The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation announced Friday afternoon that Pittsburgh’s fire-damaged Liberty Bridge will remain closed indefinitely as crews continue to repair 30 feet of a compression chord on a deck truss that was damaged in a Sept. 2 blaze. PennDOT, which hoped to finish the work by Monday, did not specify when the work would be done.
The Dec. 26 ENR MidAtlantic issue will include the annual rankings of the region’s Top Specialty Construction firms.
Based on 2015 revenue, the survey shows that the 18 participating firms in the survey collected a total of $2.4 billion in revenue. The MidAtlantic regions includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
ENR MidAtlantic is pleased to announce Irvin E. Richter as the 2016 Legacy Award winner. The award is given annually to an individual in the region to someone who has established a solid “legacy” of lifetime service to the construction industry, their colleagues and to their community. ENR MidAtlantic includes Washington D.C., Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.
An industry veteran and safety expert has chosen the winners of ENR New England’s Excellence in Safety Awards. The award is part of the Best Projects 2016 competition that will be profiled in more depth in the November issue of ENR New England. The winners will also be honored at an awards banquets on Dec. 8 in Boston.
As workers on the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Silver Line Phase 2 project set the bottom half of the form for one of the aerial guideway straddle bents at Dulles International Airport, Jennifer T. Alcott captured the immense effort.
About five years after Jim Davis’ father, James G. Davis Sr., sold James G. Davis Construction Corp. to a British firm in 1985, the younger Davis decided to join with company colleagues Dennis Cotter and Bill Moyer to buy back the firm.