Over the next several months, the towering multi-story building near a Florida shopping mall should begin to look less like a construction site and more like an aquarium. This time next year, the $130 million Mote Science Education Aquarium should be open to visitors if everything goes according to plan. The aquarium is being build near Interstate 95 in Sarasota County. Ahead of a scheduled ...
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Apr. 8—An energy company filed a request with a federal regulator, claiming another company's pipeline carrying natural gas to the Gulf Coast has been intentionally misclassified by its owner. Energy Transfer (ET), the Dallas-based energy infrastructure company, filed a petition with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Monday requesting oversight of the Louisiana Energy Gateway ...
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Just nine construction cranes were at work on Portland buildings last winter, the fewest in at least nine years. That’s according to the latest RLB Crane Index, a semiannual tally that gauges major construction activity in cities across North America. RLB, a consulting firm, has been counting cranes in Portland since 2015. Portland had upward of 30 cranes on the skyline in the boom years from ...
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The Arizona Coyotes will attempt to purchase land in Phoenix to build a privately funded arena and entertainment district, the team announced Thursday night. The plan hinges on the club winning a land auction for the 110-acre site that will be auctioned off by the Arizona State Land Department on June 27. The appraised price of the site is $68.5 million. According to multiple media reports, ...
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South Florida is no stranger to fatal or harmful construction accidents as the region booms in population and real estate growth. A heavy crane piece falling onto cars in Fort Lauderdale, killing a construction worker, is only the most recent fatal incident. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Fort Lauderdale office has handled over a dozen crane-related incidents in which a ...
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Ron Kirk knew going in what the lifespan would be for a replacement for Reunion Arena. “Thirty years,” he said. Kirk was the foremost political figure to lead the American Airlines Center project from its conception to construction. The AAC cost $420 million to build, and it opened in October of 2001. Both the Mavericks and Stars will soon play in the 2024 NBA playoffs and 2024 NHL playoffs, ...
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Apr. 5—Mercy plans to build a $650 million hospital in Wentzville, serving an area that has seen double-digit population growth over the past decade, the health care company announced Friday. Mercy filed a letter of intent with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services this week to construct a 75-bed, "next-generation" hospital near Interstate 64 and Interstate 70, serving the more ...
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The Diocese of Charlotte unveiled plans to build a new cathedral after outgrowing the 85-year-old St. Patrick Cathedral in the Dilworth neighborhood. Bishop Peter Jugis recently accepted the recommendation from a task force of church and lay leaders for a new cathedral, the Rev. Msgr. Patrick Winslow, local vicar general and chancellor, told The Charlotte Observer. “This is a defining moment ...
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BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A new storm swept into California on Thursday and again forced the closure of scenic Highway 1 in iconic Big Sur where one of its two lanes collapsed into the ocean after heavy weekend rains. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office had warned residents of the region to consider leaving before the highway was shut down Wednesday afternoon, especially if they have medical ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Engineers working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said Thursday that they expect to be able to restore navigation in and out of the Port of Baltimore by the end of this month. The bridge collapsed within seconds on March 26 after being struck by the cargo ship Dali, which lost power shortly after leaving Baltimore, bound for Sri ...
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