — Construction workers in Germany have unearthed a giant concrete swastika on a sports field in the northern city of Hamburg. The German news agency dpa reported Tuesday workers were digging in the ground with an excavator to build changing rooms when they suddenly hit the 13-by-13 ft....
