Editor: Ashley Steele
Frequent and continual repairs keep Dams operating at peak performance but there are some unexpected replacements that pose a tricky situation. The Keystone Diversion Dam in Ogallala, Nebraska has encountered just that, an unexpected gate replacement. This replacement is necessary to maintain all functionality, keeping in mind, this is a beast of a project when so much water i ... Read more
Hurricane Ida Damage was Catastrophic
Editor: Ashley Steele
Hurricane Ida caused a record $66 billion (about $200 per person in the USA) worth of damage to the northeast of the United States. It was the second most damaging hurricane to make landfall in the USA, just behind the damage caused to the gulf by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. To this day, portions of the Northeast are still working to recover from Ida's trail of destruction from the&n ... Read more
Innovation outweighs Tribulation
Editor: Ashley Steele
The replacement of the southbound lanes of the Marsh Road Bridge is no easy task. In Bealeton, Virginia the Marsh Road Bridge is under a strict deadline and not even the weather wants to cooperate. Caton Construction Group Inc. was up for this challenge. This innovative team was awarded a $5 million dollar contract. The only catches were the new ... Read more
Helping new customers choose the right equipment for the job!
Editor: Ashley Steele
The Sunset Bay Marina in Hull, Massachusetts is a full-service marina with over 200 slips and moorings, winter storage, boat service and repair, and a restaurant all only 10 minutes away from downtown Boston. To keep the vessels docked here throughout the year safe, new wave attenuators were put in to dispel the waves from reaching the marina at full force.
Atlantic Coast Tug, a newly formed&nb ... Read more
ICE ® provides foundations for new power lines
ICE ® is an international recognized deep foundation equipment manufacture, who's equipment is shipped globally. In early 2021, the North Carolina team headed to the Russian wilderness for a setup that would be key to installing over 15-miles (25-km) of new powerlines with D & M Construction. ICE ® global brand recognition brought D&M to contact us for ... Read more
Editor: Ashley Steele
Beginning on January 1, 1862 Ellis Island in New York City was the central hub for immigrants coming to the United States. In the 62 years of its operation, the island welcomed over 12 million immigrants seeking to make their lives in the New World. Today Ellis Island is home to The National Immigration Museum and welcomes more than 4 million visitors each year.
The island is not a natural piece of land in the Upper New York Bay, but ... Read more
Editor: Ashley Steele
Ford Motor Company is placing innovation at the forefront of their newest expansion project. The new central campus of the company's Research and Development department will be constructed on the same location as the 66-year-old Product Development Center in Dearborn, MI. The state-of-the-art facility will include a walkable campus of interconnected buildings, that will house more than 20,000 employees.
Hardman Construction, out of Ludington, MI was c ... Read more
Quick modifications help to keep things moving.
Editor: Ashley Steele
Downtown Minneapolis is getting a new transit hub. The state-of-the-art Minneapolis Bus Garage Project is a $116.9 million dollar project to create a multi-faceted use location for the city buses. The new structure will have over 400,000 sq ft of bus storage and maintenance facilities across two levels. This will include 24 different maintenance bays with storage for up to 216 buses and li ... Read more
Reduces new construction to have one of the lowest CO2 emissions ever.
Methanex is a Canadian methanol manufacturer that operates two plants on site in Geismar, LA and has changed expansion plans saving them hundreds of millions. The world's largest producer and supplier of methanol had planned to build a third plant in Geismar with a budget of $1.4 billion, but after a global pandemic and reevaluation construction was ... Read more
Power Lines in Florida Everglades done without a footprint!
Editor: Ashley Steele
Altitude Energy, an environmentally friendly contracting company based in Fort Myers, Florida, was awarded a pile driving contract to install transmission power lines throughout the wetlands around Punta Gorda. This job is part of a larger project to connect transmission lines through the marshes near the everglades in Southe ... Read more
