Wed February 22, 2017
Pa.'s SR 50 Wins Concrete Pavement Award
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) recognized the high-quality workmanship of State Route 50's concrete overlay project with its Gold National Excellence in Concrete Pavement Award in the category of Overlays and Highways....
Wed February 22, 2017
PTC Contracts With Hill International to Manage Project
Hill International, construction risk manager, announced that it has received a contract from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) to provide construction management services for roadway and bridge reconstruction projects on a 13-mi....
Wed February 22, 2017
DEP Approves Pennsylvania Pipeline, Mariner East 2 Permit Applications
After extensive review, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has approved the permit applications from Sunoco Pipeline LP (Sunoco) for the PA Pipeline Project/Mariner East 2 pipeline project....
Tue February 14, 2017
Sunoco Logistics Says Permits Clear Way to Build Pipeline
The company planning to build a 306-mile pipeline to move propane and other natural gas liquids across southern Pennsylvania says it can begin construction. Sunoco Logistics received permit approvals for the Mariner East 2 pipeline from the Department of Environmental Protection on Monday....
Wed February 08, 2017
Gov. Wolf Announces 51 PennDOT Projects Worth $33M
Gov. Tom Wolf and PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards announced fifty-one projects to improve transportation alternatives are in line for $33 million in federal funds. “These projects are important initiatives that enhance communities across Pennsylvania to create stronger economies and better infrastructure,” Wolf said....
Wed February 08, 2017
Solar Panel Farm to Provide Clean Energy Savings to P.A. Town
The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) finalized a contract to build a solar panel farm that will provide Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County, with clean renewable solar energy for the next 20 years, reducing the facility's power demand costs....
Lori Tobias - Wed February 08, 2017
Routine Bridge Maintenance Avoids Catastrophe
Motorists accustomed to making the Delaware River Turnpike Bridge a part of their regular drive will have to adapt to some new travel habits for at least the foreseeable future. That news came nearly two weeks after a fracture was discovered in a bridge beam Jan....
Justine McDaniel - Thu January 26, 2017
Giant Sinkhole Opens up in Philadelphia Suburb
Crews were pumping concrete into a giant sinkhole that opened overnight on January 25 in Glenside, Montgomery County, nearly swallowing a pickup truck in a driveway and knocking out a water main. No injuries were reported in the incident on Brooke Road, in Cheltenham Township near the North Hills Country Club....
Wed January 25, 2017
Urban Engineers' Vice President Alan Pizzi Passes Away
Alan Pizzi of Philadelphia, Pa., passed away on Jan. 16, 2017, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He was 65. Mr. Pizzi was born on Aug. 11, 1951, in Philadelphia, attended Villanova University and graduated from Drexel University with a degree in civil engineering....
Jason Laughlin - Mon January 23, 2017
Delaware Bridge Update: Decades Old Construction Error At Fault
An apparent construction error six decades ago could have caused the fracture discovered Friday in a steel beam that forced the closure of the Delaware River Bridge, an engineering expert who viewed pictures of the cracked truss said Sunday....
