Tue December 26, 2017
Indiana to Demolish WWII Bunkers
A southern Indiana redevelopment group is moving ahead with the first phase of the planned demolition of nearly 180 World War II concrete bunkers that were once used to store explosive powder at an Army ammunition plant....
Edgar A. Browning - Mon December 11, 2017
Looking Back: Football, Race and Building Bridges
Archie Alphonso Alexander was born in 1888 in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was an African-American mathematician and engineer who studied at the State University of Iowa and in 1912 was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the university....
The Associated Press - Mon December 11, 2017
Subway Paleontology: LA Construction Unearths Fossil Trove
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by. When her phone buzzes, she quickly dons a neon vest, hard hat and goggles before climbing deep down into a massive construction site beneath a boulevard east of downtown....
Emily Buenzle - Mon December 04, 2017
University Completes Replica of 11th Century Viking Home
Construction has wrapped up on a replica of an 11th century Viking house on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's campus. The project has been under construction for the past month, and now that it is complete, it has put UW-Green Bay on the map as one of the only campuses worldwide to boast such a structure, ABC 2 reported....
Joe Trinacria - Wed November 22, 2017
Careful Construction of Pilgrim Monument Commemorates First Landing
Built of solid granite and casting a rather large shadow at 252 ft. tall, Cape Cod's Pilgrim Monument stands as the largest single structure crafted from the igneous rock in this country. Located in Provincetown, Mass....
The Associated Press - Mon November 20, 2017
Construction Crew Finds Enormous Swastika on Site
BERLIN (AP) — Construction workers in Germany have unearthed a giant concrete swastika on a sports field in the northern city of Hamburg. The German news agency dpa reported Tuesday workers were digging in the ground with an excavator to build changing rooms when they suddenly hit the 13-by-13 ft....
RICHARD AMRHINE - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon November 20, 2017
Log Cabin Workshop Offers Experience in Colonial History
ORANGE, Va. (AP) — One gentleman came all the way from California. Another from North Carolina. A few others call various places in Virginia home. But all eight of them came to Orange County — James Madison's Montpelier to be exact — to build a log cabin pretty much the way they were built in Madison's day....
Emily Buenzle - Thu November 09, 2017
Looking Back: What Ancient Structures Tell Us About Earthquake-Safe Construction
A 1,410-year-old building is a key resource for modern-day earthquake-safe building methods. Built in 607 A.D., Japan's 122-ft.-tall Horyu-ji temple is one of the oldest wooden structures in the world, and has survived almost 50 earthquakes at magnitudes of 7.0 and greater, the New York Daily News reported....
Megan Wild - Thu November 09, 2017
Unusual Site Discoveries: What Should Your Team Do?
You know construction work can sometimes be messy and unpredictable, but you do it anyway and you enjoy it. During your time on-site, you and your team will have most likely seen some things very few people are otherwise exposed to....
Angela DeWelles - ADOT Communications - Tue November 07, 2017
From ADOT's Newsletter Archives: Mapping in the '70s
In the late 1970s, maps were primarily printed on paper and definitely didn't have the ability to point you toward any nearby restaurants or tell you what traffic conditions to expect on the drive home....
