Brenda Ruggiero - Mon March 21, 2016
Crews Work to Stabilize MD 135 After Rock Slide
The Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Adminstration (SHA) is currently working to remedy a rock slide that occurred in western Maryland near the Allegany/Garrett County line in early January....
Fri March 18, 2016
UDOT Continues Plan to Improve Busy Highway
The Utah Department of Transportation announced several updates as part of its plan to keep traffic moving on Bangerter Highway. Environmental studies are underway on four intersections at 5400 South, 7000 South, 9000 South and 11400 South to evaluate construction of freeway-style interchanges....
Irwin Rapoport - Thu March 17, 2016
Freeport West Builds ARA Development in West Valley City
Construction is proceeding rapidly as Freeport West Industrial Properties continues to develop 130 acres of land in West Valley City, Utah, just outside Salt Lake City. “With this new industrial campus enterprise, we are adding capacity for new large-scale storage, warehousing, distribution, office and showroom space within the Wasatch Front, where it has been tapped out,” said Bradley J....
Thu March 17, 2016
Edmonds Pier Expected to Close
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) The city of Edmonds is closing its fishing pier while the structure gets upgraded with about $1.6 million in repairs. The Daily Herald reports that the 944-ft. (287.7 m) -long pier will be closed for three months starting Monday, March 14....
Lori Tobias - Thu March 17, 2016
Highway 20 Project Ready to Move to Phase Four
Part 2 of a 3-part series: Project leaders on the Pioneer Mt. — Eddyville Highway 20 project are readying to make the final big push on the last construction phase of this overdue project. Phase four will involve straightening one final hard curve, building buttresses for landslide mitigation, paving, striping and installing guard rails and drainage....
Fri March 18, 2016
Port of Gulfport Awaits Special Delivery
The website shipmspa is reporting that three new ship-to-shore gantry cranes for the Port of Gulfport are arriving by ship and are expected to be in Gulfport between March 17 – 20, 2016 (depending on weather concerns)....
Wed March 16, 2016
Solid Partnership Growing for DL Stoy Logging, Cashman
When you think of a forest, you likely think of a beautiful peaceful stroll or an invigorating hike through the trees. And of course you want to protect those trees and keep them in all their glory, right?That's what DL Stoy Logging does....
Wed March 16, 2016
How Crews Prepare Bay Bridge Piers for Demolition
Eighty years after piers were constructed in San Francisco Bay to hold up the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a specialized contractor prepared to blast its sturdy footings. Demolishing the reinforced concrete piers was the final step in the removal of the nearly 2 mi....
Chuck Harvey - Wed March 16, 2016
Caltrans Removes East Span as Part of Bay Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project
The 77-year-old east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is being taken down, piece by piece, as part of a Bay Bridge seismic retrofit project. In fact, the new bridge was designed to be a lifeline in a large quake....
Wed March 16, 2016
Wyoming Corrections Chief: $85M to Fix Rawlins Prison
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) Fixing structural problems at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins will cost $85 million, the state's corrections chief told state lawmakers Feb. 9. That $85-million price tag is nearly as much as it cost to build the entire prison 15 years ago....
