Feb 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....
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Lori Tobias
CEG Correspondent
Lori Tobias is a career journalist, formerly on staff as the Oregon Coast reporter at The Oregonian and as a columnist and features writer at the Rocky Mountain News. She is the author of the memoir, Storm Beat - A Journalist Reports from the Oregon Coast, and the novel Wander, winner of the Nancy Pearl Literary Award in 2017. She has freelanced for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Denver Post, Alaska Airlines in-flight, Natural Home, Spotlight Germany, Vegetarian Times and the Miami Herald. She is an avid reader, enjoys kayaking, traveling and exploring the Oregon Coast where she lives with her husband Chan and rescue pups, Gus and Lily.
Feb 8, 2018
Canopy to Keep ATL Visitors Out of Elements
Work is under way on a $138 million canopy project at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, a massive endeavor calling for the intricate juggling of traffic and construction and one guided by principles of safety, quality and production....
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Feb 1, 2018
Former Interstate Ramp Makes Way for $158M 'Innovation Superhighway'
What was once a busy interstate highway ramp will soon be Rhode Island's newest technology-innovation complex with three major tenants, plus a hotel to come....
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Jan 25, 2018
Children's of Alabama Campus to See Expansion in Birmingham
Construction is set to begin on a new office building and parking facility at the Children's of Alabama campus in Birmingham on Fourth Avenue South. The Children's Board of Trustees approved construction of the 12-story parking deck and 115,000-sq.-ft....
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Jan 16, 2018
After Bertha: WSDOT Updates SR 99 Progress in Seattle
The precast concrete panels that will build the lower deck of Seattle's new SR 99 double deck tunnel began arriving in early November, marking the beginning of an important stage of the tunnel construction, said Laura Newborn, spokeswoman of the project....
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Dec 22, 2017
$900M Direct Connection Begins 3rd Contract
Work on the third contract of the New Jersey Department of Transportation's Direct Connection project has begun, inching the massive job just a bit closer to its projected 2024 completion....
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Dec 19, 2017
Crew Has Sense of Pride Building St. Luke's Pavilion in Idaho
The St. Luke's Children's Pavilion Project in Boise, Idaho, has been 10 long years in the making, just enough time for planning and designing a state-of-the-art medical facility with a very special clientele....
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Dec 14, 2017
C.W. Matthews Tackles $500M I-16/I-75 Interchange
Phase one of the $500 million I-16/I-75 interchange improvement project in Macon, Ga., is well under way, but while the road to completion is a long one —approximately eight years —the completed project should dramatically improve what is currently a very busy and congested commute....
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Dec 1, 2017
Puerto Rico Continues to Recover From Hurricane Maria
Seventy percent of the debris is vegetation and 30 percent construction debris — referred to as C & D for construction and demolition, Jacquet said....
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Nov 21, 2017
Denver Voters Agree to $937M Worth of Bond Measures
Denver voters handed the community something of an early Christmas present in the November election, approving seven different bond measures for 460 projects totaling $937 million....
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Nov 20, 2017
Sea-Tac Undergoing $550M Modernization, Expansion
Travelers flying through the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport can expect to see major changes in the coming years as the airport expands and updates its facilities to accommodate the ever-increasing number of passengers arriving and departing the Pacific Northwest hub....
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Nov 7, 2017
WestStar Bank Announces 14-Level Tower Will Transform El Paso Skyline
For the first time in nearly 40 years, a major commercial office building is on the drawing board for downtown El Paso. WestStar Bank announced this fall that it will build the 14-level WestStar Tower at 601 N....
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Nov 7, 2017
Work Continues on Iconic Arizona Center's $25M Facelift in Phoenix
Contractors are at work on a $25 million project that will completely renovate the iconic Arizona Center and pave the way for additional future projects, including a boutique hotel and multi-family housing....
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Oct 25, 2017
$400M Proposal Would Dramatically Change Downtown Denver Skyline
A New York City developer has plans on the drawing board that could dramatically alter the downtown Denver skyline and give the city an icon sure to stand out in this Rocky Mountain plains landscape....
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Oct 24, 2017
ODOT Spends $38.2M to Make Improvements in Tillamook
The city of Tillamook, Ore., has had traffic problems for years. The highway through downtown was much too tight to accommodate the semi-trucks and RVs that routinely rumble through, pedestrians felt unsafe crossing the streets and the intersection of Highway 101 and Oregon 6 was described as “one of the most convoluted in the region.”“I've had people describe it as white knuckles through there,” said Louis Torres, spokesman of the Oregon Department of Transportation....
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Oct 24, 2017
Hospital Adds New $131.5M Ambulatory Care Center
As work began on the new Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) at the University of Utah Hospital, crews faced two big challenges. One, all the utilities had to be moved, and two, the new center is being built on a site with not an iota of extra space....
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Oct 16, 2017
NY's Historic TWA Flight Center Adds $260M Hotel
Constructed in the early 1960s, the TWA Flight Center opened in 1962, “ushering in a new era of jet air travel,” according to a fact sheet on the project....
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Oct 11, 2017
Honolulu Airport Receives $2.7B Makeover, New Name
The modernization project is expected to be ongoing through 2021....
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Oct 10, 2017
Demolition Under Way on Iconic Phoenix Trotting Park
Before the structure could be knocked down, crews were on site of the Phoenix Trotting Park removing 256,397 sq. ft. of asbestos from three buildings at the abandoned harness racing park....
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Sep 18, 2017
Delaware's $50M 'Silver Square' Offers High-End Amenities
As the first wave of baby boomers approach their 80s, the construction industry is experiencing an increasing demand for assisted living facilities, a trend that is not expected to end any time soon....
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