Equipment World Staff (EQW)HomeGranite Construction joint venture team competing for projects in GuamGranite Construction Incorporated announced today that the joint-venture team composed of Granite, Hensel Phelps and Traylor Brothers is among seven teams of contractors awarded a $4 billion multiple award construction contract (MACC) by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Pacific. All work on this MACC will be performed within the NAVFAC Pacific area of responsibility, […]May 13, 2010EquipmentCaltrans: 111 public transit, air quality projects get $63.3 million in fundingCaltrans today announced it has awarded $63.3 million to fund 111 public transit and air quality projects across California to upgrade transit service and purchase eco-friendly buses. All of the funding comes from Proposition 1B, the 2006 transportation bond, which includes $3.6 billion to improve public transit in California. “When the voters passed Proposition 1B, […]May 13, 2010BusinessTRIP report ID’s Oregon’s 50 worst highway, multi-modal ‘chokepoints’The I-5 Columbia River Crossing tops the list of Oregon’s worst transportation chokepoints, along with the I-5/I-84/I-405 Interchange, the OR 212/224 Corridor, the I-205/I-5 Interchange and the OR 217/I-5 Interchange. according to a new report released today by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.- based national transportation research organization. TRIP’s report, “Oregon’s Transportation Chokepoints: the Top 50 […]May 13, 2010HomeMary Peters, LaHood’s predecessor, confirmed for public-private partnership conferenceFormer U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters has just been confirmed as a general session speaker at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA’s) 22nd Annual Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation Conference, scheduled for July 22-23 in Washington, D.C. Peters will join industry leaders and officials including members of the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of […]May 12, 2010BusinessARTBA Foundation awards scholarships to the children of fallen highway workersThe children of highway workers killed or permanently disabled on the job will receive financial assistance in their pursuit of higher education thanks to scholarships announced by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF). Students from Iowa, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Michigan have been named 2010 recipients of the ARTBA-TDF’s Highway […]May 11, 2010SafetyCongress introduces toxic chemicals legislationCongress has introduced legislation to revamp the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), according to the National Asphalt Association (NAPA). The Senate version, “Toxic Chemicals Safety Act” would shift the burden of assessing chemical safety away from EPA and into the hands of the producer or manufacturer, according to the Asphalt Pavement Alliance […]May 11, 2010HomeBridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions increasing prices up to 6 percentMuscatine, Iowa-based Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, announced on May 3 that it has increased prices on its Firestone, Dayton and Bandag brand products up to 6 percent. Effective June 1, 2010, Firestone brand, as well as Dayton brand, truck and bus radial tire base prices will increase […]May 11, 2010HomeTotal steel import permits decrease 3 percentBased on the Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported on May 6 that steel import permit applications for the month of April totaled 1,968,000 net tons (NT). This was a 3-percent decrease from the 2,027,000 permit tons recorded in March and no […]May 11, 2010BusinessProposed rule broadens DBE Program inclusionsSmall businesses would benefit from a proposed rule that would help more economically and socially disadvantaged businesses participate in federal highway, transit and airport construction projects, while making the states and agencies that run the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program more accountable, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. “When we help small businesses, we’re […]May 11, 2010BusinessLafarge brings back 77 employees before expectedLafarge is recalling 77 of its employees as early as today because of an uptick in demand for cement, the The Alpena News reports. 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