Irwin Rapoport - Thu June 30, 2016
Wildcat Construction Enters Second Year of $79M Job
Crews from Wildcat Construction Co. Inc. are into the second construction season for the $79 million Kellogg and Webb Interchange Project, part of an East Kellogg initiative launched by a partnership between the city of Wichita, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), and Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) to improve travel in east Wichita....
Wed June 29, 2016
VIDEO: New Miami Cruise Terminal to be Built for World's Largest Ships
The Miami Herald is reporting that Royal Caribbean Cruises and Miami-Dade County have reached an agreement to build one of the country's largest cruise terminals at PortMiami and bring the cruise line's gigantic ships to Miami....
Wed June 29, 2016
Extreme Heat Forces Unusual Work Schedules
NPR is reporting that high temperatures in Phoenix have made for some unusual construction schedules. A team of construction workers is pouring concrete onto the frame of a structure that will eventually become a wastewater treatment plant....
Tue June 28, 2016
Construction Begins on New MD 210 Interchange in Prince George's County
Gov. Larry Hogan announced work is under way on the $115.4 million project to build a new interchange to replace the current signalized intersection along MD 210 (Indian Head Highway) at Kerby Hill and Livingston roads....
Edgar A. Browning - Tue June 28, 2016
Looking Back at Arute Bros. and N.Y.'s Route 20 Project
Arute Brothers Inc. of New Britain, Conn. used a Bucyrus-Erie 54-B shovel to load rocky excavations into a fleet of Euclid FD-91 15 ton rear dump trucks. The highway construction took place between Broadalbin and East Galway, N.Y., on May 20, 1948....
Lisa Kashinsky - Eagle Tribune - Tue June 28, 2016
Massachusetts Group Takes on Its First 'Veterans Build'
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) Between a triple-decker and a single-family home on Phillips Street a new duplex is rising, each piece of plywood nailed into place by a Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity volunteer....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue June 28, 2016
MassDOT's $60M Route 2/I-95 Bridge Replacement Project Nears Completion
Personnel from SPS New England Inc., the general contractor and DW White Construction Inc., the earth and roadwork subcontractor, are making steady progress to meet the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's (MassDOT) substantial completion November delivery date for the design-build Route 2/I-95 Bridge Replacement Project....
Karen Matthews - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon June 27, 2016
Penn Station Thrill Ride Could Fund Much-Needed Renovations
NEW YORK (AP) Catching a train at New York's crowded Penn Station is no thrill. But a development team has proposed a novel plan to overhaul the station: Build a 1,200-ft. (111.5 m) thrill ride on top of it and pay for renovations by charging $35 a ticket....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon June 27, 2016
Work Progresses on Three Bridges Along Pa. Turnpike
Work is progressing on the Swatara Creek Bridge project in Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission recently provided an update. Crews worked through the winter to complete the demolition of the Swatara Creek Bridge, along with the two center sections of two smaller structures under the Pennsylvania Turnpike's toll-funded project that will replace three bridges, widen the roadway, and rebuild more than a mi....
Mon June 27, 2016
VIDEO: Time Lapse Panama Canal Video Compresses Five Years of Work into Two Minutes
To commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal Expansion, EarthCam released a 4K construction time-lapse movie, showcasing progress from March 2011 to June 2016. Progress was documented for this historic transportation channel by EarthCam's robotic time-lapse construction cameras from 142 webcam angles....
