Chase Cook - Mon July 31, 2017
Maryland Construction Worker Dies After Being Hit By Truck
A highway construction worker died has from injuries he suffered when he was struck by a truck while working on Route 175 in Severn, Md. July 26. Walter I. Gonzalez-Lopez, 56, of Baltimore died Sunday while being treated at the R....
Brenda Ruggiero - Mon July 24, 2017
MDT's 404 Widening Project Spans Three Counties
The Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration (SHA) is working on a widening project that spans three counties, including Queen Anne's, Talbot and Caroline. The contract involves widening MD 404 (Queen Anne Highway/Shore Highway) for 9 mi....
Juliet Linderman - Thu July 20, 2017
Hotel, NFL Arena May Sport Flammable Panels
In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air."Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London....
Tue July 11, 2017
CASE Construction Equipment Announces 2017 'Diamond Dealer,' 'Gold Dealer' Award Winners
Case Construction Equipment has named its 2017 "Diamond Dealer" and "Gold Dealer" award recipients as a part of its North American Construction Equipment Partnership Program. The awards recognize dealerships across the United States and Canada for excellence in five categories including sales performance, marketing and communications, product support, parts support and training....
Edgar A. Browning - Fri June 23, 2017
Looking Back: Ship Testing Basin Near Cabin John, Md.
Oceans built to order with miniature ships in miniature storms...on a miniature sea at Cabin John, Md., said Caterpillar Tractor at the time. The ship testing basin near Cabin John, Md. was constructed by Turner Construction Company of New York under a $2,675,000 contract....
Mon June 12, 2017
Gov. Hogan Announces Advancement of I-270 Congestion Relief Project
Gov. Larry Hogan announced advancement of Maryland's $100 million I-270 Innovative Congestion Management Project, which will save drivers up to 30 minutes on their morning commute southbound from Frederick to I-495....
Mon June 12, 2017
Rahn Outlines Suspension of Key Elements of Purple Line Project
Given recent court litigation that has caused extensive and expensive delays in the $5.6 billion Purple Line project, Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Secretary Pete K. Rahn outlined a path forward for the Purple Line....
Mon June 12, 2017
Maryland Awards ORECS to Two Offshore Wind Developers
In a decision that will position Maryland as a national leader in offshore wind energy, the Maryland Public Service Commission awarded offshore wind renewable energy credits (ORECs) to two projects to be built off the coast of Maryland....
Wed May 31, 2017
Purple Line Project Presses on After Endangered Species Case Dismissed
Given recent court litigation that has caused extensive delays in the $5.6 billion Purple Line project, Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Secretary Pete K. Rahn has outlined a path forward for the Purple Line....
Tue May 23, 2017
Safety Improvements, Traffic Relief Coming to MD 51
To relieve a traffic congestion at an intersection in Cumberland, the Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration (SHA) is reconstructing MD 51 (Industrial Boulevard) at Virginia Avenue....
