Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed April 07, 2021
Construction Begins On Bridgeport Residential Complex
Construction work has begun on Canfield Park, two mid-rise five- and six-story apartment buildings across from the Fairfield Metro North Train Station in Bridgeport, Conn. Spinnaker Real Estate of Norwalk, Conn., and Eastpointe of Fairfield, Conn., are the real estate companies partnering on the property and they secured a $68 million loan to construct the 300-unit property in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 06, 2021
OHL USA Crews Make Upgrades to Ventura Freeway
Since July 2020, crews from OHL USA Inc. have been replacing 19.3 mi. of concrete median barrier on U.S. 101 (Hollywood Freeway/Ventura Freeway) to improve the safety of motorists via a $49.7 million project (total programmed cost) initiated by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 18, 2021
Peachtree Creek Bridge Gets Its $20M Upgrade
The Peachtree Creek Bridge on SR 3/Northside Drive in North Atlanta (Fulton County), built in 1926, is being replaced by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) via a $20,164,623.92 contract that was awarded to C....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 10, 2021
Crews Demolish I-45 Bridge in Four Days; Upgrades to Continue
The demolition of the Holland Road bridge over the six mainlanes of IH-45 Gulf Freeway in Galveston County, Texas, part of the I-45 expansion project between FM 517 to FM 1764, took four days to complete....
Associated Press - Wed March 10, 2021
Crews Use 1,000 Lbs. of Explosives for Demo of Navajo Generating Station Boilers
A contractor used more than 1,000 lbs. of explosives on March 3 to demolish the Navajo Generating Station's three 245-ft.-tall boilers. The coal-fired power plant near the Arizona-Utah border shut down in 2019 and three 775-ft....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed March 03, 2021
Volvo, Werk-Brau Help 'Break Thru' Tricky Demolition
Break Thru Enterprises Inc. of Lombard, Ill., was presented with an opportunity to work on a rather challenging project. The job, located in Bannockburn, Ill., required a mix of demolition practices — office gut, selective structural removal and total building removal....
Doosan Infracore - Tue March 02, 2021
Omaha-Based Company Tackles Demolition Project in Its Home City
Out with the old, in with the new. That is what demolition is all about. Last fall, Ronco Construction got to work removing the old in its hometown of Omaha, Neb. A construction project in the "Gateway to the West" required demolishing existing buildings to make way for a residential project that was bringing new housing options to the neighborhood....
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....
TxDOT - Tue February 23, 2021
Construction Crews Demo I-45's Holland Road Bridge
Progress on the I-45 expansion project between FM 517 to FM 1764 in Galveston County continued with the demolition of the Holland Road bridge over the mainlanes of I-45. As part of the project, the existing I-45/Holland Road intersection will be converted so that Holland Road will go under the mainlanes of I-45....
CEG - Wed February 17, 2021
VIDEO: NPK Delivers Helping Hand to Ohio's C&J Contractors
Every job can use an extra hand. Family-owned C&J Contractors of Cleveland, Ohio, is one of northeast Ohio's leading demolition companies. When Robert Crawford, acting COO, heard about an excavator attachment that would make sorting items more efficient, he set out to see it for himself....
