ALL Crane - Thu July 28, 2022
Crane That Helped Avert Mining Disaster 20 Years Ago
Twenty years ago, all eyes were on a farm in Somerset County, Pa., as a daring rescue took place for nine coal miners trapped 250 feet underground. On July 24, 2002, the miners had accidentally tapped into a poorly documented abandoned mine, flooding their own mine with water and blocking their exit....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Tue July 19, 2022
Private Developer Could Replace Nine Bridges If PennDOT Can Get Funds
Pennsylvania could continue to work with a partnership headed by an Australian partnership to replace nine major bridges across the state and support them for 30 years. The trick is that it must find another way to pay for the construction now that adding tolls of $1 or $2 per vehicle is off the table....
CEG - Thu July 14, 2022
'Burgh Biz Takes Down Historic Building in Strip District
Continental Construction and Demolition, which began operations in 2010, has accrued an impressive list of clients in the 12 years since starting operations. The company, based in the Pittsburgh, Pa., suburb Bethel Park, provides demolition services, site preparation, asbestos abatement, concrete crushing and recycling, high reach services and roll off services....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Tue July 05, 2022
Pittsburgh Officials Hope Old Bridge Opens Soon After Debris Falls Onto I-279
The Swindell Bridge on Pittsburgh's North Side — a nearly century-old structure that has been rated poor for 13 years — was closed to traffic July 1 after construction work caused debris to fall from its underside and onto Interstate 279 below, city officials said....
Groff Tractor - Tue July 05, 2022
Groff Tractor and Equipment Joins Thunder Creek Dealership Network
Groff Tractor and Equipment (GT&E) is the newest dealer of Thunder Creek Equipment. GT&E will carry Thunder Creek'sNo-HAZMAT Multi-Tank Trailer (MTT), the Multi-Tank Oil Trailer (MTO) and the Service and Lube Trailer (SLT)....
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Thu June 23, 2022
SW Pennsylvania Transit Plan Allocates $1.5B for Bridge, Infrastructure Upgrades
Roads and bridges in southwestern Pennsylvania will see a $300 million boost in funding because of 2021's federal infrastructure funding law, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported June 16. The extra money is included in a regional plan for $1.5 billion in transportation projects that is set to be approved June 27 by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC)....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Wed June 08, 2022
In Steel City, New Project Using Cross-Laminated Timber Rather Than Steel
For a new apartment complex next to North Side Pittsburgh's Garden Theater, Bill Gatti wanted to go with the latest state-of-the-art building material that is proving to be all the rage in the industry....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 02, 2022
Mosites Construction Leads Roberto Clemente Bridge Rehabilitation
The Roberto Clemente (Sixth Street) Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pa., is undergoing a $34.4 million bridge rehabilitation project for the Department of Public Works. The contract was awarded to Mosites Construction and Development Company of Robinson, Pa., for a total amount of $34,477,777....
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - Tue May 31, 2022
Millions of Square Feet of New Building Planned Along NE Pennsylvania Interstates
Northeastern Pennsylvania is experiencing record growth with more developers, brokers and companies looking at the region than ever before. That is the assessment of John Augustine, president and CEO at Penn's Northeast, the regional economic development agency for site selection consultants, real estate brokers, developers and businesses looking to expand or locate to the region that includes Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill and Wayne counties....
Associated Press - Tue May 24, 2022
Pennsylvania Judge Temporarily Shuts Down State's Bridge Tolling Plans
A judge ordered a temporary halt May 18 to Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to toll as many as nine major bridges on interstate highways in Pennsylvania, siding with Cumberland County and a handful of municipalities that are challenging the process as being both illegal and unconstitutional....
