Wed August 12, 2015
South Coast Improvement Completes Cedar Dell Renovation in Dartmouth, Mass
South Coast Improvement Company (SCI), a design-build general contractor serving New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, recently finished a restoration project at The Residence at Cedar Dell, an independent, assisted and memory care living home at 628 Old Westport Road in Dartmouth, Mass....
Wed August 12, 2015
Track Construction Begins on New Haven-Springfield Rail Line
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Construction of a second track for the expanded rail line from New Haven to Springfield, Mass., has begun, and commuters will be bused along the route for the next year. The project will boost north-south rail transportation from six daily round-trip trains to 17 a day south of Hartford and 12 north of Hartford....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue August 11, 2015
Cleared for Takeoff: LaGuardia’s $4B Venture
New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, starting in 2016, will be the subject of a $4 billion demolition and rebuilding project — to be done by a private-public partnership initiative (P3). The major components of the work will take 39 months to complete, following the groundbreaking early in the new year....
Thu July 30, 2015
St. Louis River Bridge to Close for $16M in Upgrades
ST. LOUIS (AP) A key Mississippi River bridge between St. Louis and Illinois closed July 20 for at least four months of roughly $16 million of improvements. Crews are expected to remove the Martin Luther King Bridge’s deck, replace the middle truss span and make structural steel repairs and paint, the St....
Wed July 29, 2015
First Part of $11M Bridge Rehab Project Complete
The first part of the Waterbury construction project on Interstate 89 is complete. Official say new technology is helping to keep the project moving along smoothly. “This is a big project for us,” said Chris Cole, VTrans deputy secretary....
Thu July 30, 2015
Kuala Lumpur’s $1B Terminal Is Sinking
The MSN website is reporting that Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s new budget passenger terminal is sinking, with cracks appearing in the taxiway and water forming pools that planes must drive through....
Mon July 27, 2015
NYC Embarks on Ambitious $4B Airport Reconstruction
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has introduced a plan to redesign and rebuild LaGuardia airport. The airport in Queens is one of the busiest in the nation, but is cramped and outdated. Vice President Joe Biden last year dubbed it a “Third World country.” He was at the announcement Monday....
Patrick Pfanner - THE SANDUSKY REGISTER - Mon July 20, 2015
Decaying Bridges to Be Repaired
Area bridges in need of repairs could continue to decay if funding needs aren’t reached soon. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released a county-by-county report detailing the number of bridges that need work in the state....
Mon July 20, 2015
Bridge Planned for St. Marys River, Part of Cleanup Project
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) Construction will begin next year on a 625-ft. bridge on the St. Marys River, an important step toward repairing more than a century of environmental damage, according to officials....
Candace Renalls - Thu July 16, 2015
Heavy Equipment Distributor Catches Attention Along I-35 in Proctor
The heavy duty trucks, excavators and wheel loaders lined up at Nuss Truck & Equipment are catching the eye of motorists heading south from Duluth on Interstate 35 these days. How long has that been there?That’s the thought of many as they pass the dealership with the towering Nuss Truck/ Mack/ Volvo sign along the freeway just south of Boundary Avenue in Proctor....
