Jun 4, 2015
INDOT Brings U.S. 31 to Freeway Status With $350M
The roadway carries a lot of freight and is very important for the trucking industry....
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Irwin Rapoport
CEG Correspondent
A journalist who started his career at a weekly community newspaper, Irwin Rapoport has written about construction and architecture for more than 15 years, as well as a variety of other subjects, such as recycling, environmental issues, business supply chains, property development, pulp and paper, agriculture, solar power and energy, and education. Getting the story right and illustrating the hard work and professionalism that goes into completing road, bridge, and building projects is important to him. A key element of his construction articles is to provide readers with an opportunity to see how general contractors and departments of transportation complete their projects and address challenges so that lessons learned can be shared with a wider audience.
Rapoport has a BA in History and a Minor in Political Science from Concordia University. His hobbies include hiking, birding, cycling, reading, going to concerts and plays, hanging out with friends and family, and architecture. He is keen to one day write an MA thesis on military and economic planning by the Great Powers prior to the start of the First World War.
May 30, 2015
Texas Employs Innovation to Fred-Med Span
Traditional bridge construction techniques would have left the intersection closed about two months....
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May 22, 2015
Indiana Steps Up Road, Bridge Preservation
According to INDOT, 6.4 percent of the state’s bridges are in poor condition and it is investing about $270 million each year rehabilitation, maintenance and preservation....
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Apr 23, 2015
Work Moving Forward to Replace 14 Mi. of I-65 in Ind.
The north-south highway, built in the 1960s, is showing its age and needs to be replaced and widened....
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Mar 7, 2015
Brazos River Bridges Work Makes Dent in $43M Project
The new bridges are part of a major redesign of the crossing....
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Feb 5, 2015
Texas Historic Rainbow Bridge Gets Facelift
The bridge carries close to 27,000 cars and trucks with heavy loads on a daily basis....
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Jan 23, 2015
N.M.’s I-10 Interchanges Near Completion
The project has been challenging due to the high volumes of traffic between Las Cruces and Texas....
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Jan 15, 2015
Joint-Venture Halfway Through on Columbus Trench Project
This is the first highway project in central Ohio to include a trench....
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Nov 8, 2014
Ohio Span Nears End of Life, Receives Revamp
The crews are tackling one lane at a time, with three lanes of traffic maintained at all times....
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Oct 23, 2014
Demo Work Leads to Eastbound Voinovich Span
A three-year construction project will soon be set in motion to build the eastbound (five-lane) side of the George V. Voinovich Bridge....
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Aug 16, 2014
Cleveland’s Innerbelt Bridge Demo Makes Solid Progress
The demolition of the bridge is critical for the rebuilding of a new bridge on the same site....
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Jul 31, 2014
Willow Island Power Plant Flows Toward 2015 Finish
This project, when completed in the summer of 2015, will include two horizontal bulb type generating units capable of producing 37 megawatts of power....
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Jul 25, 2014
WSDOT Replaces Aging Spans
The reconstruction, funded by a gasoline tax, is expected to be complete in fall 2015....
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Jul 10, 2014
Joint-Venture Completes El Paso Ballpark in Record Time
The $74 million stadium was built in 11 months via a joint-venture that brought together CF Jordan (Jordan Foster Construction prior to the company's reorganization — JFC) and Hunt Construction G...
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Jul 10, 2014
Managing Traffic Key to WSDOT’s MTB Job
The multi-year and $158 million overall project to complete the widening of I-5 from Centralia to Grand Mound, Wash., has entered its final phase....
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Jun 26, 2014
Oregon Zoo Addresses Elephant in the Room
It is fitting that the Oregon Zoo's (in Portland) eight Asian elephants are among the many watching construction of Elephant Lands, a $57 million project that will quadruple their habitat from 1....
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Jun 20, 2014
I-90 Reconstruction Work in Ashtabula County Continues
The major challenge for this project is managing traffic so that the work can proceed on schedule....
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Jun 18, 2014
Two Down, Two to Go on I-90 Reconstruction
Traffic management is the major challenge on the $70 million project....
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Jun 12, 2014
Caldecott Tunnel Work to Wrap Up Fall 2014
Construction crews are still on site as work is continuing on the roadway approaches as well as testing of the fire safety systems and punch list items....
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May 20, 2014
Heavy Rain Causes Devastation in Baltimore, Md.
With an investigation still ongoing, the city of Baltimore has still not set a date to rebuild a portion of a nearly 120 year old retaining wall that dramatically collapsed due to heavy rain on April...
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