Nick Malawskey - Pennlive.com - Tue October 06, 2015
Marcus Hook’s Fortunes Rest on Buried Treasure: Gas
MARCUS HOOK, Pa. (AP) Out on the dark waters of the Delaware River, massive freighters glide up and down the waterway. Each of these ships is almost twice the length of a football field, rises some eight stories from the waterline and weighs in at more than 20,000 tons (18,143 t), making them among the largest moving objects in the world....
Lori Lovely - Tue October 06, 2015
Repaving Crew Gets the Green Flag at ’The Glen’
This summer, the historic Watkins Glen International racetrack at the southern tip of Seneca Lake in upstate New York began its first repaving project since 1998, the same year as the track’s 50th anniversary....
Fri October 02, 2015
Landscape Architects Question Gehry-Led Los Angeles River Masterplan
The Los Angeles landscape architecture and design community was surprised by the recent announcement that Frank Gehry is creating a new master plan for the redevelopment of the 51-mi. (82 km) stretch of the Los Angeles River that runs through the city....
Irwin Rapoport - Fri October 02, 2015
Work Progresses on San Diego County’s Route 76 Widening Project, Migration Site
The upgrade and widening of state Route 76 (an east-west highway) in California’s San Diego County, continues with the second installment of work on the east segment by Ames Construction Inc. The $76 million project will convert 5.2 mi....
Paul Davenport - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu October 01, 2015
Arizona Planners Eye Passenger Rail Linking Phoenix, Tucson
PHOENIX (AP) State transportation planners who studied multiple options for proposed passenger train service between Phoenix and Tucson are recommending one that would follow largely existing freight railroad tracks and serve both Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix and downtown Tucson....
Irwin Rapoport - Thu October 01, 2015
San Diego County Route 76 Widening Project Progresses
Work just began on the pavement rehabilitation of I-8 from Crestwood Road to Imperial County Line in Southern California in the California Department of Transportation’s District 11 (San Diego and Imperial County), a $34.885 million contract that was awarded to Coffman Specialties Inc....
Tony Adams - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Tue September 29, 2015
$1.8M Theater 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....
Tue September 29, 2015
Work Continues on Advanced Law Enforcement Center
Only minutes from where construction crews are building a state-of-the-art facility, Washington County’s first jail remains on display. The tiny wooden structure is the oldest lockup in the state of Georgia, and is a far cry from the county’s latest effort....
Wed September 30, 2015
DOT to Contractor: Fix Crumbling Road . . . Or Else
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Department of Transportation accused a highway contractor of using faulty asphalt and demanded the company replace a crumbling section of highway or refund $5.15 million....
Mon September 28, 2015
Farmland Conversion Specializes in Big, Collaborative Jobs
Farmland Conversion Consultants, located in Aiken, S.C., specializes in big, collaborative projects including its current project, converting 1,900-acres of trees and scrubland into a fully functioning vegetable farm....
