New England Construction articles from May 2008

New England Construction archives from May 2008

Industry News.
May 12, 2008... Staff TRIP, a national transportation research group, recently released an updated urban pavement report that looks at pavement conditions on major roads in the nation's largest urban areas (more than 500,000 in population) and the costs...

People.
May 12, 2008... Staff Boston philanthropists Peter and Carolyn Lynch have pledged $500,000 toward the construction of a skate park in Boston. The challenge grant, contingent on the Charles River Conservancy raising $100,000 more from other donors, will...

Holt School Comes Down.
May 12, 2008... By Joanne Ray SMI Heads Demolition Project This demolition project got interesting recently when Suburban Middlesex Insulation, Inc. and its crew started taking down the Holt School in Whitman, Massachusetts. It all started at...

Class of 45 Attend I&I Sling Rigging Seminar.
May 12, 2008... By Joanne Ray Tom De Soo Leads Rigging Seminar Forty-five contractors, safety personnel, engineers, and members of the nuclear power field and Navy attended the I&I Sling rigging seminar on March 5, 2008. Tom De Soo, who has more than...

Industry News.
May 26, 2008... Staff Perini Corp. of Framingham, Mass., recently announced that the company will acquire the privately held Tutor-Saliba Corp. of Sylmar, California, for $862 million in an all-stock deal. Shareholders of Tutor-Saliba will receive shares...

People.
May 26, 2008... Staff The ARRA has recognized Bruce Kolwicz , director of public works, city of Milford, Conn., as the award winner of the organization's John A. Miller Award for Excellence in Cold Planing. Nominated by Bill Corr, Garrity Asphalt...

Will Wind Energy Be The Power Of The Future?
May 26, 2008... By Joanne Ray Cape Wind This proposed project to build 130 windmills across 25 miles of federal waters in Nantucket Sound in the cape waters of Massachusetts has been working its way through the state and federal regulatory process...

Mt. Washington Renovation Project.
May 26, 2008... By Joanne Ray Hutter Heads Up Mt. Washington Hotel Renovation If the Mt. Washington Hotel is not on your list of placesto see before you die - think again. The 106-year-old, 200-room hotel is in the process of building the...

Custom Covers From Your Town Seal.
May 26, 2008... By Joanne Ray Lebaron Creates Custom Covers What used to be the same old ordinary manhole cover in your town can now turn into art - and no one knows that better than Salesman William "Bill" Hopkins. Hopkins has been in sales at...

28th Annual Construction Expo Of Maine.
May 26, 2008... By Joanne Ray NAWIC Chapter 276 Sponsors Expo There were two beautiful days that couldn't have been appreciated more according to many who attended the 28th annual Construction Expo of Maine. Throughout the show, many a comment was...