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Roadbuilding

Kan. DOT, KTA receive state asphalt paving awards

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) reports that 26 asphalt paving projects were nominated for the 2017 Kansas Asphalt Paving Association awards program that took place on December 7, 2017 in Lawrence. KDOT and the Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) were honored in the following categories: Director’s Award – First place: KDOT and APAC-Kansas for the […]

January 9, 2018

Roadbuilding

Crowded rest areas prompt states to help truckers find parking spaces

Eight Midwestern states have joined together to try to solve the lack of available parking for long-haul truckers. The goal is to establish an app that truckers could access to find parking spots in rest areas and truck stops. The technology is now needed more than ever as a federal law takes effect in December […]

November 9, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: Cat dealer moves to $20M HQ; IronPlanet buyers get Ritchie Bros. financing; Vermeer MidSouth celebrates 30th year; AED diesel technician certification

Kansas Cat dealer moving to new $20M headquarters Caterpillar dealer Foley Equipment Co. is moving to its expanded Wichita, Kansas, headquarters, according to the Wichita Business Journal. The company is relocating its departments and personnel to the more than $20 million headquarters, which includes 160,000 square feet across two buildings, the Journal reports. The new […]

October 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

An overview of the ACI award-winning Johnson County Gateway project

The $288 million Johnson County Gateway project, the first design-build project awarded by the Kansas Department of Transportation, addressed one of the most highly travelled interstates in Overland, Kansas, by adding additional lanes and reconfiguring existing interchanges throughout the I-435/I-35/K-10 corridor. The project included the construction of 22 bridges, two diverging diamond interchanges, and the […]

October 19, 2017

Dealers

Kansas Cat dealer moving to new $19M headquarters

Caterpillar dealer Foley Equipment Co. is moving to its expanded Wichita, Kansas, headquarters, according to the Wichita Business Journal. The company is relocating its departments and personnel to the new headquarters, which includes 160,000 square feet across two buildings, the Journal reports. The new buildings are beside the current headquarters. The company was formed in […]

October 18, 2017

Roadbuilding

Johnson County Gateway, Winona Bridge take ACI concrete construction awards

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) honored the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards during its Concrete Convention & Exposition Monday night in Anaheim. The awards honor creative projects in the concrete industry and recognize concrete innovation, technology, and excellence. To be eligible for the award, projects had to win at a local […]

October 18, 2017

Construction Equipment

Kubota to open $90 million center in Kansas with largest warehouses

Kubota plans to build a $90 million logistics center for construction and agricultural equipment and parts in Kansas that will include the company’s largest ever warehouses – two at over 1-million-square-feet each, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. The center will hold 70,000 parts and be built on 180 acres the company bought in Edgerton, […]

September 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

Smart pavement pilot projects stuffing roads with sensors and internet connectivity

Integrated Roadways wants to put sensors, phone, and internet connectivity, as well as other hardware, inside road surfaces. The company has been pitching the idea to governments since 2012, and it finally has two pilot projects in the works where it will lay down pavement and prove its concept, Government Technology reports. The company’s owner, […]

August 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

APAC-Kansas donates Roadtec paver to spur interest in diesel technician careers

APAC-Kansas Inc., an Oldcastle company, donated a 2003 Roadtec asphalt paver valued at $20,000 to Salina Area Technical College and treated students students and faculty to a BBQ lunch, ksal.com reports. Mike Warren, equipment manager for APAC-Kansas in Salina, and area manager Jason Heis told the news agency that the company wanted to donate the paver […]

October 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Kansas Turnpike Authority raising 10 bridges over Turnpike/I-35

The Kansas Turnpike Authority awarded a contract of close to $3.7 million to Burns & McDonnell of Kansas City to begin work on increasing the clearance level of 10 bridges crossing over the Turnpike/Interstate 35 between south Wichita and the Oklahoma border, ksn.com reports. Each bridge will be lifted to provide at least 15 feet, 9 inches of […]

September 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

FHWA and 6 states collaborate on pollinator habitat for Monarch butterflies

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and DOTs in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas have agreed to improve pollinator habitat along Interstate 35, which follows a migratory corridor for the Monarch butterfly. The Monarch butterflies’ birth and egg-laying cycles take them on a route from Canada to Mexico, a roughly 2,000-mile trek. The land […]

June 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Five state DOTs win 2015 Mid America regional America’s Transportation Awards

The Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio transportation departments were presented with America’s Transportation Awards during the Mid America Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (MAASTO) annual meeting Aug. 11. Awards were given to seven projects spread across three categories: Best Use of Innovation, Under Budget and Quality of Life/Community Development. The American Association […]

August 12, 2015