Northeast

Thu January 18, 2018

Connecticut Brothers Use Construction Waste to Supply Aggregate Products

Burns Construction was established in 1957 by Ed Burns Sr. with one truck, a small crew and a focus on residential paving. Over the course of the past 53 years, Burns has experienced steady growth and today is not only still involved in residential paving, but has expanded to tackling paving projects that include airport runways and everything in between....

Tue January 16, 2018

Tyler Equipment Helps Saltmarsh Industries Expand

Saltmarsh Industries, located in Southwick, Mass., serves the Springfield, Worcester, eastern New York and northern Connecticut region, specializing in site development, underground utilities, pavement management, water/sewer/drainage systems and other realms of total site development....

Tue January 09, 2018

New Hampshire Group Finishes Northern Pass Project Hearings

CONCORD (AP) New Hampshire regulators completed their hearings on the Northern Pass project and planned to start their deliberations in December. In April, hearings before the state Site Evaluation Committee began on the $1.6 billion plan to bring hydropower from Canada to southern New England markets....

Mon January 08, 2018

Report Identifies Bridges in Need of Repair, Replacement

Fourteen percent of bridges statewide and nine percent of bridges in Southern Maine are structurally deficient according to a new report released Nov. 1 by TRIP, a Washington, DC-based national transportation organization....

Jennifer McDermott – Associated Press - Mon January 08, 2018

State Awards Contract to Fix Dilapidated Interchange

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Rhode Island plans to rebuild a dilapidated highway interchange, making it safer for the 90,000 vehicles that traverse it daily and eliminating the millions of dollars the state spends on minor fixes....

Mon January 08, 2018

FHWA Grants FONSI for RIDOT's First Two Toll Locations

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received notification from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that the Environmental Assessment process has been concluded for the first two locations for all-electronic truck-only tolling to be built along I-95 in southern Rhode Island....

Mon January 08, 2018

Vermont's First Wind Farm Begins Commercial Operation

Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. began commercial operation at its newest wind farm, and first in Vermont, the Deerfield Wind Farm, in the towns of Readsboro and Searsburg on Dec. 29....

Mon January 08, 2018

Gilbane Appoints Aeppel, Allen, McKelvy as Board Members

Gilbane's board of directors announced the appointment of three new Board members — Glyn F. Aeppel, Richard K. Allen and Michael E. McKelvy. “The diverse background and expertise of our new board members will benefit the company as we seek continued profitable growth and expansion....

Mon January 08, 2018

Semiconductor Company to Expand in Manchester

Allegro MicroSystems LLC, a company that develops high-performance power and sensor semiconductors, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 19 on a 15,000-sq. ft. expansion at its Manchester, N.H., facility....

Mon January 08, 2018

Gilbane Wins AGC's Build New England Award of Merit

Gilbane Building Company was recently honored by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Massachusetts at its annual Build New England Awards honoring excellence in construction through collaboration....