Brenda Ruggiero - Mon February 29, 2016
Rock Fall Closes Portion of I-70 in Colorado
A large rock fall incident on Interstate 70 in Northwestern Colorado on Feb. 15 is still in the process of being remedied. The rock fall occurred in Glenwood Canyon, which is in Garfield County, around 2:30 a.m....
Fri March 04, 2016
Contractor, Real Estate Developer in $4.2M Dispute
The website Bizjournals is reporting that MLB Construction Services LLC and Prime Cos. are fighting in court over $4.27 million the builder says it's owed for work on the Pavilion Grand Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York....
Fri March 04, 2016
Jail's Construction Prevents Radio Connectivity
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Corrections officers at a Washington jail are stuck using old radio equipment because the building's construction limits which frequencies they can access. The News Tribune reports ( http://bit.ly/1RjVPGS ) that Pierce County recently bought 162 new Motorola radios for jail staff as part of a new radio system meant to unify communication among South Sound agencies....
Karen Matthews - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri March 04, 2016
World Trade Center Transit Hub Opens Under Cloud of $4B Cost
NEW YORK (AP) The soaring, white transportation hub opening at the World Trade Center was designed to evoke a bird in flight, but it is hatching under a cloud. There will be no ribbon-cutting celebration when the train station's grand hall, called the Oculus, opens because the head of the bistate agency that controls the hub has blasted it as a “symbol of excess,” with runaway costs approaching $4 billion....
Thu February 25, 2016
Birmingham Project to Tie Industrial Past to Its Present, Future
A project that will tie the city's industrial past to its present and future is making headlines in Birmingham, Ala., Rotary Trail — more than a quarter-century in the making — is an extension of nationally recognized Railroad Park from 20th Street to 24th Street along First Avenue South....
Tue March 01, 2016
$14M Project Represents Investment in Education
First envisioned close to two decades ago, construction is finally underway at Jackson State Community College (JSCC) on a $14 million, 46,000 sq. ft. (4,273 sq m) building that will serve as the permanent residence for the school's allied health programs....
Irwin Rapoport - Mon February 29, 2016
ODOT, ODNR Work to Improve Safety of Lake White Dam
Sunesis Construction started work on the $31.7 million Lake White Dam Rehabilitation and Roadway Improvement Project, the reconstruction of 1 mi. (1.6 km) of State Route 104 (SR 104) that sits atop the dam, last August....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon February 29, 2016
A Project of Biblical Proportions
In northern Kentucky, a major theme park of a different kind is growing in a big way. On 800 acres off of I-75 in Williamstown, the builders of the Creation Museum are constructing a full-size Noah's Ark as the park's centerpiece....
Irwin Rapoport - Fri February 26, 2016
$600M Bridge to Connect Minn., Wis. Under Way
The St. Croix Crossing that will connect Oak Park Heights, Minn., and St. Joseph, Wis., will be open to traffic in the fall of 2017 when crews from the joint-venture of the Lunda Construction Company and Ames Construction Inc....
Fri February 26, 2016
Seattle's Big Tunnel Borer Gets Back to Work
Television News affiliate KING5 in Seattle is reporting that Bertha, the machine boring the State Route 99 tunnel under Seattle, resumed tunneling Tuesday after being shut down for more than a month due to safety concerns....
