Coakley & Williams Construction of Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded a contract for the historical restoration of the dome at the Maryland State House in Annapolis.
In October, Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman was joined by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Karen Rae, Rep. Bill Shuster, and other state and local officials to break ground for the new Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility in Greencastle, Pa.
Poor management of available resources at the Virginia Dept. of Transportation resulted in $877 million in transportation funds left unspent during the last two fiscal years, says an independent audit commissioned by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R).
Turner Construction Co. was selected to provide construction management services for the University of Pennsylvania’s $30-million Penn Park, a 24-acre parcel of land that will serve as a recreation space for students and residents that connects the city of Philadelphia together with Penn’s campus.
Skanska USA Commercial Development of Washington, D.C., announced it will start construction on a Class A office building at 1776 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Va.
Ground was broken in October for the Sustainable Energy Technology Center (SEnTeC), a research and development facility at the campus of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Va.
The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded Grunley Construction Co. of Rockville, Md., the $57-million Phase 1B Adaptive Reuse contract as part of the consolidation of the Dept. of Homeland Security at the St. Elizabeths Hospital site in Washington, D.C.
Work on military bases and other public projects has kept many Maryland contractors busy during the recession. “Our area has always done better than others, but we are still on the downslope with government work,” says John Barotti, senior vice president of Skanska USA Building in Rockville, Md. “If you look at the forecast for the next year, I don’t see as many projects as in the past.” Barotti adds that the Base Realignment and Closure and Army Transformation projects are winding down. “There is still a lot of work associated with the BRAC realignment aftereffects,” adds David Birtwistle, vice
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Schiavone Construction Co. has agreed to pay a $22.4-million settlement of a federal investigation of Schiavone's use of phony companies in place of legitimate minority-owned businesses on four big New York City infrastructure contracts, prosecutors said Nov. 29. Photo: NYC DEP Subcontracting on Croton water filtration plant in Bronx, N.Y. and other projects are at center of fraud settlement. The payment is a civil settlement agreement' made with the U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn, N.Y. U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch said that the firm admitted that some of its employees engaged in a scheme to defraud public agencies by submitting reports
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