Thu September 08, 2016
Wynn Receives License, Begins $2.1B Construction Project
Wynn Resorts has officially received its Chapter 91 license from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and will immediately start construction on the $2.1 billion Wynn Boston Harbor resort....
Wed September 07, 2016
RIDOT Invests in Road Repairs in South Kingstown
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is investing in much-needed repairs to 1.3 mi. (2 km) of roadway in the villages of Wakefield and Peace Dale in South Kingstown. Work is under way with the initial task involving the installation of new drainage structures along a section of Kingstown Road, working south toward High Street....
Wed September 07, 2016
NHDOT Decides to Permanently Close Sarah Long Bridge to Vehicular Traffic
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) and Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) have decided to permanently close to motor vehicle traffic the 76-year-old Sarah Mildred Long Bridge connecting Portsmouth, N.H., and Kittery, Maine....
Irwin Rapoport - Wed September 07, 2016
MBTA Working to Update $1.9B Green Line Extension Construction Plan
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is currently preparing a new bidding process to complete the $1.992 billion Green Line Extension (GLX) project in the greater Boston area. Officials, consultants and commuter activists estimated that the project was $1 billion over budget based mainly on the bidding method....
Wed September 07, 2016
Skanska to Build $178M Women and Children's Health Building
Skanska has signed a contract to build the new Women and Children's Health Building for Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Del. The contract is worth $178 million and will be included in the order bookings for Skanska USA Building in the third quarter 2016....
Mon September 07, 2015
Making Every Minute Count: Albany Runway Rehabilitation
The business of an airport is to get people where they need to go, safely and on time. When an airport needs improvement, it needs to get the work done quickly, efficiently and correctly. Money talks, and the Albany International Airport made sure that their runway rehabilitation would be completed on time by instituting a $5,000 liquidated damages clause for every 15 minutes of delay in re-opening Runway 01-19....
Wed September 07, 2016
Bridge Work to Begin on Salisbury Bypass
The Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration (SHA) has begun a nearly two-year project to rehabilitate 11 bridges on U.S. 13/U.S. 50 (Salisbury Bypass) in Salisbury, Md....
Wed September 07, 2016
Gov. Cuomo Announces Completion of Track Laying for LIRR Double Track
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the completion of new track laying between Central Islip and Ronkonkoma for the LIRR Double Track project. Work on the final phase between Farmingdale and Central Islip is already under way and on schedule to be completed in 2018....
Tue September 06, 2016
$10M Grant Approved for 'North Avenue Rising' Project
Federal, state and local officials gathered at Coppin State University to celebrate the award of a $10 million federal grant for the North Avenue Rising project in Baltimore City, which is part of the Hogan administration's transformative BaltimoreLink transit improvement plan....
Chris Carola - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue September 06, 2016
Dig Extended at Site of 1750s British, American Encampments
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) An archaeological dig that was supposed to wrap up this week at an 18th century military site has yielded such intriguing artifacts the project has been extended, the archaeologist leading the excavations said....
