Project Experiences

Fri April 29, 2016

Noah's Ark Theme Park Continues Construction Despite 'Flood'

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Ark Encounter, a Noah's Ark-themed theme park under construction in Kentucky was not destroyed in a flash flood despite a fake news report from satire website The Good Lord Above made its rounds on social media this week....

Thu April 28, 2016

FedEx Megahub Calls For Round-the-Clock Construction

The Morning Call is reporting that FedEx Ground, which has seen its plans for a megahub in Allen Township in Pennsylvania waylaid by wranglings over road maintenance and deed restrictions, plans to have crews working around the clock once it breaks ground in June....

Bill Bowden - ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - Tue April 26, 2016

Construction Begins to Restore Historic Art Deco Bridge in Fayetteville, Ark.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Work has begun to restore a rusty, graffiti-covered art deco bridge in the heart of Fayetteville. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that for the past decade, the north guardrail of the Lafayette Street bridge has bulged out — a deformity incurred when it kept a car from plummeting onto the railroad tracks below....

Cindy Riley - Tue April 26, 2016

Largest Building Project in Fla. History Under Way

As the nation's second largest mixed-use urban development and the biggest building project in Florida's history, Miami Worldcenter is described as a dynamic urban core of diversity and excitement....

Tue April 26, 2016

'Monster Coaster' Construction Begins

The Springfield News-Leader is reporting that Branson Mountain Adventure Park announced it has begun construction on a "mountain coaster" at its site on a steep hillside at the former Butcher Hollow property....

Tue April 26, 2016

Pre-Construction Work Gets Nod on $5.6B Purple Line Project

The Washington Post is reporting that a team of private companies recently awarded a $5.6 billion contract to design, build and operate a light-rail Purple Line in the Maryland suburbs has begun pre-construction work on the rail project, state officials said late Thursday....

Rick Zettler - Mon April 25, 2016

TGR Enters Placement Phase of Voinovich Bridge Project

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is in the midst of a multi-year program to replace the functionally obsolete and structurally deficient Innerbelt Bridge crossing the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroad tracks, city streets and Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland....

Sat April 02, 2016

Excavation Company Hits a Home Run with Pitbull Screeners

The project for R. Sluis Excavating came out of left field seven years ago. For over 30 years, the Oak Forest, Ill., company focused on commercial and residential excavating; so developing an 87-acre sports complex was something new....

Thu April 21, 2016

Indiana Highway Officials Reject Bill for Emergency I-65 Bridge Work

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Indiana highway officials have rejected a $1.4 million bill from a construction company for repairing an Interstate 65 bridge that faced a monthlong emergency closure last summer. Walsh Construction Co....

Thu April 21, 2016

Iowa Panel Says Construction Can

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) State utility regulators have deemed that construction can begin on the Bakken oil pipeline in Iowa as soon as federal permits are obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two other plans are filed....