Wed September 27, 2017
Liebherr Mobile Crane Lifts Military History Exhibit
Rieger & Moser GmbH & Co. KG from Ulm marked the end of a Sikorsky CH-53's life of service with a special deployment, Sept. 26. A Liebherr LTM 1350-6.1 mobile crane lifted the restored helicopter onto pre-prepared concrete supports....
Emily Buenzle - Mon September 25, 2017
New Discoveries Reveal How Ancient Workers Moved Stones to Build the Great Pyramid
Forty-five hundred years after it was built, archaeologists have discovered proof showing how ancient Egyptians moved stone to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. To build Pharaoh Khufu's 481-ft.-tall pyramid around 2,600 B.C., Egyptians had to transport 2.5-ton blocks of limestone and granite up to 500 miles to the site....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue September 19, 2017
Cincinnati's Historic Music Hall Sees $135M Renovation
The Music Hall in Cincinnati — owned by the city, built in 1878 and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1975 — is nearing the end of a $135 millionplus renovation. The Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) awarded the contract to Messer Construction Co....
Mon September 18, 2017
Meet 'Nora': DEP Begins $1B Aqueduct Repair Project
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was joined by federal, state and local representatives, honored guests and dozens of construction workers to mark the start of tunneling for the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel — the largest repair project in the 175-year history of New York City's drinking water supply....
Emily Buenzle - Wed September 13, 2017
Workers Uncover Mastodon Bones at Construction Site
Workers found 10,000-year-old mastodon bones at a while excavating a road at a housing development site in Byron Center, Mich., Aug. 31. Developer Eagle Creek Homes now has five large bone pieces, along with some smaller fragments, WZZM 13 reported....
Tue September 12, 2017
Area Evacuated After Construction Crew Finds Hand Grenades
Construction workers unearthed a box of hand grenades while digging a trench in Ballwin, Mo., Sept. 5. After the discovery, the St. Louis County Bomb Squad was called to check three grenades that a worker found approximately 2 ft....
Associated Press - Fri September 08, 2017
Developers Look for Buyer for Arkansas Power Plant
A historic industrial property in downtown Paragould is on the market after years of deterioration and neglect. The city's original power plant, which Paragould Light, Water and Cable reacquired in July, was slated for demolition until local residents and Main Street Paragould stepped in and asked to find a buyer interested in renovating the space....
Emily Buenzle - Wed September 06, 2017
New Exhibit Tells Tales of West Virginia's Infrastructure History
An exhibit celebrating the history of West Virginia's infrastructure now open for viewing. The "Transportation in West Virginia" exhibit, which opened Sept. 5 at the Culture Center in Charleston, W....
Emily Buenzle - Thu August 31, 2017
Construction Workers Find Fossils on Colorado Job Site
Construction workers uncovered triceratops bones and a skull on the site of the new Fire and Police Substation in Thorton, CO Aug. 25. According to Joe Sertich, curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, construction crews typically don't dig deep enough to hit the area's original rock layers....
Wed August 30, 2017
I-10 Freeway Marks 70 Year Anniversary
It's not every day that a highway is the reason for a major celebration, but for a section of Interstate 10 (I-10), between Ontario and San Bernardino, a celebration on Aug. 18 marked this freeway's remarkable 70-year journey — and signaled its vital link to the past, present and future....
