Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 08, 2020
Bridge Crews Endure Brutal Winter, High Water
In just a matter of one year when cranes began to loom over the original 35W bridge crossing over the Minnesota River, regular commuters are now seeing real progress on its replacement. Connecting the cities of Bloomington and Burnsville just south of Minneapolis, traffic crews recently switched all six lanes from the old bridge to the new, northbound bridge....
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....
CEG - Thu January 31, 2019
Richard 'Dick' Ames, Co-Founder of Ames Construction, Dies at 89
Richard "Dick" Ames, who founded a small Minnesota earthmoving company with his brothers in 1962 and built it into a multistate contracting giant, died at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 30, 2019. He was 89....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 22, 2018
Minneapolis Aims for Congestion-Free Travel
The Minnesota Department of Transportation's (MnDOT) $239 million, multi-year 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown project reached its first year of construction in July as crews from a joint-venture, consisting of Ames Construction, Lunda Contracting Co....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 14, 2018
On the Right Track: $55M SR 347 Expansion Over UPRR
A $55 million project in Maricopa, Ariz., is under way, following an extensive traffic and accessibility study. SR 347 is the city's main transportation corridor through the community, serving as a regional connector to major employment and recreation areas....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 31, 2018
UDOT's $430M I-15 Project Adds New Lanes in Tech Corridor
Work on $430 million project to widen I-15 in Utah County, Utah, began last April. The project is taking place in one of the fastest growing areas in Utah, known as Silicon Slopes for the high number of technology-based businesses there....
Wed May 09, 2018
Pershing Gold Begins Construction
Pershing Gold Corporation, an emerging Nevada gold producer, announces the start of preliminary construction activities at Relief Canyon. On Feb. 13, 2018, Ames Construction began initial land clearing in preparation for potential construction at Relief Canyon, including future heap leach pads, haul roads and waste rock storage facilities....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 24, 2018
ADOT Rolls Out Road Projects for Spring, Summer 2018
Work is continuing on Arizona's largest ever single highway project, with controlled rock blasting scheduled to begin on two segments this spring. The $916 million Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway features 22 mi....
CEG - Wed October 18, 2017
U.S. 169 Project Opens Ahead of Schedule
In the early morning darkness and damp cold of a Minnesota winter, crews closed off a 3,000 ft. long bridge deck of U.S. 169 carrying 90,000 daily motorists over an expansive wetland and small creek in the city of Edina....
Fri August 04, 2017
Lunda Construction Announces $239M Joint Venture Project
Tutor Perini Corporation, a civil, building and specialty construction company, announced Aug. 4, that a joint venture team comprised of its subsidiary, Lunda Construction Co., together with Ames Construction and Shafer Contracting Co., is being awarded a contract valued at approximately $239 million by the Minnesota Department of Transportation for the 35W & Lake Street Project....
