Tag: highway contractors

Roadbuilding

Lewiston-Queenston U.S.-Canada bridge to add 6 U.S.-bound lanes

A New York Senator announced the bridge project will be adding several more lanes of traffic entering the United States from Canada. Get more details here.

November 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

Reagan DOT secretary discusses challenges of upcoming 2020 highway bill

Former Ronald Reagan Dept. of Transportation secretary talked frankly about the challenges of passing an infrastructure bill with the next highway bill.

November 23, 2018

Roadbuilding

More than half of highway contractors report crashes in their work zones, AGC says

The survey revealed that 53 percent of the contractors had to delay projects because of work zone crashes. More information on Equipment World.

June 21, 2018

Roadbuilding

Indiana hosts launch of new national work zone safety campaign

A group of construction workers and contractors launched a new national work zone safety campaign at the Indiana State Police District 52 on May 25, cbs4indy.com reports. Indiana was chosen for the launch because of its higher-than-average work zones accident rate. Seventy-two percent of Indiana highway contractors reported that vehicles crashed into their work zones in 2016. “There […]

May 31, 2017

Roadbuilding

Web tool analyzes impact of long-term pavement treatments across states, highways

Web-based IRI Explorer (www.iriexplorer.com) uses data from the Federal Highway Administration’s Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) database to study the long-term impact of various pavement treatments on road smoothness. Life Cycle Solutions created the program with funding from the National Asphalt Pavement Association and the State Asphalt Pavement Associations. Users can review historical data of different […]

April 22, 2015

Roadbuilding

FLEET PROFILE: The top roadbuilding equipment and brands financed by highway contractors in the last 5 years

What have contractors who are engaged primarily in roadbuilding been adding to their equipment fleets in the past five years? To get a better picture of this, we zeroed in on a segment of contractors defined both by their market and their buying activity, and took a deeper dive into what they have financed.  For […]

April 6, 2015

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Vehicles crashed into 45% of U.S. highway contractors’ work zones in 2013

Vehicles crashed into 45 percent of highway contractors’ work zones in the past year, according to the study results released Monday by the Associated General Contractors of America. AGC noted that, according to the study, work zone crashes are more likely to kill motor vehicle operators and passengers than construction workers. Tom Case, chair of AGC’s […]

April 11, 2014

Roadbuilding

With lack of transportation funding, highway contractors shift to other fields

The recent drop in transportation infrastructure spending has some highway contractors moving to other fields such and energy exploration, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The highway construction industry lost more than 2 million workers during the recession, reaching a low in January 2011. Since then, the industry has added 399,000 jobs, […]

November 27, 2013

Business

Recent talks suggest Congress has put transportation funding on the back burner

After attending last week’s Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) fly-in visit with Congress, John Latta, the editor of our sister site Better Roads, writes that the overall feeling among the contractors and agency officials that were there is that lawmakers do not share their sense of urgency about securing funding for transportation infrastructure. “A common theme they heard […]

June 11, 2013

Roadbuilding

Safer Road Construction Sites: Yes, we can.

Highway construction accident sites kill.

May 7, 2013

Business

Better Roads: 38% of highway construction sites saw car crashes in past year

John Latta, editor of our sister publication Better Roads, has written an impassioned blog post with a very important topic: road construction work zone safety. According to John’s post, 38 percent of highway contractors who responded to a survey by the Associated General Contractors of America saw motor vehicles crash into their construction work zones in […]

April 19, 2013

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Comparing roads, here and there

Comparison is a good thing to keep in mind when your industry association asks you to get active in lobbying efforts, especially after these several years of futility. We’re closer to a solution than we think.

December 1, 2012