Bridgewater Courier News - Mon September 21, 2020
NJ Transit Breaks Ground on Raritan River Bridge Replacement
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined public and private officials Sept. 15 at a ceremonial groundbreaking on the $595 million Raritan River Bridge replacement project. The event marked the beginning of construction to replace the existing swing-span bridge, known as River Draw, which was damaged during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and has experienced recurring maintenance issues....
Boston Real Estate Times - Mon September 21, 2020
$23M Veterans Housing Project Starting in New Jersey
Federal, state, county and local officials joined executives from a Massachusetts developer and the non-profit Soldier On to celebrate the start of construction on a $23 million, 70-unit apartment community in Tinton Falls, N.J....
CEG - Tue September 08, 2020
New Jersey's Planned Gas Tax Hike Due to Revenue Lost Amid Pandemic
Motorists and equipment operators in the Garden State will have to pay more at the pump by October, as New Jersey will hike its gasoline tax to try to recoup revenue lost from lower demand due to the coronavirus pandemic....
Jersey Digs - Wed September 02, 2020
Plans Revealed for First Phase of Renovation of Jersey City Reservoir
A greenery gem tucked inside an otherwise residential section of The Heights in Jersey City, N.J., is slated to see some big changes soon and a report issued earlier this summer details the walking trails and first phase of historic restoration that will be coming to the space....
CEG - Thu August 27, 2020
LBX Names ESSCO Truck & Equipment New Dealer
LBX Company LLC recently announced the addition of ESSCO Truck & Equipment as the dealer of Link-Belt hydraulic excavators, material handlers and parts in New York City and New Jersey. ESSCO, which has locations in Staten Island, N.Y., and Farmingdale, N.J., was founded when "we decided to put our hard-earned experience and passion for heavy equipment to work and made a solid investment in our future," according to Carmine Gambacorta, sales director of ESSCO Truck & Equipment....
First State Update - Thu August 20, 2020
Concrete Deck Overlay Pilot Project to Soon Begin on Delaware-N.J. Bridge
The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) announced Aug. 18 that an ultra high-performance concrete (UHPC) deck overlay pilot project will begin on the four-lane New Jersey-bound span of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in September....
Select Crane Sales - Tue August 18, 2020
Beaver Tree Services Takes Delivery of National 9125A From Select Crane Sales
Select Crane Sales assisted Beaver Tree Services with the purchase of a 2010 National 9125A boom truck. Beaver Tree Services performs residential and commercial tree service within the state of New Jersey....
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....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu July 30, 2020
Ritacco Workin' on the Railroad … Bridge in Jersey
Crews from Ritacco Construction Inc. (RCI) started work on the $24.8 million Route 3 Bridge over Conrail and New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) railroad replacement project last April 1, a three-year initiative that is taking place in the township of North Bergen (Hudson County)....
NJ.com - Thu July 30, 2020
Newark Airport's New Terminal One on Track to Open Late Next Year
While the coronavirus has made Newark Liberty International Airport a ghost town for travel, inside the new Terminal One the pace is just the opposite as lots of work continues to progress since the final piece of steel was lowered in place last October....
