Mon May 18, 2015
Airport Commission Considers Changing Construction Method
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The Lafayette Airport Commission has slowed down the process of building a $90 million passenger terminal to examine closely how to carry out what will be a yearslong, complex project....
Mon May 18, 2015
Indianapolis Officials Planning to Renovate Track
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis Motor Speedway is in a race against time. Officials are planning to renovate the historic track in time for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 next May. That doesn’t leave a lot of time, given that there are races scheduled at the Brickyard in July and August and the construction won’t begin until after those are run....
Dorinda Anderson - Sun May 15, 2016
Slashed I-25 Costs Allow for Immediate Relief
An original $350 million project cost was reduced to $93 million when the New Mexico Department of Transportation decided to focus on only immediate traffic needs in Albuquerque by increasing capacity to serve the next 20 years, according to Michael Smelker, project engineer of the New Mexico Department of Transportation....
Tue May 12, 2015
Biggest Change to Wrigley Field in Decades
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that construction is complete on the new left field bleachers at Wrigley field, the home of the Chicago Cubs. The work done has called he most dramatic changes to the ballpark’s bleachers since they were built in 1937....
Pete Sigmund - Tue May 12, 2015
NYC’s Central Park - Revisiting an American Masterpiece
In 1849, merchant Robert Minturn and his wife returned from a grand tour of Europe and called a meeting of business leaders at his downtown home. They decided that a park should be established at a site on the East River called Jones Wood....
Fri May 08, 2015
Iowa Contractor Scores With Slide Rail System Gen II Posts
Constructing a cast-in-place pump station is nothing new for J & K Contracting, of Ames, Iowa. However, constructing a cast-in-place pump station inside of Iowa State University’s Jack Trice Stadium, less than a first down’s length away from the southern end zone, is certainly something new....
Fri May 08, 2015
Reconstruction Work Begins on Ramps Connecting Two Major Illinois Tollways
The Illinois Tollway has begun work to reconstruct three ramps connecting the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90), the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) and O’Hare International Airport in 2015 as part of the $2.5 billion I-90 Rebuilding and Widening Project....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon May 04, 2015
Turnpike Bridge Replacement Underway
A bridge replacement project for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is well on its way in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County. The overall project involves the replacement of an existing three-span steel girder bridge with a new two-span pre-stressed concrete PA bulb tee bridge over the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the replacement of a dual metal arch culvert with a new dual precast concrete box culvert, and the reconstruction of Thorn Hill Road between Brush Creek Road and State Route 19....
Paul Posel - Mon May 04, 2015
When a 5,000-Acre Test Site Shuts Down, What’s Next?
(NOTE:If you clicked here to read the story titled, "A Look at the History of the Backhoe Loader," please click here for the story. We regret any inconvenience. News headlines such as “GM to Close Proving Grounds” and “GM Site Reborn as Housing Development” tell only part of the story....
Ryan Van Velzer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon May 04, 2015
Grand Canyon: Construction on Aging Water Pipeline Continues
PHOENIX (AP) - Construction workers at the Grand Canyon have replaced more than a quarter mile of an aging water pipeline. The nearly 50 year-old-pipeline that provides water for hikers and communities along the canyon’s South Rim breaks between five and thirty times each year....
