Lori Tobias - Thu September 14, 2017
URI Overcomes Unique Challenges to Build New $125M Engineering Complex
When the University of Rhode Island committed to building a new engineering complex, two decisions were obvious. One, five historical buildings, all built in the late 1950s and early 1960s would have to go; and two, the new building needed to be a cutting-edge structure that spoke clearly of its purpose....
David Sharp - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri September 01, 2017
Maine Utility — Late Surprise in Green Energy Competition
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Central Maine Power company is providing an entry in the contest for the largest renewable energy contract in New England history — a proposal to bring enough green energy from Canada to power upward of a million homes in Massachusetts....
Fri September 01, 2017
Vt. Redevelopment Job Earns APWA's Project of the Year
The Waterbury State Office Complex Redevelopment project in Vermont has been named a 2017 Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association (APWA). The project is being honored with APWA's Project of the Year award in the Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair at a cost of more than $75 million category....
Fri September 01, 2017
Middlebury's Main Street Temporary Bridge Reopens; Foot Traffic Resumes
The Main Street temporary bridge in downtown was reopened on Aug. 7, by late afternoon/early evening. A new pedestrian bridge has been installed, allowing foot traffic to resume on Main Street. Main Street will be open to all travelers....
Lori Tobias - Fri September 01, 2017
Repairs Under Way on Longest Suspension Bridge in New England
Work is well under way on a project to repair the deck of Rhode Island's Newport/Pell Bridge — at 11,247 ft. long, it is the longest suspension bridge in New England. “This is a major undertaking replacing the deck of this bridge,” said Jim Malachowski, spokesman of the RDW Group, the Providence-based public relations firm representing the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority....
Fri September 01, 2017
SDLG's Intuitive Design Wins Over City of Keene, N.H.
Keene, N.H., has used an SDLG LG959 for loading aggregate materials and snow removal since September 2016, and city operators appreciate the wheel loader's quality and simplicity. Several municipalities around North America have adopted SDLG wheel loaders for use in seasonal work, from the New Jersey Department of Transportation to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan....
Fri September 01, 2017
Work Set to Begin on Another New Hampshire-Maine Span
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) Transportation officials from Maine and New Hampshire are getting ready to begin a rehabilitation project on the Piscataqua River bridge that carries Interstate 95 between Portsmouth and Kittery....
Fri September 01, 2017
Federal Funding in Place for Bridge Between N.H., Vt.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire said federal funding is in place to build a new bridge between New Hampshire and Vermont. They said the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will receive $5 million in federal funding to replace the Rogers' Rangers Bridge on U.S....
Thu August 17, 2017
Build With Strength: Waltham, Mass., City Council Votes 14-0 for Safer Codes
On July 31, Waltham city councilors voted unanimously to call on the state of Massachusetts to implement tighter restrictions on the size of wood-frame residential buildings after a massive ten-alarm fire destroyed a wooden apartment complex under construction in late July....
Cindy Riley - Thu August 17, 2017
Mansfield's Department of Public Works Constructs New $35M Facility
In Mansfield, Mass., work continues on a $35 million municipal complex that will include a public works administrative facility and a combination police and fire department structure. Work will take place in two phases, with current construction focused on the Department of Public Works (DPW)....
