Sandvik - Wed October 14, 2020
Gill Rock Drill Appointed New Distributor of Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology Boom Drills
Gill Rock Drill Company Inc. will be supplying Sandvik's comprehensive range of boom drills, rock tools and full aftermarket support for customers in the states located in New Jersey and counties of Maryland, Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania, effective June 20, 2020....
Brenda Ruggiero - Thu October 08, 2020
Construction, Improvement Work Hums Along Busy U.S. 1 in Maryland
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) is currently working on improvements in College Park, which is in Prince George's County. The project involves U.S....
Washington Post - Thu September 03, 2020
Maryland Studying Three Sites for New Chesapeake Bay Crossing
Maryland transportation officials have rejected 11 of 14 potential sites for an additional Chesapeake Bay crossing, saying a new span must be built close to the existing bridge to provide the most traffic relief and cause less environmental damage, according to a state report released Sept....
WTOP News - Wed September 02, 2020
FAA Announces New Airport Funding for Maryland, Virginia
Virginia's Dulles International Airport will rebuild one of its four runways and Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport in Maryland will get additional funding to purchase land in the airport's noise zone to ease complaints — two big projects given the green light through new federal funding....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 27, 2020
Maryland Looks to Unclog Long-Time Bottleneck
The construction of the Baltimore Beltway I-695 Outer Loop is getting closer to its completion date of late summer 2021. The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) awarded the $131 million contract to Tutor Perini Corporation of New Rochelle, N.Y....
CEG - Wed August 26, 2020
New Maryland Route 355 Bridge Designed to Provide Flood Relief
Just to the northwest of Washington, D.C., most drivers are all too familiar with brutal traffic on Maryland Route 355, where it's known as Wisconsin Avenue and Rockville Pike. Where MD Route 355 is known as Frederick Road, drivers can expect temporary stoppages after work ramped up on the construction of a new bridge over Little Bennett Creek in Hyattstown....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon August 10, 2020
Isaias Pummeled Infrastructure in Mid-Atlantic, New England States
Although only rated as a Category 1 hurricane, Isaias was still a deadly and destructive storm after it made landfall in the United States along the southeast coast of North Carolina on Aug. 3. From there, the storm weakened into a Tropical Storm, but still had enough punch left to inflict significant damage as it roared up the East Coast into the Northeast and New England, bringing with it heavy rains and flooding, and power outages affecting millions and destruction from high winds....
Maryland Matters - Wed July 22, 2020
Four Teams Seeking Maryland Highway Contract Clear First Hurdle
All four of the private-sector construction teams seeking to build express toll lanes in the Washington, D.C., suburbs have cleared their first hurdle. The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA) announced July 17 that the four consortia who sought shortlist status have been granted it....
MontgomeryCountyMD.gov - Tue June 30, 2020
Major Road Work to Seriously Impact Montgomery County, Md., Traffic
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) announced June 26 it will be working on two major road projects that will a have significant impact for extended periods on Montgomery County drivers....
CEG - Tue June 30, 2020
New I-81 Bridge Project Across Potomac River to Finish in December
Widening and rehabilitation construction on the Interstate 81 bridge project across the Potomac River between Maryland and West Virginia is about 88 percent complete, according to the Maryland DOT's State Highway Administration....
