Thu November 19, 2015
Construction’s Greatest Hits Over the Centuries
With technology today, it seems no architectural vision is out of reach – no building too big, no design too elaborate. It’s easy to ignore the blood, sweat and tears that construction crews of old must have endured in order to erect some of the world’s most notable structures....
Russ Bynum - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu November 19, 2015
States Sign New Agreement for $4.5B Shared Port
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A proposed $4.5 billion port terminal to be shared by Georgia and South Carolina came closer to reality Monday as the states’ port officials signed a new deal for managing the project and voted to ask a federal agency for the permits required to start construction....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue November 17, 2015
Extensive Improvements Being Made to MBTA Fitchburg Commuter 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....
Brenda Ruggiero - Tue November 17, 2015
MD 355 Intersection Receives Much-Needed Improvements
Under direction of the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA), MD 355 (Rockville Pike) at Cedar Lane in Bethesda, Md., is receiving an intersection reconstruction to mitigate for a predicted rise in traffic due to the Federal Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act....
Fri November 13, 2015
Innovative foldable SCHEUERLE Highway Giant Dual Lane Trailer successfully in use at Sterett Crane &
Long-term SCHEUERLE customer Sterett Crane & Rigging, Owensboro, KY/USA has successfully transported a 140-ton vessel from Tennessee to Michigan using a combination of 6+8 axles SCHEUERLE Highway Giant with 150 ton-capacity bolsters....
Sun November 15, 2015
Iron Helps Deliver Water to South Texas
Providing water to about 130 agricultural customers and 19,000 residents served by the Delta Lake Irrigation District of south Texas is no easy task. Among the challenges: an unpredictable water supply, strategic planning so the water arrives when needed and balancing deliveries for everyone in the district....
Giles Lambertson - Sat November 14, 2015
DFW’S I-35 Construction on Time Despite Record Rainfall
Dallas-Fort Worth was inundated in May with nearly 17 in. ((43.19 cm) of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service, making it the rainiest May in the Texas cities in almost a quarter century....
Lori Lovely - Sat November 14, 2015
Houston Museum of Fine Arts Undergoes $450M Expansion
Like a reworked piece of art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, one of the largest cultural institutions in the country, will present a dramatically altered appearance by the end of 2019, due to a campus transformation of its 14-acre campus that includes construction of two new buildings designed by Steven Holl Architects; a new conservation center designed by Lake|Flato Architects; and a landscape plan that unifies a century’s worth of architectural legacy....
Mon November 16, 2015
Bridge Made With New Concrete Mix Christened
FAIRBANK, Iowa (AP) - A bridge made with a new ultra-high performance concrete from South Korea has been christened in Buchanan County. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (http://bit.ly/1GWUcAn ) reports the 52-foot-long Hawkeye UHPC Bridge near Fairbank was christened Tuesday....
Irwin Rapoport - Thu November 12, 2015
Key Project Hopes to Keep Vegas From Drying Out
A milestone was reached for the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s Lake Mead Intake No. 3 on Sept. 10, when the first 11 million gal. of an expected 41 million gal. of water entered the new 3-mi. (4.8 km) deepwater intake underneath the Lake Mead reservoir in Nevada....
