Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu January 30, 2025
Fayetteville, N.C.'s Raeford Road Undergoing $147.8M Rebuild
As the home of more than 392,000 residents and United States' military personnel stationed at Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) in its metropolitan area, Fayetteville, N.C., is a vibrant, growing city about an hour south of Raleigh along Interstate 95....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed January 29, 2025
USACE Works to Stabilize Banks of Missouri River
Since the 1800s, the Missouri River has been an important means of transporting people and goods from its source in Montana and the Dakotas to St. Louis where it joins the Mississippi River. Some 2,300 mi....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 28, 2025
A.M. Higley Jams On $135M Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Expansion
Springsteen. Elvis. Aretha. Dylan. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF) in Cleveland, Ohio, has a long tradition of honoring music royalty. Now, a $135 million expansion project is under way that will increase the museum's exhibition space and renovate the familiar glass pyramid designed by legendary architect I.M....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 23, 2025
Skanska Brings Engineering Muscle to Manage Bridge Jobs in Bay State
Design-build contracts can offer the benefits of a large construction firm's intimate knowledge of what it does best to be applied to a community project. The result can be cost and time savings, improved safety and other benefits....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 22, 2025
Work Begins On San Antonio Airport Terminal
Hensel Phelps Construction crews broke ground on Dec. 10, 2024, on the San Antonio International Airport's (SAT) $1.2 billion third terminal, a key element in a $2.5 billion expansion and improvements plan approved in 2021....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 21, 2025
Caltrans SR 2 Emergency Highway Repairs Proceed
Aside from stressing residents, the winter and spring storms the past two years (not to mention the wildfires around Los Angeles) have really tested the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), which faces damaged roads and related infrastructure around the state....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Thu January 16, 2025
Kokosing Works On $101M I-81 Widening Project in Virginia
The Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) Interstate 81 widening project impacting northbound and southbound lanes between mile markers 221 and 225 in Augusta County in Staunton, Va., is on track to be completed in 2027, reducing vehicular congestion and enhancing safety and capacity by adding a third lane and widening and rehabilitating five bridges....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 14, 2025
Illinois Tollway $534M I-490 Project Continues
With a significant amount of work behind them, construction crews in Chicago continue tackling a complex project that will provide a full-access interchange connecting the new I-490 Tollway to the Illinois Route 390 Tollway....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 09, 2025
PA Turnpike Work Preps for the Future
The Pennsylvania Turnpike, America's first superhighway, opened in October 1940; it served as the standard for America's highways, predating the Interstate Highway System by 16 years. Today, the turnpike stretches 550 mi....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 08, 2025
Latest Multi-Faceted I-5 Project in Washington State Under Way
Work is under way on yet another project in the Washington Department of Transportation's (WSDOT) ongoing efforts to revitalize Interstate 5 in King and Snohomish counties — a corridor it describes as "a lifeline that people and commerce count on every day."The $203 million project is made possible through federal funds from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the 2003 Transportation Partnership Account (TPA) and the 2005 Nickel Program....
