Brenda Ruggiero - Wed December 16, 2015
Pittsburgh Begins $27M Riverfront Development Project
Earthmoving has begun on the first major construction project for a unique development in the Hazelwood area of Pittsburgh, Pa. The Phase 1 infrastructure, valued at $27 million, will provide a new riverfront street in the city of Pittsburgh (near the intersection of Hazelwood Ave....
Fri December 11, 2015
TxDOT Awarded $20 Million Grant to Improve Rural Transit
The Texas Department of Transportation was awarded more than $20 million in federal TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants to improve transportation services for rural populations....
Sat December 12, 2015
Waxahachie Businessman Turns Opportunity Into Income
One could say that Hugh Grandstaff, founder of hlh&r Metals Recycling LP in Waxahachie, Texas, has always been in the recycling business. He just took a long time off to fulfill a dream of being a pilot....
Erinn Callahan - THE FACTS - Fri December 11, 2015
’Corkscrew Bridge’ May Replace State’s Last Swing Bridge
SARGENT, Texas (AP) Anna Carter was once a regular at Sargent Island, but after a barge struck the Sargent Swing Bridge on Farm Road 457 just before Memorial Day a year ago, she’d rather stay home....
Irwin Rapoport - Fri December 11, 2015
BNSF Finalizes Work on Logistics Center at Sweetwater in West Texas
The final aspects of the $27.9 million investment by BNSF Railway for construction of the Logistics Center at Sweetwater in west Texas were completed — $21.9 million for the logistic center and $6 million for improvements to supporting track in the area, a project that began in September 2013....
BETHANY RODGERS - Orlando Sentinel - Mon December 14, 2015
State Demolished 40 Homes For Now-Abandoned Project
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - The first home Brunilda Galarza ever owned, she surrendered to the government to be razed and submerged beneath a 10-acre drainage pond. Like dozens of other residents in the neighborhood just outside Altamonte Springs, she and her husband packed up and cleared out of their community, then watched as cranes moved in behind them to tear down their homes....
Thu December 10, 2015
Case Teams Up for Training, Erosion Abatement Project
Case Construction Equipment, the National Wildlife Refuge Association, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Team Rubicon teamed up for an equipment operator training and erosion abatement project at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in Los Fresnos, Texas....
Irwin Rapoport - Fri December 11, 2015
Low Level Pumping Station Work Begins on Lake Mead
As a companion to Intake No. 3 on Lake Mead, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) is building the low lake level pumping station, a project whose cost is estimated at $650 million, in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, just 500 ft....
Thu December 10, 2015
Contractor Prepares to Demolish Idaho Falls Historic Reactor
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) A cleanup contractor is preparing to demolish a 1960s-era nuclear reactor west of Idaho Falls. Work to remove the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II began in the spring, when contractors successfully entombed most of the reactor vessel in concrete, The Post Register reported....
Thu December 10, 2015
ConocoPhillips Approves $900M Arctic Reserve Project
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ConocoPhillips has approved funding for a $900 million drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope. When production begins in 2018 at the field in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska — an Indiana-sized Arctic reserve — the project is expected to yield 30,000 barrels of oil daily at its peak, The Alaska Dispatch News reports....
