Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 21, 2024
Florida's Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Sees $105M Terminal Expansion
Construction crews in Florida are working on a terminal expansion at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) that will better serve passengers by easing overcrowding. Connected to the east end of the ticket wing, the terminal will cover 75,300 sq....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 07, 2024
Brasfield & Gorrie Leads $330M Coca-Cola UNITED New HQ Project
Coca-Cola UNITED officials are fizzing with enthusiasm now that work has begun on a new corporate headquarters in Birmingham's Kingston community. The $330 million project includes an office complex, warehouse, sales center and customer service center....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu November 07, 2024
Raising I-95 in North Carolina's Coastal Plain
One small town getting hit by a pair of destructive floods in three years by powerful hurricanes is almost assuredly going to lead to expensive engineering countermeasures. That certainly has been the case the last few years in Lumberton, N.C., where Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence in 2018 each caused 1,000-year-floods along the city's Lumber River and inundated sections of Interstate 95, the United States' primary freeway on the East Coast, leading to its partial closure in the Tarheel State's Coastal Plain....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 29, 2024
Caltrans' Fix50 Mobility Project Still on Schedule
In hopes of meeting a September 2025 deadline, construction crews in California are working night and day on Caltrans' Fix50 Project. The nearly $484 million effort will enhance mobility while providing incentives for ride sharing during peak period travel....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 29, 2024
Connecting Arkansas: Highway Widening Near Little Rock
A major roadway widening in the heart of Jacksonville, Ark., will address traffic congestion, as well as high crash rates on Highway 67/167 and associated interchanges and frontage roads, when it's completed in late 2027....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 02, 2024
WW Clyde Constructs Diverging Diamond Interchange in Colorado
To enhance safety and improve traffic flow, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is constructing a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) at the intersection of Airport Road and Powers Boulevard (Colorado Highway 21 / U.S....
Larry Bernstein – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon September 30, 2024
Tennessee Widening Project to Improve Safety, Increase Capacity
State Route 35 in Tennessee, an 81-mi.-long route, serves as a major corridor from Greenville to Maryville through counties including Jefferson and Sevier. Despite it being a significant roadway, drivers may not be aware of the road....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 11, 2024
South Dakota's $210M Veteran's Parkway Nears Completion
Construction on the first phase of the $210 million South Veterans Parkway project continues ahead of schedule. The work is the final stage in connecting I-29 with I-90 and will help meet transportation needs across the corridor....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 29, 2024
GDOT's I-85 Widening, Phase 3 Set to Complete Late Fall/Early Winter
Work began on the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $141 million I-85 Widening, Phase 3 in August 2022 with the design-build team of E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. and WSP USA Inc. They are on schedule to reach substantial completion by the end of 2024....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 28, 2024
Indiana DOT Completes I-69 Finish Line
Five years after construction began, a $2 billion Indiana interstate project is completed on time and on budget despite a few unexpected hurdles. Dubbed the I-69 Finish Line by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), the 26-mi....
