Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 02, 2019
Exit Stage Right: Crews Move 600-Ton Wall 35 Feet for Milwaukee Theater Project
As spectators watched curiously from the street and a nearby parking garage, specialty crews in Wisconsin methodically moved a roughly 600-ton, seven-story wall as part of an ongoing restoration of the Warner Grand Theater....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 26, 2019
Major Traffic Conduit Gets $97M Worth of Attention
In Bucks County, Pa., construction continues on the four-year, $97-million U.S. 1 Improvement Project in Bensalem Township. The goal is to improve safety and reduce congestion for commuters and local traffic traveling between Bucks County and Philadelphia....
Brian Fraley – FRALEY CONSTRUCTION MARKETING - Thu September 26, 2019
Urban Foundation Conquers Boulders Under Brooklyn
Two yellow masts peek high above the jam-packed city streets of Brooklyn, N.Y. While it was not obvious to passersby, Urban Foundation/Engineering was using two Bauer BG drilling rigs from Equipment Corporation of America (ECA) to literally conquer an underground boulder field in preparation for a 25-story residential building known as 18 Sixth Avenue....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed September 25, 2019
Construction at Portsmouth International Airport Will Double Its Size
The Portsmouth International Airport is currently served by only one airline and has embarked on a construction project to improve the facility and entice additional airlines to sign on. "We've had airlines come in and kick the tires and we've gotten good feedback, but other airports are further along," said Michael Mates, engineering project manager of Pease Development Authority, which oversees operations at the Pease Tradeport, where the airport is located....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 25, 2019
Expanding California's Wheeler North Reef
In an effort to create one of the world's largest artificial reefs, crews in San Clemente, Calif., are strategically dumping tons of rock onto the ocean floor. The $20-million dollar expansion project will stretch Wheeler North Reef — a 174-acre, man-made kelp forest — more than 200 acres to Dana Point Waters....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 19, 2019
GDOT's $800M Project to Reduce Congestion in Atlanta
Since construction began in February 2017 on the Georgia Department of Transportation's $800 million Transform 285/400 design-build-finance project, the developer North Perimeter Contractors LLC (NPC) has been making steady progress toward construction completion in late 2020....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu September 12, 2019
Ledge Removal Continues in Vermont Before More Rocks Tumble on Highway
To rectify a rock fall that occurred in 2012 and forced a temporary closing of a portion of I-89 in Berlin, Vt. , the state of Vermont removed a 1,400 ft. section of rock from the area. Most of the blasting that was done to remove the rock was completed, but small blasts may be needed to complete the job....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 11, 2019
Work Progresses on $100M Medical School in Phoenix
In midtown Phoenix work continues on a $100 million medical school. Nebraska-based Creighton University is building the Health Sciences Campus at Park Central to meet the demand for physicians, nurses and other health professions within Phoenix and the entire state....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 11, 2019
Phase One of Houston Spaceport Under Way
At an initial cost of more than $18 million, crews in Texas are working to expand what's been described as the world's first truly urban commercial spaceport. Infrastructure work is underway on more than 150 acres of Houston Spaceport, located on the southeast side of Ellington Airport, a mixed-use, general aviation airport....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon September 09, 2019
Barnhill Working to Deliver N.C. Outer Loop Segment
There are three ongoing contracts for work to complete the North Carolina Department of Transportation's 39-mi. Interstate 295 project — locally known as the Fayetteville Outer Loop — an initiative that has the state investing approximately $1 billion for its entire job to improve traffic flow in the Fayetteville metropolitan area and Fort Bragg....
