A mechanical failure of a sheave in the south tower of the 76-year-old, 2,804-ft-long Sarah Mildred Long Bridge on Aug. 21 has led to a permanent closure—10 weeks before construction of its replacement would have closed it anyway.
About 100 Suffolk Construction union workers have restarted site work for a $2.1-billion casino-resort on the Mystic River in Everett, Mass., after opponents in nearby Somerville ended a six-month fight to halt the project.
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.
Rosslyn, an Arlington, Va., neighborhood across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is about to see a change in its skyline with the mixed-use Central Place development now under way.
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.