Mon April 18, 2016
VIDEO: Timelapse Footage Shows Construction of New Wind Turbine
The Dominion Post is reporting that Meridian Energy has released timelapse footage of the construction of Wellington, New Zealand's new turbine in Brooklyn. It shows the turbine being erected blade by blade, set against the backdrop of the wind-swept capital city....
Mike Rogoway - The Oregonian - Thu April 14, 2016
Google Buys Yet More Land, Looking to Expand Again
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Google has acquired 74 acres in The Dalles, making room for the company to add considerably to its growing data-center campus along the Columbia River. The Dalles was home to Google's first corporate data center anywhere, opening back in 2006....
Thu April 14, 2016
Boise's JUMP Project Wins 'Excellence in Concrete' Award
A huge quantity of concrete was used in Jack's Urban Meeting Place, for which the Intermountain Chapter of the American Concrete Association recently rewarded the massive JUMP project with an “Excellence in Concrete” award at a ceremony in Salt Lake City....
Lori Tobias - Thu April 14, 2016
Environmental Work Continues as Hwy. 20 Nears Completion
Part 3 of a 3-part series: As a 10-year project to straighten 10 mi. (16 km) of narrow, curving dangerous highway through the Oregon Coast Range nears completion, Oregonians eagerly await the chance to drive the new stretch of road....
Wed April 13, 2016
L.A. Transit Agency Maps Out How It May Spend $120B
LOS ANGELES (AP) Los Angeles County transportation officials have mapped out how they'd like to spend $120 billion that a potential sales tax increase would generate. The vision is to continue the traffic-choked region's public transit renaissance by extending subway and rail service, as well as adding new freeway miles and converting some carpool lanes to toll lanes....
Wed April 13, 2016
Nixon-Egli Has Right Equipment for Precision Cold Planing
Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) coupled with soil stabilization is rapidly becoming the norm in repaving jobs, and no one typifies the move to the “green” processes more than Precision Cold Planing of Yucaipa, Calif....
Jennifer Rupp - Wed April 13, 2016
Caltrans Aims to Open State Highway 3 by Memorial Day Weekend
After sustaining near drought conditions for the last several years, heavy rains took their toll on a section of State Highway 3 at Slate Creek between Weaverville and Trinity Center, Calif. On March 15, two sections of roadway measuring about 100 yds....
Chuck Harvey - Wed April 13, 2016
Crews Make Progress on San Francisco's St. Luke's Hospital
A $329 million project to replace San Francisco's St. Luke's Hospital with a modern, better-equipped facility is under way. The new structure is being built adjacent to the old hospital on Cesar Chavez and Guerrero Streets....
Andrea Watts - CEG Correspondent - Wed April 13, 2016
Washington Removes Barriers, Improves Fish Passage
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is currently improving the traffic flow for a number of Western Washington residents. Yet these residents don't use the roadways; instead they travel in the streams flowing beneath the state's roadways and bridges....
Wed April 13, 2016
Osprey's New Housing Enables Inspections at Dent Bridge
An environmental innovation and agency collaboration may finally allow the inspection of the overhead cable saddles on the 1,500-ft. (457.2 m)-long Dent Bridge spanning the Dworshak Reservoir on the North Fork of the Clearwater River north of Orofino, Idaho....
