Irwin Rapoport - Thu April 21, 2016
Jane Byrne Interchange Reaches Midway Point
The reconstruction of the Circle Interchange (I-90/94 at I-290) in downtown Chicago — renamed the Jane Byrne Interchange after the former mayor of Chicago who passed away in 2014, has reached the midway point....
Thomas Barlas - The Press of Atlantic City - Wed April 20, 2016
Historic Preservation Can Turn Into Economic Preservation
NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) The fame of North Wildwood's landmark Lollipop Motel has reached all the way to the land Down Under, making the front page of an Australian newspaper just a few years ago....
Tue April 19, 2016
Lower Shore Resurfacing Projects Under Way in Maryland
The Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration (SHA) is resurfacing two major highways on the lower eastern shore. Work is under way on westbound U.S. 50 (Ocean Gateway) between White Richardson Road and Walston Switch Road just east of Salisbury in Wicomico County....
Lori Lovely - Mon April 18, 2016
Bittersweet: Chocolate Factory Razed in N.Y.
For more than 100 years, just before a rain, the scent of chocolate perfumed the air in Fulton, a small city in the western part of Oswego County, N.Y., 25 mi. (40.23 km) north of Syracuse. That's because it was home to the central New York plant that produced Nestlé chocolate products for more than a century....
Fri April 15, 2016
South Coast Improvement Lands Renovation Project
South Coast Improvement Company (SCI), a design-build general contractor serving New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, recently began a renovation project at Brightview Country Club Heights, an independent and assisted living facility located at 3 Rehabilitation Way in Woburn, Mass....
Thu April 14, 2016
Harvard Kennedy School Plans Improvements to Campus
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is moving forward with the planning and design of significant changes and additions to its campus to enhance its mission. These will create new spaces for teaching and learning, upgrade the central courtyard as a campus amenity, and improve campus cohesion and circulation with greater pedestrian connections to Harvard Square and the Charles River....
Chuck Harvey - Fri April 15, 2016
Vermont's $60M I-91 Brattleboro Bridge Replacement Project Enters Final Year
Vermont's $60 million I-91 Brattleboro Bridge Replacement Project, now in its third and final year of construction, includes replacement of four aging bridges with two new wider, modern-designed bridges....
Mon April 18, 2016
VIDEO: Timelapse Footage Shows Construction of New Wind Turbine
The Dominion Post is reporting that Meridian Energy has released timelapse footage of the construction of Wellington, New Zealand's new turbine in Brooklyn. It shows the turbine being erected blade by blade, set against the backdrop of the wind-swept capital city....
Mike Rogoway - The Oregonian - Thu April 14, 2016
Google Buys Yet More Land, Looking to Expand Again
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Google has acquired 74 acres in The Dalles, making room for the company to add considerably to its growing data-center campus along the Columbia River. The Dalles was home to Google's first corporate data center anywhere, opening back in 2006....
Thu April 14, 2016
Boise's JUMP Project Wins 'Excellence in Concrete' Award
A huge quantity of concrete was used in Jack's Urban Meeting Place, for which the Intermountain Chapter of the American Concrete Association recently rewarded the massive JUMP project with an “Excellence in Concrete” award at a ceremony in Salt Lake City....
