Construction News

• Plastic water and soda bottles are being recycled into a new highway in California
  
  An innovative process by a California company that adds recycled plastic to asphalt may be a "game-changer'' for the future of road construction.
  Yahoo.  Saturday, 8 Aug 2020.
• Sterling Construction (STRL) is an Incredible Growth Stock: 3 Reasons Why
  
  Sterling Construction (STRL) could produce exceptional returns because of its solid growth attributes.
  Zacks.  Friday, 7 Aug 2020.
• Construction Partners (ROAD) Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates
  
  Construction Partners (ROAD) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 25.00% and -7.28%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2020. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
  Zacks.  Friday, 7 Aug 2020.
• Skull reconstruction matches painter Raphael's self-portraits
  
  Experts have speculated the famous Italian artist Raphael, who died 500 years ago, was laid to rest in Rome's Pantheon. Following a reconstruction of a skull from the site, their theory is confirmed.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 7 Aug 2020.
• Raphael reconstruction helps solves mystery of artist's skeleton
  
  The artist, a child prodigy and part of a trinity of Renaissance greats along with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, died in 1520, aged only 37.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 6 Aug 2020.
• Pandemic sparks a building boom for restaurant drive-thrus
  
  Starbucks, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Shake Shack are focusing on drive-thru construction in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
  CNBC.  Wednesday, 5 Aug 2020.
• Regional rails suspended in Philadelphia because of barge
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Regional rail service was suspended Wednesday in Philadelphia after Tropical Storm Isaias raised the Schuylkill River and sent an unsecured construction barge into a bridge. ...
  Washington Times.  Wednesday, 5 Aug 2020.
• Wait of centuries is over, India PM says, as Hindu temple construction begins
  
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the construction of a Hindu temple on a site that has been contested by Muslims for decades in a dispute that has sparked some of India's most bloody communal violence. ...
  Yahoo.  Wednesday, 5 Aug 2020.
• Family of SoFi Stadium construction worker who fell to his death is suing developers
  
  A lawsuit alleges that unsafe conditions at the SoFi Stadium building site led to construction worker Juan Becerra's death in a fall in June.
  Los Angeles Times.  Tuesday, 4 Aug 2020.
• 8 truths about buying new construction in 2020
  
  Buying new construction is typically much more involved than purchasing a resale, and there are often a lot of moving parts and COVID-19-induced challenges. Here are eight things buyers should know about buying a new home in 2020.
  Inman.  Tuesday, 4 Aug 2020.
• Grad overcomes challenges, leads Gateway High construction
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Regine Cooper lives against the grain. ...
  Washington Times.  Sunday, 2 Aug 2020.
• Supreme Court allows border wall construction to continue
  
  The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 along party lines.
  ABC News.  Friday, 31 Jul 2020.
• Parts of I-20 in West Fort Worth to Close for Construction Activities
  
  Parts of Eastbound Interstate 20 in West Fort Worth will be closed from Sunday to Friday for construction activities.
  NBC.  Friday, Jul 31 2020.
• Supreme Court Lets Trump Keep Building His Border Wall
  
  The court refused to lift a year-old stay notwithstanding an appeals court ruling that the construction was unlawful.
  New York Times.  Friday, 31 Jul 2020.
• Construction to resume for Greek Orthodox church destroyed in 9/11 attacks
  
  Construction will resume Monday on the new St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Lower Manhattan, filling a gaping hole left when the original house of worship was destroyed in the 9/11 terror attacks.
  Fox News.  Friday, 31 Jul 2020.

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