Mon March 07, 2016
RDO Equipment Co. Breaks Ground at Newest Location
Construction has started at RDO Equipment Co.'s second location in the Phoenix area. On Jan. 29, team members gathered for an informal groundbreaking ceremony. The new store is located on Interstate 10, south of 202, and is expected to open in early 2017....
Fri March 04, 2016
Cuomo: Halt Algonquin Pipeline
The Journal News is reporting that Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday urged the federal government to halt construction of the Algonquin natural gas pipeline, citing the potential dangers of its proximity to the Indian Point nuclear plant....
Mon March 07, 2016
Operator of Fastest Superhighway in U.S. Files for Bankruptcy
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The company that built and manages America's fastest superhighway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors Wednesday. SH 130 Concession Co. filed its bankruptcy petition in federal court in Austin, Texas....
Mon February 29, 2016
Seattle Tunnel Partners Resumes SR 99 Mining
Seattle Tunnel Partners has received conditional permission to resume tunneling operations on the SR 99 Tunnel Project. STP resumed mining after WSDOT conditionally lifted the “suspension for cause” that halted mining and barging-related activities in January following two safety incidents....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon February 29, 2016
Rock Fall Closes Portion of I-70 in Colorado
A large rock fall incident on Interstate 70 in Northwestern Colorado on Feb. 15 is still in the process of being remedied. The rock fall occurred in Glenwood Canyon, which is in Garfield County, around 2:30 a.m....
Fri March 04, 2016
Contractor, Real Estate Developer in $4.2M Dispute
The website Bizjournals is reporting that MLB Construction Services LLC and Prime Cos. are fighting in court over $4.27 million the builder says it's owed for work on the Pavilion Grand Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York....
Fri March 04, 2016
Jail's Construction Prevents Radio Connectivity
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Corrections officers at a Washington jail are stuck using old radio equipment because the building's construction limits which frequencies they can access. The News Tribune reports ( http://bit.ly/1RjVPGS ) that Pierce County recently bought 162 new Motorola radios for jail staff as part of a new radio system meant to unify communication among South Sound agencies....
Karen Matthews - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri March 04, 2016
World Trade Center Transit Hub Opens Under Cloud of $4B Cost
NEW YORK (AP) The soaring, white transportation hub opening at the World Trade Center was designed to evoke a bird in flight, but it is hatching under a cloud. There will be no ribbon-cutting celebration when the train station's grand hall, called the Oculus, opens because the head of the bistate agency that controls the hub has blasted it as a “symbol of excess,” with runaway costs approaching $4 billion....
Thu February 25, 2016
Birmingham Project to Tie Industrial Past to Its Present, Future
A project that will tie the city's industrial past to its present and future is making headlines in Birmingham, Ala., Rotary Trail — more than a quarter-century in the making — is an extension of nationally recognized Railroad Park from 20th Street to 24th Street along First Avenue South....
Tue March 01, 2016
$14M Project Represents Investment in Education
First envisioned close to two decades ago, construction is finally underway at Jackson State Community College (JSCC) on a $14 million, 46,000 sq. ft. (4,273 sq m) building that will serve as the permanent residence for the school's allied health programs....
