Thu May 05, 2016
Neb. Inmates to Build Home on Empty Lot in Beatrice
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) An empty lot in east Beatrice will soon be the site of a new home built by Nebraska inmates. The Beatrice Daily Sun reported that officials from the city, the Nebraska Department of Corrections and the nonprofit Prairie Gold Homes held a ground breaking ceremony on the site where inmates at Community Corrections Center in Lincoln will build a new home....
Irwin Rapoport - Thu May 05, 2016
Dondlinger Builds First Phase of Wichita's $116M RED Project
Dondlinger Construction crews began work on the first phase of the Kansas Department of Transportation's (KDOT) 235 Kellogg Central Project in Wichita, known as the RED Project, on Nov. 10, 2015 and will be delivering the new infrastructure in the summer of 2019....
Fri May 06, 2016
Country May Build Mountain to Control Weather
The website Newser is reporting that even with a major downturn in the oil business, the United Arab Emirates still has enough money to look at a few modest construction projects—including building a mountain in the desert....
Fri May 06, 2016
Seattle Tunnel Drone Video Has Star Wars Twist
The website GeekWire is reporting that as Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct sat free of cars overhead and drivers attempted to move around the city during the roadway's planned 2-week closure, a new drone video Tuesday showcased again what all the fuss is about....
Rick Zettler - Wed May 04, 2016
Material Handler Proving Its Worth at Tilcon Quarries
Driving around Tilcon's Clinton Point quarry in New York, you will find the typical equipment expected at a facility that processes crushed limestone at a high capacity. Multiple excavators, loaders, rigid haul trucks and crushing circuits dot the landscape of the 1,200 acre property to load, move and crush 3.1 million tons (2.8 million t) of dolomitic limestone....
Wed May 04, 2016
Mayor Announces Agreement for Burlington Mall Makeover
Miro Weinberger, Mayor of Burlington, Vt., announced and released the draft predevelopment agreement between the city of Burlington and the mall property owner, Don Sinex's BTC Mall Associates LLC, for the redevelopment of the Burlington Town Center mall....
Wed May 04, 2016
Waterville Ballpark to Become Replica of Wrigley Field
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) Baseball fans in Maine no longer have to travel to Chicago to get a glimpse of the famed Wrigley Field. The Morning Sentinel reports the Waterville City Council approved a memorandum of understanding with the Alfond Youth Center to partner in renovating Purnell-Wrigley Ballfield into a replica of the Chicago Cubs' legendary stadium....
Wed May 04, 2016
Mountaineer Gas Seeks Approval for Gas Line Expansion
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) Mountaineer Gas Co. is seeking approval from the West Virginia Public Service Commission for a major natural gas distribution line expansion in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties....
Mike Persley - The Frederick News-Post - Thu May 05, 2016
Groups Battle Over Rail Line
WALKERSVILLE, Md. (AP) It's just 7 mi. (11 km) of old railroad tracks that you would think no one would want. But want it they do, and now there's a mini-war over who should gain control of a picturesque rail line that runs from the Wegmans in Frederick through Walkersville to Woodsboro and is mainly used as a nostalgia ride by summer tourists....
Wed May 04, 2016
No Penalty for Early Bakken Pipeline Construction
The Iowa Gazette is reporting that a Texas oil company violated terms of a hazardous liquid pipeline permit by starting construction early without notifying inspectors, but Iowa regulators will not impose a fine, which could have reached $200,000, according to an order released Tuesday....
