Birmingham, Ala., native Cindy RIley originally planned on a career in law, but during her sophomore year in college realized journalism was her true calling. A magna cum laude graduate of Samford University, Riley first worked in radio and TV. Named Best News Anchor, Best News Reporter and Best Investigative Reporter by the Associated Press, she interviewed numerous personalities, ranging from Dr. Henry Kissinger and President Bush to Michael Jordan and Captain Kangaroo.
As a print journalist, Riley has covered a variety of topics, including construction, business, health and the arts. In addition to CEG, her work has appeared in special reports for USA Today and the L.A. Times. Other publications have included New South Magazine, Portico, Thicket, Alabama Heritage, B-Metro, Business First and Birmingham Business Journal.
Despite record rainfall, the start of the pandemic and supply chain shortages, construction crews in Baldwin County, Ala., are close to completing a new regional headquarters and distribution center for grocery retailer ALDI....
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Construction crews in Pensacola are working to complete a $636 million project that represents the single largest investment in health care facilities, services and programs in northwest Florida's history....
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The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is overseeing a project in Rutherford County designed to improve safety on Jefferson Pike Road (S.R. 266). Construction crews are widening roughly 4 mi....
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In north central Alabama, construction continues on a four-story tower and expanded emergency department at Cullman Regional Hospital. The $30 million project will increase the hospital's bed capacity from 145 to 175 and double the size of the hospital's critical care unit....
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To improve safety, construction crews in Outagamie County, Wis., are making changes to a hectic commuter route between New London and the Fox Cities area. The $136 million project includes building a bypass at Hortonville and providing wider roadways to New London....
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In Cincinnati, Ohio, work continues on the megaproject known as I-75 Thru the Valley. At a cost of $46 million, Phase 8 construction calls for reconstructing I-75 from Glendale-Milford Road to the Kemper Road overpass, adding a fourth lane in each direction and adding capacity at the Sharon Road interchange and at Sharon Road and Chester Road....
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In Wayne County, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is overseeing a reconstruction effort that will better serve area motorists when complete. The $31 million SR 83 major rehabilitation project includes the removal and replacement of all existing full-depth pavement, including subgrade stabilization, underdrains and drainage improvements....
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Deemed the largest project in the history of the University of South Carolina, Campus Village will provide four new buildings and more than 1,800 new beds by fall of next year....
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Designed to provide a safe, healing environment for local veterans, Kentucky's Louisville VA Medical Center will integrate modern patient-centered care concepts when it opens in 2026....
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A replacement hospital that's been in the works for several years is becoming a reality in McCalla, Ala. Medical West Hospital Authority, an affiliate of UAB Health System, broke ground on the $400 million project in November 2021....
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The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is overseeing an approximately $38 million project designed to improve reliability, mobility and safety along a stretch of U.S.-275....
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A critical infrastructure project that will provide a new gateway to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is under way in Florida. The $126 million undertaking involves building two high-level fixed bridges over the Indian River, which links Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island and Cape Canaveral to Titusville....
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In Milwaukee, site work is well under way on a $420 million undertaking that will double the square footage of the Wisconsin Center. The expanded facility is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2024....
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In southeast Alabama, crews are working on a $32 million project that will replace six functionally obsolete bridges along Interstate 85 at exit 60. The structures are being replaced due to their narrow width and age, with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) overseeing the work....
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Despite lengthy delays tied to the pandemic, construction is under way in Michigan on a $920 million, 690,000-gross-sq.-ft. facility that will modernize inpatient and surgical care and increase patient access to those it serves....
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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is overseeing separate projects in Wood and Lucas counties which includes I-75 widening, reconstruction and bridge replacement at a total cost of $352 million....
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As the largest highway construction effort in the Commonwealth of Virginia's history, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project will increase capacity, ease major congestion and enhance travel time reliability when complete....
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By summer 2022, athletes will be taking advantage of a major expansion of the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls, S.D. The $40 million undertaking, which calls for 18 fully-lit synthetic fields, is considered the biggest turf field project in the country, with nearly 1.7 million sq....
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Construction workers in Wichita, Kan., are working on a water treatment facility that will serve residents and area businesses for generations to come. The plant, with a 120-million gal....
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In Huntsville, Ala., a major expansion is under way at the nonprofit HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology's biotech campus. A global headquarters for Discovery Life Sciences (DLS) is being built, along with a modern laboratory and greenhouse space for HudsonAlpha's Center for Plant Science and Sustainable Agriculture....
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