WSDOT - Tue August 24, 2021
New Bridge for Washington's SR 169 to Open During Summer '22
Nature has mostly reclaimed the old State Route 169 in the Black Diamond Natural Area of Maple Valley. The south end of the roadway's old pavement is obvious, but it quickly fades as moss, grass and even trees have sprouted where cars once drove....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu August 12, 2021
Going Green On the Job Site
The coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot about how the construction industry operates these days. It's driven crew members further apart from one another. It's also clogged the flow and hiked the prices of construction materials....
UDOT - Mon August 09, 2021
UDOT Discusses Little Cottonwood Canyon Construction
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has identified two preferred alternatives to improve transportation in Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). In the Final EIS, UDOT will identify a single preferred alternative....
Bangor Daily News - Mon August 09, 2021
To Offset Impact of I-395 Connector, MaineDOT Wants to Preserve Wetlands
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) seeks to preserve more than 1,600 acres of wetlands to compensate for the environmental impact of the planned construction of a controversial 6-mi.-long connector between I-395 in Holden and Maine Route 9 in Eddington....
AGC - Tue August 03, 2021
AGC Launches New Initiative to Address Climate Change
Construction officials outlined a series of steps public officials and the construction industry should take to address the impacts of the built environment on climate change. The new initiative from the Associated General Contractors of America is designed to lessen the carbon footprint of the built environment while also making the process of building projects even more efficient....
Associated Press - Tue July 27, 2021
Residents Call On Admin. to Remove Snake River Dams
SEATTLE (AP) A coalition of Northwest tribal leaders calling on President Joe Biden and Congress to remove four massive dams on the Snake River to help restore salmon runs. In a letter to the administration and to members of Congress from Idaho, Oregon and Washington, the members of the Northwest Tribal Salmon Alliance called the potential extinction of the salmon a "moral failure of the highest order."Northwest Republicans generally oppose removing the dams, saying they are economic engines for the region and that it makes little sense to abandon a source of hydroelectric power in an age of climate change....
PR News Wire - Tue July 27, 2021
Three California Companies Partner to Launch TimberQuest
Three San Francisco Bay Area construction industry companies have partnered to launch TimberQuest, an innovative, sustainable and highly efficient solution for building cost-effective, prefabricated "mass timber" classrooms for the California K-12 and community college markets....
Associated Press - Mon July 26, 2021
Company Drops Massive $2B Methanol Plant Construction
SEATTLE (AP) A company backed by the Chinese government recently ended its seven-year effort to build one of the world's largest methanol plants along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington, following a series of regulatory setbacks and a long debate over its environmental footprint....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu July 08, 2021
Blythe Construction Reduces Its Carbon Footprint
Charlotte-based Blythe Construction Inc., one of the Southeast's leading heavy construction companies, recently unveiled a new piece of equipment designed to reduce the firm's carbon emissions from its paving operations in North and South Carolina....
Volvo Construction Equipment - Mon June 21, 2021
Volvo CE Commits to Science-Based Targets With Approved Carbon Reduction Pathway
In a pledge to reduce its carbon impact and help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is announcing the scope of its Science Based Targets (SBTi) commitment — to achieve net-zero value chain emissions by 2040, with significant emission reductions as early as 2030....
