Mary Reed - Tue May 18, 2004
PA Job Surmounts Difficulties, Wins Archaeological Award
During the past 10 years, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has invested more than $160 million in its modernization of U.S. Route 15 in Tioga County. It also has committed itself to an investment of approximately $200 million to complete the job of upgrading this highway between Williamsport, PA, and the New York State border....
Gwenyth Laird Pernie - Fri May 14, 2004
Rea Contracting Throws I-77 Job Into High Gear
Rea Contracting LLC and HDR Inc. have been using a phased approach to construct 8.1 mi. (13 km) of I-77 in Charlotte, NC. The project is on track to be successfully complete in June 2004 — 125 days ahead of the original completion date....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon April 19, 2004
Baltimore Modernizes Loch Raven Dam
A $29-million rehabilitation project is well under way at the Loch Raven Dam at Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore, MD. The structure is a gravity dam, meaning that it relies on its own weight for stability....
Cindy Riley - Tue October 14, 2003
Mercedes Plant Expansion Brings Vance 2,000 Jobs
Construction crews in Vance, AL, are shifting into high gear to complete a $600-million expansion of the Mercedes-Benz M-Class (MBUSI) plant near Tuscaloosa, AL. The project, when completed later this year, will create approximately 2,000 new jobs and make small-town Vance home to one of the largest buildings in the state.
“It will add 1.9 million square feet, roughly doubling the size of the plant,” explained Andy George, Rust Constructors Inc....
G.W. Hall - Fri October 03, 2003
Maybank Drawbridge Days Numbered as Crews Raise New Bridge Over Stono
The days when drawbridge openings meant traffic delays for motorists on Maybank Highway between James Island and Johns Island will soon become chapters in history books alongside others in Charleston’s rich and colorful history....
Giles Lambertson - Tue September 16, 2003
East to West, FL’s I-4 Spreads Out
Contractors are upgrading Interstate 4 in central Florida, section-by-section, reshaping the future of the heavily-traveled highway.
The 20 or so projects planned, completed or in progress along its 140-mi....
Angela B. Hurni - Mon July 14, 2003
C.C. Mangum Bulls Through Dry Shot Rock for NC Development
The Park at Southpoint, a mixed-use development, is currently under construction in Durham, NC. Developer/owner David Johnson hired C.C. Mangum Contractors LLC, as the general contractor for the project, which will cost approximately $9 million....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon July 07, 2003
Oak Contracting Makes the Grade for $27.5M High School in Owings Mills, MD
By the start of the 2003 school year, high school students in the Owings Mills, MD, area will have a brand new school.
Construction of the building is well under way under the direction of Oak Contracting Corporation, Baltimore....
James Van Horn - Thu July 03, 2003
Trenton Banks on Wirtgen for Resurfacing Program
Even though it has just started, and on a modest scale, an ambitious, proactive street paving improvement program already is showing results for Trenton, NJ.
Most of Trenton’s streets and roads are not in desperate shape — yet....
Mon May 05, 2003
CEG Rocks Cleveland Contractors With 2003 ’Greatest Show in Dirt’
The first really beautiful spring weekend in Cleveland proved to be a good one for Construction Equipment Guide’s Cleveland Construction Expo II. Held at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, with more than 50 indoor and outdoor static displays plus almost 20 acres of outdoor demonstration areas, the Cleveland Expo provided something for everyone looking to enhance their equipment inventory or find out more information on a new technology....
