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Granite selected by Caltrans as CM/GC for two projects totaling $500M+
The Highway 101 Project includes adding 10.9 miles of high occupancy vehicle lanes between Carpinteria and Santa Barbara. More details on Equipment World.
January 9, 2019
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Neb. Supreme Court rules county not liable for dump truck driverâs 2011 death
On July 7, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a Washington County District Courtâs ruling that Washington County is protected by sovereign immunity and canât be sued for the death of a quarry worker who drowned while working to raise a county road during the 2011 Missouri River flood, Pilot Tribune & Enterprise reports. James McGauley, [âŚ]
July 21, 2017
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New book examines 200 years of tunneling in the U.S.
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) announced the release of a new publication, The History of Tunneling in the United States, a book examining 200 years of tunneling problems. The illustrated book about tunnels built under urban environments, through mountains, and under rivers and lakes is written by construction experts who know the [âŚ]
May 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
San Franciscoâs Bay Bridge celebrates 80th birthday
The Bay Bridge celebrated its 80th birthday on Saturday, Nov. 12. According to a report from SF Gate, construction of the $77 million project began July 9, 1933 and was completed in 1936. Prior to its completion, ferries carried Bay Area residents between Oakland and San Francisco, with an estimated 46 million passengers in 1928 alone. More recently, the eastern span [âŚ]
November 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
N. Carolina construction worker falls into lake and drowns
Filigonio Bravo Perez, a 29-year-old construction worker, fell from a bridge he was painting into Lake Hickory in Catawba County, North Carolina, and drowned, JDNews.com reports. Perez, who worked for Astron General Contracting Co., was painting a bridge on N.C. 127 over Lake Hickory, when he fell into the lake. Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid told the news agency [âŚ]
September 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
Cement quarry featured prominently in HBOâs âGame of Thronesâ could become a permanent attraction
The Magheramorne Quarry might just be an old Lafarge Tarmac cement quarry with a nice view of the Irish Sea in the real world. But in HBOâs massively popular âGame of Thronesâ fantasy television series, itâs âThe Wallâ and itâs all that stands between Westeros and the dangers in the north. The old quarry has been turned into [âŚ]
August 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Diesel fuel price updates stop during government shutdown
No more diesel fuel price updates will be posted until the federal government reopens. Better Roads usually shares highlights from the weekly diesel fuel price report presented by our sister site, Aggregates Manager. However, Aggregates Manager reported yesterday that the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) â which provides the information in the diesel fuel price report [âŚ]
October 15, 2013
Roadbuilding
Randall-Reilly publications finalists for multiple ASBPE awards
Better Roads and sister publications Aggregates Manager, Commercial Carrier Journal and Overdriveâall Randall-Reilly publicationsâlast week were named finalists for a combined total of eight Digital and Print Azbee Awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE). Better Roads is a finalist for the following awards: Original Research national award for its  âBetter Bridges: [âŚ]
June 17, 2013
Roadbuilding
GUEST BLOG: What the re-election of President Obama, Republican House majority, Democratic Senate majority means for the construction industry
During the 2012 presidential campaign, President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney gave relative lip service to the subject of rebuilding Americaâs faltering infrastructure. Rather than positioning infrastructure as an integral part of the nationâs fabric, both treated construction funding as little more than a jobs generator. Whatâs more, many of the electorate (and fiscally [âŚ]
November 12, 2012
Roadbuilding
Top construction industry editor inducted into Construction Writers Association Hall of Fame
During its annual Grand Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C., the Construction Writers Association (CWA) inducted Randall-Reilly Construction Media Editorial Director Marcia Gruver Doyle into its Hall of Fame. This highly prestigious award is presented to select individuals who exemplify true lifetime achievement as journalists in the construction industry. âMarcia is welcomed and recognized on the [âŚ]
November 7, 2012
Equipment
Tier 4: Will tough regulations make construction equipment resale a quarantine market?
There has been much ado about the Tier 4 final regulations that are coming down coming the pike and what it is going to mean for the used construction equipment market. With Tier 4 interim standards currently in effect, there are already some âunintended consequences of doing the right thing for the environment,â quipped Frank Manfredi, president of Frank Manfredi & Associates, as he moderated the âTier 4 and the Future of Equipment Marketsâ panel discussion at the 2012 Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)/Infor Executive Forum at the Rosement Hilton/Chicago OâHare hotel on Sept. 6.
September 20, 2012
Roadbuilding
Tier 4: Will tough regulations make construction equipment resale a quarantine market?
There has been much ado about the Tier 4 final regulations that are coming down coming the pike and what it is going to mean for the used construction equipment market. With Tier 4 interim standards currently in effect, there are already some âunintended consequences of doing the right thing for the environment,â quipped Frank Manfredi, president of Frank Manfredi & Associates, as he moderated the âTier 4 and the Future of Equipment Marketsâ panel discussion at the 2012 Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)/Infor Executive Forum at the Rosement Hilton/Chicago OâHare hotel on Sept. 6.
September 7, 2012
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