Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Mon September 16, 2019
Looking Back: J. F. White Contracting Company
J. F. White Contracting Company of Framingham, Mass., was founded in 1924 by Joseph F. White Sr. specializing in foundation excavation and hauling. When White's sons, Tom, Joe Jr. and John returned from WWII they joined the firm and it grew into one of the largest highway heavy civil construction companies in Boston, Mass....
ALDOT - Thu September 05, 2019
ALDOT Hopes to Find New Home for Historic Bridges
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is planning to replace four bridges, three of which have been determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. For various reasons, preservation in place of these structures is not feasible....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 15, 2019
Historic Birmingham Department Store Reimagined as Living Space
A long-abandoned department store is undergoing a dramatic transformation in Birmingham, Ala. Once complete, the faded structure found at the intersection of Second Avenue North and 18th Street will house almost four dozen condominiums and be christened New Ideal Lofts....
Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Thu August 15, 2019
Looking Back: Nello Teer Grades Difficult Highway in Pennsylvania
Work on the $3.6 million Constitutional Boulevard project in Aliquippa, Pa. began in January 1955. The slide prone area was the infamous scene of a historic tragedy on Dec. 22, 1942, at 5:12 P.M. when an estimated 1,200 ton avalanche of rock slide down the hillside and crushed a bus killing 22 passengers....
Sheila Capetta – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu August 15, 2019
Rockbusters Hosts 2019 Antique Show
President Ted Valpey's operational 1928 Wilford Universal power shovel. Northeast Rockbusters, the New England chapter of the Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA), hosted its annual Antique Construction Equipment Show in Concord, N.H., Aug....
By Cindy Riley - Fri July 19, 2019
Preserving Arlington Memorial Bridge
As one of the largest transportation projects in National Park Service history, the rehabilitation of Arlington Memorial Bridge will dramatically improve the ceremonial entrance to the nation's capitol....
AASHTO Journal - Wed July 17, 2019
Highway History: The Army's 1919 Cross-Country Convoy
One hundred years ago this month, a U.S. Army convoy consisting of 81 vehicles, 24 officers, and 258 enlisted men set out on a 3,251-mi. transcontinental journey, primarily as a way to test the ability of the military to move great distances over roads under wartime conditions....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Mon July 08, 2019
State Line Machine Treats Customers, Friends to History
State Line Machine held an open house June 23, 2019, on the property of the company's founder, Fulton S. Owensby Sr., in Middletown, Del. The company, based in Wilmington, Del., started in 1962 when Fulton J....
Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Mon July 08, 2019
Looking Back: Slattery Helps Build Connecticut Turnpike
Slattery Contracting Corp. of Maspeth, N.Y., was awarded Connecticut Turnpike Contract No. 302- 02 in Greenwich, Conn. for $7,269,353. The project began at the N.Y. state line and extended east for 3.8 mi....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon June 24, 2019
Former Walter Reed Campus Undergoes Historic Renovation
At the end of November in Washington, D.C., Children's National Health System began work on a historical renovation construction project that will result in a pediatric research and innovation campus with a focus on pediatric medicine....
