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Tue August 15, 2017

CraneWorks Hires Specialist to Meet Increased Demand

CraneWorks is one of the fastest-growing crane dealers in North America. One change fueling the company's expansion is the increase in demand for large cranes like all terrain and rough terrain models from Demag and Terex....

Tue August 15, 2017

Altstadt Brewery, Guido Construction 'Raise the Roof'

A new brewery development, ALTSTADT, now has completed the frame out on its three-story German Tudor style grand clock tower. The 58,000-sq. ft. attraction, built by San Antonio based Guido Construction, broke ground June 2015 on the 20 acre Texas hill country facility located at 6120 U.S....

Emily Duke - Thu August 03, 2017

Crane Crews Attempt to Retrieve Car From Idaho Canyon

Kathleen Hansen says along the canyon rim in Twin Falls, ID, there's always something to see. "I've seen deer, and two weeks ago I watched the fire department practicing rescue off the cliff," she said....

Ellen Knickmeyer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 02, 2017

DWR Approves $16B Water Tunnels, Assures Financiers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The main California agency promoting Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed $16 billion water tunnels gave its expected approval to the project on July 21. The move by the Department of Water Resources, which is helping shepherd Brown's tunnels project over the regulatory and financial hurdles it must clear to break ground, endorsed the tunnels as a sound step environmentally....

Tue August 08, 2017

PIRTEK Continues Expansion, Opens Orange Location

PIRTEK OC opened in Orange, Calif., in mid-June, the seventh PIRTEK in California, as the company continues to add new locations across the United States. PIRTEK provides onsite hydraulic and industrial hose replacement sales and services to a number of different industries....

Wed August 02, 2017

I-405 Highway Project Aims to Tap $627M TIFIA Loan

The Orange County Transportation Authority expects to soon close on a $627 million federal infrastructure loan, after its board voted 16-0 June 26 to sign final loan documents to help pay for a major capacity expansion project in a 16-mi....

Wed August 02, 2017

AECOM to Acquire California's Shimmick Construction

AECOM, a fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and Shimmick Construction announced a definitive agreement for AECOM to acquire Shimmick, a heavy civil construction market company in the California and western United States....

Wed August 02, 2017

Gas-Tax Begins to Fund Road Work

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Californians will see construction start this month on the first state road repair projects resulting from the new gas tax hike, the state's transportation agency said Friday....

Chuck Harvey - Wed August 02, 2017

$105M Project Expands University of Wyoming

Walls are going up on a $105 million, 100,000-sq.-ft. Engineering Education and Research Building at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo. It is the largest construction project in the university's history....

Chuck Harvey - Wed August 02, 2017

LA's New $2.66B Stadium to Debut in 2020

Work has kicked into full gear on a futuristic $2.66 billion football stadium that broke ground in Inglewood in mid-November 2016, but bogged down in mud during a wet Southern California winter. The new stadium will sit on a 298-acre site....