Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed September 09, 2020
Beck and Bellucci Leads Way on Bridge Work in Peterborough
The replacement of the Main Street Bridge in Peterborough, N.H., is the main element of a construction project that started this summer and also includes work on Route 202, which intersects with Main Street....
Brian Fraley - Thu September 03, 2020
Great Lakes Dredging Sends Sediment Flying with the Ditch Doctor
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company's Rivers and Lakes Division was faced with sediment-filled ditches and pockets of connecting standing water on a large dredging project in Argenta, Ill. The contractor wanted to consider a new and more efficient approach than the traditional bucket....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu September 03, 2020
Fast-Tracking the Upgrading of I-75
In April, when the spread of COVID-19 initially brought a decrease in the amount of vehicle traffic to Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis directed the state's Department of Transportation (FDOT) to take the opportunity to accelerate a series of critical road and bridge projects already under way....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 02, 2020
Wetumpka's New $21M Home Field Advantage
A new tradition is beginning in Elmore County, Ala., as fans mark the start of the 2020 football season. Hohenberg Field, the longtime home for Wetumpka High School games, has been replaced with a highly anticipated stadium....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 02, 2020
'Bumblebee' Knocks Out Tunnel for $200M Louisville Project
As work on a unique $25 million pump station wraps up, a boring machine dubbed "Bumblebee" continues carving out a 4-mi., 18-story deep tunnel in Louisville, Ky. It's all part of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District's (MSD) $200 million project to help prevent wastewater and stormwater from overflowing into the Ohio River during periods of heavy rain....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 02, 2020
$80M Memorial Union Center on Rise at UND
At the University of North Dakota (UND), crews are making significant progress on a new Memorial Union building. The $80 million, 158,000 sq.-ft. student union center will offer upgraded services and the latest in technology when it opens in 2021....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 25, 2020
El Centro's Imperial Improvement
Granite Construction Inc. is continuing to make progress on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $44 million, multi-year project to reconstruct the interchange at Imperial Avenue and Interstate 8 (I-8) in the city of El Centro....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 20, 2020
Rebuilding the SR 11 Bridge
Crews from E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. began the demolition of the existing 250-ft. long, two-lane bridge on State Route 11 on Aug. 5 as part of the Georgia Department of Transportation's $5.3 million bridge replacement project....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 19, 2020
Earth Work Under Way on $100M Iowa Theme Park
A former soybean field in Waterloo, Iowa, is being transformed into a $100 million theme park that will offer more than 20 rides when it opens in 2022. The project will complement a popular nearby tourist attraction....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu August 13, 2020
Roundabouts, Sidewalk Job in Hartford, Vt., Finally Under Way
The construction of two roundabouts in Hartford, Vt., that will create safer driving and sidewalk access for pedestrians began on June 29 and will progress in seven phases that will be completed in October 2021....
