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Chao announces recipients of $900 million in 2019 BUILD Transportation grants
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation has awarded millions to the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development Transportation program. Details here.
November 13, 2019
Roadbuilding
USDOT announces availability of $900 million in BUILD grant funds
BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grants program has $900 million in discretionary grant funding for the infrastructure projects. Details on Equipment Wolrd.
April 26, 2019
Roadbuilding
Builders chosen for longest cable-stayed main span in N. America
Construction, architectural and financial firms are tasked to build the Gordie Howe Int'l Bridge. See what the builders are up against on Equipment World.
July 9, 2018
Roadbuilding
TIGER grants refocused by Trump; get $1.5 billion and new name
The TIGER grant program the U.S. Department of Transportation provides to states and local communities for transportation projects has a new focus, more money and a new name. Under the Trump administration, the grants will be known by the acronym BUILD, which stands for Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development. TIGER, formed during the Obama […]
May 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
Caltrans seeks 2,000 workers due to influx of road funding
The California Department of Transportation plans to hire 2,000 employees over the next five years due to the influx of projects that will be funded by the state’s gas tax approved last year, according to The Sacramento Bee. The state expects to see an infusion of $54 billion during the next decade to repair and […]
March 19, 2018
Roadbuilding
Calif. road law to rev up construction industry, state economy, ARTBA says
California’s $54 billion plan to repair and build roads and bridges will boost the state’s economy, including the construction sector, by $183 billion over the next decade, a new report says. Of that amount, the state’s construction industry would see an additional output of $34 billion and the creation or support of 160,000 jobs, according […]
March 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
I-440 reconstruction plan for Nashville progresses, TDOT says
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has released the request for proposals for widening and revamping Interstate 440 in Nashville, with construction scheduled to begin this summer. TDOT says the project will involve replacing deteriorated concrete with asphalt, widening the road in each direction from two lanes to three including the bridges over I-65, and replacing […]
February 2, 2018
Business
Chicago-based construction firm celebrating 120th year
The Walsh Group traces its beginnings back 120 years when Matthew Myles Walsh started a carpentry business out of his home in Chicago in 1898. Since then, the company has grown to more than 8,000 employees with 18 regional offices. It is a multi-billion-dollar business and ranked the 11th-largest construction firm in the United States, […]
January 18, 2018
Roadbuilding
Contract awarded for Outer Loop for future I-295 in N.C.
A team of engineering and contracting firms has won the $129.7 million contract to design and build another section of the Fayetteville Outer Loop in Robeson and Cumberland counties in North Carolina. The 6.1-mile section will eventually be part of the future Interstate 295, a 39-mile freeway by Fayetteville and Fort Bragg. The team consists […]
December 12, 2017
Roadbuilding
Texas firm wins $36 million contract to replace historic Okla. bridge
Webber LLC of Woodlands, Texas, has won a $36 million contract to replace the historic James C. Nance Bridge between Purcell and Lexington, Oklahoma. Webber was the lowest of three bidders to build the four-lane span for U.S. 77/State Highway 39 over the South Canadian River, according to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The work […]
September 13, 2017
Business
.Build website domain names now available to construction companies
Bringing in what the domain calls “the new Internet for the building industry,” .Build domain names are available for purchase to U.S. contractors and construction firms beginning today. Announced during the ConExpo-Con/Agg show in March, the new top-level domain (TLD) name would replace “.com” or “.net” in a company’s web address. Associated General Contractors of America said […]
April 29, 2014
Business
AGC-backed .Build domain name could give contractors a larger presence online
Very soon, rather than construction business’ Web address ending in a boring “.com” or “.net,” contractors in the U.S. will be able to register for a “.build” address. And today, the Associated General Contractors of America announced a partnership with the group behind the .build domain name—the group is also called .Build—to get the word […]
March 5, 2014
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