The Delaware River Bridge was shutdown indefinitely over the weekend after a large fracture was discovered in the bridge connecting the Pennsylvania and New Jersey turnpikes.

ENR MidAtlantic is excited to announce its Top Young Professionals for 2017. Formerly known as Top 20 Under 40, the awards program honors individuals who have built extraordinary industry portfolios in just a few short years. In addition, many donate significant amounts of time and expertise to serve their communities.

Nearly 250 of the region’s top construction professionals attended ENR MidAtlantic’s Best Regional Project Awards on Nov. 1 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore. 

The Dec. 26 issue of ENR MidAtlantic will feature Atlantic Constructors Inc. as the Specialty Contractor of the Year. The issue will also feature the entire list of the top-ranked specialty contractors based on 2015 revenue. The 18 participating firms from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia reported a total of $2.4 billion of revenue in the region during 2015.

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.

A panel of safety experts has chosen the winners of ENR MidAtlantics Excellence in Safety award, part of the Best Projects 2016 competition that will be profiled in more depth in the October issue of ENR MidAtlantic, and presented at an awards banquets on Nov. 1 in Baltimore.