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Roadbuilding
Bad roads in South Carolina cost drivers $3 billion annually
Bad roads and bridges in South Carolina cost area drivers $3 billion a year, and as much as $1,300 per motorist. According to the latest Trip report, the expenses are due to higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and congestion-related delays. Research done by the TRIP report, “South Carolina Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State’s […]
January 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
Gov. Bruce Rauner puts Illiana Expressway on hold
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s first move as the state’s top executive official was to delay the planned expressway between Illinois and Indiana. The Republican has issued an executive order in hopes to cut spending. As a result, planning and development of any major interstate construction projects have been immediately suspended pending a “careful review” of costs […]
January 15, 2015
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Roadbuilding
Wacker Nueson and Wirtgen enter roller alliance
Wacker Neuson SE and the Wirtgen Group have agreed to enter a strategic alliance for soil and asphalt compaction rollers. Starting in February 2015, Wacker Neuson will source rollers from the Hamm factory in Tirschenreuth, Germany, and distribute them from its own sales network. The company will focus initially on markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. […]
January 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
Parents file $10M lawsuit against construction company over son’s death
Two parents in Florida have filed a $10 million lawsuit against a Miami-based construction company following the death of their 18-year-old son. As reported by the Tallahassee Democrat, Drew Kimberl, a Wakulla High School senior, was killed when a nearly one-ton group of panels fell on top of him during construction of the Aucilla River […]
January 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
Atlas Copco upgrades Dynapac road construction equipment
[imagebrowser id=30] Atlas Copco has upgraded and reintroduced its Dynapac road construction equipment line. Dynapac has been a pioneer in paving products since its inception in 1934, and now that it’s a part of Atlas Copco it will continue to focus on innovation for compaction, paving and milling equipment. Since acquiring Dynamic in 2007, Atlas Copco has […]
January 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
TranSystems announces new Principal
TranSystems, an engineering and consulting firm that provides integrated solutions for transportation infrastructure challenges, has announced the promotion of Anthony Albert to Principal. Albert has 22 years of engineering experience in the construction management of large, complex roadways and structures. During his time with TranSystems he has held a number of leadership positions, including Construction […]
January 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
Design error causing Fort Lauderdale bridges to be built too high
Two new bridges in Fort Lauderdale are currently being built too high due to a design error. In order to fix the error, the state may be forces to raise a portion of Las Olas Boulevard, according to the Sun Sentinel. State officials are saying designers used old data when planning the bridge construction, making them 1.74 feet too high. The […]
January 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
Maine’s LePage unveils $2 billion transportation plan
Maine travelers should prepare to see $470 million worth of improvements and maintenance on the state’s transportation infrastructure this year which is part of a three-year plan unveiled by Gov. Paul LePage earlier this week. The three-year plan, valued at about $2 billion, includes more than 1,900 projects for 2015, 2016 and 2017. However, only the projects […]
January 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
Gov. Rick Snyder signs $1.3 billion plan for Michigan roads
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a transportation infrastructure bill to spend $1.3 billion more per year to help fix Michigan’s deteriorating roads and other transportation infrastructure. The bill is contingent on voters increasing the state sales tax to seven percent in May. Snyder signed a package of 11 laws that would restructure and ultimately raise flat per-gallon fuel taxes while […]
January 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
Atlanta Bridgescape Competition has begun
The Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the Midtown Alliance have announced the Atlanta Bridgescape Competition. The design competition hopes to receive a broad range of proposals for conceptual designs to reconceive and enhance two existing Interstate bridges – one in Midtown at 10th Street and one in Downtown at Courtland Street/Ralph McGill Boulevard. “This Bridgescape design competition […]
January 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
Highway fatalities in Maine reach 70-year low
The number of people who lost their lives on Maine’s highways was the lowest in 70 years. According to statistics released by state police, 128 highway deaths were reported in 2014 which is the fewest fatalities since 1944. “It’s a historic year for highway fatalities in Maine, and we’ll take it,” state police spokesman Stephen McCausland […]
January 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
Texas sees more traffic deaths in construction work zones than any other state
The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse has released the latest data tally of deaths in motor vehicle traffic crashes in construction work zones, broken down by state. Of 32,719 traffic fatalities in 2013, 579 occurred in work zones. Texas topped the list, with 104 fatalities occurring in a work zone. The NWZSIC pulls the data from the […]
January 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
John Deere’s 244K and 324K compact wheel loaders
[imagebrowser id=29] John Deere’s newest compact machines, the 244K and 324K compact wheel loaders, deliver features specifically requested by the company’s customers, says Doug Laufenberg, product marketing manager for compact wheel loaders. The loaders, which offer a range of improvements when compared to their predecessors, the J-Series models, feature tight turning, standard shift on fly […]
January 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
New state data revealed on infrastructure report card latest tablet app update
We already know that our nation’s infrastructure isn’t scoring top marks on its report card. They’re the kind of grades that would have put me in trouble with my folks and certainly wouldn’t have bene marks I could have used for my undergrad or grad school applications. But just in case you want to see […]
January 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
Nancy Pelosi says it’s time to raise the gas tax
More and more members of Congress are starting to support an increase to the gasoline tax which pays for the America’s transportation infrastructure. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) also has said her political party cannot rule out any Highway Trust Fund proposals being made by Republicans. “I can’t respond to their proposal because I don’t know […]
January 9, 2015
Roadbuilding
Construction adds 48,000 workers in December, employment up 5 percent YOY
The construction industry added Americans to its workforce in every month of 2014, an employment streak capped by an addition of 48,000 workers in December. The U.S. construction workforce now employs 6.166 million people according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. That’s the highest employment mark for the industry since March 2009 when it employed 6.291 million. […]
January 9, 2015
Roadbuilding
Sen. Barbara Boxer will retire from Congress in 2016
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has announced plans to retire from Congress following her current term. “I will not be running for the Senate in 2016,” Boxer announced on her website in a video with her grandson. “I want to come home to this state that I love so much, California.” Boxer, 74, is seen as a leader on environmental issues […]
January 9, 2015
Roadbuilding
Boxer tells GOP to focus on Highway Trust Fund, not Keystone
It’s clear that one of Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-Calif.) top priorities is to fix the Highway Trust Fund before it runs out of funding in May. However, not everyone agrees that it should be Congress’ main focus. A lot of Republicans have made the Keystone XL pipeline their top priority, and Boxer doesn’t understand why. “It is a […]
January 8, 2015
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