AASHTO Journal - Tue May 14, 2019
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the First Transcontinental Railroad
The competition of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States – originally called the Pacific Railroad – officially occurred on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit in what was then the Territory of Utah when the tracks of the eastbound Central Pacific Railroad joined those of the westward Union Pacific Railroad....
Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Mon May 13, 2019
Looking Back — Clement Brothers Company Inc. Builds Carter Dam
Clement Brothers Company Inc. of Hickory, N.C., held a $15.4 million contract to construct the Corps of Engineers Carter Dam Project in Murry County, Ga. The dam is 445 ft. high, then the highest dam east of the Mississippi River, and 2,050 ft....
Oregon Department of Transportation - Tue May 07, 2019
Community Celebrates Completion of $5.3M Caveman Bridge Renovation
A community celebration and rededication of two iconic Grants Pass historic features was held May 3 at the Tap Rock and Riverside Inn overlooking the Caveman Bridge. The $5.3 million renovation of the Caveman Bridge, which first opened in 1931, was observed followed by the dedication of the refurbished Redwood Empire sign by the city of Grants Pass....
Bullard - Thu May 02, 2019
Hard Hat Hits 100 Year Anniversary
Women got the vote. Prohibition began. The National Football League was founded. And, the construction industry was forever changed by the invention of an often overlooked but significant worker safety advancement — the hard hat....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu April 25, 2019
Nauset Construction Leads Mixed-Use Development Project in Reading, Mass.
Nauset Construction of Needham, Mass., recently broke ground on construction at the PostMark, a mixed-use complex of condominiums and retail spaces in Reading, Mass., at the site of the historic post office at the junction of Haven and Sanborn Streets....
SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press - Fri April 19, 2019
Notre Dame Rector: 'Computer Glitch' Possible Fire Culprit
PARIS (AP) — A "computer glitch" may have been behind the fast-spreading fire that ravaged Notre Dame, the cathedral's rector said Apirl 19, as architects and construction workers tried to figure out how to stabilize the damaged structure and protect it from the elements....
Mammoet - Mon March 18, 2019
Historic Lunar Lander Touches Down in Mississippi
Mammoet's crane services team in Louisiana recently completed the successful transport and lift of a 4,500 lb. Lunar Lander at the INFINITY Science Center in Mississippi. Utilizing a LTM 1250-5.1, the crew carefully lifted the 20 ft....
HCEA - Mon March 11, 2019
Paving Through the Decades
Working to preserve the history of the construction equipment that shaped our world . . . The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving for public education the history of the construction, dredging and surface mining equipment industries....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 06, 2019
Crews Replace 'Half-Historic' Bridge at Border
Construction began in June 2018 on the three-year, $39.3 million Baudette-Rainy River International Bridge Replacement project at the U.S.-Canada border, a joint venture of the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Ministry of Transport–Ontario (MTO) headed up by Lunda Construction Co....
Associated Press - Mon March 04, 2019
Human Bones at Site Lead Archaeologists to Look for Answers
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) Archaeology work continues at an upstate New York construction site where the skeletal remains of several people have been found at what's believed to be a Revolutionary War burial ground....
