STAMFORD -- The Dolan School renovation project is short $1.1 million in funding.
During the regular Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, member Richard Lyons II and Al Barbarotta, the district's facilities management consultant, reported the cost for the Dolan renovation had increased by $1.1 million since a bid was accepted.
UCONN approves construction budget for school's basketball facility
STORRS -- The University of Connecticut's board of trustees on Wednesday approved a final construction budget for the school's new basketball training facility at $33.3 million.
That is about $300,000 more than the initial budget and doesn't include furniture, fixtures and equipment, which is expected to push the cost closer to $40 million.
Planning Board delays boatyard license again
STAMFORD -- The city Planning Board left the door open for the city to revamp its proposed agreement with developer Building and Land Technology to build a six-acre boatyard in Shippan, and perhaps sweeten the pot for Stamford, with a chaotic end to a meeting that had been expected to result in a vote on the deal.
Library construction on target
RIDGEFIELD -- Work on the town's $20 million new library is continuing at a good clip, with a spring 2014 opening very likely.
"You go there one week, then come back the next, and it changes each time you go,'' Christina Nolan, library director, said of the rapid pace of the work.
Project continues at Thompson Speedway
THOMPSON — The $4 million project to resurrect the road course at what is now being called Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park is well under way, but not everybody is happy about it.
Nicholas and Joan Swearer, residents of nearby Quaddick Town Farm Road, recently sent out a letter, including one addressed to The Bulletin, expressing their concern over the construction. That letter was signed by 23 other Thompson residents.
E. Hartford firm lands $450M Superfund contract
East Hartford remediation firm Cabrera Services received a five-year contract valued at up to $450 million to clean a Superfund site in New Jersey.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Cabrera the work to continue remediation at the FUSRAP Maywood Superfund Site in Maywood, N.J.
Construction of Foxwoods Outlet mall kicks of today
E. Hartford firm lands $450M Superfund contract
East Hartford remediation firm Cabrera Services received a five-year contract valued at up to $450 million to clean a Superfund site in New Jersey.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Cabrera the work to continue remediation at the FUSRAP Maywood Superfund Site in Maywood, N.J.
Construction of Foxwoods Outlet mall kicks of today
The long-delayed construction of an 85-store outlet mall at Foxwoods Resort Casino will get underway Thursday, with a ceremonial groundbreaking and the unveiling of the stores that will occupy the shopping center.The $120 million mall, named Tanger Outlets Foxwoods, is being developed by Greensboro, N.C.-based Tanger and Gordon Group Holdings of Greenwich and will encompass 312,000 square feet.
It doesn't take much prodding for John W. Olsen to launch into a diatribe when the subject of worker pay and Connecticut's labor movement comes up, and Wednesday was no exception.
Olsen delivered his final speech after 25 years as president of the state AFL-CIO, and he went out as he came in: Glorifying the fight for justice. But while he's well known for attacking corporate interests and political opponents, most of the battles he recounted Wednesday were with brothers and sisters of the union movement.
Main Street project nears completion in Winsted
WINSTED >> The Main Street Project to add medians to the down to area is moving forward according to town officials.
Construction on Main Street has been going since earlier this year. Now that the project is wrapping up Town Manager Dale Martin said there is a small hiccup standing in the way of the project’s completion.
“They still have to do some plantings,” Martin said. “And I think there are some issues, but it’s moving along. There’s a minor hiccup at this point.”
Olsen delivered his final speech after 25 years as president of the state AFL-CIO, and he went out as he came in: Glorifying the fight for justice. But while he's well known for attacking corporate interests and political opponents, most of the battles he recounted Wednesday were with brothers and sisters of the union movement.
Main Street project nears completion in Winsted
WINSTED >> The Main Street Project to add medians to the down to area is moving forward according to town officials.
Construction on Main Street has been going since earlier this year. Now that the project is wrapping up Town Manager Dale Martin said there is a small hiccup standing in the way of the project’s completion.
“They still have to do some plantings,” Martin said. “And I think there are some issues, but it’s moving along. There’s a minor hiccup at this point.”