Joy Powell (EQW)RoadbuildingTrump’s newly released infrastructure plan draws mixed reviews, including concernsIndustry groups on Monday voiced mixed reviews of President Donald Trump’s newly released infrastructure plan. They expressed disappointment over the lack of a permanent solution for the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and new worries over the proposed elimination of transportation construction grants. Trump wants to use $200 billion in federal money to generate […]February 12, 2018RoadbuildingIllinois Tollway’s massive I-90 project wins a top construction industry awardThe Illinois Tollway has won Construction Industry Service Corporation’s 2017 Project of the Year Award for the $2.5 billion Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) Rebuilding and Widening Project. The four-year project involved more than 540 firms, including 415 construction companies and 125 professional engineering services firms. More than 200 of those firms were identified as […]February 12, 2018RoadbuildingParker tapped as 2018 chairman of NAPACraig Parker is being sworn in today, February 12, as 2018 chairman of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) during the association’s 63rd Annual Meeting in San Diego. As chairman, Parker is responsible for guiding NAPA’s efforts to support the asphalt pavement industry. Parker is executive vice president of Silver Star Construction, based in Moore, […]February 12, 2018DealersCat dealers unite: Foley Inc., of N.J. acquires Giles & Ransome of Penn.Foley, Inc. of Piscataway, New Jersey, has bought Giles & Ransome, Inc., headquartered in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The acquisition brings together two Caterpillar dealers with 160 years of combined industry experience. Both dealerships and Caterpillar agreed on the transaction. “Our vision is to create customer experiences that create customers for life, and we believe that the […]February 9, 2018RoadbuildingLatest recycler and stabilizer models focus on operator comfortOnce seen as a luxury, stabilizer/reclaimer cabs are now viewed as a necessity by many contractors. Still, plenty of operators run these machines without cabs, an add-on that has been on the market for more than 20 years. “There are still older machines out there, and some customers will buy new machines without the cab,” […]February 9, 2018RoadbuildingTransportation Research Board offering webinar on pavement marking visibilityThe Transportation Research Board is offering a webinar that will focus on helping to ensure roadways are safe for night travel. This webinar will focus on assessing pavement marking retroreflectivity at night. It will explore proposed pavement marking visibility standards and promising maintenance practices, according to the TRB. The webinar will be held from 2 p.m. […]February 8, 2018RoadbuildingSpurred by a trucker’s murder, MnDOT installing truck parking technology at rest areasMinnesota is now taking action with a $1.4 million project to improve trucker’s safety at rest stops, culminating a long effort touched off by the 2009 slaying of New York-based trucker Jason Rivenburg. Work is now under way by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to install technology at seven rest areas in the state that […]February 8, 2018DealersDoosan Portable Power adds Six & Mango of Texas to its dealer networkDoosan Portable Power has named Six & Mango Equipment of Texas as an authorized dealer. The company will distribute Doosan generators, air compressors, light towers and light compaction equipment to customers in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth metro area and northern suburbs. Six & Mango Equipment owners David Six and Jim Mango have more than 50 […]February 7, 2018RoadbuildingConcrete and cement Industry groups introduce free web-based pavement design platformA free, new online concrete pavement design tool now offers features and benefits never before available to the cement and concrete industry – and engineers are snapping it up for use in the few weeks since its launch. Industry groups worked together on the two-year effort to launch the highly interactive tool PavementDesigner.org for city, […]February 7, 2018DealersAEM, EDA unite to respond to ‘Right to Repair’ legislationDealers will be a critical link for a new industry commitment to provide comprehensive service information tools to farmers for tractors and combines for models manufactured in 2021 and beyond. There’s a new dealer website, R2Rsolutions.org, to help you learn more about this initiative. 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