Lisa Cornwell - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed January 27, 2016
Ohio Still Looking Into Fatal Overpass
CINCINNATI (AP) A state analysis of a highway overpass collapse that killed a construction worker in southwestern Ohio has yet to be completed a year later and lawsuits over the accident continue as the man's family struggles with his loss....
Dick Rohland - Wed January 27, 2016
Street Improvements Face Tight Deadlines in St. Paul
Construction crews faced very tight deadlines and on the spot communication updates when they took on a 1.3 mi (2 km) mill and overlay of a high volume, four lane city arterial loaded with businesses, vehicles and pedestrians....
Irwin Rapoport - Fri January 29, 2016
Extensive Improvements Being Made to Fitchburg Rail Line
Of the five bids submitted to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 2013 for the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Improvements Track, Civil and Signal Project, the joint-venture of J. F. White Contracting Co....
Thu January 28, 2016
Take A Look at the World's Highest, Longest Glass-Bottom Bridge
CNN is reporting that travelers will soon be able to walk across the world's longest and highest glass-bottom bridge, which spans two cliffs in China's Hunan province. This week, workers were photographed installing the bridge's first piece of glass....
Wilson Ring - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed January 27, 2016
Vermont Regulators Green Light TDI's $1.2B Privately-Funded Power Plan
ByMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Long-term plans to bring renewable Canadian electricity to the power-hungry markets of southern New England got a big boost when Vermont utility regulators approved a plan to build a 1,000-megawatt transmission line down Lake Champlain and across the state to feed the regional power grid, experts say....
Wed January 27, 2016
Strong Lift Chart Saves Anthony Crane's Client Money
Companies working on new construction projects often have several crane model options when it comes to a lifting project. Spaces tend to be less congested, allowing larger cranes to be easily maneuvered into location and quickly repositioned around the site to pick and place materials....
Wed January 27, 2016
Mammoth Scores Final Touchdown in Oregon Stadium End Zone, Construction Reveals
Oregon State University is reporting that construction crews digging in the north end zone in Reser Stadium on Monday uncovered a large femur bone, likely from a mammoth. Further discovery revealed more bones from several extinct mammals....
Tue January 26, 2016
What To Do With All That Snow? Melt it, of Course.
Yahoo News is reporting that the massive blizzard that buried the East Coast over the weekend dumped more than 20 inches of snow on Washington, D.C., and left city officials to ponder a question all too familiar to their counterparts in Boston: What do we do with all this snow?Their answer: Call in the Snow Dragon....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue January 26, 2016
Seaside Maine Town Replaces Swing Bridge With Small Bascule Bridge
Construction of the new Gut Bridge in the heart of scenic and picturesque South Bristol, Maine, a coastal fishing town specializing in lobstering, should be substantially completed in the spring, with the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) project expected to be open to traffic in late May 2016....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue January 26, 2016
MassDOT Invests $183.3 Million in I-91 Viaduct Project
The contract for the much-needed rehabilitation of the I-91 Viaduct Rehabilitation Project in Springfield, a $183.3 million Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) initiative, was awarded to the joint-venture (J-V) of J.F....
