Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 13, 2022
$250M USACE Project Deepens Mississippi from Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the first part of a project to deepen the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, opening the way for larger vessels from the widened Panama Canal to travel as far north as Baton Rouge....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 12, 2022
Excavation Highlights New Highway Improvement Work
Surrounded by the rolling farm and prairie land of central Minnesota, road crews are months into an ambitious highway improvement project to widen a 9-mi. section of highway from two to four lanes. This is the first of a two-bid project to add capacity over a 16-mi....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 06, 2022
Stamford Wrecking Eyes Brass Factory Demolition Completion By December
The city of Waterbury, Conn., once known as America's "Brass City" due to the many brass manufacturing plants located within it, is now, via its Waterbury Development Corporation (WDC), demolishing many of the factories and taking steps to clean up the contaminated sites to allow for future development....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 05, 2022
Peter Scalamandre & Sons Leads Key Long Island Project
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is investing $71.4 million to reconstruct and modernize a key segment of State Route 347. Located in Suffolk County, the project is adding new travel lanes, signals, crosswalks and other improvements to a 2-mi....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 05, 2022
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. Reconstructs Highway in Mojave Desert
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. (FSGC), along with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is nearing the completion of 50 mi. of new lanes in southern Inyo County via its Olancha-Cartago 4-Lane Project, a $134.8 million investment....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 29, 2022
Joint Venture Builds New Gates, Key Structures On $259M ATL Project
The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), which handles one of the largest passenger volumes of any airport globally, is undergoing a more than $259 million upgrade to bring in new gates and other key structures to handle the increasing demands on an airport....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 28, 2022
E&B Paving, Rieth-Riley Construction, Gradex Form Unique Triventure for Widening Project
To improve safety and traffic flow on I-465 and I-69 on the northeast side of Indianapolis, construction crews in Marion County, Ind., are adding travel lanes, creating new ramp lanes and building more than a dozen new bridges as part of the $435 million Clear Path 465 project....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu September 22, 2022
Bizzack Construction Leads Vital Corridor Q Work
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is partnering with Bizzack Construction and subcontractors to build an updated road system that will improve regional connectivity and generate economic development in relatively isolated areas....
Brian Fraley – FRALEY CONSTRUCTION MARKETING - Wed September 21, 2022
Uncommon MSE Wall Failure Calls for Unique Geotechnical Solutions
Stabilizing a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall in proximity to an occupied five-story glass office building was a task unto itself for UMA Geotechnical Construction and its team of engineers. The need to revise plans three times during construction and work near the wall when it unexpectedly started rapidly failing, however, proved to be one of the greatest challenges on this project....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue September 20, 2022
Atkinson Moves Mountains On California Highway Project
Motorists understand that it can be aggravating — and even dangerous — being trapped behind a line of tractor trailers going in the same direction. Caltrans and crews from Atkinson Construction are removing some of the aggravation and adding safety to a stretch of State Route 46 in central California....
