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Children move sand last August as adults fill their shovels to toss the first ceremonial ground last October for the construction of the Magic City Discovery Center.
A pandemic and concerns about funding haven’t stopped construction in the Minot region.
“For us, construction has been strong,” said Dave Schwengler, Minot office manager for Houston Engineering. “The past year was a good year for construction. That was one of the industries that kept working through the pandemic.”
He expects more of the same for 2021.
“There’s a lot of big projects out there right now, even some development work starting to pick back up a little bit,” he said.
all wait to vegas, baby, chasing a long shot and competing for free ivf. we begin with devastation on a historic scale in colorado, and the president is on his way as we speak to survey fire damage after signing a disaster declaration for the state. we re closely monitoring the waldo canyon fire which has become the most destructive fire in the state s history. at least one person was found dead overnight, another is still missing. nearly 17,000 acres scorched. 346 homes gone. 20,000 more threatened. this photo was taken before the fire. look at what the area looks like now. you re looking at the reality for hundreds of families. it was just total shock to see your house pretty much in a fireball. that s our house and it s in flames and i just started crying. there was no way around it. i was never going to go home again, so it s pretty sad. rob marciano on the ground near the waldo canyon fire. rob, how much of this fire have crews been actually able to contain to th