CEG - Wed December 16, 2020
Sweatt Construction Relies on 4Rivers for Reclamation Project
A contractor is getting a lot of help from above on a challenging project in a remote corner of New Mexico, near the Colorado border. Sweatt Construction, with assistance from 4Rivers Equipment, is using drone technology and GPS machine control to efficiently complete a reclamation project at the abandoned Swastika Mine, a former silver and lead mine, near Raton, N.M....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 15, 2020
Crews Make Headway on $370M I-5 Project
The Nor Cal Paving JV (Granite Construction Inc. and Teichert Construction) has made steady and solid progress over the past 18 months on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $370 million Interstate 5 (I-5) Corridor Enhancement Project in Sacramento County that covers 1.1 miles south of the Elk Grove Boulevard Overcrossing to the American River Bridge, an initiative that is rehabilitating the road and improving traffic flow by relieving congestion on the busy highway in the northern part of the State....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 14, 2020
Knife River Executes Bridge Slides on I-84
The twin east-west bridges – 112 ft. long, two lanes each – at the Blacks Creek Interchange on I-84 in Ada County, Ida. (20 mi. east of Boise and built in 1963) reached the end of their lifespan and have been replaced – hence the Idaho Transportation Department's (ITD) $12.1 million project awarded to Knife River Corporation that had prefabricated two new bridges off-site that were eventually slid into place....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 10, 2020
North Carolina's U.S. 158 Undergoes $89M Widening Project
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is overseeing an $89 million effort to widen 8.2 mi. of U.S. 158 from I-95/N.C. 46 in Roanoke Rapids to St. John Church Road west of Jackson. Most of the current two-lane road will be widened to a four-lane median-divided road....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 09, 2020
Indiana's Heavy Haul Corridor Under Way
In southern Indiana, work is continuing on a roughly $14.5 million project that will provide a continuous route for heavy-haul vehicles between River Ridge Commerce Center and the Port of Indiana at Jeffersonville....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 03, 2020
Konkus Corporation Replaces Bridge Decks for N.J. I-78 Bridges
Konkus Corporation crews are pressing forward with the New Jersey Department of Transportation's (NJDOT) $27.9 million I-78 Bridges over Route 202/Route 206 and Washington Valley Road project, which began in mid-December 2019 and should be finished by the end of 2022....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 02, 2020
Aggregate Industries-SWR Inc. Require 58 Blasting Events on Nevada's SR 160 Job
Construction crews from Aggregate Industries-SWR Inc. have just completed a $59 million highway widening project in Nevada that posed some tricky challenges, but is expected to make a critical rural stretch of State Route 160 significantly safer for the 8,600 vehicles that travel it daily....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 01, 2020
Longview Bridge & Road Crews Overcome Floodplain on U.S. 69
Longview Bridge & Road Ltd. (LBR) is building a new 690-ft.-long overpass bridge (two lanes in each direction) on U.S. 69 spanning FM 346 in the city of Tyler to improve traffic flow in the largest municipality in northeast Texas....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 25, 2020
Crews Correct Landslide Damage on U.S. 231
With the highway now open to motorists, crews are working to complete construction efforts on U.S. 231 near Huntsville, Ala., nine months after a landslide caused major damage. Repairs were made two months ahead of schedule on both roadways of U.S....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 24, 2020
Minnesota Aims to Rid Road of Dangerous Conditions
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is overseeing a $64.5 million project that will use giant underground stormwater tanks designed to ease a dangerous condition. The completed undertaking will help reduce frequency and severity of flooding on a busy freeway in south Minneapolis....
