Thu October 15, 2015
ODOT Finds a Way to Reuse I-5 Beams
Need tickets to a sold-out concert? Check Craigslist. Looking for a new apartment? Check Craigslist. In the market for bridge beams 93 to 115 ft. (28.3 to 35 m) long? You probably won’t find them on Craigslist, but you could through the state-agency equivalent: an interoffice memo....
Chuck Harvey - Thu October 15, 2015
Project Aims to Ease Congestion on Route 66
Near the bottom of San Bernardino County’s Cajon Pass, work is proceeding on the Devore Interchange Project at the intersection of California’s I-15 and I-215 freeways. The project is designed to reduce congestion and accidents at the interchange, which is described as one of the worst grade-related bottleneck spots in the United States....
Tony Adams - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Tue October 13, 2015
$1.8M Upgrade to Begin at National Infantry Museum
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) The transition from the IMAX system that has anchored the National Infantry Museum theater for six years to a digital laser projection system expected to wow customers with illuminated high-definition technology is now under way....
Mary Esch - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed October 14, 2015
Proposed Pipeline to Run Through ’Secret Sites’
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) - A federal law aimed at preventing looting of historic sites is keeping officials in upstate New York from finding out details about three spots along the route of a planned natural gas pipeline that contain prehistoric artifacts....
Tue October 13, 2015
FDOT I-275 Project Aims to Improve Traffic Flow
Construction work continues in downtown Tampa, as the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) rebuilds and widens Interstate 275 from east of State Road 60 to the Hillsborough River. The project will reconstruct all the southbound interstate in the area, as well as northbound I-275 from east of State Road 60 to Himes Avenue....
Mon October 12, 2015
Volvo Breaks Ground in S.C. on First-Ever U.S. Facility
Lex Kerssemakers, Volvo Cars of North America president and CEO, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and other key public officials officially broke ground on Volvo Cars’ first American factory in Berkeley County, S.C....
Irwin Rapoport - Fri October 09, 2015
Vital Kingshighway Viaduct Job Begins With Demo Work
The city of St. Louis closed the Kingshighway bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks (between Southwest/Vandeventer and Shaw Boulevard) and Daggett Avenue on July 6 so that the 75-year-old bridge can be torn down and replaced — an $18 million project that was awarded to Kozeny-Wagner Inc....
Mon October 12, 2015
Vikes Stadium $15M Cost Dispute Heads to Mediation
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The public authority overseeing the new Minnesota Vikings stadium and the main contractor building it are headed for a three-day mediation session next month over some disputed costs....
Tue October 06, 2015
Urban Business Center Announces Plan to Rebuild Neighborhood
The Urban Business Center, 1200 Baltimore St., announced a Blue Ribbon team to design and implement a new $100 million redevelopment effort called the Gateway to West Baltimore. On Sept. 11, after several weeks of discussions with the Urban Business Center Board and West Baltimore community advisors, the Blue Ribbon team was selected....
Wed October 07, 2015
Road Builder Rejects State’s Demand for $5M Refund
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A Fort Wayne road construction contractor is refusing demands from the state government for a $5 million refund for a section of highway that the state says is crumbling years earlier than expected....
