Mon August 31, 2015
Uber Upscale Tower to Allow for ’Two-Car Garage in the Sky’
With a cluster of billionaires among its future tenants, the $560-million, 59-story Porsche Design Tower in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will offer a first-of-its-kind automated elevator system when construction is completed next year....
Dorinda Anderson - Fri August 28, 2015
Elementary School to Honor, Continue Namesake’s Legacy
Elementary students in Sioux Falls, S.D., who formerly attended Longfellow and Mark Twain Elementary schools, can look forward to attending a new school this fall. Construction of Susan B. Anthony Elementary School is on time and will be open for the new school year, said Darrel Jones, construction supervisor of the Sioux Falls school district....
Wed August 26, 2015
Half-Billion Dollar NYC Ferris Wheel Project Begins
NEW YORK (AP) - Construction is underway at the site of a $500 million Ferris wheel project along the Staten Island waterfront. The Staten Island Advance ( http://bit.ly/1Nw1SL4 ) reports that the 630-foot-tall observation wheel is scheduled to open for business in 2017....
Wed August 26, 2015
NHDOT Works Toward Project to Eliminate Erosion at Bridge
CORNISH, N.H. (AP) The New Hampshire Department of Transportation hopes to start work next year on a project to eliminate erosion around supports of a historic covered bridge connecting the state to Vermont....
Jay Adams - Wed August 26, 2015
Millennium Tower Will Rise to Give Boston’s Skyline an Updated?Look
Of all the many examples of Boston changing its skyline, the most symbolic is the Millennium Tower, shooting up from a big hole in the ground that was once the Filene’s Basement building. In the shadow of the big dig, at the end of the nation’s economic collapse in 2008, Boston was a maze of crumbled bridges, cracked highways and decrepit buildings, decaying and empty in gritty back streets....
Brenda Ruggiero - Tue August 25, 2015
Anchor Construction, ’Zipper Machine’ Star on Bridge Project
As a part of the Maryland State Highway Administration’s (SHA) ongoing statewide bridge system preservation program, the MD 140 Bridge over Liberty Reservoir/North Branch of the Patapsco River on the Baltimore/Carroll County line is currently undergoing a restoration....
Fri August 21, 2015
Can a Bridge be Replaced in One Weekend?
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Agency of Transportation says it’s replacing an Interstate 91 bridge in White River Junction in one weekend using an innovative technique to minimize the impact on drivers....
Thu August 20, 2015
Work Under Way on First Phase of Skyline Regional Park
The Phoenix office of Skanska has started work on Phase One of the 8,675-acre Skyline Regional Park in Buckeye, Ariz. The $3.95 million project for the city of Buckeye includes roadway construction, park features including entry gate house, entry gate monument and gates, ramadas, rest rooms and a pedestrian/equestrian bridge across the Skyline Wash....
Lori Lovely - Fri August 21, 2015
While Bertha Rests, Work Continues On Seattle Tunnel
Work on the new tunnel under Seattle’s waterfront is on hold while Seattle Tunnel Partners repair damage to “Bertha,” the world’s largest-diameter tunneling machine named after Bertha Knight Landes, the first woman elected mayor of a major American city (Seattle) in 1926....
Thu August 20, 2015
Boston Olympics Organizers Vastly Underestimated Construction Costs
BOSTON (AP) - Boston’s failed bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics underestimated costs for hosting the games, potentially leaving Massachusetts taxpayers on the hook for significant cost overruns, a state-funded report released Tuesday concludes....
