Chuck Harvey - Tue June 20, 2017
'Midtown Express' Project Includes More Than 70 Bridges
The $847.6 million Midtown Express project will rebuild and improve portions of much-used Texas state highways 183 and 114 and Loop 12 in the Dallas, Ft. Worth and Irving areas. Capacity of the highways will be increased through construction of a TEXpress toll managed lane in each direction, except on SH 114 from SH 161 to International Parkway where one toll lane will be constructed westbound....
Nomaan Merchant - Mon June 19, 2017
As Wall Looms, U.S. Moves to Settle Border Fence Land Cases
HOUSTON (AP) Government lawyers are renewing efforts to settle about 90 cases against Texas landowners whose land was seized to build a fence along parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, in a move that one lawyer for landowners believes is a lead-up to a fight over a border wall proposed by President Donald Trump....
Kyle Mittan - Mon June 19, 2017
Construction Shop Goes Up in Flames While Owner Meets With Fire Chief
Ferndale — A fire Saturday morning tore through a 10,000-square-foot construction shop filled with flammable liquids and thousands of dollars in vehicles and equipment. Most of Friberg Construction's shop, which sits on a 15-acre plot on West 20th Avenue near Interstate 5, was reduced to twisted, blackened metal after the fire that was first reported around 7:15 a.m....
Mike Sunnucks - Wed June 14, 2017
Work Begins on New Caterpillar Division HQ
Sundt Construction is getting the go-ahead to start construction on a new $43 million division headquarters in Arizona for Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar's Surface Mining & Technologies division is to be based in Tucson at the base of A Mountain just west of Interstate 10....
Wed June 14, 2017
MB Crusher Buckets Processing Humboldt Bay Concrete Waste
Back in mid-2016, David Gilson was searching the web for a solution for the Humboldt Bay decommissioning project that his company, Chicago Bridge and Iron Company (CB&I) is involved in. The company predicted that the Humboldt Bay decommissioning project would end up with large piles of concrete at its radioactive facility, as a result of working with a reactor caisson....
Thu June 08, 2017
Taxes, Bond Proposals Would Invest $1.1B in Oklahoma City
More than $1.1 billion in funding for streets, police, firefighters and other basic needs and an annual injection of $26 million for day-to-day operations are included in sales tax and bond proposals under consideration by the Oklahoma City Council....
Thu June 08, 2017
Hawaii DOT Cuts Energy Usage in Half at 11 Airports
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has entered the second phase of its energy savings performance contract with Johnson Controls to provide high-efficiency lighting at 11 Hawaii airports and solar photovoltaic systems at Honolulu International Airport....
Thu June 08, 2017
RES Announces Construction of Redbed Plains Wind Farm
Renewable Energy Systems (RES), a leader in the development, engineering, and construction of wind, solar, transmission and energy storage projects in the Americas, announces the start of construction on EDP Renewables North America's (EDPR NA) Redbed Plains Wind Farm in Grady County, Okla., just southwest of Oklahoma City....
Thu June 08, 2017
Grand Teton's Jenny Lake in Final Year of $18M Renovation
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) This year marks the final summer of construction at one of the most popular destinations in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming. Grand Teton spokesman Andrew White said this season's work at Jenny Lake is the fourth and final major construction phase on an $18 million renovation project....
Debbie Jackson - Thu June 08, 2017
Oklahoma's Avery Drive: The Long Road to Completion
TULSA, Okla. (AP) Cyrus Avery called it his favorite road. To some, it was “the road to nowhere.' Still others felt it should never have been built. Since 1958, the 3.5-mi., two-lane scenic byway has been known as Avery Drive, named for the man most remembered as the father of the Mother Road, Historic Route 66....
