Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 01, 2024
Two Firms Give Burned Highway New Life
A severe blaze beneath a section of the I-10 in downtown Los Angeles late last year closed one of the city's busiest highways for several days, but herculean efforts by two general contractors and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) engineering and emergency teams allowed the road to reopen weeks in advance of a much longer anticipated delay....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 29, 2023
Swift Action Reopens I-10 in Los Angeles After Fire
Construction crews mobilized quickly in response to a section of the I-10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles that suffered a massive blaze on Nov. 11 beneath an elevated section of the roadway at a 40,000-sq.-ft....
Kesla - Wed December 08, 2021
VIDEO: Kesla Starts Sales of Fire-Extinguishing Tractor Trailer
Finnish company Kesla Oyj is known for several forest technology and material processing products, including forest trailers for tractors. In recent years, tractor equipment has become increasingly versatile and now Kesla is launching a trailer concept with fire-extinguishing features....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 21, 2021
MDOT Rebuilds Section of I-75 Following Tanker Fire
Only days after a tanker truck crashed on Michigan's northbound I-75 destroying hundreds of feet of newer pavement and barrier wall, crews were on the job ready to rebuild. It's the bright note in a frightening accident that closed the north and south bound lanes at Big Beaver Road in Troy for days....
Fraley Construction Marketing - Tue November 12, 2019
Turner Protects Workers in U.S. Navy Building with WES3
In a short, two-minute YouTube video uploaded by the Wall Street Journal in 2014, a worker is seen barely escaping unharmed from a fire in a wood-framed apartment building under construction in Houston, Texas....
Associated Press - Thu June 06, 2019
Massachusetts Communities Hit by Gas Blasts Receive $80M to Repair Infrastructure
ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) The utility blamed for a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts in September has agreed to pay $80 million to three communities to cover road repairs and other associated costs of the disaster, officials announced May 7....
Brian Melley – Associated Press - Wed December 12, 2018
Los Angeles-Area Development Approved in Fire-Prone Zone
LOS ANGELES (AP) The conflict between the need for more housing in California and the danger of building in fire-prone mountains was decided in favor of homes on Dec. 11 as Los Angeles County supervisors approved a massive rural housing development....
Case - Tue October 09, 2018
Case, Titan Machinery Support Team Rubicon in Colorado Wildfire Cleanup
Case Construction Equipment and heavy equipment dealer Titan Machinery, donated the use of skid steers and compact track loaders for wildfire cleanup in Costilla County, Colo. as part of Operation Freedom Fire....
Emily Buenzle - Wed October 03, 2018
Equipment Catches Fire on Texas Roadway
A paint striping machine caught fire on a Texas road, causing a shutdown of the road Oct. 2. Twenty-three police units were called to the scene on Northwest Loop 820 around 4:15 a.m. where the burning machine sat in the westbound lane, the Star-Telegram reported....
Emily Buenzle - Tue August 28, 2018
Statue of Liberty Evacuated Due to Construction Fire
A fire at a construction site caused the Statue of Liberty to be evacuated on Aug. 27. Firefighters worked for two hours to put out a blaze after a propane tank caught fire at a construction site on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, CBS News reported....
