RICHARD AMRHINE - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon November 20, 2017
Log Cabin Workshop Offers Experience in Colonial History
ORANGE, Va. (AP) — One gentleman came all the way from California. Another from North Carolina. A few others call various places in Virginia home. But all eight of them came to Orange County — James Madison's Montpelier to be exact — to build a log cabin pretty much the way they were built in Madison's day....
Emily Buenzle - Thu November 09, 2017
Looking Back: What Ancient Structures Tell Us About Earthquake-Safe Construction
A 1,410-year-old building is a key resource for modern-day earthquake-safe building methods. Built in 607 A.D., Japan's 122-ft.-tall Horyu-ji temple is one of the oldest wooden structures in the world, and has survived almost 50 earthquakes at magnitudes of 7.0 and greater, the New York Daily News reported....
Megan Wild - Thu November 09, 2017
Unusual Site Discoveries: What Should Your Team Do?
You know construction work can sometimes be messy and unpredictable, but you do it anyway and you enjoy it. During your time on-site, you and your team will have most likely seen some things very few people are otherwise exposed to....
Angela DeWelles - ADOT Communications - Tue November 07, 2017
From ADOT's Newsletter Archives: Mapping in the '70s
In the late 1970s, maps were primarily printed on paper and definitely didn't have the ability to point you toward any nearby restaurants or tell you what traffic conditions to expect on the drive home....
Emily Buenzle - Thu November 02, 2017
Renovation of Ancient Dam to Unlock Secrets of the Past
Renovations on a 2,200-year-old dam could reveal a lot about climate change thousands of years ago, scientists have said. The Orükaya Dam, located in Turkey, was likely built under Roman rule around 65 B.C., after the fall of the Persian Mithridatic dynasty's Pontiac Empire, the Daily Sabah reported....
Fri October 27, 2017
Hogan Announces Completion of Takoma Park Bridge
A month ahead of schedule, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) recently completed the $12 million rehabilitation of the historic arch bridge that carries MD 195 (Carroll Avenue) over the Sligo Creek Parkway....
Arno Rosenfeld - Tue October 24, 2017
State Capitol Renovation Proceeds With More Historic Discoveries
The Wyoming capitol's $300 million restoration project is on pace to be completed by 2019, and state workers could start moving into a completed portion of the complex by this spring, according to Suzanne Norton, project manager with the state's Construction Management Division....
Katlyn Smith - arlington Heights daily herald - Wed October 18, 2017
Wolfe House & Building Transports 120-Year-Old Historic Mansion
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) Moving a 120-year-old historic mansion in one piece can be a precarious job. But as the wheels slowly turned under the House of Seven Gables in Wheaton on August 28, the lace curtains hanging inside the windows barely nudged....
Emily Buenzle - Mon October 16, 2017
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Theater in Jerusalem
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have found a lost Roman theater, as well as eight additional stone layers of the Western Wall. A recent announcement by the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed that excavations over the last two years near Wilson's Arch, which sits at the Western Wall Plaza's northern end, have inadvertently revealed a long-lost theater, Haaretz reported....
Wed October 11, 2017
Historic San Juan River Bridge to Be Decommissioned
SHIPROCK, NM (AP) An historic bridge that spans the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico is slated to be decommissioned now that it has been deemed structurally deficient. The New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration held a meeting on Sept....
