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Colo., Idaho projects take top prizes at 2017 America’s Transportation Awards

A multimodal project in Colorado and the removal of dangerous intersections in Idaho won top honors at the 2017 America’s Transportation Awards competition. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s $487 million U.S. 36 Express Lanes project earned the Grand Prize and the Idaho Transportation Department’s $11.2 million U.S. 20 Thornton Interchange project was voted the People’s […]

September 29, 2017

Roadbuilding

CoDOT seeks snowplow drivers, road workers ahead of winter

If you’re looking for work and don’t mind cold weather, the Colorado Department of Transportation wants to talk to you. The CoDOT is getting an early jump on winter and is looking to hire both permanent and seasonal full-time and part-time snowplow drivers and road maintenance workers across the state. Hiring has already begun, with […]

September 27, 2017

Roadbuilding

CoDOT to provide home improvements along I-70 rebuild route

The Colorado Department of Transportation has a long history of improving roads, but it will soon be in the business of improving homes. The department has set aside $2.3 million to provide interior storm windows and window-mounted air conditioning units to help mitigate dust and noise during the Central 70 Project, which will reconstruct a […]

September 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT will require contractor to hire local for I-70 expansion through Denver

In granting a $1.2 billion contract for the expansion of Interstate 70 through north Denver, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will require the contractor to hire 20 percent of its workforce (approximately 350 people) from the 15 neighborhoods adjacent to I-70 in Denver and Aurora, the Denver Business Journal reports. The project includes expanding […]

July 12, 2017

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AGC will hold construction safety conference in July

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) will hold its Safety & Health Conference in Denver July 19-21. Attendees will participate in the development of regulatory and legislative activity at both national and local levels, assist in the development and creation of new safety training programs and products and hear the latest initiatives from the Occupational […]

May 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

USDOT partners with mobile solar technology firm for Smart City Challenge

The U.S. Department of Transportation has partnered with mobile solar technology firm DC Solar Solutions for the agency’s Smart City Challenge. The company will provide $1.5 million worth of electric vehicle chargers and mobile solar generators to the winning city. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city in to the first in […]

June 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

Seven cities named finalists for USDOT’s $50 million Smart City Challenge

Seven cities have been named as finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, which aims to convert one city into the first in the country to “fully” integrate into their transportation network technologies including smart sensors and autonomous and connected vehicles. Originally, only five finalists were to be selected. The seven […]

March 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT launches regional forum for Beyond Traffic transportation trends, policy discussions

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has planned 11 forums across the country this fall to discuss the department’s Beyond Traffic report to be published next year. Beyond Traffic started as an effort to “spark a national dialogue” about the needs and goals for the U.S. transportation system for the future. The first “Megaregion” forum was […]

September 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT receives 5 statements of qualification for I-70 East Project

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) and the Colorado Bridge Enterprise (CBE) have received statements of qualification (SOQ) from five entities for work on the possible public-private partnership (P3) for the Interstate 70 East Project in the Denver area. SOQs summarize a group’s experience both in the industry and similar […]

June 25, 2015

Construction Equipment

Claw and shear painted like a Seahawk rip apart a Ford Bronco in a spot-on Super Bowl prediction

“This is a special occasion.” That’s why Lisa Parberry, who co-owns the Scrap-It recycling center in Ferndale, Washington, says she and her employees decided to paint one of their shears to look exactly like the Seattle Seahwaks logo and rip apart a 1985 Ford Bronco. The Seahawks won their first Super Bowl Sunday night against […]

February 5, 2014

Roadbuilding

Policy forum in Denver focuses on infrastructure investment

[Correction: This article previously listed Ed Rendell as the former governor of Colorado. It has been edited to reflect Rendell’s correct title, former Pennsylvania governor.] Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell met with leaders from local governments and in engineering and business at a policy forum in Denver, Colorado, to discuss local and national challenges associated […]

October 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

Utah, Missouri honored for America’s top transportation projects

The Utah and Missouri departments of transportation have earned top honors in the 2013 America’s Transportation Awards competition. The American American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) announced the winners Sunday during the association’s annual meeting in Denver, Colorado. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) earned the America’s Transportation Awards Grand Prize for […]

October 21, 2013