CEG - Thu March 25, 2021
VIDEO: Bagela Turns Millings Into Money for Thomaston, Connecticut's M.J.W. Services
Josh Williams and Megan Hill had each grown up around the heavy equipment trades. In 2012, the husband and wife team started M.J.W. Services in Thomaston, Conn. Originally focusing on utility contracting, within a few years some other doors opened for Williams and Hill....
Hartford Courant - Tue March 02, 2021
Connecticut Approves East Windsor Solar Farm, Largest in the Northeast
The Connecticut Siting Council has approved the largest solar development in the northeastern United States, a 120-megawatt project covering 485 acres. Construction of Gravel Pit Solar could begin as early as this year and be finished in late 2022 or early 2023, state and local officials said....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 25, 2021
O&G Industries Leads $54.6M I-84 Safety, Operational Improvement Job
The Connecticut Department of Transportation's (CTDOT) $54.6 million I-84 Safety and Operational Improvements project in West Hartford, awarded to O&G Industries Inc. , is based upon the mitigation of traffic congestion and safety concerns that can arise in heavy traffic situations....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 24, 2021
Charter Oak Bridge Project Set to Bring Congestion Relief for Connecticut's Capitol Region
The delivery of the Connecticut Department of Transportation's (CTDOT) I-91 Charter Oak Bridge (COB) Project, a large-scale initiative that combines two projects to reduce congestion and improve safety in the city of Hartford, and towns of East Hartford, and Wethersfield, is less than two years away....
The Day - Wed February 03, 2021
Connecticut Working to Bring State Pier Project on Budget
A Connecticut state official involved in planning for the reconstruction project at State Pier in New London said efforts are under way to keep the project on budget. Kosta Diamantis, deputy secretary of the Office of Policy and Management (OPM), addressed the Connecticut Port Authority (CPA) in January and fielded questions about the possibility of costs escalating for the $157 million project, which is being funded through a partnership by the state and joint venture partners Eversource and Ørsted....
CEG - Thu January 28, 2021
VIDEO: Gwenmor Marine Contracting Tackles Dredging Project at Groton Long Point
Gwenmor Marine Contracting, located at the mouth of the Mystic River in Mystic, Conn., is a fourth-generation, family-owned marina and marine contracting business. The company was founded in 1946 by Emmet Murphy's great-grandfather with "a small handmade barge."Murphy's grandfather "Sandy" McGugan, only just recently passed away, and each generation after him has continued to grow the business....
The CT Mirror - Tue January 19, 2021
Funds to Fix Connecticut's Roads, Bridges Drying Up, No Solutions in Sight
While the coronavirus dominated summer headlines, Connecticut's five-year effort to accelerate the transportation rebuilding program slowed to a stroll on July 1. A risky initiative to force tolls — by borrowing and spending billions of extra dollars on new projects between 2016 and 2020 — concluded on that date, without those fees or any other plan to pay for all of it....
Zip06.com - Wed January 13, 2021
Living Shoreline Restoration Ongoing at Former Hepburn Property in Connecticut
Only the second living shoreline restoration project in Connecticut, an effort to restore and protect the shoreline at what was the property of legendary actress Katharine Hepburn in Fenwick, began last fall under the guidance of the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC), which is working closely with the Lynde Point Land Trust, which owns the land, and the borough of Fenwick....
City of Danbury - Tue December 22, 2020
Danbury, Conn., Takes Steps to Fast Track School Expansion Project
The city of Danbury, Conn., is looking to retain a commissioning agent in its ramp up to soliciting bids for the Ellsworth Avenue Elementary construction project. The firm that is selected will provide the city with "all of the necessary commissioning services for the Ellsworth Avenue School Addition project from design through project completion and occupancy," according to the request for qualifications and proposals (RFQ/P) recently posted on the city of Dansbury website....
The Hartford Courant - Mon December 21, 2020
Connecticut's Largest IMAX Theater to Be Demoed for New Railroad Bridge
The cinema at Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Conn., which features a six-story IMAX screen -- the largest in the state -- will close on Jan. 18 and be demolished to make way for a project to replace a 124-year-old railroad bridge, the aquarium has announced....
