Ames Construction

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....

Cindy Riley - Wed July 12, 2017

Flood-Prone Area Sees Risk Management Project

After years of research and public input, work is under way on the roughly $2 billion Fargo‐Moorhead (FM) Area Diversion Project. The complete FM flood risk management project plan includes building a 30-mi....

Wed June 07, 2017

Skanska, Ames to Build California's I-15 Express Lanes

Skanska announced its joint venture with Ames Construction has been awarded a $243.9 million design-build contract from the Riverside County Transportation Commission to construct new express toll lanes on the I-15 freeway....

Jennifer Rupp - Fri December 23, 2016

I-580 Pushes Westward Toward Lake Tahoe

Over the past several years, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has been lengthening I-580 W from Reno towards Lake Tahoe approximately 37 mi. (59.5 km). The expanse and expense of the project called for a multi-phase, multi-year approach beginning in 2000....

Wed November 30, 2016

Businessman Charged With Scamming Construction Firms

A Utah County businessman involved in two separate fraud cases worth more than a million dollars was sentenced Monday to prison time and to pay restitution to those he scammed. Alan McKee, 57, was sentenced to one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison for each case: one being a second-degree felony of theft and one a second-degree felony of communications fraud....

Dick Rohland - Thu November 03, 2016

MnDOT Opens Mississippi River Crossing

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) opened a new Mississippi River crossing on schedule to the eager residents of a southern, Minnesota community using for the first time a new construction procurement process to speed up design and construction on a new bridge— the Winona Bridge, Highway 43 Mississippi River Crossing....

Dorinda Anderson - Wed August 10, 2016

Work on Dresbach Bridge Continues Over Mississippi

Wider shoulders, fewer stop signs to create continued traffic flow and structural improvements all contribute to enhanced safety on new bridges and traffic system of the interchange of Highway 61 and Interstate 90 where travelers can cross from Dresbach, Minn., to La Crosse, Wis., over the Mississippi River....