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Crane Enables Tight Site Success Edited by Matthew Phair, 4/7/2008
A renaissance of sorts is taking place in downtown Pittsburgh. More than $3 billion in development is planned or under way in and near Downtown. The hope is to take an area long known for failed starts and vacant storefronts and turn it into a 24/7 neighborhood. More
Bronco Stadium Expands Story by Stephanie Worrell - 02/18/2008
Boise State University's latest marketing slogan is "beyond the blue," referring to the now infamous blue turf that covers the school's varsity football field. A $32.1-million expansion of Bronco Stadium, the facility that surrounds the field, has taken the slogan in the opposite direction of the fake blue grass — way up into the blue sky that usually hovers over the Treasure Valley.
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Design-Build Success In Northwest Florida By Steve Hudson - 02/18/2008
Vision Construction, founded 11 years ago, is a design-build contractor that handles projects ranging from large institutional and commercial jobs to ...
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Las Vegas Strip Welcomes Newest Megaresort By Tony Illia - 02/11/2008
The Las Vegas Strip is welcoming the newest addition to its famed skyline — the $1.8-billion, 3,042-room Palazzo Casino Resort. It's one of the city's largest megaresorts. The Palazzo opened in late December at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue, across from the Wynn Las Vegas.
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Steel Components Protected At Whitewater Center Staff - 11/12/2007
When the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, was being designed, the engineers knew that galvanizing would be the best way to ensure long-term, reliable protection from corrosion. Corrosion could be a major problem with critical steel components constantly exposed to water and air.
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Marquette Interchange Has "The Country's Safest Bridges" By Mike Larson, Editor - 09/17/2007
One of the little-recognized wonders of Milwaukee's $810-million Marquette Interchange project are the eight ramps and bridges formed from double-box girders that Governor Doyle recently called "the country's safest bridges." That was a strong statement by the state's top public official. But the structures he's describing are remarkably strong, and, well, just plain remarkable.
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Harvesting The Wind By Liz Moucka - 09/03/2007
Airtricity North America, Inc. is in the midst of a wind farm expansion in West Texas, helping the Lone Star state lead the nation in harnessing clean, native wind energy. With over 1,000 megawatts being installed, 2007 is set to be a record year. Airtricity, a relatively young company organized in 1997, is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Austin and Toronto.
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Manchester Widens River Bridge By Paul Fournier - 07/09/2007
A revitalized "Gateway To Downtown Manchester" is well on the way to completion as work crews recently passed the halfway mark on widening the Granite Street Bridge over the Merrimack River. E.D. Swett Inc. of Concord, N.H., has a $9.2-million contract to widen the 470-foot bridge from four lanes to seven lanes, a key part of a $55-million project to build a new I-293 Exit 5 interchange and rec...
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