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North Madison Elementary School in Mooresville has seen significant growth in students over the last several years so much so, in fact, that the school is now using portable classrooms to accommodate the overflow. The portable classrooms, which sit just outside of the elementary school, were installed several years ago because of projected growth in the area, but had not been used until this year, Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation superintendent Curt Freeman said. We knew that potentially wed be using them some day, he said. The classrooms are like a modular home and are transported on a semi-truck to the school in two halves. They are placed on a laid foundation near the school but are not attached to the building, Freeman said. They look like little houses, sitting out behind the school, he said.
PCL Construction has built many notable buildings in Regina, including the First Nations University of Canada, shown above. The company, which started in Saskatchewan 100 years ago, will be named to the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce's Business Hall of Fame. .
A former Bridgeport employee and a city contractor were sentenced to prison on federal bribery charges Thursday for orchestrating a contract kickback scheme.
Frederick W. Tynes, 49, of Fairfield, who formerly worked in Bridgeport's construction management services department, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and two years of supervised release, and he also was fined $7,200.
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On November 26 would be the opening program at the BSU Strawberry View Park followed by a parade around the valley. Dumba ni Kavajo would entail three laps. The first lap on November 27 would take the route of Stockfarm-Ampasit-Longlong-Communal Forest-Tam-awan-Longlong National Road-Ampasit-Stock farm.The second lap on November 28 will follow the course of Stockfarm- Little Wangal-Big Wangal-Bineng-Kesbeng-Capitol. The third lap on November 29 will be Km. 12 Shilan - Lamut-Ambiong Tiptop-Ambiong Central-Lubas-Balili-Km. 4-Km 6 -Strawberry Fields-Stockfarm. Related events will be spread out during the five-day festival categorized as horse and non-horse events. Horse events include balloon bursting, pony express or bare back race, sack race, barrel racing, flag carrying, duck picking, javelin throw, and pole bending while the non-horse events will be wood chopping, horse shoe shooting, bull whipping, load carrying, tug of war, and arm wrestling.
LONDON (AFX) - Construction groups Carillion PLC and Balfour Beatty PLC said they have won a 363 mln stg contract to upgrade the East London Line (ELL) rail route. Carillion and Balfour said Transport for London had awarded their joint venture a deal to extend the existing ELL to Dalston Junction in the north and New Cross, Crystal Palace and West Croydon in the south. The joint venture is believed to have beaten off competition for the contract from rival consortium E-Link, consisting of Laing O'Rourke, Amec Spie and Vinci. The contract, which is in two phases, will involve turning the existing London Underground line on the route into part of the mainline rail network. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2010 and construction work will begin in early 2007. Some additional work, not covered by the base contract for phase one, could be commissioned from the joint venture in the next few months, the two companies said in a statement.
AMELIA, Ohio -- Some quick thinking stopped what could have been an explosive situation at a Clermont County mobile home early Saturday morning. Deputies said Daryl G. Johnson, 24, poured gas inside the Honeysuckle Drive home and tried to light a candle to set it ablaze. One of the people inside knocked the candle from Johnson's hand, police said. He then drove off. .
RED BLUFF - As the renovation of the former Montgomery Wards building into the Tehama Count Human Services Center nears completion, the board of supervisors is being asked to approve a few changes to the original work contract. On Tuesday, the supervisors will be asked to approve two changes totaling more than $37,000 and bringing the cost of the interior renovation up to $2,053,378. The changes include adding two heating and air conditioning units to the back of the building, condensation drains for those units, electrical interfacing with modular office units, moisture sealant to concrete in various rooms, and additional racks and cabinets. The county has contracted with Randy Hill Construction, Inc. for the interior remodel. The supervisors meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the board chamber at 633 Washington St.
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