Fri June 03, 2016
Pink Grading Finds the Right Excavator for Two-Year Job
What's going on right now in Crescent, Iowa, is a picture-perfect example of how just one new piece of equipment can significantly enhance productivity and help deliver a project on time. Schildberg Construction Company's rock quarry in Crescent produces between 600,000 to 700,000 tons (544,311 to 635,029 t) of limestone a year and is one of the largest in the state....
Fri June 03, 2016
VIDEO: Troubled Bridge Over Water Imploded in N.Y,
The Buffalo News is reporting that 2.5 million pounds of steel rained down into Cattaraugus Creek on Thursday morning when 35 pounds of explosives took down the span the old Route 219 bridge. In a matter of seconds and accompanied by a monstrous boom of sound, the bridge that connected Erie and Cattaraugus counties for six decades crumbled....
Fri June 03, 2016
Battle Over Construction Crew Camp Ban Enters Courtroom
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - Companies that provide workforce housing in the North Dakota oil patch say Williston violated its own procedures and federal law when it set a July 1 deadline for crew camps to shut down....
Fri June 03, 2016
High-Speed Railway Projects to Rejuvenate Russia's Construction Industry
The website Railway-Technology.com is reporting that The construction industry in Russia is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.52% from 2016 to 2020, indicating a recovery after shrinking by 2.19% during 2011-2015, according to a report by Timetric....
Thu June 02, 2016
Foley Equipment Breaks Ground on $20M Expansion of Its Headquarters
Foley Equipment Company is starting a $20 million expansion of its company headquarters in Wichita, Kan. Foley held a ceremonial groundbreaking May 3 on the site of one of the new buildings. The new buildings will add more than 160,000 sq....
David Pitt - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu June 02, 2016
Native American Site May Delay $3.8B Pipeline
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Discovery of an archaeological site that may have cultural significance to Native Americans could further delay construction of a $3.8 billion oil pipeline if government officials require the route to be moved....
Cindy Riley - Thu June 02, 2016
Time in a Bottleneck: Traffic, Scheduling Among Biggest Challenge on I-94 Project
Construction teams in Wisconsin are finalizing work on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 near Tomah Road as part of a major reconstruct. The project calls for improved pavement, three bridges, the widening of shoulders from 10 to 12 ft....
Matt O'Brien - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed June 01, 2016
Big Dig Lite Rhode Island Plans $595M Highway Cap
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Just don't call it a tunnel. Rhode Island is seeking federal help to replace a dilapidated highway interchange with a $595 million project that would bury a Providence expressway beneath a park-lined boulevard....
Lori Lovely - Wed June 01, 2016
Severe Traffic Woes Lead to $270M Spaulding Turnpike Reconstruction
A major project to reconstruct and widen a 3.5-mi. (5.6 km) section of the Spaulding Turnpike from the north end of the Gosling Road/Pease Boulevard Interchange in Newington, N.H., across the Little Bay Bridges to the Dover Toll Plaza in Dover, N.H., is underway....
Wed June 01, 2016
World's Longest Tunnel Opens
CNN is reporting that seventeen years after construction crews started boring beneath the Swiss Alps, the world's longest, deepest tunnel officially opened Wednesday. Fittingly for a project billed as Switzerland's "construction of the century," the Gotthard Base Tunnel was inaugurated amid colorful, sometimes surreal scenes, with visiting dignitaries treated to costumed dancers, fireworks and plenty of yodeling and alphorns....
