Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 14, 2019
Southern Nevada Water Authority's $650M Water Project Nears Completion
For nearly 20 years drought conditions in the Colorado River Basin have caused Lake Mead to drop nearly 130 ft. In Southern Nevada, conservation efforts have reduced per capita use by 36 percent even as the population increased by more than 650,000 during the same period....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 13, 2019
UTHealth Begins Construction on New $125M Hospital
In what will be the first major construction of a state mental health hospital in more than two decades, work has begun on a facility in Houston that will provide services for people needing inpatient acute psychiatric care or support to help transition back to their home communities....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 13, 2019
Tohono O'odham's $400M Casino Takes Shape in Glendale
A new casino is rising from the desert in Glendale, Ariz. The new $400M Desert Diamond West Valley casino is more than twice the size of the original one built at the site, which also includes a resort....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 08, 2019
Auburn Readies New Performing Arts Center for Opening
The curtain will soon be rising on Auburn University's $70 million Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center as construction crews add their finishing touches to the new structure. The state-of-the-art facility encompasses more than 85,000 sq....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 07, 2019
Army Corps' First-Ever P3 Project Presses On
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' $2,841,062,000 (current estimate) Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project is pressing forward, and one of the ongoing elements is the $46,040,475 Diversion Inlet Structure (DIS) initiative in the city of Horace, N.D....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed July 31, 2019
Under the Tuscan Sun in New England: Village Rises in Salem
Construction of Tuscan Village in Salem, N.H., features everything, from homes and businesses to a man-made lake. "They're building a little city out there," said Ross Moldoff, town planner of Tuscan Village, the section of Salem that is becoming a small city that will include town house apartments, retail businesses, medical and corporate space and even a man-made lake that will hold 5.1 million gallons of water....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Tue July 30, 2019
Phase I of SLC Airport's $3.6B Expansion Nears Completion
Construction on Phase 1 of the new $3.6B Salt Lake City Airport has made significant progress in the past few months. Concrete pours, paving and steel erection have been highlights. Ground was broken for the new facilities in July 2014....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Tue July 23, 2019
New Animal Science Lab Nearing Completion at South Dakota State
The first of two important new veterinary science building projects at South Dakota State University is nearing the end of its construction, in time for opening prior to this fall's semester. That structure's finish, followed immediately by a renovation of an adjacent vet lab, is designed to elevate the school's already outstanding reputation for advancing the study of animal disease and prevention....
Bill Chastain – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 17, 2019
Growth Sparks Nevada SR 160 Widening Project
Nevada's growing population and an increase in travel made the widening project of State Route 160 necessary in Southern Nevada. The Nevada Department of Transportation awarded a $58.6 million contract to Aggregate Industries SWR (AISWR) to widen and upgrade a 28-mi....
Richard Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 10, 2019
Work Resumes on Red Wing, Minn., Bridge Project
Finally, after a two month lay-off caused by high river levels, iron workers recently returned to work raising a new bridge crossing the Mississippi River between the city of Red Wing, Minn., and the western shoreline of Wisconsin....
