Thu January 14, 2016
School's Demolition Reveals Its Past
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The rusting box held no silver dollar. It once had, which is why the cache of mostly paper artifacts almost wasn't left behind to be studied some 115-plus years later. A first attempt to assemble a telling collection of what was then the Oakley School, and later became the Thacher School, was scuttled when the box was stolen....
Thu January 14, 2016
Miami Science Museum Short on Cash to Finish Construction
MIAMI (AP) - The Frost Museum of Science has run out of cash to finish construction of its new downtown Miami home, less than a year before its scheduled opening. The Miami Herald reports (http://hrld.us/1W72tV8 ) that according to the office of Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, private fundraising has fallen short, leaving the museum unable to secure a construction loan to complete the $275 million job....
Thu January 14, 2016
Sinkhole Develops Near 'Bertha' Site
KomoNews is reporting that construction crews working on digging the waterfront tunnel have a new challenge on their hands after a sinkhole developed near the digging site. Crews had just resumed mining under the Seattle waterfront Tuesday evening when about two hours later, a sinkhole developed 35 feet north of the access pit....
Lori Tobias - Wed January 13, 2016
Good Samaritans Come to Aid of Swindled WWII Vet
Carol Broussard had watched the re-topping of local asphalt roads in around his house for days. So when a truck pulled up in the driveway and the driver asked Broussard if he'd like an asphalt drive, the 91-year-old WWII veteran said, ‘Sure.'That was the first mistake....
Tue January 12, 2016
Work Suspended for Winter on Westport's North Avenue Bridge
The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced that work on the North Avenue bridge over Route 15 in Westport, will be suspended until April 2016 after the site is prepared for the winter season shutdown....
Lori Lovely - Tue January 12, 2016
ConnDOT's I-84 Widening Project Will Make Road Safer
Interstate 84 winds through the city of Waterbury, Conn., with two lanes of traffic in each direction navigating a substandard “S” curve alignment near Harpers Ferry Road. Approximately 125,000 vehicles travel on the 55-year-old highway every day....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue January 12, 2016
Foundation of Union Concrete Still Strong After 65 Years
The late George Hill founded Union Concrete and Construction Company in 1950, a family-owned business that is now run by his three children — Robert, Gary and Jodi Hill-Osinski. His granddaughter, Carley Hill, also works at the family business....
Brenda Ruggiero - Tue January 12, 2016
Lehigh Cement Expands, Replaces Union Bridge Quarry
A quarry replacement project in Carroll County, Md., involves the installation of the longest continuous curved conveyor ever to be installed in the state. Large lengths of the conveyor must be below grade due to permit and community restrictions....
Brenda Ruggiero - Tue January 12, 2016
State Replaces Intersection in Centreville, Maryland
One of many road projects currently progressing for the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) involves a new interchange along U.S. 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) at MD 304 (Ruthsburg Road) to replace an existing intersection in Centreville, which is in Queen Anne's County....
Wed January 13, 2016
Thief Uses Forklift to Steal ATM
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Police in Indianapolis say someone used a forklift stolen from a construction site to make off with an ATM from a bank. The theft happened Thursday at a Kemba Credit Union on the city's east side....
