Soil, Steel Issues Slow Bridge Project Santiago Calatrava’s bridge over the Trinity is still ‘coming along’

Even though the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has required more soil testing at the site of the future Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas, construction continues on other portions of the structure, which is part of the Trinity River Corridor Project. Full Story >>

Intelligent Compaction Is on a Roll

Nationwide research is firming up the case for “intelligent” compaction, or IC, a construction method three decades in the making that could save billions of dollars a year in potholed roads, cracked bridges, broken dams and blown-out tires. Full Story >>

Midcontinent Express Expands

Neither the recession nor the rain could stop work on a 507-mi natural gas pipeline from Oklahoma to Alabama that was scheduled at press time to start full service this month after a whirlwind 11-month construction sprint. Full Story >>

Feeling the Recession East Texas builders welcome work

While not as slow as other places in the country, Houston and East Texas contractors are seeing a decline in new private projects. Full Story >>

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