Emily Buenzle - Wed October 18, 2017
Vt. Economic Group Funds Growth Projects
The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) has approved $9.9 million in financing in an effort to provide support to a variety of projects throughout the state, Vermont Biz reported. The series of commercial, agricultural, energy and small business projects the VDEA funds will cover cost a total $29 million....
Thu September 28, 2017
For Vermont's Classen Crane Service, Business Is Booming — So Is Its Fleet
In 2009, Mike Classen, founder of Classen's Crane Service in Waterford, Vt., told Construction Equipment Guide (CEG), “To tell you the truth, if I did not listen to the news each night, I would not know that New England is dealing with an economic slowdown....
Megan Wild - Wed September 27, 2017
John Deere Foundation Remembers Its Roots When Giving Aid
John Deere was one of the most influential blacksmiths and inventors of 19th-century America. His breakthrough invention, the self-scouring steel plow, is the tool that helped reshape the American Midwest from a muddy clump of territories into the nation's breadbasket....
Tue September 26, 2017
EPA Awards State $14.7M for Water Infrastructure Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $14.7 million to the State of Vermont to help finance improvements to water infrastructure projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment....
Thu September 14, 2017
Vermont-Based BlackRock Construction Ranks No. 42 on Exclusive 2017 Inc. 5000
Inc. magazine ranked Vermont-based construction and development company, BlackRock Construction, at number 42 out of 5,000 companies with 6,611.25 percent growth on its 36th annual Inc. 5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies....
Fri September 01, 2017
Vt. Redevelopment Job Earns APWA's Project of the Year
The Waterbury State Office Complex Redevelopment project in Vermont has been named a 2017 Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association (APWA). The project is being honored with APWA's Project of the Year award in the Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair at a cost of more than $75 million category....
Fri September 01, 2017
Middlebury's Main Street Temporary Bridge Reopens; Foot Traffic Resumes
The Main Street temporary bridge in downtown was reopened on Aug. 7, by late afternoon/early evening. A new pedestrian bridge has been installed, allowing foot traffic to resume on Main Street. Main Street will be open to all travelers....
Fri September 01, 2017
Federal Funding in Place for Bridge Between N.H., Vt.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire said federal funding is in place to build a new bridge between New Hampshire and Vermont. They said the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will receive $5 million in federal funding to replace the Rogers' Rangers Bridge on U.S....
Cindy Riley - Thu July 20, 2017
Vermont University Will Celebrate Bicentennial With New $48.5M Building
A $48.5 million dollar construction effort at the nation's oldest private military college is under way in Northfield, Vt. The Norwich University project includes a four-story academic building, along with major updates to Dewey, Webb and Ainsworth Halls....
Wed March 22, 2017
University of Vermont Unveils Plans for New $80M Campus Multi-Purpose Center
At its February board meeting, the University of Vermont unveiled an approximately $80 million plan to overhaul the Patrick-Forbush-Gutterson Athletic Complex that features both new construction and significant renovations to the existing facility, built in 1963....
