Fri April 29, 2016
China's Tallest Building Opens to the Public
The website Asia One is reporting that China's tallest building, a 127-story super skyscraper in downtown Shanghai costing 14.8 billion yuan (S$3.07 billion) to build, opened its first doors to the public on Wednesday....
Thu April 28, 2016
Sennebogen 840 R-HD Proves Essential to Dock Operation
Moving 8 to 10 million bushels of material is a respectable year's work for any river dock. When the material you're moving is a seasonal field crop, the challenge moves up to another level. That's the challenge that Gavilon barge facility in Decatur, Ala., was facing when Vaughn Gambrell was named superintendent of the site....
Cindy Riley - Thu April 28, 2016
Construction in Full Bloom on Botanical Garden Center
Envisioned to exude southern hospitality, the $13 million Huntsville Botanical Garden Guest Welcome Center is set to increase attendance and enhance the overall visitor experience when it opens in 2017....
Fri April 29, 2016
Noah's Ark Theme Park Continues Construction Despite 'Flood'
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Ark Encounter, a Noah's Ark-themed theme park under construction in Kentucky was not destroyed in a flash flood despite a fake news report from satire website The Good Lord Above made its rounds on social media this week....
Thu April 28, 2016
FedEx Megahub Calls For Round-the-Clock Construction
The Morning Call is reporting that FedEx Ground, which has seen its plans for a megahub in Allen Township in Pennsylvania waylaid by wranglings over road maintenance and deed restrictions, plans to have crews working around the clock once it breaks ground in June....
Bill Bowden - ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - Tue April 26, 2016
Construction Begins to Restore Historic Art Deco Bridge in Fayetteville, Ark.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Work has begun to restore a rusty, graffiti-covered art deco bridge in the heart of Fayetteville. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that for the past decade, the north guardrail of the Lafayette Street bridge has bulged out — a deformity incurred when it kept a car from plummeting onto the railroad tracks below....
Cindy Riley - Tue April 26, 2016
Largest Building Project in Fla. History Under Way
As the nation's second largest mixed-use urban development and the biggest building project in Florida's history, Miami Worldcenter is described as a dynamic urban core of diversity and excitement....
Tue April 26, 2016
'Monster Coaster' Construction Begins
The Springfield News-Leader is reporting that Branson Mountain Adventure Park announced it has begun construction on a "mountain coaster" at its site on a steep hillside at the former Butcher Hollow property....
Tue April 26, 2016
Pre-Construction Work Gets Nod on $5.6B Purple Line Project
The Washington Post is reporting that a team of private companies recently awarded a $5.6 billion contract to design, build and operate a light-rail Purple Line in the Maryland suburbs has begun pre-construction work on the rail project, state officials said late Thursday....
Rick Zettler - Mon April 25, 2016
TGR Enters Placement Phase of Voinovich Bridge Project
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is in the midst of a multi-year program to replace the functionally obsolete and structurally deficient Innerbelt Bridge crossing the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroad tracks, city streets and Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland....
