Wed July 15, 2015
South Coast Improvement Co. Wins Bid on MIT’s Stata Center Project
South Coast Improvement Company (SCI), a design-build general contractor serving New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, was recently contracted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a renovation project at the Ray and Maria Stata Center at the school’s campus in Cambridge, Mass....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue July 14, 2015
Multi-Million Dollar Venture to Transform NYC Block
A multi-million dollar joint-project financed by the New York City Department of Transportation and the NYC Department of Design will see the construction of the Plaza De Las Americas in Washington Heights (the Bronx) by July/August....
Mon July 13, 2015
Caltrans Concludes Tower Anchor Rod Seismic ’Pull’ Tests
Caltrans has completed the first phase of the Bay Bridge tower anchor rod investigation, releasing test results showing more than 99 percent of rods that could be tested were not broken and can withstand major earthquake forces....
Thu June 25, 2015
Fracking Foes Trying a New Approach in Louisiana
COVINGTON, La. (AP) - An environmental group in St. Tammany has launched a new effort to curtail a fracking project, which started last week. The New Orleans Advocate (http://bit.ly/1FyGUC2 ) reports Preserve St....
Thu June 25, 2015
Construction Nearly Finished at Lihue Airport Site
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) - An erosion control project in Lihue is nearing completion after it was stalled for more than a year because a bird nesting colony was discovered. The Garden Island reports (http://bit.ly/1BD7AH8 ) reports that Department of Transportation Spokesman Tim Sakahara says crews resumed construction in February....
Michael Biesecker - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue June 23, 2015
N.C. Officials Reach Agreement to Allow Replacement of Bonner Bridge
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina transportation officials have reached an agreement with environmental groups that would allow for the construction of a new span across Oregon Inlet to replace the aging Bonner Bridge....
Tue June 23, 2015
State Agency Delays Plans to Demolish White River Bridge
CLARENDON, Ark. (AP) An effort to repurpose a bridge across the White River into the longest pedestrian bridge in the country has gotten an assist from Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. The state Highway and Transportation Department has delayed plans for six months to demolish the 83-year-old bridge at Clarendon on the U.S....
Mon June 22, 2015
Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway Ready for Construction
The final pieces are now in place for the construction of the Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway in Scioto County. The project is made possible by the first public-private partnership (P3) in Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) history....
Lori Tobias - Fri June 19, 2015
NIPSCO Unit 12 Project’s 2016 Deadline Well in Sight
After more than three years of planning and highly choreographed work, crews on the job to complete the dry flue-gas desulfurization environmental upgrade project of Northern Indiana Public Service Co.’s (NIPSCO) Unit 12 have the spring 2016 deadline well in sight....
Thu June 18, 2015
First Tappan Zee Girders Barge Down the Hudson
The Journal News is reporting first of the 134 assembled girder units will arrive this month by barge from upstate. They’ll be easy to spot not only because of their massive size and location — they’ll sit on top of the concrete columns that are rising fast in the Hudson River — but because of their sky-blue color....
