Author: Jeanie Clapp

BY STEVEN H. MILLER Size matters. The components used to build wind farms are very big, and that affects everything about constructing them. The current generation of wind farms are bigger and more spread out, too, and they are growing in number. Wind turbines are an important tool to slow global warming — generating electricity sustainably and reducing the use of fossil fuels in power plants. Energy companies are investing increasingly in wind. The industry has developed a way of setting up wind farms on other people’s properties, across farmland and forests, sometimes involving multiple landowners. The towers are spread…

NEITHER THE MIDWESTERN WINTER NOR MISSISSIPPI RIVER SURGES WERE A MATCH FOR MASSMAN CONSTRUCTION CO., WHOSE CHAMP CLARK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT TOOK HOME THE 2021 BUILD AMERICA GRAND AWARD BY A.D. THOMPSON Since 1928, the Champ Clark Bridge had enabled travel and commerce, linking Missouri and Illinois via Highway 54, but after a century of wear and tear, says T.J. Colombatto, “the old truss bridge was beyond its useful function — and structurally deficient.” Colombatto, project manager for Massman Construction Company, ran point on the design-build operation, which saw Massman partner successfully with dual owners — the Missouri and Illinois…