Wed March 16, 2016
Preliminary Plans Revealed for Toll Road Near Choctaw
HARRAH, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma Turnpike Authority officials and engineers have unveiled preliminary plans for 21 mi. (33.8 km) of a toll road in northeast Oklahoma County that would ease traffic in the Oklahoma City metro area....
Wed March 16, 2016
$1.2M in Improvements Planned for Downtown Reno Aces Ballpark
RENO, Nev. (AP) Despite their lingering debt, owners of the Arizona Diamondbacks' Triple-A baseball team in Reno say they intend to make $1.2 million in improvements at the downtown Aces Ballpark. An ice skating rink now operates in the park during the winter and a professional soccer team is slated to begin play next year, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported....
Wed March 16, 2016
Corps of Engineers Provides Funds for Water Projects
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico is getting federal funding to build a floodway near Socorro and two other water projects related to the Rio Grande. U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced Friday that the Army Corps of Engineers will provide $7 million to continue building the initial 5 mi....
Lori Lovely - Wed March 16, 2016
ADOT Spends $14.4M to Replace Hell Canyon Bridge
Crossing Hell Canyon in the Arizona county of Yavapai will get a lot easier once the new, wider four-span steel-plate girder bridge is completed. The $14.4 million bridge replacement project being overseen by the Arizona Department of Transportation involves building a new structure east of the existing bridge and then removing the existing 600-ft....
Cindy Riley - Sat March 14, 2015
$16.7 Project to House Eclectic Mix of Guests
Located on property owned by the non-profit Spruill Center for the Arts, the new Residence Inn by Marriott in Dunwoody, Ga., is designed to serve an eclectic mix of guests. Developed by Hotel Development Partners (HDP), the seven-story building will be 92,366 sq....
Stephen Dethrage - THE TUSCALOOSA NEWS - Sat March 14, 2015
Contractors Work to Restore 180-Year-Old Home in Ala.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Contractors are working around the clock at Tuscaloosa's historic Drish House to overhaul and renovate its interior in time for a wedding scheduled there May 7. If everything goes according to plan, the marriage will mark the 180-year-old building's official reincarnation as an events venue....
Sat March 14, 2015
Florida University Expands With Five-Story Addition
As part of an effort to elevate higher education in the state, Skanska USA is working to complete a multi-million dollar phase two expansion of Florida A&M University's College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Tallahassee....
Fri March 11, 2016
Time Lapse Shows Colossus TV Lift at Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway has released a new construction time lapse video for the Colossus TV. Colossus TV is the world's largest outdoor, permanent, center-hung digital display. According to officials, Colossus TV will plunge fans into the color, roar and rumble of events through four high-resolution screens and a thunderous sound system, making the Bristol experience more immersive than ever before....
Fri March 11, 2016
Construction Firm Fights City Hall
The New York Post is reporting that a construction firm involved in the renovation of City Hall claims it is owed $12,570,174 for extra work — because there were so many change orders that the project was extended by two years....
Thu March 10, 2016
I-65 Project Challenges First Responder Crews
Work on Interstate 65 in central Indiana is creating problems for first responders who have to maneuver fire trucks and ambulances around construction zones to reach accident scenes. In 2015, at least 12 serious accidents occurred in constructions zones on I-65 in the roughly 35 mi....
