Cindy Riley - Tue March 13, 2018
St. George's $40M City View Brings Life to Downtown
Designed to rejuvenate St. George, Utah's downtown area, City View is finally becoming a reality. After years of planning and discussions, construction has begun on the $40 million mixed-use project....
Wed February 14, 2018
Tadano Announces Ca.-Based Coastline Equipment Expansion
Tadano has recently expanded Coastline Equipment's crane division territory to include Nevada and Idaho. Since 2005 California-based distributor Coastline Equipment, a division of Bragg Companies, has provided crane sales, rental and customer service for Tadano cranes through their locations in California and the state of Baja, Mexico....
Tue February 13, 2018
UDOT Awards Sterling Construction $136M Salt Lake County I-15 Project
Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company LLC was selected by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to reconstruct and rehabilitate approximately 14 mi....
Tue February 13, 2018
Landfill Near Shore of Great Salt Lake Triggers Ecologic Concerns
OGDEN, Utah (AP) A landfill under construction near the shore of the Great Salt Lake is triggering concerns that it could harm the ecology and wildlife. The Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden reports that construction on the southern tip of Promontory Point west of Ogden started last year....
Tue February 13, 2018
Officials Seek Clarity on Regulatory Say Over Lake Powell Pipeline Project
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah officials are seeking clarity on regulatory oversight of a pipeline to deliver Colorado River water from Lake Powell to communities in southwestern Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that state officials are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold off on a proposed study of permitting of the 140-mi....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 13, 2018
ODOT Devises Plan to Keep Rock, Mud Slides at Bay
Engineers with Oregon's Department of Transportation have come up with a new fix for a pesky problem that has plagued a much-traveled highway since the 1950s. The recent problems on U.S. 20 — a highway 2.5 mi....
Wed January 31, 2018
HDOT Holds Groundbreaking on $448M Kapalama Container Terminal Project
The Kapalama Container Terminal (KCT), the centerpiece of the Harbor Modernization Plan, is maintaining the shipping logistics necessary to sustain Hawaii. More than 80 percent of all goods consumed by Hawaii residents and its visitors are imported to the islands, and of that, more than 98.6 percent flows through the Port Hawaii commercial harbor system....
Scott Sonner - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed January 31, 2018
Apple Breaks Ground on Reno Project
RENO, Nev. (AP) Apple CEO Tim Cook joined Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $4 million warehouse in downtown Reno on Jan. 17 as the company announced plans to invest $350 billion in the United States economy over the next five years....
Cindy Riley - Wed January 31, 2018
San Pedro Creek Transforms Into $125M Park
As they work to transform San Pedro Creek from a neglected drainage ditch into a natural creek habitat and world-class linear park, construction crews in San Antonio, Texas, are ultimately preserving the creek's legacy as an integral part of the city's history....
Tue January 30, 2018
Ex-Inmates May Help State Weather Labor Shortage
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) An Arizona county on the U.S.-Mexico border is hoping former inmates can help with a labor shortage amid a federal immigration crackdown. The Arizona Republican reported Cochise County developer Rick Coffman said developers have complained that the labor shortage is slowing down production and hurting home sales....
