Mike Kilen - DES MOINES REGISTER - Wed June 15, 2016
Native History, Bakken Pipeline Clash in Iowa Blood Run Area
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) The planned route of the Bakken oil pipeline in northwest Iowa would lie near an area in Lyon County that archaeologists say was essentially the state capital for native populations from 1500 to 1700....
Irwin Rapoport - Wed June 15, 2016
Firm Reconstructs Portion of U.S. 41 in Hancock, Mich.
The Hebert Construction Co. is reconstructing a portion of U.S. 41 (Reservation and Quincy streets) in the city of Hancock (Houghton County) in northern Michigan for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)....
Bob Salsberg - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue June 14, 2016
Less Snow, Milder Temperatures Ease Winter Budgets
BOSTON (AP) In pure dollars and cents, the past winter in southern New England packed roughly half the punch as the previous winter. Milder temperatures and considerably less snow allowed states to save on plowing and salting costs....
Jay Adams - Tue June 14, 2016
A Great Man's Life, Legacy From a Single Hard Hat
Most hats do not tell the life story of a man; most reflect what he likes, not what he was. But when Rich Welch of the Welch Corporation received a hat from his cousin, Thomas Nolan, it was hard by definition only; yet with an old letter-raised plastic I.D....
Tue June 14, 2016
South Coast Improvement Co. Begins Renovation at Bay Cove
South Coast Improvement Company (SCI), a design-build general contractor serving New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, recently began a renovation project at Bay Cove, a housing complex located at 374 Dorchester St....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue June 14, 2016
MassDOT's Add-A-Lane Project in Needham Will Improve Traffic Flow
Barletta Heavy Division Inc. (BHD) is more than one-third through the construction of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's (MassDOT) $137.6 million Needham-Wellesley I-95 Add-A-Lane project in Needham, a suburb of Boston....
Tue June 14, 2016
Desert Line Reconstruction to Ease Rail Traffic Between San Diego, Mexico
The website Progressive Railroading is reporting that a new binational agreement between Pacific Imperial Railroad (PIR) and Baja California Railroad Inc. (Baja Rail) will lead to the reconstruction of the Desert Line railway in the San Diego region, which will help ease rail transportation of goods between Mexico and the United States, business and transportation officials announced yesterday....
Tue June 14, 2016
Spectra, TransCanada to Construct Mexican Offshore Pipeline
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that TransCanada Corp. and the Mexican unit of Sempra Energy on Monday won a contract to build a 500-mile offshore pipeline to carry natural gas from South Texas to northeastern Mexico....
Edgar A. Browning - Tue June 14, 2016
Looking Back at S. J. Groves & Sons
S. J. Groves & Sons Inc. of Syracuse, N.Y., held a $4,998,908 contract on the New York Thruway in Herkimer and Montgomery Counties in 1953. The 8.71-mi. section extended from Indian Castle to Caroga Creek and called for grading, structures and paving....
Tue June 14, 2016
Skanska Reaches $2.8B Deal on LaGuardia Project in N.Y.
Skanska, as a member of LaGuardia Gateway Partners, has reached financial close and executed a lease agreement with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). The Public Private Partnership (PPP) includes finance, design, construction, operation and maintenance of the LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal B in New York City with a lease term through 2050....
