Irwin Rapoport - Fri June 17, 2016
Shelly & Sands Completes First Year of Four-Year Contract
Shelly & Sands Inc. has completed the first year of the four-year contract to rebuild and widen a 4-mi. (6.4 km) stretch of Interstate 80 in Ohio's Trumbull County, along with the widening and rehabilitation of seven bridges and replacement of six bridges....
Thu June 16, 2016
New House Built for Wounded Veteran
ALPENA, Mich. (AP) - A disabled Army veteran has moved into his new home in Alpena after an unveiling ceremony. Army Staff Sgt. Ben Eberle moved into the home, located on Devil's Lake, with his family Tuesday....
Thu June 16, 2016
'Twin Towers' Under Construction in China
The website Gizmag is reporting that Initial construction work is underway on a pair of sustainable mixed-use towers in Hangzhou, China. Rising to a height of 280 m (980 ft), the design of the Zhejiang Gate Towers project reflects Chinese characters, and the towers' facades will sport aluminum shading fins that shimmer in the sunlight....
Wed June 15, 2016
Construction Begins on New La Guardia Terminal
The New York Post is reporting that Vice president Joe Biden returned to La Guardia Airport — which he once said reminded him of a “third-world country” — on Tuesday to help break ground on the new main terminal....
Wed June 15, 2016
Construction Begins on $3B Lake Charles Plant Project
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Construction has started on a $3 billion chemical manufacturing project in Lake Charles. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says LACC LLC, a joint venture of Lotte Chemical and Axiall Corp., will build a $1.9 billion ethane cracker complex near Axiall's existing manufacturing plants in Calcasieu Parish....
Wed June 15, 2016
Navigating Changing Times Proves Easier With Doosan
Navigating through 20 years of non-stop growth has not been as easy for Chris and Honey Loehmer as you might expect — based on their success. Loehmer Ag Products, based in Monterey, Ind., has survived the ups and downs of the economy for two decades, but at the end of each year, the results have always been better than the previous year....
Wed June 15, 2016
ATS Brings Its Classrooms, Offices to New $2M Facility
Associated Training Services (ATS) is bringing all of its classrooms, offices and heavy equipment training resources under one roof with a new $2 million training facility. The new facility features six classrooms in 16,000 sq....
Wed June 15, 2016
Report: Nuclear Weapons Plant Mercury Cleanup Could Cost $3B
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — A U.S. Department of Energy report says the cleanup of mercury contamination at a Tennessee nuclear weapons plant could cost between $1 billion and $3 billion. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1rnWDV3 ) reports that the report outlines technology plans for mercury cleanup at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, which used mercury during the Cold War to develop hydrogen bombs....
Wed June 15, 2016
VIDEO: Hotel Riviera Imploded
LAS VEGAS (AP) The last tower of the iconic Riviera Hotel and Casino came tumbling down along the Las Vegas Strip on Aug. 16 to make way for a convention center expansion. The 2:30 a.m. demolition of the Monte Carlo wing came two months after the taller Monaco tower was leveled the same way....
John O’Connor - AP POLITICAL W - Wed June 15, 2016
$11.2B Road Plan Focuses on Maintenance, Repair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration announced it would increase spending on road and bridge repairs by nearly $3 billion during the next six years, but the state's transportation secretary said the state still won't get ahead of deteriorating roads....
