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Roadbuilding: Page 284
Roadbuilding
Caterpillar launches E2 Series mini hydraulic excavators
[imagebrowser id=16] Caterpillar unveiled today five new mini hydraulic excavators, all of which will benefit from a new hydraulic system and will be produced at the company’s new Athens, Georgia facility. The new E2 Series machines include the 303.5E2, 304E2, 305E2, 305.5E2 and 308E2. Each of the new machines will feature Cat’s new High Definition […]
September 25, 2014
Roadbuilding
PHOTOS: Directional drill dives from trailer, dangles over Dallas freeway
[imagebrowser id=14]  Dallas-area law enforcement got some unwanted experience with uprighting an overturned directional drill after one fell from a flatbed trailer and then dangled from the side of the side of an overpass. According to a report from the Dallas Morning-News, the drill overturned while being hauled over a ramp that links the eastbound […]
September 24, 2014
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Roadbuilding
Ohio to start largest single construction project in state history
The Portsmouth Gateway Group is set to begin building the largest single construction project the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has ever seen. Construction won’t be cheap – it’ll cost around $429 million to construct the entire Portsmouth Bypass, which is a 16-mile, four-lane limited access highway from U.S. 23 north of Lucasville to U.S. 52 near […]
September 24, 2014
Roadbuilding
Salt prices to hurt road budgets
With winter right around the corner, cold-weather states are starting to stockpile on rock salt to fight icy conditions. Unfortunately, several states will have to squeeze budgets due to skyrocketing prices. In Michigan, Ann Arbor area municipalities, school systems and road commissions are paying $76.58 per ton of rock salt. That’s more than double last year’s […]
September 24, 2014
Roadbuilding
3 workers hit, 1 killed in highway construction zone crash
The North Carolina Highway Patrol was forced to shut down Interstate 40 for several hours following an accident in a construction zone. Construction crews were working on a paving project at the interchange at Highway 18 when a pickup truck drove through the construction zone and hit three workers. One worker, Flavio Jaimes, died on the […]
September 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
A giant pothole swallows up a school bus tire
Our nation’s roads are becoming so bad that potholes are apparently starting to look more like sinkholes. At least that was the case with a pothole in Detroit that was big enough to swallow a bus wheel, according to an online report from Detroit’s WDIV/ClickonDetroit.com. The tire on a Detroit Public Schools’ First Student bus […]
September 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
Highway and bridge construction on the rise in August
New construction starts are back to the normal pace reported during the first seven months of the year. Construction dropped nine percent in August after recording a boost in energy-related manufacturing projects in July. However, the drop did not seem to have a negative impact on highway and bridge construction. According to McGraw Hill Construction, a division […]
September 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
Komatsu’s HM300-5 articulated dump truck offers combination of efficiency and performance
Komatsu focused on reducing operating cost with the development of the company’s HM300-5 articulated dump truck, which features an EPA Tier 4 final SAA6D125E-7 engine that delivers 324 net horsepower. With integrated Selective Catalyst Reduction, the engine reduces NOx emissions using AdBlue DEF. The engine’s electronic control system manages parameters including the airflow rate, fuel […]
September 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
Two students take top honors in ARTBA video contest
A high school student from Pennsylvania and an undergraduate student from Florida Polytechnic Institute were named winners of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 4th annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.” The contest aimed to raise awareness about infrastructure issues by challenging students to develop a brief video exploring various topics relating to America’s transportation network. Students […]
September 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
Driver hops out of truck and attacks construction worker
As if workers in road work zones didn’t have enough to worry about between speeding cars and inattentive drivers, the driver of a tanker truck was recently arrested for allegedly attacking a construction worker near Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a report from NewsMiner.com, 26-year-old truck driver Alan Osborn Baxter pulled up to the work zone, left […]
September 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
Surface transportation projects receive 10 more weeks of funding
Congress has approved H.J. Res. 124 which is a measure that will give state departments of transportations an addition 10 weeks of funding for surface transportation projects. H.J. Res. 124 will provide partial appropriations for the new federal fiscal year that starts on October 1, and runs through December 11. It includes $7.9 billion of […]
September 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
Wrongly fired DOT employees return to work
Two years after being fired from their jobs, Steven Scott and Ken Morrow have returned to work for the Iowa Department of Transportation. An administrative law judge ruled that both men should be reinstated to their jobs they were fired from in August of 2012. The judge also ordered the state to pay back wages, legal […]
September 19, 2014
Roadbuilding
Construction error and weather causes new pavement to crumble within hours
Emergency highway repairs were needed on Interstate 65, near Corridor X, in Alabama following a construction error. Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) officials say the wrong pavement mix, and weather, caused fresh asphalt to start crumbling and breaking apart just two hours after commuters were allowed to drive on the surface. Potholes immediately began to […]
September 19, 2014
Roadbuilding
New ARTBA awards program to highlight good works
Construction firms intent on giving back to their communities may now be honored for their good works. The Transportation Development Foundation, an American Road and Transportation Builders Association foundation that promotes research, education and public awareness, is launching the Helping Hand Awards, which recognizes transportation design, construction and safety firms that improve the quality of […]
September 19, 2014
Roadbuilding
Highway users, road builders oppose bill to surrender federal highway authority
Transportation interests have written Congress to express opposition to the so-called “devolution” of the federal highway program and the proposed Transportation Empowerment Act. The bill, introduced in the House and Senate last fall, transfers almost all authority over federal highway and transit programs to the states over a five-year period. It would lower the federal […]
September 18, 2014
Roadbuilding
Hawaii DOT to pay over $1 million for stormwater violations
The Hawaii Department of Transportation will pay a $1.2 million penalty for federal Clean Water Act stormwater violations at the Honolulu and Kalaeloa harbors on Oahu. This comes after an inspection in 2008 found trash and chemicals on HDOT land could enter the water through runoff. The $1.2 million in penalties will be divided equally between […]
September 18, 2014
Roadbuilding
Foxx announces 72 TIGER 2014 recipients
The Department of Transportation (DOT) will provide $600 million for 72 transportation projects in 46 states and the District of Columbia from its TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) 2014 program. The DOT received 797 eligible applications from 49 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. That’s a huge increase from the 585 applications […]
September 18, 2014
Roadbuilding
Man steals Caterpillar excavator and other construction equipment
Police have arrested a man in Beaufort County, N.C., after he allegedly stole a Caterpillar excavator and other construction equipment from his employer. The thief, Herbert Lee Garriss, 46, has been charged with three counts of larceny. Authorities say Garriss stole a Caterpillar excavator, a Kawasaki Mule UTV (utility task vehicle) and a portable fuel tank from the […]
September 17, 2014
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