Bobby Atkinson (EQW)RoadbuildingAlabama DOT worker killed after being struck by a semi-truckAn Alabama Department of Transportation road worker operating a dump truck was killed this week afterĀ a semi-truck hit his vehicle in an interstate construction zone. The Tuscaloosa News reported that 52-year-old Tonnie Bernard Watkins was working from insideĀ his dump truck on Nov. 16 in a construction area at mile marker 19.5 onĀ Interstate 20/59 near Livingston [ā¦]November 19, 2015RoadbuildingThe RoadPrinter builds brick roads as if it were unrolling carpetLaying each individual block in a brick road can be a time-consuming process, but this machine from RP Systems has made the process a little less time consuming and much more fun to watch. Tech Insider recently featured the video below of the PRS6 RoadPrinter easily rolling out a road.Ā Plus, the machine is building a [ā¦]November 18, 2015RoadbuildingYoung engineer finds wide audience with photos documenting bridge construction in LouisvilleDocumenting construction isnāt in Kyle Parksā job description on the Downtown Crossing bridge construction in Louisville. But perched out over the Ohio River and high above the city, the 22-year-old engineer took a photo of the construction with the cityscape in the background and suddenly found a new side gig. WDRB reported that Parks, an [ā¦]November 18, 2015RoadbuildingYet another patch passed by House would extend highway funding through Dec. 4 as Congress works out long-term billDespite talk that Congress wanted to have a long-term transportation bill on President Barack Obamaās desk by next week, a meaningful highway bill wonāt be something to be thankful for by Thanksgiving. The House of Representatives passed the 36th straight short-term patch to the Highway Trust Fund Monday night to extend funding through Dec. 4 [ā¦]November 18, 2015RoadbuildingFlagger killed after being run over by coworker in West Virginia work zoneA 70-year-old flagger for the West Virginia Department of Highways died earlier this month after being run over by a fellow DOH worker. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-RegisterĀ reported that Susan Custer was working on a highway jobsite Nov. 10 near the Pennsylvania border when she fell underneath a pickup truck. The driver of the truck [ā¦]November 16, 2015RoadbuildingThe massive SLJ900 tows a bridge into place, one section at a timeThe SLJ900 is yet another modular take on bridge building. But rather than sliding pre-built sections of bridge in from the side as is now done on many highways, this 300-foot-long machine drops sections in a straight line. The machine usesĀ arms that grip the beams set to supportĀ the bridge and from there, itās a balancing [ā¦]November 16, 2015RoadbuildingWork zone flagger killed after being struck by garbage truck on Missouri highwayA flagger in Missouri died Nov. 12Ā after he was struck by a garbage truck that was involved in a four-vehicle crash in Johnson County. The Daily Star-JournalĀ reported reports John Johnson, 47, was working as a flagman on a road construction projectĀ and had stopped southbound traffic on Highway 13 when the garbage truck hit a stopped [ā¦]November 15, 2015RoadbuildingLeBas to step down as Louisiana DOTD secretary after 6 yearsThe first female secretary for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced she willĀ be stepping down from her post in 2016. The Advocate reported that Sherri LeBas willĀ be leaving her position early next year before the winner of the upcoming governorās race takes office. LeBas said she hopes for a chanceĀ toĀ helpĀ the new appointee with [ā¦]November 12, 2015RoadbuildingArizona DOT honored for its commitment to diversityThe Arizona Department of Transportation has been honored with an award for the departmentās commitment to diversity. The Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Minority Business Development Agency awarded ADOT with the Arizona Million Dollar Circle of Excellence Award Nov. 13 at the Business Diversity Summit, the department announced. The award is given annually [ā¦]November 12, 2015RoadbuildingUtah DOT: āGet your head out of your appsāāGet your head out of your apps.ā Thatās the playfully blunt message drivers in Utah got on Monday on electric highway signs in the state this week, according to KSL in Salt Lake City. 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