Tue January 09, 2018
Agreement Allows Historic Railroad Bridge Demolition
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) Agreement on a historic preservation plan will allow the demolition of a former railroad bridge next to the Ohio Turnpike. The state Department of Transportation said removal of the old Chessie railroad bridge in northwestern Ohio will likely begin during the second half of the year....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 09, 2018
Rudolph Libbe Inc. Completes LEED Building Design and Construction
Rudolph Libbe Inc. recently completed construction of the $26 million Northwood Schools in Northwood, Ohio, for Northwood Local Schools (NLS). The school, which acheived LEED Silver certification, is located on the site of the Olney School and the Olney Elementary School that have been demolished, and adjacent to Northwood High School, which will be repurposed with the 800-seat auditorium and 10,000-sq.-ft....
Tue January 09, 2018
Historic Bungalow Sparks Local Preservation Debate
BEXLEY, Ohio (AP) The proposed demolition of a 103-year-old bungalow in suburban Columbus has set off a dispute between the property's new owners and area preservationists. The Columbus Landmarks Foundation has argued that the Bexley home and its architecture are significant to the inner-ring suburb's history and heritage, The Columbus Dispatch reported....
Wed December 27, 2017
Ohio Company Expands Custom Product Offerings
Loveman Steel and Fabrication has expanded its custom product offering for the construction and utilities markets. In addition to trench and stone boxes, the company fabricates muck boxes, manhole shielding boxes, tap hole boxes as well as custom street plates and temporary bridges produced to customers' specifications....
Wed December 27, 2017
Manitowoc MLC300 Completes Ohio Wind Project Ahead of Schedule
One North American construction company that works in the renewable energy sector discovered the time-saving and logistical benefits of using a Manitowoc MLC300 with fixed-position counterweight (FPC) to construct wind towers....
Mon December 18, 2017
Yoder & Frey Closing Sales of 2017 Help Heighten Interest for Florida 2018
Yoder & Frey held its final sales for 2017 in Atlanta, Ga., on Dec. 5 and Ashland, Ohio, on Dec. 7 attracting record numbers of bidders to the sales from not only across the United States, but from a global audience....
Emily Buenzle - Wed December 13, 2017
Officials Shoot Down Army Corps' High-Tech Plan to Keep Carp Out of Lake
Attorneys general of Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania have collectively rejected the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' plans for a $275 million project to prevent Asian carp from infiltrating Lake Michigan....
Wed December 13, 2017
ACE: Cuyahoga Dredging Done, Sediment Confined
CLEVELAND (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has finished dredging the Cleveland Harbor and Cuyahoga River shipping channel and plans to work cooperatively with “our Cleveland stakeholders” going forward....
Tue December 12, 2017
State Approves Plans for Natural Gas Plant
Regulators have approved the construction of a new natural gas power plant in northern Ohio. The Ohio Power Siting Board on Dec. 7 approved plans for a plant in Lucas County just outside Toledo. The new 955 megawatt plant will be built next to another natural gas plant that began operating earlier this year....
Jennifer Smola – The Columbus Dispatch - Mon December 11, 2017
Overhaul of Mirror Lake Continues at Ohio State University
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) For some, it was a quiet moment spent beside Mirror Lake between cancer treatments. For one woman, it was the joy of finding a moment amid the chaos of a football game day to watch the ducks with her father....
