Bustler.net & Maine Monitor - Tue January 17, 2023
Portland, Maine's $100M Art Museum Expansion to Utilize Mass Timber
A Portland, Ore., design firm has been chosen to create the expansion of the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) all the way across the country in Maine's largest city. LEVER Architecture recently was named the winner in the much-heralded international competition to design the $100 million project that will add approximately 60,000 sq....
Piscataquis Observer & WABI-TV - Tue January 10, 2023
Federal Funding Package to Help Upgrade Small Towns Like Greenville, Maine
The omnibus funding package recently passed by Congress includes more than $308 million for nearly 200 projects across Maine, including a few in the town of Greenville in the state's Highlands Region....
Designboom & UMaine - Mon January 09, 2023
UMaine Builds World's First 3D-Printed Home Built With Bio-Based Products
The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) is behind the building of BioHome3D, the world's first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials such as wood flour, or fine sawdust, mixed with a binder made from corn....
The Lewiston Sun Journal and Mainebiz. - Tue January 03, 2023
Maine Okays $104M Expansion of Ski Resort On Sugarloaf's West Mountain
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has approved a plan for Sugarloaf, one of New England's top ski resorts, to expand to its adjacent West Mountain property in Franklin County's Carrabassett Valley....
Bangor Daily News - Mon December 19, 2022
Bedrock Blasted to Build New 45-Room Inn in Downtown Bar Harbor, Maine
New construction began in November to build an inn in a prominent part of downtown Bar Harbor, Maine, where run-down buildings once stood, the Bangor Daily News reported Dec. 18. Crews began working on the 45-room inn, which under the town's ordinances falls under the heading of a bed and breakfast, just as Bar Harbor's annual tourist season wound down....
Bridgton News - Tue December 13, 2022
Rural Bridgton, Maine's Cornshop Bridge Slated for Replacement in 2025
The Cornshop Bridge, on Depot Street in the picturesque New England town of Bridgton, Maine, is showing its age. Built in 1947, the short bridge spans Stevens Brook, and has been targeted by the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) for replacement in 2025....
Portland Press Herald & University of New England - Tue December 13, 2022
VIDEO: University of New England Building New Medical School in Portland, Maine
The University of New England (UNE) has begun a $93 million project to build a 112,000-sq.-ft., four-story health sciences center in Portland, Maine, to allow the state's only medical school to move from its current Biddeford location....
Mainebiz - Mon December 12, 2022
Maine's Bowdoin College Uses Mass Timber to Erect Carbon-Neutral Buildings
In a continuing effort to be a carbon-neutral campus, Brunswick, Maine's Bowdoin College is edging closer to the finish of construction on a pair of new buildings built with mass timber, including cross-laminated timber (CLT)....
EcoWatch & Bangor Daily News - Mon November 21, 2022
Longroad Energy Building Maine's Largest Solar Project in Kennebec County
Maine is about to get its largest solar farm, a project designed to help the state in meeting its climate goals of getting 80 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030, reported EcoWatch. The project also is projected to avoid carbon dioxide emissions that are the equivalent of removing approximately 30,000 cars from the road each year....
Waterville Morning Sentinel - Tue November 08, 2022
Decaying Mill in Maine to Receive $15M Facelift, Adding Brewery, Hotel
Construction has begun on a $15 million plan to transform the former Solon Manufacturing mill in downtown Waterville, Maine, into a brewery, housing and a hotel. City officials hope the project, on an island in the Kennebec River, will complement other local efforts in the works and boost economic development....
