Debra Wood

1 month ago | constructionmagazine.news | Debra Wood

Crews are closing in on completion of the last phase of the $70 million Low Battery Seawall Repair in Charleston, South Carolina, as officials already report earlier sections have protected property along the lower peninsula from storms and high tides. “It ended up successful and popular,” said Matthew Fountain, Director of the Department of Stormwater Management for the city, explaining that it helps everyone to better enjoy the area while offering flood protection for residents.

1 month ago | constructionnews.us | Debra Wood

The massive $3 billion, 10-year New Lock at the Soo program in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, nears the halfway mark with one of the final contracts underway to remove an aging, no-longer-used lock and replace it with a modern, deeper, and wider lock — the second at the facility.

1 month ago | constructionmagazine.news | Debra Wood

The massive $3 billion, 10-year New Lock at the Soo program in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, nears the halfway mark with one of the final contracts underway to remove an aging, no-longer-used lock and replace it with a modern, deeper, and wider lock — the second at the facility.

1 month ago | constructionmagazine.news | Debra Wood

Finishing the westbound bridge for the $127.6 million replacement of the NASA Causeway over the Indian River nearly a year early, Orion Marine Group expects to earn more than $1 million and the gratitude of the motorists heading to and from Cape Canaveral, Florida’s spaceport from Titusville, Florida. “It’s pretty awesome what we were able to accomplish in such a short amount of time,” said Tyler Satterfield, Project Manager for Orion in Tampa, Florida.

2 months ago | constructionnews.us | Debra Wood

As a local construction firm wraps up work on the first phase of the $15 million Apalachicola Bay Living Shoreline project in Franklin County, Florida, the oyster population and the amount of sediment have already increased. “There has been a decade-long struggle for the bay and the oyster industry,” said Jamie Miller, Project Manager with North Florida Construction of Clarksville, Florida, the contractor completing the project.