BETHANY RODGERS - Orlando Sentinel - Mon December 14, 2015
State Demolished 40 Homes For Now-Abandoned Project
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - The first home Brunilda Galarza ever owned, she surrendered to the government to be razed and submerged beneath a 10-acre drainage pond. Like dozens of other residents in the neighborhood just outside Altamonte Springs, she and her husband packed up and cleared out of their community, then watched as cranes moved in behind them to tear down their homes....
Thu December 10, 2015
Case Teams Up for Training, Erosion Abatement Project
Case Construction Equipment, the National Wildlife Refuge Association, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Team Rubicon teamed up for an equipment operator training and erosion abatement project at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in Los Fresnos, Texas....
Irwin Rapoport - Fri December 11, 2015
Low Level Pumping Station Work Begins on Lake Mead
As a companion to Intake No. 3 on Lake Mead, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) is building the low lake level pumping station, a project whose cost is estimated at $650 million, in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, just 500 ft....
Thu December 10, 2015
Contractor Prepares to Demolish Idaho Falls Historic Reactor
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) A cleanup contractor is preparing to demolish a 1960s-era nuclear reactor west of Idaho Falls. Work to remove the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II began in the spring, when contractors successfully entombed most of the reactor vessel in concrete, The Post Register reported....
Thu December 10, 2015
ConocoPhillips Approves $900M Arctic Reserve Project
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ConocoPhillips has approved funding for a $900 million drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope. When production begins in 2018 at the field in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska — an Indiana-sized Arctic reserve — the project is expected to yield 30,000 barrels of oil daily at its peak, The Alaska Dispatch News reports....
Lori Tobias - Thu December 10, 2015
ODOT Repairs Historic 83-Year-Old Rock Wall
Restoration work is underway on a historic wall along the designated scenic Highway 101 on the Oregon Coast that was originally constructed in 1932. Built some 400 ft. (122 m) above the Pacific Ocean, the basalt rock wall stretches as much as 20 ft....
Fri December 11, 2015
Watch Vikings/U.S. Bank Stadium Construction Time-Lapse
Following the roof enclosure in late-November, construction of U.S. Bank Stadium is 80% complete. As the Minnesota Vikings prepare to kick off next season in their new stadium, watch the project from roof deflation to roof installation with EarthCam’s one-minute time-lapse....
Wed December 09, 2015
Two Schools to Transform Trussville’s Landscape
Near Birmingham, Ala., construction crews are working on two major school projects that will further unite a community. Magnolia Elementary School and Cahaba Elementary are both scheduled to open next year....
Challen Stephens - Tue December 08, 2015
Huntsville Could Be Alabama’s Largest City by 2022
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Huntsville could soon pass Birmingham to become the largest city in Alabama. “We believe we will be the biggest city in the state within a decade,” said Dennis Madsen, long-range planner for the city of Huntsville....
Cindy Riley - Wed December 09, 2015
Baptist to Better Serve Miss. With New $300M Facility
Construction crews are working to complete a major $300 million replacement facility for Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi, which will serve Oxford, Lafayette County and the surrounding area....
