Mixed News for Specialty Contractors - Some sectors are strong and all are concerned about insurance.

Design Innovation and Collaboration - The complex that serves as home to the USA Today and Gannett Headquarters consists of two central towers with multilevel terraces surrounded by a podium structure clad with over 400,000 sq ft of custom curtainwall.

Employment for Power - Scheduled by PG&E, a division of National Energy Group, the $650-million 1,100-Mw Covert Generating Station in Covert, MI, is presently the largest construction project in progress in Michigan with up to 1,900 trades people on the job.

How Not to Lose a Crane - To limit congestion, New Jersey Transit (NJT) decided to construct a rail link between two bridges located in the Meadowlands.

Reaching High - When the New York City Housing Authority decided to attend to the chimney stacks of four of its projects, it chose Dunlop Mastclimbers to reach them.

Not for Want of a Lock - Like the want of a nail in the ancient rhyme, the lack of a lock has caused many a contractor much grief.

A Foundation for Visitors - Nicholson Construction Co. is completing a major portion of the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.

Controlling On-Line - At the Sand Hills Energy Center, a 300-Mw combined cycle power generating facility proj-ect in Austin, TX,...

Recycle, Rebuild, Revitalize -CST Environmental, Inc. is one of a select group of contractors that provides true turnkey services in the demolition/environmental remediation sector.

Digging Deep Safely -Recently, Schnabel Foundation Company used deep soil mixing techniques to construct structural groundwater cutoff walls for the Knafel Center at Harvard University and a truck tunnel for the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.

Building Big for Science -Medical research centers always demand complex utility systems to eliminate down time and safeguard research.

Modular Construction: A Viable Alternative - McAbee Construction, Inc. recently completed two modularized pipe racks for the Dominion Energy Fairless Hills project.

Maintaining the Pressure - When the St Louis Science Center needed a door that would withstand the intense pressure necessary to maintain inflation of the air dome of the Titanic exhibit, they chose the Trekking Star 2,....

Steeper is Better - When Vulcan Materials Company needed to replace a one-lane concrete bridge located at its aggregate plant in Columbia, SC, it had two major demands...

Safety in the Desert - As a partner in Bighorn Constructors, a joint venture, Sachs Electric is nearing completion of Reliant Energy Bighorn, a 550-Mw combined cycle powerplant in Primm, NV.

Safe from Hurricanes - When Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, FL, was looking for a contractor to build the foundation for a $386-million new terminal, roadway and a large parking lot to be completed in 2005,...

Delivering a Remarkably Complex Wall - A chief challenge at the new 2.3-million-sq-ft, $830-million Washington, D.C., Convention Center, was the interior Makore woodwork feature of the Grand Wall, a 6-story tall, 2-block-long, wood paneled backdrop.

Investing in Training - The United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC), is working to change the construction business for the better.