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Michigan DOT earns Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation
Work performed by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to preserve Native American artifacts found during the M-231 project has earned the department, and the six tribes involved in the effort, the Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation. Construction on M-231 began in spring 2011 and will stretch from M-45, a.k.a. Lake Michigan Drive, to the Interstate 96/M-104/112th […]
April 9, 2015
Roadbuilding
Today is Stand Up 4 Transportation Day; campaign urges passage of long-term highway bill
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is promoting April 9 as Stand Up for Transportation Day, an effort to “focus on the urgency of the passage of a long-term, federal transportation bill” involving 300 organizations in 140 communities throughout the country. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, also known as MAP-21, […]
April 9, 2015
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Manitowoc’s new Grove GHC Series telescoping crawler cranes offer compact capability for utility, highway work (PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=227] Manitowoc recently unveiled its latest Grove telescoping crawler cranes, taking the wraps off the new GHC series and discussing its value for utility contractors and road builders . Short for Grove Hydraulic Crawler, the new GHC Series will be distributed by Grove and include the 55-ton GHC55, 77-ton GHC75 and the 132-ton GHC130. All three cranes […]
April 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
Minnesota DOT to tackle 290 statewide construction projects this season
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has begun work on 290 transportation construction projects for this season, many of which will focus on preserving and maintaining the state’s aging roads and bridges with short-term fixes. Half of the states roads and roughly 40 percent of the bridges are more than 50 years old, according to Transportation […]
April 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
Michigan conference to discuss transportation asset management, highway funding strategies
The Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) of Michigan will hold its annual spring conference April 30 in Grand Rapids to provide a forum for reviewing strategies for managing assets, road funding, and pavement management. This year’s theme is “Investing in Our Future with Data Driven Decisions.” “Every state and local transportation agency is faced with […]
April 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
TRB staff members move into technical, strategic initiative roles
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies has moved several staff members into new positions to support its Strategic Initiatives and Technical Activities programs. Mark Norman will become the director of Program Development and Strategic Initiatives. For 15 years he had served as the director of TRB’s Technical Activities Division, a role that Dr. […]
April 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
Squad of excavators chews up a bridge in 30-second demolition time-lapse
Time-lapse photography may have begun with capturing the movements of people and growing plants, but as it has matured, it’s a photographic technique that feels tailor-made for construction and demolition. There’s a universal wonder the technique taps into when seeing structures appear and disappear, seemingly out of thin air. And with cameras and methods becoming […]
April 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Water shortage in California the result of 40 years of delusional infrastructure neglect
California’s water shortage looms large in the headlines this spring. What few are talking about, however, is that the shortage is entirely man made. While the shortage is being blamed on global warming, big developers and big agriculture, it’s really the fault of big-headed people with a small vision of the future. These dire circumstances […]
April 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
NYCDOT plans $100 million in improvements to make Queens “Boulevard of Death” safer
The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) will rework the 7-mile corridor of Queens Boulevard as part of the $100 million Greet Streets initiative, beginning with a 1.3-mile segment that includes a protected bike lane. NYCDOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg recently presented the initial plan to the Queens Community Board 2 Transportation Committee, with an […]
April 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Shuster leads Pennsylvania transportation roadshow for infrastructure needs awareness
Pennsylvania legislators, members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (TIC), and state department of transportation officials are hitting the road in Pennsylvania April 7-8 to promote the need for a long-term surface transportation bill. TIC Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) will lead the group of five committee members and five state (North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, […]
April 7, 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
Roadbuilding
Georgia budgets $1.1 billion for heavy equipment purchases, passes beefy highway bill
The construction industry in Georgia will get a substantial boost in 2015 thanks to the state’s new budget and a big highway bill. According to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gov. Nathan Deal will sign a budget marking $1.1 billion in borrowing for construction and equipment purchases alone. The equipment will be used in numerous construction projects across […]
April 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
USDOT TIGER funding makes $500 million available for transportation projects
The seventh round of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program opens up $500 million for transportation projects, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced. The FY 2015 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, signed last December, provides for the TIGER funding this year. Applications must be submitted for capital investments […]
April 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
Missing barricade leaves VW Bug straddling a work zone barrier in Oklahoma
The driver of a Volkswagen beetle walked away from the car shaken up but unharmed after mistakenly driving into a construction zone in Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to a report from News on 6, after entering the Interstate 244 work zone, the Bug wound up straddling a concrete lane barrier, taking some heavy damage. Tulsa Police told the site […]
April 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
Missouri commission awards $13 million in road and bridge contracts
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded 11 contracts totaling nearly $13 million for the 24-country Southeast District of the state, covering pavement repairs, overlays, intersection improvements, bridge replacement, and sidewalk improvements. These include: $107,808 contract was awarded to Fronabarger Concreters for concrete repairs on Interstate 55 from the Jefferson County line to Route 60 […]
April 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
North Carolina DOT holds regional student bridge building contest
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) recently held the four regional competitions for its 16th annual Model Bridge Building competition for middle and high school students. The finals will be April 17 in Raleigh. The competition aims to provide students with a “hands-on opportunity to apply their science, technology, engineering and math skills to […]
April 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
South Carolina DOT to use FHWA innovation research grant for bridge inspections
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has received a $787,104 grant from the Federal Highway Administration’s Accelerated Innovation Deployment Program for demonstration programs for “innovative road and bridge work that will lead to better, safer infrastructure.” SCDOT will use the funds for its structural health monitoring (SHM) program to use in visual bridge inspections, […]
April 3, 2015
Roadbuilding
Ohio governor signs $5 billion transportation budget bill
Ohio Governor John Kasich signed H.B. 53, the state’s 2016-2017 Transportation Budget Bill, into law April 1, providing $5 billion for nearly 1,600 projects across the state. The bill provides $600 million for local government road and bridge projects, a new streamlined contracting process, and driver training reforms. Major projects that will be able to […]
April 3, 2015
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