Indiana

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 10, 2018

Walsh Construction Performs Bridge Slide on I-70 Project

For the second time in its history, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is using a slide-in-bridge method to replace the twin bridges on Interstate 70 (I-70) at State Route 121/New Paris Pike (SR 121) in Wayne County....

Wed January 10, 2018

Indiana University Nears End of Building Projects

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Indiana University officials said several major construction projects are nearing completion on the Bloomington campus. Those include a new $40 million building for the School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering....

Wed December 27, 2017

Don Smock Auction Company Hosts Snowball Auction

Don Smock Auction Company held its 25th annual Snowball Auction at the company's facility in Pendleton, Ind., on Dec. 7. Frigid conditions didn't deter an active crowd of auction attendees and online bidders as the sales heated up inside the facilities 80 x 100 ft....

Tue December 26, 2017

Indiana to Demolish WWII Bunkers

A southern Indiana redevelopment group is moving ahead with the first phase of the planned demolition of nearly 180 World War II concrete bunkers that were once used to store explosive powder at an Army ammunition plant....

Wed December 13, 2017

Residents Oppose Proposed ICE Detention Center in Indiana

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Residents in northern Indiana are opposing a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. More than 100 people gathered at Our Lady of the Road in South Bend Nov. 30 to show solidarity against construction of the detention center....

The Associated Press - Tue November 28, 2017

Southern Indiana Interstate Widening Project Comes to a Close

SELLERSBURG, Ind. (AP) A two-year interstate highway widening project in southern Indiana is coming to a close. The News and Tribune reported lanes would start to reopen on a roughly 3-mi. stretch of I-65 north of Jeffersonville that includes Sellersburg....

Irwin Rapoport - Wed November 15, 2017

Crews Use Unique Method on INDOT Project

Gradex Inc. is about one year away from completing the Indiana Department of Transportation's (INDOT) $23.9 million U.S. 40 and U.S. 27 project in downtown Richmond. The project, which is divided into three phases, started last March and should be completed in late 2018....

Wed November 01, 2017

Army Corps Resumes Toxic Sediment Dredging at Indiana Harbor Ship Canal

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers has resumed dredging toxic sediment from a northwestern Indiana canal that is among the country's most polluted waterways. At an East Chicago Waterway Management District board meeting Oct....

Wed November 01, 2017

Officials Plan to Widen I-69 in Central Ind.

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) State officials are planning a project that will widen a section of Interstate 69 to six lanes northeast of Indianapolis. The planned project would add a lane for both northbound and southbound traffic on a seven-mile section between Indiana 38 near Pendleton and the Indiana 9 exit at Anderson....

Tue October 24, 2017

Smith Erectors Takes Link-Belt 75RT 'To the Limit'

Smith Erectors, Inc. of Markle, Ind., recently spent four days working around the clock to service Steel Dynamic, Inc.'s (SDI) Columbia City, Ind., plant. SDI fabricates structural, rail, and engineered steel as part of their New Millennium Building Systems in a multi-building complex....