Tue June 14, 2016
Officials Continue Developing Coal Site in West Virginia
JULIAN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia officials are moving forward with the development of a massive surface coal mine they believe can be reshaped into up to 12,000 acres for new businesses and homes. Gov....
Tue June 14, 2016
Grove TMS9000E Sets Stage for C.P. Ward Operators' One-Man Shows
With more than 100 years under its belt, New York's C.P. Ward is one of the most experienced construction companies in the Northeast part of the United States. Many of the services the company provides demand mobile cranes that can quickly get on and off the job site, such as steel erection, cell tower erections and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) projects....
Tue June 14, 2016
Restoration Work Begins on Historic C&O Canal Aqueduct
WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) Construction crews are getting ready to install a new intake system to help restore the Conococheague (kah-nah-kah-CHEEG') Aqueduct in the Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park at Williamsport....
Mary S. Yamin-Garone - Tue June 14, 2016
New York's Patroon Island Bridge Project Is Complete
One of the biggest road construction contracts in years in the Albany, N.Y. region — a project worth $148 million — recently was completed. “This was a complex project with a lot of moving parts....
Brenda Ruggiero - Tue June 14, 2016
Army Corps of Engineers Tidies Up Baltimore Harbor
Crews under contract of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District (Md.), are currently dredging roughly 2.6 million cu. yds. (1.9 million cu m) of material from the Baltimore Harbor and Channels navigation project....
Mon June 13, 2016
Wyo. Commission Awards $23M in Contracts at May Meeting
Bridge reconstruction and overlay work will move to the eastbound lanes on a 2-mi. (3.2 km) section of I-80 near Pine Bluffs during the 2016 and 2017 construction seasons. The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded an $8 million contract to SEMA Construction Inc....
Mon June 13, 2016
Duke Begins Work on Solar Project in Quay County
Duke Energy Renewables announced construction has begun on the 25-megawatt (MW) Caprock Solar Power Project near Tucumcari in Quay County, N.M. The company acquired the project from Infigen Energy. With completion expected later this year, the solar installation will generate enough energy to power about 5,000 average homes....
Mon June 13, 2016
Coal Port Backer Halts Review Until Decisions on Treaty
SEATTLE (AP) The sponsor of a proposed Washington state coal port for shipments of the fuel to Asia is suspending work on an environmental review because of Native American tribe's concerns that the project could hurt its fishing rights....
Mon June 13, 2016
Loggers Recommend Doosan Equipment to Quarry Owner
Oregon quarry owner John Malnerich benefits from knowing and working with loggers in his state. He regularly sells them rock for constructing roads to their logging sites and some have become friends he turns to for advice....
Mon June 13, 2016
Take a Look at the Panama Canal's Newly Expanded Locks
PANAMA CITY (AP) A look at the Panama Canal and its newly expanded locks, which has its formal launch June 26. The CanalInaugurated on Aug. 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was constructed by the United States between 1904 and 1913 at a cost of $375 million, building on an earlier, French-led effort that fizzled out....
