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Roadbuilding: Page 91
Roadbuilding
PHOTOS: Hales Sand & Gravel receives UAPA award for SR-99 paving project
Staker Parson announced that its Hales Sand & Gravel operation received the Utah Asphalt Pavement Association‘s (UAPA) Large Project of the Year Award for the SR-99 Fillmore Main Street project in Millard County. The SR-99 Fillmore Main Street project corrected a drainage problem on the roadway with the installation of a new storm drain system, […]
March 22, 2018
Roadbuilding
Uber halts testing of self-driving vehicles after pedestrian killed
Uber on Monday halted testing of its self-driving vehicles in North America after a woman was killed Sunday night while pushing her bicycle across a street in Tempe, Arizona. The woman was not in a crosswalk, and there was a driver in the self-driving car used by Uber, a Volvo XC90 which was in autonomous […]
March 21, 2018
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Roadbuilding
National Center for Asphalt Technology strengthens team to help industry maintain U.S. infrastructure
The National Center for Asphalt Technology, or NCAT, at Auburn University in Alabama is strengthening its team through several staff promotions and a hiring to enhance its research, training and technical services capabilities. The staff changes will help the center in its goal to provide practical research and development to meet the needs of maintaining […]
March 21, 2018
Roadbuilding
Increase in fatal crashes with senior drivers leads to call for building safer roads
Deaths from crashes involving people 65 and over at the wheel have increased 22 percent from 2012 to 2016, according to a new report from a nonprofit transportation research group. That compares to an 11 percent increase for the overall number of fatalities in the United States during that time period, says the report by […]
March 20, 2018
Roadbuilding
Proposal to bring back tolls in Conn. fuels debate amid funding shortfall for highway projects
With Connecticut poised to delay major highway projects due to a funding shortfall, lawmakers grilled the state transportation commissioner at a public hearing this week on a proposal to bring back tolls to Connecticut roads, a local television station reports. Questions about where the tolls would go, how much revenue they would generate and […]
March 20, 2018
Roadbuilding
Engineer reported but ‘not concerned’ about cracking in Miami bridge before deadly collapse; no road closure for stress testing also at issue
Two days before the deadly collapse of pedestrian bridge in Miami Thursday, the lead engineer on the project left a voicemail with state officials saying cracking had been seen on the north end of the span that had been earlier moved into place during accelerated construction. The engineer, W. Denney Pate with FIGG Bridge […]
March 19, 2018
Roadbuilding
Caltrans seeks 2,000 workers due to influx of road funding
The California Department of Transportation plans to hire 2,000 employees over the next five years due to the influx of projects that will be funded by the state’s gas tax approved last year, according to The Sacramento Bee. The state expects to see an infusion of $54 billion during the next decade to repair and […]
March 19, 2018
Roadbuilding
Stress tests were underway when Miami bridge collapsed during accelerated construction
A first-of-its kind Miami pedestrian bridge that collapsed Thursday, killing at least six people, was being built with Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) methods, and stress tests were underway when it failed, officials say. A contractor’s crews were conducting the stress tests on the incomplete structure at the time of the collapse, according to Miami-Dade Mayor […]
March 16, 2018
Roadbuilding
Engineering firm responds to questions after deadly Miami bridge collapse
Here are responses from FIGG Bridge Engineers to some questions that the firm’s being asked regarding Thursday’s deadly collapse of a Miami pedestrian bridge: What is FIGG Bridge Engineers’ role in this project? FIGG Bridge Engineers, Inc. is the designer of the bridge, working for MCM. The project is part of a $19.4 million U.S. […]
March 16, 2018
Roadbuilding
Ad campaign calls on Congress to act on transportation infrastructure funding package
The Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition developed a new ad campaign that urges Congress and the Trump administration to act now to develop and pass a robust transportation infrastructure funding package and provide a permanent fix for the Highway Trust Fund, according to a release from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The ad […]
March 16, 2018
Roadbuilding
“The Ray” is Ga.’s 18-mile proving ground for technology and ideas on I-85
“The Ray” is an 18-mile stretch of west Georgia’s Interstate 85, which was designed to be a proving ground for ideas and technologies that could transform transportation infrastructure in the future. A number of companies, including the Georgia Department of Transportation, Kia Motors Mfg. Georgia, Hannah Solar, Wattway, The Land Institute, Drawdown, The University of Georgia College […]
March 15, 2018
Roadbuilding
Schillerstrom, chairman of Ill. Tollway board, honored for contributions to state asphalt industry
Bob Schillerstrom, chairman of the Illinois Tollway board of directors, is being honored by the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association (IAPA) in recognition of his contributions to the advancement of the statewide asphalt industry. The IAPA Person of the Year Award is presented annually to an individual outside the association’s membership who has demonstrated a commitment […]
March 15, 2018
Roadbuilding
Quick implosion downs old Savanna Bridge over Miss. River
Within seconds, a bridge connecting Illinois and Iowa over the Mississippi River came down in one giant blast. Watch videos of the March 9 demolition: The bridge was built in 1932 between Savanna, Illinois, and Sabula, Iowa, and at 20 feet wide was too narrow to handle wider vehicles that often overlapped the center line. […]
March 14, 2018
Roadbuilding
$4.5 million project resumes on US-6 in Neb. near Platte River
Work is scheduled to resume March 15 from Ashland to the Platte River on US-6, barring bad weather, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Constructors Inc., of Lincoln, Nebraska, has been awarded the $4.5 million project. Construction will continue with rehabilitation of the bridge over Salt Creek, guardrails, and storm sewer work. Temporary lane closures with flaggers […]
March 14, 2018
Roadbuilding
Mont. university develops affordable ultra-high performance concrete for state DOT
Researchers at Montana State University (MSU) have developed an ultra-high performance concrete that is approximately five times stronger than regular concrete, according to a university press release. The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) asked Michael Berry, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, if the university’s Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering could help develop a more affordable, non-proprietary […]
March 13, 2018
Roadbuilding
USDOT awards $487.1 million in TIGER grant funds
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $487.1 million to 41 highway, bridge, rail, and other projects through its Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program, with more than 64 percent of the funds went to rural projects, the Engineering News-Record reports. Approximately 450 applications were submitted. According to the news agency, Jeff Davis, a […]
March 13, 2018
Roadbuilding
VIDEO, PHOTOS: N.Y. sends out army of snowplows to combat nor’easters
New York’s state and local agencies have been pulling out all the stops to keep roads clear after two nor’easters pounded the state in one week, dumping as much of 26 inches of snow in some areas. They’ve been deploying tow plows, which can plow two lanes at a time. They’ve also been sending plows […]
March 12, 2018
Roadbuilding
‘Dozer Dave’ from TV’s Gold Rush, signs asphalt slab funding petition at World of Asphalt
Dave Turin, “Dozer Dave” from the hit TV show Gold Rush, offered his support for infrastructure funding by signing an asphalt slab petition at the World of Asphalt and AGG1 show last week in Houston. “My heart and my passion is building roads. I grew up building roads and my family still builds roads,” Turin […]
March 12, 2018
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