Tag: contractor

Former contractor accused of spending PPP loan on Harley, personal use

A former construction company owner obtained a paycheck protection loan for $841,000 – some of which he is accused of spending on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

September 2, 2020

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Nebraska DOT reopens final flood-damaged bridge on state highway system

Nearly a year after historic flooding and blizzard conditions closed 3,300 highway miles and 27 bridges on the Nebraska State Highway System, the state’s department of transportation announces it has reopened the system’s final bridge that was damaged in the March 2019 disaster. Contractor Herbst Construction of Le Mars, Iowa, has completed most of the […]

February 18, 2020

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Engineer of collapsed Miami bridge removed from Texas bridge project, faces review in another

The engineering firm blamed for the fatal collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University in Miami has been removed from an $802.9 million bridge replacement project in Texas and its work is being reviewed on another, $962 million bridge project in the state. The Texas Department of Transportation has called for the removal […]

January 22, 2020

ALDOT opens $700M Interstate bridges in Birmingham ahead of schedule

The long-awaited $700 million Interstate 59/20 bridges project in Birmingham, Alabama, is now open to traffic ahead of schedule, with the contractor on the project receiving a bonus. The deteriorated bridges at the interchange with U.S. 31 and U.S. 280 handled more than 165,000 vehicles a day through downtown Birmingham. They were demolished a year […]

January 20, 2020

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Final ramp opens for $300M rebuild of I-85/I-385 in Greenville, S.C.

The final new ramp on the $300 million I-85/I-385 Gateway Project in Greenville, South Carolina, is now open. The three-year project to upgrade the busy interchange, which handles more than 220,000 vehicles a day, gives Interstate 385 six lanes between Simpsonville and downtown Greenville and widens I-85, according to the S.C. Department of Transportation. Check […]

January 7, 2020

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Colorado DOT deploys Geofoam for fast repair of sinkhole on major highway

Faced with a 300-foot-long sinkhole on U.S. 36 between Denver and Boulder, the Colorado Department of Transportation decided to use Geofoam blocks to rebuild the highway’s sunken foundation. Cracks began forming on the five-year-old roadway in July, and within a week, the retaining wall for the road collapsed and wet clay soil underneath the road […]

January 6, 2020

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WSDOT wins $57.2M suit over Bertha’s breakdowns during Alaskan Way Viaduct project

The Washington State Department of Transportation has won a $57.2 million jury award in its lawsuit over delays in the Alaskan Way Viaduct project due to tunnel boring machine Big Bertha’s breakdown in 2013. The project was delayed for about three years as the contractor team of Seattle Tunnel Partners worked to get Bertha, then […]

December 31, 2019

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Mo. contractor fined $210,037 for repeat trench violations

A contractor in Missouri was issued penalties for trench violations in excess of $200,000 and is being placed in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program for repeat offenses. Blue Nile Contractors of Birmingham, Missouri, was issued citations totaling $210,037 by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, partly for not protecting workers from potential trench collapse. […]

December 27, 2019

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NTSB: FIU pedestrian bridge collapse due to wrong load calculations, failed oversight

The NTSB has determined the collapse was due to capacity calculation errors FIGG Bridge Group. Read all the information and details here on Equipment World.

October 28, 2019

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OSHA: St. Louis contractor reaches $71,603 settlement for trench violations

A St. Louis contractor has reached an informal settlement of $71,603 in penalties for exposing workers to possible trench collapse, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. On February 14 in St. Charles, Missouri, an employee of J.H. Berra Construction was installing a sewer pipe in a 13- to 14-foot trench that had […]

September 9, 2019

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S. Dakota contractor faces $58,343 in penalties for trench violations

A South Dakota contractor faces penalties of $58,343 for a worker being in a trench without proper cave-in protection, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. On April 29, Midwest Excavating LLC of Sioux Falls was repairing a residential water leak. OSHA said a worker entered the trench, which was 7 feet 6 […]

September 6, 2019

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Ore. contractor faces $20,000 in fines following trench deaths

An Oregon irrigation and landscaping contractor faces penalties of $20,000 following a trench collapse that killed two men in Idaho, according to Occupational Safety & Health Administration records. On April 10, Javier “Jay” Ortega Jr., 59, of New Plymouth, Idaho, and Arcenio Carrillo, 51, of Vale, Oregon, were installing irrigation pipes in New Plymouth when the […]

August 20, 2019

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