Tue October 13, 2015
FDOT I-275 Project Aims to Improve Traffic Flow
Construction work continues in downtown Tampa, as the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) rebuilds and widens Interstate 275 from east of State Road 60 to the Hillsborough River. The project will reconstruct all the southbound interstate in the area, as well as northbound I-275 from east of State Road 60 to Himes Avenue....
Mon October 12, 2015
Volvo Breaks Ground in S.C. on First-Ever U.S. Facility
Lex Kerssemakers, Volvo Cars of North America president and CEO, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and other key public officials officially broke ground on Volvo Cars’ first American factory in Berkeley County, S.C....
Irwin Rapoport - Fri October 09, 2015
Vital Kingshighway Viaduct Job Begins With Demo Work
The city of St. Louis closed the Kingshighway bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks (between Southwest/Vandeventer and Shaw Boulevard) and Daggett Avenue on July 6 so that the 75-year-old bridge can be torn down and replaced — an $18 million project that was awarded to Kozeny-Wagner Inc....
Mon October 12, 2015
Vikes Stadium $15M Cost Dispute Heads to Mediation
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The public authority overseeing the new Minnesota Vikings stadium and the main contractor building it are headed for a three-day mediation session next month over some disputed costs....
Tue October 06, 2015
Urban Business Center Announces Plan to Rebuild Neighborhood
The Urban Business Center, 1200 Baltimore St., announced a Blue Ribbon team to design and implement a new $100 million redevelopment effort called the Gateway to West Baltimore. On Sept. 11, after several weeks of discussions with the Urban Business Center Board and West Baltimore community advisors, the Blue Ribbon team was selected....
Wed October 07, 2015
Road Builder Rejects State’s Demand for $5M Refund
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A Fort Wayne road construction contractor is refusing demands from the state government for a $5 million refund for a section of highway that the state says is crumbling years earlier than expected....
Nick Malawskey - Pennlive.com - Tue October 06, 2015
Marcus Hook’s Fortunes Rest on Buried Treasure: Gas
MARCUS HOOK, Pa. (AP) Out on the dark waters of the Delaware River, massive freighters glide up and down the waterway. Each of these ships is almost twice the length of a football field, rises some eight stories from the waterline and weighs in at more than 20,000 tons (18,143 t), making them among the largest moving objects in the world....
Lori Lovely - Tue October 06, 2015
Repaving Crew Gets the Green Flag at ’The Glen’
This summer, the historic Watkins Glen International racetrack at the southern tip of Seneca Lake in upstate New York began its first repaving project since 1998, the same year as the track’s 50th anniversary....
Fri October 02, 2015
Landscape Architects Question Gehry-Led Los Angeles River Masterplan
The Los Angeles landscape architecture and design community was surprised by the recent announcement that Frank Gehry is creating a new master plan for the redevelopment of the 51-mi. (82 km) stretch of the Los Angeles River that runs through the city....
Irwin Rapoport - Fri October 02, 2015
Work Progresses on San Diego County’s Route 76 Widening Project, Migration Site
The upgrade and widening of state Route 76 (an east-west highway) in California’s San Diego County, continues with the second installment of work on the east segment by Ames Construction Inc. The $76 million project will convert 5.2 mi....
