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Roadbuilding: Page 290
Roadbuilding
NJDOT worker faces 10 years in prison for stealing
An employee of the New Jersey Department of Transportation has been indicted on charges he used a state-issued fuel card to steal around $2,000 worth of gas for personal use. William Lomonaco, a 29-year veteran of the department, faces one count each of official misconduct and theft, according to the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office. If […]
August 13, 2014
Roadbuilding
Bursting bubble of big tobacco financing gives glimpse of road building’s future without a gas tax increase
Last week I wrote about how states that engage in public-private partnerships (P3s) and other types of debt and bond financing would create short term gains and long term disaster for the road building industry. This weekend I read an article on ProPublica, an independent journalism site, that shows how the exact same thing—only using tobacco money—is […]
August 13, 2014
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Roadbuilding
Louisiana awarded $250k grant for bridge work
Senator David Vitter announced $250,000 will be awarded to the Louisiana Department of Transportation for bridge work in Vermilion Parish. The grant will be used to improve the Maree Michael and Creek Bridges on LA 91. “It’s important to improve our nation’s roads and bridges and help provide traffic relief so we can carry out on […]
August 13, 2014
Roadbuilding
Wirtgen acquires majority stake in Benninghoven
Wirtgen has acquired a 70 percent majority stake in Benninghoven, located in Germany. Benninghoven is a manufacturer of asphalt mixing plants with proven success and a long-standing tradition. Wirtgen says it will now offer one-stop solutions to its customers including all processes starting with the crushing of rocks, through the mixing of asphalt to laying, compacting […]
August 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
62-year-old worker killed near Throgs Neck Bridge
A 62-year-old construction worker was killed in an accident near Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx, New York. The accident happened early in the morning when construction crews were unloading a cabinet full of electrical equipment. The equipment accidentally fell off of the pallet, killing the worker. “We had a contractor who was working on a […]
August 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
Bridge or Landscape? You be the Judge
Jones & Jones Architecture and a landscape architecture team from Seattle blur the lines between structure and natural land with the Vancouver Land Bridge. Connecting the Columbia River with Fort Vancouver, the pedestrian walkway commemorates the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The bridge, located across the six-lane State Highway 14 in Vancouver, Washington, […]
August 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
Holcim and Lafarge detail Brazilian disposal plans
Holcim and Lafarge have announced the activities they plan to offload in Brazil in order to gain antitrust approval for their merger to create the largest cement maker in the world. The Swiss and French companies plan to sell several assets, including three integrated cement plants and two grinding stations as well as one ready-mix plant in […]
August 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
Congress passes Highway Trust Fund patch; Obama signs
Just hours after the House turned down the Senate’s highway funding bill, Congress has passed a $10.8 billion bill to fund the Highway Trust Fund. Without the temporary patch, the HTF would have run dry in the next month or so. The bill is expected to be signed by President Barack Obama and should allow […]
August 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
Impressive agitation: Neal Manufacturing Storage Tanks
Neal Manufacturing, a division of Blastcrete Equipment Company, offers long-term storage solutions for coal tar and asphalt emulsions with its skid-mounted sealer mixer tanks. The storage tanks are made with high-quality components and heavy-gauge materials for durability, reliability and exceptional material transfer. They also allow contractors to save money by purchasing material in bulk and […]
August 11, 2014
Roadbuilding
21 states receiving millions to repair storm-damaged roads
The Department of Transportation announced $334 million in emergency funds will be used to help 21 states repair roads and bridges damaged by storms and floods. Colorado will be getting $130 million, which is by far the more than any other state. The funds will help the state fix several roads and bridges damaged by […]
August 11, 2014
Roadbuilding
The 6 signs of a bad construction boss
Managing employees can be one of the toughest jobs to face when running a company. Too often, contractors build their business without having any training, guidance or expertise in how to deal with their people effectively. If you’re in the black, you might not worry about how good of a boss you are, but poor […]
August 11, 2014
Roadbuilding
Fecon hosts I Make America Tour
Fecon proudly hosted a stop on the nationwide I Make America Harley Tour. The tour is on behalf of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). I Make America has more than 30,000 supporters who advocate pro-manufacturing policies to create more jobs in the U.S. and keep the economy competitive worldwide. The purpose of the Harley […]
August 11, 2014
Roadbuilding
Missouri voters speak: Sales tax not the place for raising highway monies
Missouri voters in Tuesday’s (8/5) primary elections, as I wrote last week, were presented with a ballot measure that would have raised the state retail sales tax a fraction of a cent to help fund transportation projects — it would also, as I noted, have prohibited for 10 years tolling as a means of funding and likewise […]
August 11, 2014
Roadbuilding
Highway worker killed when driver veers off road
A road worker was killed on Highway 101 in Redwood City, California, when a female driver veered her vehicle off the road. California Highway Patrol say the driver crashed through a fence near the Marsh Road exit off of southbound 101, and hit three people. She was driving a Mercedes C-Class coupe when she apparently lost […]
August 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Excavator used to kill pedestrian, flip bus in terrorist rampage in Jerusalem
One man is dead and six others are wounded in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem carried out by a construction worker driving an excavator. Police identified the driver as 30-year-old Muhammed Naif El-Ja’abis, a Palestinian man from East Jerusalem working on a building site near the “‘seam’ between the western and eastern parts […]
August 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Toll roads, P3s and creative financing will bring short-term gain, long-term disaster for the road building industry
For the last half-century gas and diesel taxes collected at the pump have been the primary source of funding for almost all our highway infrastructure. But Congress hasn’t increased the gas tax or adjusted it for inflation since 1992. Anti-tax advocates claim this as a victory, but it’s not. With the highway trust fund running […]
August 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Do you wear your seat belt at night?
The Colorado Department of Transportation cracked down on nighttime drivers not wearing their seat belts. According to the CDOT, seat belt use is consistently lower at night than during the day which results in an increased number of unbuckled fatalities. The state teamed up with law enforcement agencies for its annual nighttime seat belt education […]
August 7, 2014
Roadbuilding
PHOTOS: Bobcat’s Acceleration Center aimed at promoting ‘chance encounters,’ and ‘failing early and often’
Taking cues from several tech companies, including Microsoft, Google and Sundog, Bobcat opened its $28 million Acceleration Center in Bismarck this week, designed to promote “chance encounters” among its employees, and in the process creating a facility unique in the construction equipment business. “Our aim is to fail early and often, spend less money on […]
August 7, 2014
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