| 11/20/2009 | Emergency Repairs Set for 3 Spans in Milwaukee's Zoo Interchange
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Three bridges in the Zoo Interchange have reached such dire condition that the state Department of Transportation acted Thursday to replace them, in what could be a weekend barn-raising fashion, before Memorial Day. |
| 11/22/2009 | FTA Raises Concerns Over DC Metro Silver Line Foundations
The Washington Post
Thirty-two years ago, the Virginia transportation department drove dozens of steel pilings 50 feet into the ground near the West Falls Church Metro station. |
| 11/21/2009 | Taliban Blocks Afghan Ring Road Completion
Associated Press/AP Online
KABUL - Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives. |
| 11/21/2009 | Block 37 Developer Loses Control of Chicago Project
Chicago Tribune
Nov. 21--In a major setback to its urban ambitions, Joseph Freed and Associates LLC lost control of the long-troubled Block 37 project just as the first stores prepared to open. |
| 11/21/2009 | With Low Bids, PennDOT Stretches Stimulus Funding for Road, Bridge Projects
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Nov. 21--Low bids on stimulus-funded projects allowed PennDOT to spend the savings on another 33 road and bridge projects, including a crumbling bridge at Pittsburgh's northern edge, Gov. Ed Rendell announced Friday. |
| 11/22/2009 | Stimulus Funds Finally Flowing to Weatherization
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Nov. 22--After getting out of the Army in 2006, Brian Smith kicked around from job to job. |
| 11/20/2009 | Fed. Funds Slow to Come to Repair Chinese Drywall in Fla.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The Louisiana Legislature passed a law that allows the state to use $5 million in federal grants to repair homes with tainted Chinese drywall. |
| 11/20/2009 | N. D. Wind Farm Doubles In Size, Bringing Capacity to 99 MW
Associated Press/AP Online
WILTON, N.D. - The Wilton Wind Energy Center north of Bismarck, N.D., has doubled in size. |
| 11/20/2009 | MSU Gets Fed Funding To Study Wind Speeds in Mich.
Associated Press/AP Online
LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University will receive $83,806 to measure wind speeds in five areas around the state. |
| 11/18/2009 | Norwegians Assess Maine's Wind Power Potential
Portland Press Herald
The visitors closely inspected the edge of plate steel cut by Bath Iron Works employees, moving on a tour through the sounds of grinding metal in one of the shipyard's assembly buildings. |
| 10/23/2009 | VRH Constr. Corp. Awarded $59M Contract for Newark Airport Project
Record, The; Bergen County, N.J.
An Englewood firm has won a contract worth nearly $59 million to build a new domestic departures hall in Terminal B of Newark Liberty International Airport. |
| 11/20/2009 | Floods Devastate UK Lake District; Much of Ireland
Associated Press/AP Online
COCKERMOUTH, England - A British police officer was swept to his death Friday as raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain. |
| 11/19/2009 | TxDOT Rejects Plea for Dallas-Fort Worth Road Funding
The Dallas Morning News
Nov. 19--AUSTIN -- The Texas Transportation Commission today rejected pleas from North Texas leaders who urged the commission to spend more on new road construction in the greater Dallas area. |
| 11/18/2009 | Bill Would Stop Insurers from Dropping Chinese Drywall Homes
The Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.)
Nov. 18--MANATEE -- A federal bill filed Tuesday would prohibit insurers from canceling or altering coverage of homes because they contain defective Chinese drywall, but experts said its chances of passage appear remote. |
| 11/19/2009 | TxDOT Commission Approves $79M Freeway from IH-10 to Franklin Mtns.
El Paso Times
Nov. 19--EL PASO -- The state will build a freeway along Transmountain Road from Interstate 10 west to the start of the Franklin Mountains State Park, the Texas Transportation Commission voted today. |
| 11/19/2009 | Primoris Services Corp. to Acquire James Construction Group
PrimeNewswire
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Nov. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Primoris Services Corporation (Nasdaq:PRIM) (Nasdaq:PRIMU) (Nasdaq:PRIMW) ("Primoris" or the "Company") today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire James Construction Group, L.L.C. ("James Construction Group"), one of the largest privately-held construction companies in the southeastern United States, in a transaction valued at approximately $135 million. |
| 11/19/2009 | Wyo. Lawmakers Decline To Endorse Wind Tax
Associated Press/AP Online
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A Wyoming legislative committee voted against sponsoring two bills to tax wind energy development. |
| 11/19/2009 | VDOT Road Budget Slashes Another $851.5M
The Virginian-Pilot
Nov. 19--RICHMOND -- State transportation officials delivered another round of bad but not unexpected news on Wednesday when they laid out plans to further slash $851.5 million from road-building operations over the next six years. |
| 11/19/2009 | Judge Slams Corps of Engineers in Katrina Flood Ruling
Los Angeles Times
In a ruling that could leave the government open to billions of dollars in claims from Hurricane Katrina victims, a federal judge said late Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had displayed "gross negligence" in failing to maintain a navigation channel -- resulting in levee breaches that flooded large swaths of greater New Orleans. |
| 11/18/2009 | Honolulu Mayor Inks Labor Pact for $5.4B Rail Project
Associated Press/AP Online
HONOLULU - Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann and 12 local labor unions have inked an agreement that will pay union workers prevailing wages to build Honolulu's rail transit project while guaranteeing that they cannot delay construction by striking. |
| 11/18/2009 | AIA: Architects Getting More Contracts
Los Angeles Times
After more than a year of meager activity, the nation's architects reported a growing number of new contracts in October from builders preparing to get real estate developments off the ground. |
| 11/18/2009 | OpEd: Calif. Should Have Sought Fed Funds for Commuter Rail
Merced Sun-Star
Nov. 18--The train is leaving the station for federal stimulus funds and, once again, it appears that California commuter rail will be taking up the rear. |
| 11/18/2009 | NYC Lab Faces Trial Over Questioned Concrete Tests
Associated Press/AP Online
NEW YORK - The charges shook the foundation of the city's construction industry: Prosecutors said concrete strength tests had been faked for ground zero's centerpiece tower, the new Yankee Stadium and dozens of other projects. |
| 11/18/2009 | Texas A&M Remembers Fatal '99 Bonfire Collapse
Associated Press/AP Online
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Members of the Texas A&M University community say the bonfire collapse that killed 12 people and injured 27 others a decade ago has brought them closer as a family. |
| 11/18/2009 | George W. Bush Presidential Center Design Unveiled
The Dallas Morning News
Nov. 18--The design of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU, which will be formally unveiled today, is a showcase for exhibits, not a monument to the 43rd president, former first lady Laura Bush said this week. |
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