Emily Buenzle - Thu November 02, 2017
Renovation of Ancient Dam to Unlock Secrets of the Past
Renovations on a 2,200-year-old dam could reveal a lot about climate change thousands of years ago, scientists have said. The Orükaya Dam, located in Turkey, was likely built under Roman rule around 65 B.C., after the fall of the Persian Mithridatic dynasty's Pontiac Empire, the Daily Sabah reported....
Fri October 27, 2017
Hogan Announces Completion of Takoma Park Bridge
A month ahead of schedule, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) recently completed the $12 million rehabilitation of the historic arch bridge that carries MD 195 (Carroll Avenue) over the Sligo Creek Parkway....
Arno Rosenfeld - Tue October 24, 2017
State Capitol Renovation Proceeds With More Historic Discoveries
The Wyoming capitol's $300 million restoration project is on pace to be completed by 2019, and state workers could start moving into a completed portion of the complex by this spring, according to Suzanne Norton, project manager with the state's Construction Management Division....
Katlyn Smith - arlington Heights daily herald - Wed October 18, 2017
Wolfe House & Building Transports 120-Year-Old Historic Mansion
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) Moving a 120-year-old historic mansion in one piece can be a precarious job. But as the wheels slowly turned under the House of Seven Gables in Wheaton on August 28, the lace curtains hanging inside the windows barely nudged....
Emily Buenzle - Mon October 16, 2017
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Theater in Jerusalem
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have found a lost Roman theater, as well as eight additional stone layers of the Western Wall. A recent announcement by the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed that excavations over the last two years near Wilson's Arch, which sits at the Western Wall Plaza's northern end, have inadvertently revealed a long-lost theater, Haaretz reported....
Wed October 11, 2017
Historic San Juan River Bridge to Be Decommissioned
SHIPROCK, NM (AP) An historic bridge that spans the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico is slated to be decommissioned now that it has been deemed structurally deficient. The New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration held a meeting on Sept....
Wed September 27, 2017
Liebherr Mobile Crane Lifts Military History Exhibit
Rieger & Moser GmbH & Co. KG from Ulm marked the end of a Sikorsky CH-53's life of service with a special deployment, Sept. 26. A Liebherr LTM 1350-6.1 mobile crane lifted the restored helicopter onto pre-prepared concrete supports....
Emily Buenzle - Mon September 25, 2017
New Discoveries Reveal How Ancient Workers Moved Stones to Build the Great Pyramid
Forty-five hundred years after it was built, archaeologists have discovered proof showing how ancient Egyptians moved stone to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. To build Pharaoh Khufu's 481-ft.-tall pyramid around 2,600 B.C., Egyptians had to transport 2.5-ton blocks of limestone and granite up to 500 miles to the site....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue September 19, 2017
Cincinnati's Historic Music Hall Sees $135M Renovation
The Music Hall in Cincinnati — owned by the city, built in 1878 and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1975 — is nearing the end of a $135 millionplus renovation. The Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) awarded the contract to Messer Construction Co....
Mon September 18, 2017
Meet 'Nora': DEP Begins $1B Aqueduct Repair Project
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was joined by federal, state and local representatives, honored guests and dozens of construction workers to mark the start of tunneling for the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel — the largest repair project in the 175-year history of New York City's drinking water supply....
