Project Experiences

Tue February 02, 2016

The Cost of Construction on Florida's Most Critically Eroding Beaches

News affiliate CBS12 is reporting that or Dune Deck Cafe owner John Calomiris, the waves are what bring customers to his family' TMs restaurant on Lantana Beach. They're also what could wipe him out of business....

Tue February 02, 2016

Construction Flaws Found in Tornado-Damaged School

The Dallas Morning News is reporting that a local elementary school damaged during last month's tornadoes suffered from construction flaws that may explain why some of its exterior walls fell over, school officials said Thursday....

Tue February 02, 2016

How Harvard Stadium's Innovative Concrete Construction Changed the Game

The website Curbed takes a look at the construction of a revolutionary stadium in its article “...

Irwin Rapoport - Wed October 14, 2015

Projects in Dayton Reflect Need to Update Infrastructure

Road and bridge construction is in full gear in Ohio and two projects in the Dayton area reflect the busy construction season. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for the effort to help upgrade aging infrastructure and the modernization of road systems in order to handle future traffic needs....

Jeff Winke - Wed January 27, 2016

Small Contractor's Gamble on New Technology Pays Off

Trying something new involves risk. Risk can be scary. In a quiet, safe spot it can be easy to be brave and proclaim what an unknown source once said: “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.”However, bravado needs to be tempered with reality....

Lisa Cornwell - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed January 27, 2016

Ohio Still Looking Into Fatal Overpass

CINCINNATI (AP) A state analysis of a highway overpass collapse that killed a construction worker in southwestern Ohio has yet to be completed a year later and lawsuits over the accident continue as the man's family struggles with his loss....

Dick Rohland - Wed January 27, 2016

Street Improvements Face Tight Deadlines in St. Paul

Construction crews faced very tight deadlines and on the spot communication updates when they took on a 1.3 mi (2 km) mill and overlay of a high volume, four lane city arterial loaded with businesses, vehicles and pedestrians....

Irwin Rapoport - Fri January 29, 2016

Extensive Improvements Being Made to Fitchburg Rail Line

Of the five bids submitted to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 2013 for the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Improvements Track, Civil and Signal Project, the joint-venture of J. F. White Contracting Co....

Thu January 28, 2016

Take A Look at the World's Highest, Longest Glass-Bottom Bridge

CNN is reporting that travelers will soon be able to walk across the world's longest and highest glass-bottom bridge, which spans two cliffs in China's Hunan province. This week, workers were photographed installing the bridge's first piece of glass....

Wilson Ring - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed January 27, 2016

Vermont Regulators Green Light TDI's $1.2B Privately-Funded Power Plan

ByMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Long-term plans to bring renewable Canadian electricity to the power-hungry markets of southern New England got a big boost when Vermont utility regulators approved a plan to build a 1,000-megawatt transmission line down Lake Champlain and across the state to feed the regional power grid, experts say....