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Hyundai’s ex-lawyer charged with perjury from illegal diesel engine case
Hyundai’s former lawyer has been indicted on federal charges of perjury and obstruction of justice stemming from his involvement in attempts to cover up diesel-engine violations. Attorney John Lee of Chicago faces three counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to a grand jury in 2017 about his legal […]
December 3, 2019
Business
Crane count for major cities continues to rise
The most recent Crane Index by Rider Levett Bucknall reports the fourth consecutive 6-month period with an increase in the number of operating tower cranes in 13 major cities in the United States and Canada. RLB expects this trend to continue throughout the year and sees it as a gauge of the growth of the […]
August 6, 2019
Roadbuilding
Granite subsidiary Kenny Construction, awarded $46 million contract for Navy Pier Flyover project
Granite officially announces that its subsidiary was awarded a $46 million contract for the Chicago Navy Pier Flyover's Lakefront Trail Project Phase III.
December 25, 2018
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Three-year delay expected for untangling Chicago’s Spaghetti Bowl interchange
The rebuilding of the Jane Byrne Interchange was expected to be completed in 2019; however, the $600 million project's deadline has been extended to 2022.
December 24, 2018
Dealers
Doosan opens 100,000-sq.-ft. parts distribution center in Ga.
Doosan increases its North American heavy construction equipment presence by opening a new parts warehouse facility in Georgia. Learn more about it here.
December 14, 2018
Roadbuilding
Firefighters hose down overheated Michigan Ave. bascule bridge in Chicago
Chicago DOT says that the temperature was getting too hot and the bridge was expanding longitudinally and latitudinally. Watch the video here on Equipment World
July 13, 2018
Roadbuilding
Ill. loses $16.4 billion a year because of poor roads, traffic jams, report says
A new report says Illinois is losing $16.4 billion a year because of poor roads and bridges and traffic congestion. The report, released March 28 by nonprofit, Washington, D.C.-based transportation organization TRIP, determined that more than one-third of the state’s locally and state-maintained urban roads are in “poor or mediocre condition” and 9 percent of […]
April 5, 2018
Business
Chicago-based construction firm celebrating 120th year
The Walsh Group traces its beginnings back 120 years when Matthew Myles Walsh started a carpentry business out of his home in Chicago in 1898. Since then, the company has grown to more than 8,000 employees with 18 regional offices. It is a multi-billion-dollar business and ranked the 11th-largest construction firm in the United States, […]
January 18, 2018
Roadbuilding
Via rideshare program to replace buses in Arlington, Texas
The city of Arlington, Texas, has partnered with startup company Via to offer a new rideshare service for a flat $3 trip fee. Arlington joins Chicago, New York City and Washington, D.C., which also offer Via service. The service, which began December 11, will replace the city’s commuter bus system, which will end December 31. […]
December 13, 2017
Roadbuilding
New Smart Road opens on I-90, providing real-time info for Chicago area drivers
Drivers on a 16-mile stretch of Interstate 90 in the Chicago area will now be able to receive real-time traffic and safety information, with the completion of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway Smart Road. The Illinois Tollway and Pace bus transit system activated the new smart road September 5 between Barrington Road and the Kennedy […]
September 6, 2017
Roadbuilding
Four Chicago bridges join the ranks of city’s century-old spans still in use
Four Chicago bridges—the Jackson Boulevard Bridge (Jan. 29), Chicago & North Western Railroad Bridge (July 30), Webster Street Bridge (Aug. 3), and Lake Street Bridge (Nov. 6)—are celebrating their 100th birthdays in 2016, joining 19 other century-old Chicago bridges. “It’s pretty impressive that these marvels of engineering are still working given they’ve been in continuous operation,” John […]
May 6, 2016
Roadbuilding
I-90 support beam collapse kills 1 worker, injures 3 in Chicago
One worker is dead and three others injured after a large beam fell from Interstate 90 in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines early Tuesday morning. According to a report from WLS TV, Illinois Tollway crews were in the process of removing beams from beneath a section of the highway over Touhy Avenue when the accident […]
April 5, 2016
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