Kristen De Groot - Mon March 13, 2017
Construction Crew Discovers 18th Century Gravesite
Construction crews working on an apartment building in Philadelphia's historic district got a shock last month when their backhoes started hitting coffins and unearthing fully intact human remains....
Molly Murray The News Journal of Wilmington - Wed March 08, 2017
More Storms, More Flooding on Delaware Coastal Highway
As storms go, the one in late January was hardly worth a footnote in coastal weather history. There wasn't much beach erosion. It didn't last very long. The waves weren't monsters. The tide wasn't even that high....
Brianna Rhodes and Hannah Klarner Capital News Service - Wed March 08, 2017
Hogan Implodes Block of Homes in Baltimore for Revival
Gov. Larry Hogan visited Baltimore on Feb. 10 to demolish a row of homes on Chester Street as a part of Project C.O.R.E., a state and city initiative that aims to revitalize the city by creating mixed use retail and housing spaces, parks, and small business opportunities....
Dan Radel Dan Radel Asbury Park Press - Wed March 08, 2017
Developer Agrees to $130M Investment in Town Center at Fort Monmouth, N.J.
A real estate developer has agreed to invest $130 million into Freedom Pointe, one of the marquee redevelopment projects at Fort Monmouth. The terms of the deal, called a purchase and sale and redevelopment agreement, were announced at a recent Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority board meeting....
Wed March 08, 2017
Gov. Justice Touts Merits of Highways Construction Plan in Statewide Tour
Gov. Jim Justice touted his highways construction program that would be financed by higher taxes and fees as he launched a statewide tour to promote the plan that he says would create tens of thousands of jobs in West Virginia....
Wed March 08, 2017
J&J Truck Bodies, Walsh Equipment Team Up for Open House
J&J Truck Bodies and Trailers teamed up with Walsh Equipment Company Feb. 17 to host a Customer Appreciation Day Open House at J&J's facilities in Somerset, Pa. The event featured a plant tour at J&J Truck Bodies and Trailers' facilities, as well as truck and equipment displays and demonstrations....
Frank Hartzell - Tue February 28, 2017
Mass. City Rethinks Smoking on Construction Sites
City councilors in one Massachusetts community are proposing a smoking ban at construction sites following a massive blaze in December. The proposal by Cambridge City Councilors comes months after a 10-alarm fire forced more than 150 people out of their homes....
Anthony Fay - Mon February 27, 2017
Payloader Falls into Canal in Western Mass.
A crane had to be used Feb. 23 to remove a piece of heavy construction equipment that fell into a canal in Holyoke the day before. The payloader went into the Lower Leval Canal along Water Street in the Flats of Holyoke on Feb....
Hilary Russ (Reuters) - Wed February 22, 2017
Amtrak Spends Billions Tunneling Under Hudson River
Construction activities in New York City will last for seven years as Amtrak builds its multibillion-dollar train tunnel underneath the Hudson River, an official said late Feb. 21, disclosing how long disruptions will likely last in a part of Manhattan already jammed up by massive real estate development....
Wed February 22, 2017
Artists Given Chance to Repurpose Historic State House Dome
Artists have a chance to create a work of art from the century-old copper that once covered Maine's Statehouse dome. The original copper dates to 1910. Construction of the Statehouse in Augusta itself commenced in 1829....
