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Roadbuilding: Page 383
Roadbuilding
Residential construction positioned for expansion, nonresidential will ‘limp along’
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that nonresidential construction spending fell 3.3 percent in January, with outlays decreasing to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $572.1 billion, citing a March 1 report by the U.S. Census Bureau. Year over year, total nonresidential construction spending is up only 0.8 percent (unadjusted for inflation), according to […]
March 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Illinois Tollway needs firms for 15-year, $12 million program
The Illinois Tollway is looking for firms to provide design, construction management and technical services for 23 new contracts associated with its 15-year, $12 billion capital program Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future. The contracts will provide for an estimated $90 million in design and construction management for the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway […]
March 4, 2013
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Roadbuilding
Volvo Trucks names Grile Auto & Truck Repair 2012 U.S. Dealer of the Year Award
The annual Volvo Trucks Dealer of the Year award honors the dealership’s organization and employees for overall accomplishment and performance. Selection criteria for the award includes outstanding performance in new truck and parts sales, growth in market share, penetration of Volvo engines, customer satisfaction index and investment in facilities. The business opened in 1962 as […]
March 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
Nevada may go to 85 mph speed limit
Is it a gamble? Nevada may be turning 70 into 85 as legislation is introduced to raise the state’s speed limit for some roads. The bill, from State Senator Don Gustavson, would allow the Nevada Department of Transportation to increase the maximum speed limit to 85 mph where the agency determines that speed is safe. […]
March 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Granite Q4, 2012 revenues up, net income down
Granite Construction‘s fourth-quarter 2012 and overall 2012 revenues at a glance, according to the company’s report released on Feb. 28: Revenues for the year increased 4 percent to $2.1 billion Net income of $45.3 million in 2012 compared with $51.2 million in 2011 Large Project Construction gross margins improved to 17.2 percent Balance Sheet remains […]
March 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Poor pavement costs Md. residents about $6.2 billion each year – report
More than two-fifths of Maryland’s major locally and state-maintained roads are in either poor or mediocre condition, one-quarter of bridges are in need of repair or replacement, and the state’s drivers experience increasingly worsening congestion, according to the report, Maryland Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility, release Feb. 28 […]
March 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
GUEST BLOG POST: The Link Between Intelligent Transportation and Better Roads
by Scott F. Belcher is president and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America As a follow up to my guest column last week on the issue of connected vehicles, and the FCC’s consideration of a plan to make the bandwidth on which they’ll operate available to unlicensed Wi-Fi devices, Better Roads invited me […]
March 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Flash: the red light camera dilemma expands
The numbers keep rising. Those who think red light cameras are a good thing and the other half of the people. Opposition to them keeps rising, but so the attempts to install them. Stateline reports that traffic cameras are on legislative agendas throughout the country. This year, lawmakers in 22 states have filed more than 100 bills […]
February 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
SOLUTIONS: Wyoming DOT stops landslide problem with vertically installed micropiles
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) figured out a way to solve a three-decade landslide problem – on time and on budget – by coming up with a new way to stabilize a landslide area using vertically installed micropiles. The Association of American Safety and Highway Traffic Officials (AASHTO) featured the Double Nickel Landslide (named […]
February 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
L.A.’s new 14 miles of tolls won’t solve infrastructure problem
The Los Angeles Times reports that 14 miles of new tolled “HOT lanes” (high-occupancy travel lanes) have opened opened on the San Bernardino Freeway as part of a trial program to see if letting drivers traveling alone will pay to use the express lanes and help relieve road congestion. This is second project of its […]
February 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
Fuel consumption in construction up 5.8 percent this year
WEX Inc. and IHS together on Feb. 26 released results of its WEX Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI), which indicated an increase of 5.8 percent in January compared to its level in January 2012. The WEX Construction FCI measures national fuel consumption statistics for the construction industry. WEX worked with IHS to capture and analyze […]
February 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
New business volume for January $5.9 billion
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $725 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for January was $5.9 billion, up 16 percent from volume of $5.1 billion in the same period in […]
February 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
Colorado considering ‘too stoned to drive’ bill
A bill defining how high is too high to be behind the wheel of a car has made its way through the state’s House Judiciary Committee according to the Denver Post. The bill sets the legal limit for driving under the influence of marijuana at 5 nanograms of active THC per milliliter of blood. And that […]
February 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
Senators propose transportation infrastructure bank
Another transportation bank idea arrives. Suddenly finding way to increase investment in infrastructure, especially drawing in private money, is creating jobs for the backroomers among The Hill People. Legislation is being drafted now by Senators Rockefeller and Lautenberg to “establish the American Infrastructure Investment Fund and other activities to facilitate investments in infrastructure projects that […]
February 27, 2013
Roadbuilding
World of Asphalt advance registration extended
Advance registration has been extended through March 1 for the upcoming World of Asphalt and AGG1 expositions.Registering in advance to attend the shows saves 40 percent off the onsite fee (includes admission to both shows), and attendees can also save money by registering in advance for the shows’ extensive educational programming. Details are online at www.worldofasphalt.com and www.agg1.org. […]
February 27, 2013
Roadbuilding
TRIP releasing ‘Maryland Transportation by the Numbers’
The report, “Maryland Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility,” will be released by national nonprofit transportation research group, at a news conference in Silver Spring, MD. at 8 a.m. ET on Feb. 28. The report provides key facts and figures regarding road and bridge conditions, economic development, highway […]
February 27, 2013
Roadbuilding
LaHood on sequestration and transportation
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released a statement on Feb. 22 with his thoughts on what sequestration will mean for the nation and for transportation. For the official statement, go to http://www.dot.gov/briefing-room/statement-sequestration-us-transportation-secretary-ray-lahood-22-february-2013.) LaHood says in the statement that “sequestration will have a serious impact on the transportation services that are critical to the traveling public […]
February 26, 2013
Roadbuilding
Fatalities for 16- and 17-year old drivers rising
It seems 16 and 17 year old drivers have been dying on the nation’s roads at an increasing rate in the past two years, after years of decreasing numbers. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) reports that: Preliminary data indicate deaths of 16- and 17-year-old drivers are up 19 percent between the first six months […]
February 26, 2013
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