Yonkers Contracting to Perform Bridge Slide On I-95 in Connecticut

by Kimberly Glassman | Jun 6, 2023 | Uncategorized

Transportation planners and contractors in Connecticut are shoring up a section of this vital roadway in Norwalk. The cost of the project is expected to be $104 million. The venture began in the summer of 2022 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2024. The...

Construction Jobs Picture Looks Bright, But Where Are the Workers?

by Kimberly Glassman | Jun 6, 2023 | Uncategorized

Construction employment is on an upward path and that’s both good and bad. By extension, if jobs increase, so does the need for workers. And that’s the continued challenge for the industry: contractors are beating the bushes for skilled labor to meet their...

Step By Step, Rescuers Dodged Danger To Save A Life In Partial Building Collapse

by Kimberly Glassman | Jun 6, 2023 | Uncategorized

Almeida and the New Haven Fire Department rescue company he oversees faced that challenge on Friday afternoon after an apartment building under construction on Lafayette Street partially collapsed. They moved fast, but carefully, amid danger to themselves to save the...

Middletown homeowners turn up in droves to oppose truck terminal in densely populated area

by Kimberly Glassman | Jun 6, 2023 | Uncategorized

Amid strong opposition from the public, members of the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission continued a public hearing regarding a special exception request to construct an 8,100-square-foot trucking terminal with 10 loading docks in a densely populated, residential...

EPA announces $8.8M for CT brownfield cleanup efforts

by Kimberly Glassman | Jun 6, 2023 | Uncategorized

Local, state and federal officials gathered in Waterbury Monday morning to celebrate $8.8 million in brownfield cleanup funds for Connecticut. Waterbury is pushing hard to cross properties off its list of brownfields. The 12-year-administration of Mayor Neil O’Leary...