Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 20, 2024
Longview Bridge and Road Build Replaces Two Texarkana Spans
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently opened the new and long-awaited bridge on State Highway (SH) 8 that links Bowie and Cass counties in the Texarkana area. The $37.7 million, constructed by Longview Bridge and Road Ltd....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 15, 2024
New Stadium Rises From 'The Bottoms'
A $140 million project in urban Knoxville once known as "the bottoms" comes with a fair share of challenges, but when complete, the anticipated benefits will be nearly innumerable. Work on the Knoxville multi-use stadium project began in 2021 with the demolition of a former slaughterhouse....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed August 14, 2024
St. Louis Intelligence Facility Nears Completion
Large construction projects rely on teamwork for success. One such successful undertaking is bringing new life to a large intelligence agency located in St. Louis. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is spread out in several locations around the city, some of them more than 100 years old....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 13, 2024
Shelly & Sands Continues Work On Zanesville's I-70
Despite a lack of access to the project and tight working conditions, crews in Ohio continue making progress on the $90 million I-70 reconstruction project. Phase 2 construction began last November and is scheduled to be completed by July 2025....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu August 08, 2024
Crews to Replace Span in Augusta, Maine
When a bridge goes from tight to right, people notice. Especially when that bridge is in the state capital. The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) decided to begin this transformation of the Western Avenue bridge located on U.S....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu August 08, 2024
Corps of Engineers, Agate Battle Erosion at Indian River Inlet
The Army Corps of Engineers has contracted Agate Construction to combat scour and a failing shoreline at the Indian River Inlet in Delaware. The Corps manages key water resources and infrastructure projects around the country, including work on rivers, dams, levees and bridges....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 07, 2024
Houston Highway Set for $7B Upgrade
The Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) multi-billion, multi-year North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP) was given the green light on July 26, which will seriously transform a major freeway in downtown Houston, which happens to be the oldest in the state....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 06, 2024
Graniterock's Critical Turbo Project Improves Safety
At the eastern end of the ongoing San Benito Route 156 Project that will be completed in fall 2025, Graniterock completed the building of the SR 156/25 Turbo Roundabout Project. Crews began work on this project in San Benito County in June 2022....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 01, 2024
Phase III of SCDOT's Berlin G Myers Parkway Begins
Work continues on a South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) project 18 years in the making. Contractors began rebuilding a portion of the Sawmill Branch Canal Trail in Dorchester County earlier this year....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 31, 2024
Minnesota Flooding Affects Construction Crew
After several years of hot, dry weather, record breaking, monsoon-like rains rolled into the state of Minnesota this spring and stubbornly held a tight grip on the region going into early July. Residents and businesses in many smaller communities throughout the state have endured flooding in their streets and homes, in some cases over-powering local storm sewer systems....
