Duluth artwork gets some TLC

A team of art conservators chip away at the damage left by years of wear and tear at Duluth’s statues and monuments. Public sculptures in Duluth received a makeover this week from an art conservation specialist and local apprentices. Kristin Cheronis, a caretaker of public art in Minneapolis and St. Paul, used her tools to [...]

Bridge inspection in Bristol, Massachusetts revealed ‘severe’ corrosion

Bristol, MA — The inspection that led the state to drop the Brightman Street Bridge weight limit to 3 tons noted “severe” deficiencies in multiple parts of the bridge, including some that were said to require action as soon as possible. Five months after the inspection, the Department of Transportation hasn’t made the repairs because [...]

Between the lines of the Big Dig lights saga…

Sunday’s report in the Sunday Globe about the reaction – and delays thereof – within the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to a falling ceiling light in a Big Dig tunnel was eye-opening on its face. There was the recounting of a Central Artery maintenance worker finding a 8-foot-long, 110-pound light lying on the road in the middle [...]

Iowa bridges third-worst in the nation

At first glance, the two-lane bridge over Wapsinonoc Creek seems up-to-date. But a closer inspection reveals rusted bolts, graffiti, and crooked beams. More than 4,000 cars travel across it each day, and it has not been renovated since 1956. The bridge, located in Muscatine County, is one of 5,000 bridges in Iowa classified as structurally [...]

Cincinnati museum center pitches $150M bond

Money would be used 
to help repair the 
80-year-old building. Union Terminal is literally pushing itself apart. Officials at the Cincinnati Museum Center went before the Hamilton County Commissioners Monday to ask for a $150 million bond to be put on the November ballot to help repair the 80-year-old building. The commissioners didn’t say “no” [...]

Tesoro Maintenance at Fault in Refinery Blast, U.S. Says

Tesoro Corp. (TSO) didn’t adequately maintain equipment at its Anacortes, Washington, refinery prior to an explosion that killed seven workers last April, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board said. According to its preliminary findings, hydrogen corrosion caused microscopic cracks in the walls of a heat exchanger in the plant, board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said [...]

Work projects underway

Workers are busy at a few spots in the Portage la Prairie area making upgrades to some of the existing pipe line equipment. Kelly Braden, director of operations with the City of Portage la Prairie, confirmed work is being done for Centra Gas at several sites throughout Portage to improve the metal gas pipe lines. [...]