Northeast

Wed March 08, 2017

J&J Truck Bodies, Walsh Equipment Team Up for Open House

J&J Truck Bodies and Trailers teamed up with Walsh Equipment Company Feb. 17 to host a Customer Appreciation Day Open House at J&J's facilities in Somerset, Pa. The event featured a plant tour at J&J Truck Bodies and Trailers' facilities, as well as truck and equipment displays and demonstrations....

Frank Hartzell - Tue February 28, 2017

Mass. City Rethinks Smoking on Construction Sites

City councilors in one Massachusetts community are proposing a smoking ban at construction sites following a massive blaze in December. The proposal by Cambridge City Councilors comes months after a 10-alarm fire forced more than 150 people out of their homes....

Anthony Fay - Mon February 27, 2017

Payloader Falls into Canal in Western Mass.

A crane had to be used Feb. 23 to remove a piece of heavy construction equipment that fell into a canal in Holyoke the day before. The payloader went into the Lower Leval Canal along Water Street in the Flats of Holyoke on Feb....

Hilary Russ (Reuters) - Wed February 22, 2017

Amtrak Spends Billions Tunneling Under Hudson River

Construction activities in New York City will last for seven years as Amtrak builds its multibillion-dollar train tunnel underneath the Hudson River, an official said late Feb. 21, disclosing how long disruptions will likely last in a part of Manhattan already jammed up by massive real estate development....

Wed February 22, 2017

Artists Given Chance to Repurpose Historic State House Dome

Artists have a chance to create a work of art from the century-old copper that once covered Maine's Statehouse dome. The original copper dates to 1910. Construction of the Statehouse in Augusta itself commenced in 1829....

Joseph Blanchette The Jackson Laboratory - Wed February 22, 2017

Topping Out Ceremony for New Center for Biometric Analysis

Dozens of employees and dignitaries braved the frigid temperatures in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Jan. 9 to celebrate the ceremonial “topping out” of the new Center for Biometric Analysis at The Jackson Laboratory....

Wed February 22, 2017

Jeremy Hiltz Excavating Celebrates 20-Year Milestone

Jeremy Hiltz Excavating Inc. of Ashland, N.H., recently reached the milestone of 20 years in business. The company is still going strong. According to Hiltz, the industry was a part of his life from the beginning....

Irwin Rapoport - Wed February 22, 2017

Crews Clean Up Contaminated Starmet Corporation Buildings

A key phase of the clean up of Starmet Corporation, a superfund site in Concord, Mass., was recently completed by de maximis inc. The main work was finished last August — under budget by $15 million....

Wed February 22, 2017

LG Electronics Breaks Ground in New Jersey for North American HQ

LG Electronics broke ground for its much-anticipated LG North American Headquarters campus in New Jersey. The start of construction for the 350,000-sq.-ft. (32,516 sq m) sustainably-designed building in Englewood Cliffs marks a major milestone for the $300 million project, which has been in the works since 2009....

Wed February 22, 2017

Cleveland Brothers Equipment Named to Gomaco's Top 10

Gomaco Corporation recently recognized Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co. Inc. of Pennsylvania as a Top Ten Distributor of sales in the 2016 fiscal year. The award was presented in recognition for outstanding sales and distribution of Gomaco equipment in the United States....