Tue November 10, 2015
State’s Stalled, $700M Construction Projects Hurt Builders
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Associated Press analysis of state records shows there are 218 building projects halted due to the nearly five-month budget crisis. Gov. Bruce Rauner suspended work July 1. Officials don’t know how much the ongoing delay will add to project costs....
Mon November 09, 2015
Legal Challenge Freezes Freeway Project
Editor’s Note: The Associated Press has issued a correction on this story detailing the fact that the South Mountain Freeway project is not on hold. PHOENIX (AP) — I’ll take more time for a federal judge to resolve legal challenges to a planned Phoenix-area freeway....
Mon November 09, 2015
New Drone Footage Shows Progression of Apple Campus Construction
A new video taken by Youtuber and droner Dunan Sinfield is showing the scope of the construction project that will build Apple’s second corporate campus in Cupertino, CA. The structure has already been dubbed “The Spaceship” because of its unique architecture....
Thu November 05, 2015
Endangered Cacti to Be Saved in Road Construction
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) A cluster of endangered cacti in Sioux City will be protected in the development of a major road project. The Sioux City Journal reported state officials have approved a revised plan to build around a field of more than 100 bigroot prickly pear cactus plants....
Irwin Rapoport - Thu November 05, 2015
Crews Complete Flyover Span
At the end of July, as part of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project in Greater Chicago — a $3.4 billion, multi-year Illinois Tollway initiative, F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielson substantially completed a new flyover ramp bridge that connects westbound I-290 to westbound Illinois Route 390....
Thu November 05, 2015
Halt Continues on Casino Construction
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) - Construction of a state-owned casino in southeast Kansas won’t resume for a while. Kansas Crossing spokeswoman Carrie Tedore told The Pittsburg Morning Sun (http://bit.ly/1Q1S8tp ) the company will report on the status of a lawsuit involving the casino at the end of November, and a decision will be made then on whether to seek another 90-day extension on completing the casino....
David Porter - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu November 05, 2015
Aborted Hudson Rail Tunnel Project Could Benefit New Effort
NEW YORK (AP) - A Hudson River rail tunnel project that cost New Jersey millions of dollars and ignited a political firestorm when it was canceled five years ago could wind up benefiting a similar effort that is in its early phases....
David Porter - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue November 03, 2015
N.J. Transit Agrees to Hudson Tunnel Studies
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) New Jersey’s transit agency formally agreed Oct. 14 to conduct environmental studies for a proposed new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, a first step in what is expected to be a roughly 10-year effort to ease congestion on the New York metropolitan area’s railways and roads....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue November 03, 2015
Gateway Improvement Reaches Mid-Way Point
The New York State Department of Transportation’s (NYSDOT) Gateway Connections Improvement Project to the U.S. Peace Bridge Plaza in Buffalo, N.Y., is scheduled for completion in June 2017. The plaza is adjacent to the Peace Bridge that links the United States to Canada....
Lori Tobias - Mon November 02, 2015
Preservation Work Begins on Historic Siuslaw Bridge
Contractors began preservation work in September on the Siuslaw River Bridge, one of numerous bridges designed on the Oregon Coast by Conde McCollough, Oregon state bridge engineer from 1919 to 1935. The $14.2 million project is expected to take four years to complete with the main components including cathodic protection, new bridge rail and pedestrian improvements, specifically, ADA ramps on each end....
