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Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Mon February 05, 2018
Philly's 30th Street Station Plans $10B Makeover
Philadelphia's 30th Street Station is one of Pennsylvania's busiest intermodal stations serving Amtrak, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), and New Jersey Transit. Combined, the three agencies saw more than 11 million passenger trips at the station in 2013....
Fri January 26, 2018
On Jan. 9, Kathleen Rossell, great-granddaughter of Peter J. McGuire, the founder and first general secretary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America (UBCJA), visited the Carpenters Tool & History Museum in Philadelphia....
Emily Buenzle - Thu January 18, 2018
Amazon Unveils Top 20 List for HQ2 Location—Did Your Hometown Make the Cut?
Amazon announced Jan. 18 that it has chosen 20 potential locations for its new headquarters. In 2017, more than 230 cities stepped up to the plate with proposal packages including tax incentives and more to vie for the retail giant to choose them for its HQ2....
The Associated Press - Fri December 01, 2017
Builders Race to Save Football's Eagles From Billy Penn Jinx
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Superstitious construction workers have placed a small statue of Philadelphia's founder atop the city's newest skyscraper in an effort to save the NFL-leading Philadelphia Eagles from a fabled jinx....
Tue September 19, 2017
Heavyweight Contender Who Challenged Larry Holmes Dies in Construction Accident
David Bey once was a heavyweight boxer from Philadelphia who lost his shot at the world title in a bout against Larry Holmes in 1985 in Las Vegas. Last week, Bey, 60, who also worked as a pile driver even when he was in the ring, was fatally injured in a construction site accident on the Camden waterfront....
Wed August 16, 2017
Stephenson Equipment to Hold JCB Demo Day
Stephenson Equipment's JCB Demo Day is being held at its Philadelphia-area location at 135 Lincoln Ave. in Prospect Park, Pa., on Sept. 7. The “Fastest Backhoe in the World,” JCB's GT Dragster backhoe, will be on site and ready to work on a stretch of new asphalt at the location....
Thu August 03, 2017
2017 Construction Starts Reveal Mixed Pattern Across Top Metro Areas
During the first half of 2017, eight of the top ten metropolitan markets for commercial and multifamily construction starts ranked by dollar volume registered decreased activity compared to a year ago, according to Dodge Data & Analytics....
Thu July 20, 2017
Tesla Owner Gets Government Approval for Hyperloop Transit System
Tesla Inc. and SpaceX founder Elon Musk dropped a bombshell announcement July 20, tweeting that he has received "verbal government approval" to construct a Hyperloop transit system that would connect New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C....
Daniel Craig - Wed July 12, 2017
Penn Medicine Breaks Record With Concrete
Penn Medicine set a Philadelphia record the weekend of July 8 — not for anything health-related, but instead for a construction feat. For the health system's New Patient Pavilion facility in University City, crews completed what Penn claims is the largest single concrete pour in city history....
Fri June 23, 2017
Port of Philadelphia Buys Strategic Parcel of Land
PhilaPort announced the acquisition of a 29-acre parcel of land, locally known as the former Philadelphia Produce and Seafood Terminal, located at Third Street and Pattison Avenue. With this purchase, PhilaPort now owns 1,016 acres of land....
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