Wed December 27, 2006
NYC Unwraps Three Bridges for Holidays
The “Reconstruction of Three Bridges in the Bronx,” a $42.7-million project, is nearing completion, according to Mike McCotter, the engineer-in-charge of the project of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Region 11, Long Island City, N.Y....
Thu November 23, 2006
Walsh Construction Uses Intelligent Compaction Roller
Dawn Watson’s excavation crew worked hard to stay on schedule and maintain the required project specifications on the rebuild and widening of a 3.5-mi. segment of Tri-State Tollway I-294 in East Hazel Crest, Ill....
Wed November 15, 2006
Mascaro Assembles Arsenal on Bradford Bypass Project
Mascaro Construction, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has assembled an arsenal of heavy equipment on Route 219 to complete an ambitious two-year, $55-million project to rebuild the Bradford Bypass in northcentral Pennsylvania....
Wed September 20, 2006
State Agencies Determined to Save Bolsa Chica Lowland Ecosystem
Rainfall was the biggest challenge facing the project team of the soon-to-be completed $147-million Bolsa Chica Lowland Restoration Project in Huntington Beach, CA. According to Jack M. Fancher, coastal program chief and Bolsa Chica program manager of the U.S....
Thu August 31, 2006
Compaction Key During Cadence Construction
Once the Deere move out, the horses will move in. New Creation Land Developers, equipped with John Deere machinery, is currently grading a 510-acre site in Blue Ridge, GA, as the future home of Cadence, an equestrian community....
Wed July 05, 2006
’Value Engineering’ Reduces Final Cost of Southern I-75 Project
With a little extra thought, a Georgia contractor saved the state’s taxpayers $10 million. Before The Scruggs Company of Valdosta began working on the 9-mi. stretch of Interstate 75 from Adel south to the Lowndes County line, it proposed a plan that would implement “value engineering.”The plan, which was approved by the Georgia Department of Transportation, changed the phasing of the project to move all four lanes of traffic onto the southbound side of the highway and work on the northbound side first....
Tue June 13, 2006
I-80 Job on Track, Despite Undercutting
The 7-mi. (11.3 km) refurbishment of I-80 between Yarnell and Bellefonte in Pennsylvania is running on schedule, despite extensive undercutting because of clay and other fine materials. The project began on Feb....
Wed May 31, 2006
EastCoast Reduces Fuel Consumption While Juggling 14 Jobs
EastCoast General Contractors Inc., a large general contractor based in Massachusetts, is a juggler. Just as a juggler is able to manipulate several objects and keep them in motion, so too can EastCoast Contractors keep several projects in motion at the same time....
Fri April 28, 2006
No Traffic to Dodge at I-69 Site in Mississippi
The only traffic the crew working on the first section of I-69 in north Mississippi has to worry about is its own machinery. APAC-Tennessee is in the midst of constructing a new $53.8-million stretch of highway in the 17 mi....
Mon April 10, 2006
Design-Build Team Tackles U.S. 1/64 in N. Carolina
The design-build team of The Lane Construction Corporation, SEPI Engineering Group and The LPA Group of North Carolina is well on its way to earning a bonus for the early completion of improvements to U.S....