Mon September 12, 2016
Is Russia's Largest Construction Project in Trouble?
The website RealDeal is reporting that while a recession has now stretched into its sixth quarter in Russia, and office vacancies across the Moscow are sitting at 20 percent, on a riverfront site 2.5 miles west of the Kremlin, the three tallest skyscrapers in Europe have all hit the market over the last three years....
Mon September 12, 2016
Construction Workers Pose for Death-Defying Spire Photo
Four construction workers have posed for a picture that is not for the nasuea-prone. Saturday's completion of the 294-foot 9-inch spire atop the Wilshere Grand Tower in Los Angeles makes the building to tallest west of the Mississippi River....
Mon September 12, 2016
Obama Takes 'Unprecedented' Action on Dakota Access Project
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux's effort to block a four-state oil pipeline got a lifeline when the federal government temporarily stopped the project, a move some say likely may forever change the way all energy infrastructure projects are reviewed in the future....
Fri September 09, 2016
New I-74 Bridge to Reduce Congestion, Improve Safety New I-74 Bridge to Reduce Congestion, Improve Safety
The $8.2 million Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) North Bend Road Bridge replacement in Cincinnati began on April 18 when crews from the Sunesis Construction Co. arrived on the scene for the project that will be completed in August 2017....
Kevin Abourezk - LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR - Fri September 09, 2016
Lancaster County Struggles to Maintain 53 Rural Bridges
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Roberta Sward can't get to her home northwest of Conestoga Lake as easily as she once could. In October, Lancaster County officials closed a bridge west of Southwest 98th Street and West Pioneers Boulevard and, in doing so, closed her main route to Lincoln and back, the Lincoln Journal Star reported....
Fri September 09, 2016
Nebraska Inmates Nearly Done Building Home in Beatrice, Neb.
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) The first home in Beatrice built by Nebraska prison inmates is in its final stages. A team of nine inmates at the Community Corrections Center in Lincoln have been working on the home since March, the Beatrice Daily Sun reported....
Thu September 08, 2016
VIDEO: Payment Dispute Stops Construction on Project
Local Indiana TV News affiliate WISH is reporting that a payment dispute is stopping construction on an I-69 construction project. Bloomington's mayor said the project might not be done until May of 2018....
Thu September 08, 2016
Wynn Receives License, Begins $2.1B Construction Project
Wynn Resorts has officially received its Chapter 91 license from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and will immediately start construction on the $2.1 billion Wynn Boston Harbor resort....
Wed September 07, 2016
RIDOT Invests in Road Repairs in South Kingstown
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is investing in much-needed repairs to 1.3 mi. (2 km) of roadway in the villages of Wakefield and Peace Dale in South Kingstown. Work is under way with the initial task involving the installation of new drainage structures along a section of Kingstown Road, working south toward High Street....
Wed September 07, 2016
NHDOT Decides to Permanently Close Sarah Long Bridge to Vehicular Traffic
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) and Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) have decided to permanently close to motor vehicle traffic the 76-year-old Sarah Mildred Long Bridge connecting Portsmouth, N.H., and Kittery, Maine....
