Chris Hill (EQW)RoadbuildingMississippi DOT engineer wins TRB highway design and construction awardMississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) engineer W. Griffin Sullivan is a co-winner of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 2015 Best Practice Ready Paper Award for research on highway design and construction techniques. TRB’s Design and Construction Group selected the paper detailing methods for improving highway base layer design and construction. The organization will present the […]December 7, 2015RoadbuildingUSDOT offers webinar series on Connected Vehicles Pilot Deployment ProgramThe U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is offering three webinars covering technical assistance for the Connected Vehicles Pilot Deployment Program. “The Connected Vehicles Pilot Deployment Program seeks to combine connected vehicle and mobile device technologies in innovative and cost-effective ways,” USDOT’s ITS Joint Program Office says. “Ultimately, this program will improve […]December 7, 2015RoadbuildingIowa bridge building contest promotes STEM careersThe Iowa Department of Transportation and the Institute for Transportation (InTrans) at Iowa State University co-sponsored this year’s Ready, Set, Build! Bridge Building Competition, an event aimed at promoting to children careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The competition includes teams in four age groups as well as a family category that invites […]December 7, 2015RoadbuildingFHWA provides $1 million in emergency relief funds for damages in Arizona, California and NevadaThe Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has made $1 million in emergency relief funds available for repairs to bridges and roads damaged by recent floods in Arizona, California and Nevada. Officials estimate the total cots to repair the damage structures could be more than $12 million. Flooding in mid-October damaged roads and bridges owned by the […]December 4, 2015RoadbuildingVirginia DOT partners with Va. Tech on accelerated pavement testingThe Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has partnered with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) to use a heavy vehicle simulator to provide accelerated pavement testing to study traffic impacts in a shorter period of time. “We located this program at VTTI because VDOT has a long and productive relationship of collaborating with Virginia Tech […]December 4, 2015RoadbuildingPennsylvania P3 Board approves bridge, transit projectsThe Pennsylvania Public-Private Partnership (P3) Board recently approved projects that will improve 34 bridges in Northampton County and assist in “transit development” at a Middletown train station. “Public-private partnerships are one way that we can leverage private-sector ideas and resources to improve transportation in our state,” Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary and P3 Board […]December 4, 2015RoadbuildingFederal study on bridge conditions shows improvements made in last 10 yearsThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows in its recent study on bridge conditions across the country an overall improvement of bridge conditions since 2005. The agency released the study to the public Nov. 30. The GAO examined data from the Federal Highway Administration’s National Bridge Inventory covering 2005 through 2014, and found the number of […]December 3, 2015RoadbuildingRhode Island DOT moves pavement marking work in-house to save $22.1 million over 10 yearsThe Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will handle its own roadway pavement marking work instead of contracting out the services in a move to save more than $22.1 million over a 10-year period. To do this, RIDOT is “reorganizing personnel and purchasing equipment” for the roughly 3,300 lane miles of state roads it maintains. […]December 3, 2015RoadbuildingIllinois Tollway approves $165.9 million in construction and engineering contracts in NovemberThe board of directors for the Illinois Tollway approved $162.4 million for seven construction contracts and $3.5 million for an engineering contract in the group’s November round of approvals. The approvals, which are part of the Move Illinois program, bring the total for the year to roughly $1.1 billion and more than $4.1 billion since […]December 3, 2015RoadbuildingArizona DOT plans test of wrong-way vehicle detection system in Phoenix, releases study findingsThe Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans next year to test a wrong-way vehicle detection and alert system in the Phoenix area using existing highway sensors following a study of wrong-way crashes and how technology can reduce their numbers. ADOT used the study results to settle on a 3- to 4-mile section of Interstate 17 […]December 2, 2015Previous PagePage 174 of 225Next PageTop StoriesVintage EquipmentPOV Tour: The Most Epic Collection of Vintage Construction EquipmentStep inside a 38,000-square-foot time capsule of earthmoving history, packed with 100 meticulously restored vintage machines — including early Cat, Holt and Best tractors.TractorsKubota Revamps BX90 Subcompact Tractor Line With More Power and CapabilityGraders/ScrapersK-Tec Reveals 1232 Scraper with 32-Yard Capacity for Articulated HaulersMarket PulseQuick Data: Top-Selling New and Used Compact Utility LoadersMini ExcavatorsCat’s New 2.4- and 2.6-Ton Mini Excavators Pack More Lift
