The Architect’s Newspaper & CEG - Tue January 31, 2023
New Expansion of Greenwich, Conn.'s Bruce Museum Nearing Spring 2023 Finish
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn., is on course to complete construction of its three-story, 43,000-sq.ft. addition in the spring. The new space at the renowned natural history and art gallery will feature the William L....
WTNH.com & WFSB-TV - Mon January 09, 2023
One Span of Connecticut's Gold Star Bridge Gets $158M From Feds for Needed Repairs
Connecticut's Gold Star Memorial Bridge, spanning the Thames River to link the cities of New London and Groton, is receiving a much needed $158 million from the Biden Administration to help in its rehabilitation....
New Haven Register - Tue January 03, 2023
North Haven, Conn., Selectman Predicts More Development On Street in 2023
Two large housing complexes are already being constructed on Washington Avenue in the town of North Haven, Conn., which also became home to several new businesses in 2022. But First Selectman Mike Freda, who has long prioritized economic development in the community northeast of New Haven, has even more ambitious goals for the neighborhood in 2023....
Hartford Courant - Wed December 21, 2022
Farmington, Conn., Residents OK $9.7M More to Budget for New High School
In a rare December referendum, Farmington, Conn., voters on Dec. 8 approved covering cost overruns for replacing the town's current high school with a new one by raising the construction budget by $9.7 million....
Quinnipiac Today - Tue December 20, 2022
Quinnipiac University in Connecticut Gets OK to Build $293M South Quad
The Hamden, Conn., Planning and Zoning Commission approved a plan Dec. 13 by Quinnipiac University to go ahead with what the school calls a "transformative" building project on its South Quad project, setting the stage for construction to begin this winter....
CT Insider - Mon December 19, 2022
Supply Chain Issues Push Brookfield, Conn., School's Finish to Fall 2023
The town of Brookfield, Conn., has scheduled an updated move-in date for its new elementary school after completion of the construction project was stalled for months by supply chain issues. With the Candlewood Lake Elementary School (CLES) now slated to be finished in late May or early June in 2023, the plan is to move students and staff into the new 139,000-sq.-ft....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 15, 2022
Costello Dismantles 12 Interconnected Brass Plant Structures in Waterbury
Between March and April 2021 and an additional phase in 2022, the Costello Dismantling Company Inc. completed the demolition of the 400,000-sq.-ft. former Anaconda American Brass Company manufacturing plant in the city of Waterbury, Conn....
The Day - Mon December 12, 2022
Connecticut DOT Studies How to Improve I-95 Between Branford, Rhode Island Border
Interstate 95 near the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, a link between the Connecticut towns of Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, carried an average of 40,000 vehicles a day in the late 1950's. By 2016, that number more than doubled to 97,000 vehicles daily, and is projected to increase to 126,000 vehicles in 2045....
Middletown Press - Wed December 07, 2022
Rehab of Building Along Middletown, Conn., Riverfront Will Create New Eatery
Interior structural work began Dec. 6 on a project to turn a former Middletown, Conn.-owned canoe club into a combination seafood restaurant, brewery and snack shack to be run by the owners of a popular brewpub in the city....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu December 01, 2022
Waterbury, Conn.,Transformation Continues With Mixmaster Project
The transformation of downtown Waterbury, Conn., is taking place with the rehabilitation of 10 bridges that connect Interstate 84 and Route 8. The Mixmaster, which was opened in 1968, features stacked bridges that the Connecticut Department of Transportation called "an engineering feat that addressed the area's challenging topography." But it also said, "The stacked bridges make both rehabilitation and replacement a complicated endeavor."While the Mixmaster has undergone multiple major renovations since the late 1960s, it is now being rehabilitated due to deteriorating concrete decks, corroded bearings and joints, section loss in its girders and cracking in critical, non-redundant structures....
