Project Experiences

Tue April 28, 2015

London Workers Uncover Ghostly Railway Station

The website This is Local London is reporting that engineers have made an extraordinary discovery during Thameslink railway work near London Bridge. Ghostly remains of a former south London station that closed exactly 100 years ago have been found....

Adam Benson - Tue April 28, 2015

Architect Building Covered Bridge - By Hand

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) - Richard Perry is overseeing what may be the most enduring property renovation project in Norwich’s recent history. Architect Arnold Graton is constructing a 60-foot-long by 18-foot-wide covered bridge - by hand - on Perry’s Wawecus Hill Road property....

Wed April 15, 2015

Two Large Projects Signal Uptick in Maui Private Construction

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - Construction on Maui that fell off in late 2007 is making a comeback. The Maui News ( http://bit.ly/1CLNuUE) reports Maui County has issued building permits for a six-story, eight-wing time-share resort on 26 acres at Kaanapali’s North Beach....

Wed April 08, 2015

4,000 Jobs Created by Bypass Project

The Las Vegas Sun is reporting that Federal, state and local officials gathered in Boulder City April 6th to celebrate the groundbreaking of a highway bypass project that one day will form a key part of Interstate 11, linking Las Vegas and Phoenix....

Tue April 07, 2015

Construction Begins on Washington Boulevard Bridge

The Virginia Department of Transportation began construction to improve an important bridge in the backyard of the Pentagon. The $29.3 million project replaces the Route 27 (Washington Boulevard) bridge over Route 110 (Jefferson Davis Highway) in Arlington County....

Tue April 07, 2015

Get A Drone’s Eye View of the Apple Campus 2 Construction

A video has been uploaded to YouTube showing the scale of the construction being done on the Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino California. History of the project (source: Wikipedia):In April 2006, Steve Jobs announced to the city council of Cupertino that Apple had acquired nine contiguous properties to build a second campus, the Apple Campus 2....

Dorinda Anderson - Fri April 03, 2015

Utah Performing Arts Center Making Headway

After close to six months of demolition, construction of the new Utah Performing Arts Center, which will now be called the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater due to a $15 million donation from the Eccles Foundation, in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, is well under way. The George S....

Fri April 03, 2015

Crane Armada Keeps Tappan Zee Project Afloat

The $3.9 billion N.Y. bridge is one of the largest infrastructure projects in North America and nearly half of the cranes on the job are made by Manitowoc. The venture is constructing a 3-mi. (4.8 km) twin bridge to replace the 60-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge that spans New York’s Hudson River....

MIKE BALSAMO - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu April 02, 2015

Audit: NY Sandy Relief Program Paid Millions for Flawed Work

NEW YORK (AP) - A program that was supposed to rebuild homes wrecked by Superstorm Sandy paid $6.8 million to contractors for work that was ”flawed or incomplete,’ the city’s comptroller said in an audit released Tuesday....

Cindy Riley - Wed April 01, 2015

Birmingham Burb’s New $20M City Hall Well Under Way

Construction of the more than $20 million City Hall Complex is well under way in the Birmingham, Ala., suburb of Vestavia Hills. The building will serve both city employees and residents when it’s completed in September....