Tue September 29, 2015
Fast Fix 8 to Significantly Accelerate Construction
Crews in downtown Nashville, Tenn., are working on a $62 million bridge rehabilitation that will replace eight bridges when work is completed in 2016. Known as Fast Fix 8, the project calls for significant closures, resulting in construction being completed in months, instead of years....
Mon September 28, 2015
LiuGong 856H Takes on Tough Tasks at Jiangyin Port
Chang Jiang is the longest river in China and the third longest in the world after the Nile and Amazon. After the river flows into Jiangsu Province, it becomes gentle and wide enough for large tonnage ships from the ocean to enter directly....
Brian Wellner - QUAD-CITY TIMES - Thu September 24, 2015
Construction Work Unearths Pieces of Davenport’s Past
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) Dig deep enough underneath Davenport’s streets, and a piece of the past is revealed. Since closing Harrison Street to traffic on Aug. 17, construction crews have shaved off several inches of asphalt, unraveling a ribbon of history from the Hilltop to downtown....
Irwin Rapoport - Thu September 24, 2015
Rieth-Riley Wraps Up $92M South Bend Work
The Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. (RR) was awarded the first contract (2010) of the multi-year project to upgrade the northern corridor of U.S. 31in South Bend Indiana (U.S. 31 Major Moves) and it is finishing the last contract to complete the job....
Kenneth Gosselin - Hartford Courant - Wed September 23, 2015
Hepburn Estate Owner Renovates Saybrook Lighthouse
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (AP) The New York builder who bought and renovated Katharine Hepburn’s shoreline estate and then constructed a beach house on the property has now turned his sights out to sea — and the Saybrook Breakwater Light....
Wed September 23, 2015
4-Million-Year-Old Whale Fossil Found in Santa Cruz County
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — The 4-million-year-old fossilized skeleton of whale has been excavated at a construction site in Santa Cruz County. The fossil, relatively intact and estimated to be about 25 feet long, was found Sept....
Tue September 22, 2015
Stephenson Equipment Hosts Bob DeSousa at Harrisburg Headquarters
Stephenson Equipment Inc. hosted Bob DeSousa, state director of Sen. Pat Toomey, and Ben Yates, Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) regional manager, on Sept. 4, at its Harrisburg headquarters. Dennis Heller, president/CEO of Stephenson said the reason for the visit was to discuss taxes, the highway-funding bill and its impact on small businesses....
Mon September 21, 2015
Albany Insures Timely, Efficient Runway Rehabilitation
The business of an airport is to get people where they need to go, safely and on time. When an airport needs improvement, it needs to get the work done quickly, efficiently, and correctly. Money talks, and the Albany International Airport made sure that its runway rehabilitation would be completed on time by instituting a $5,000 liquidated damages clause for every 15 minutes of delay in re-opening Runway 01-19....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue September 22, 2015
NYSDOT Replaces 85-Year-Old Truss Bridge
Union Concrete and Construction Corp. has nearly completed the replacement of the New York Route 5 and U.S. Route 20 Bridge over Cattaraugus Creek for the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), a nearly $16 million project funded by the state and federal government....
Mon September 21, 2015
New York City Tower Causing Double Takes
New York City’s WPIX11 is reporting that a new building under construction along the East River in Midtown has many scratching their heads. At first glance it looks like your average work in progress in the city skyline but if you take a good look at it, it almost appears like it’s kind of leaning....
