Cindy Riley - Wed April 13, 2016
Wind Farm to Help Power N.C.
Construction work is under way in rural northeastern North Carolina on the first utility-scale wind farm in the state, and one of the first in the southeastern United States. If fully built out, the Desert Wind Power Project could deploy 150 wind turbines that would generate 300 megawatts of power at full capacity, and provide millions of dollars in tax and landowner revenue for years to come....
Fri April 08, 2016
St. Paul to Consider $18 Million in Soccer Stadium Infrastructure
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The St. Paul City Council was scheduled to vote March 2 on development agreements to build a new Major League Soccer stadium for Minnesota United. While the 20,000-seat stadium in St....
Mon April 11, 2016
Construction Concerns Rise Over Federal Building
Local Cleveland news affiliate WKYC is reporting that a federal building in downtown Cleveland has been under construction for the past several years. While upgrades to the building's outer layer have been the focus of the renovation, an outer wall seems to be having some issues....
Thu April 07, 2016
Indiana Begins $200M Toll Road Rehab Project
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) An Indiana Toll Road official said the privately operated highway has begun a two-year, $200 million rehabilitation project that will be its largest single project since its construction in 1954....
Dick Rohland - Thu April 07, 2016
19th Century Dwellings Come Down in St. Paul
With roots dating back to the late 19th century, the bluff dwellings of St. Paul, Minn., overlooking the Mississippi River are now being demolished. Constructed at the face of a 100 ft. (30 m) bluff, they descended 10 stories to the river from the downtown business, commercial and entertainment district of the city....
Fri April 08, 2016
Previously Unreleased Photos Show Epic Space Needle Construction
The website Seattlepi is reporting that thousands of photos taken over the course of the Space Needle's construction have only just now been digitized and released to the public. While photos of the process have been around for years, nothing has come close to the sweeping collection taken by George Gulacsik....
Wed April 06, 2016
Constitution Pipeline Project Delayed for Lack of N.Y. Permit
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) A proposed 124-mi. (199.56 km) pipeline to deliver low-cost gas from Pennsylvania's shale gas fields to New York and New England has been delayed for lack of a state water quality permit....
Lisa Rathke - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue April 05, 2016
Silver Lining to Scarce Snow: More Money Available for Road Maintenance
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Scarce snow this winter required fewer hours of snowplowing and less use of sand and salt leaving northern New England communities with extra money for road maintenance and other transportation projects this summer....
Mon April 04, 2016
New Tappan Zee Bridge Relies on Lafarge Cements
Lafarge North America is making a strong contribution to building more durable, better-connected cities with innovative blended cement mix designs to achieve the goals of high strength, resiliency and extended service life for the new signature Tappan Zee Bridge (New NY Bridge) — the largest bridge construction project in New York history....
Mon April 04, 2016
NJDOT Reopens New Jersey's Oldest Bridge After Repairs
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials reopened Route 206 in Princeton after the completion of emergency repairs to the bridge over Stony Brook. A truck detour will remain in place until permanent repairs can be completed....
