Mon April 03, 2017
Rehabilitation of Landmark Road Nearly Complete
This year marks the home stretch of the Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) rehabilitation, a 10-year-long project to restore the nearly 90-year-old road to its former glory. But unlike other road rehabilitation projects where the new construction is noticeable, on the GTSR, motorists would be hard pressed to tell the difference between the new construction and the 1930s' construction....
Joe Douglass -KATU News - Fri March 31, 2017
State Website Cracks Down on Illegal Contractors
"We've got some very bad boys out there that the public needs to know about," Stan Jessup, enforcement program manager for Oregon's Construction Contractors Board (CCB), told KATU on Thursday. Jessup was talking about a new website from CCB that lists unlicensed contractors who have racked up tens of thousands of dollars in fines along with photos of them....
Jade Hernandez - ABC7 - Wed March 29, 2017
Woman Locks Herself in 150-Foot Crane Over Downtown Los Angeles
A woman scaled a 150-foot crane at a construction site in downtown Los Angeles and locked herself inside for hours on March 28 before she was safely taken into custody. The woman locked herself inside the crane in the 100 block of Chavez Avenue shortly after 4 p.m....
Western Products - Tue March 28, 2017
Western Products Introduces New Oscillating Skid-Steer Mount For Snowplows
Western Products, manufacturer of Western snow removal and ice control equipment, announces a new oscillating mount option for the Prodigy and Pro-Plus skid-steer snowplows. The mount, which attaches the snowplow to the skid-steer loader's universal plate, features six degrees of side-to-side oscillation....
Western Products - Tue March 28, 2017
Western Products Unveils New Defender Compact Snowplow
Western Products, manufacturer of Western snow removal and ice control equipment, introduces the new Western Defender compact snowplow. The Defender is designed specifically to fit mid-size pickups and SUVs....
Debbie Cafazzo - Tue March 21, 2017
Students Showcase Construction Skills in Project to Help the Homeless
Construction trades students at the Pierce County Skills Center are among at least 20 teams of high school and college students from across the state who are busy building “tiny house” shelters for the homeless this month....
Mon March 20, 2017
Wheeler Power Systems Provides Solar Power for Utah's First Net Zero Community
Living Zenith is Utah's first net zero community setting a standard for energy efficiency in the state. With smart tech and strategic design, these green homes generate as much energy as they use in one year....
Mon March 20, 2017
UPS Breaks Ground on New $275M Salt Lake City Facility
UPS will build a new regional operations hub in Salt Lake City that will be among the largest processing facilities in its global package network. The $275 million project joins other significant capital investments announced over the past 24 months focused on new construction combined with modernization and expansion of top tier UPS hubs in the United States to address planned growth....
Andrea Watts - CEG Correspondent - Mon March 20, 2017
Consolidation of Dixie Regional Medical Center Under Way
Construction is on schedule for the Dixie Regional Medical Center's $300-million consolidation, a merging of its two campuses and expansion on its River Road campus. When the consolidation is finished in December 2018, St....
Mon March 20, 2017
79th Annual Oregon Logging Conference Bigger, Better Than Ever
More than 6,000 industry professionals from 37 U.S. states, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Russia and Sweden attended the 79th Annual Oregon Logging Conference (OLC), held Feb....
