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Roadbuilding

Texas DOT saves nearly $1 billion over next decade through historic bond deal

The Texas Department of Transportation recently announced that it had achieved the largest savings on a single bond deal in the state’s history through a $1.68 billion refinancing that priced Jan. 21. The bond issue refinanced almost all of the outstanding debt for the Central Texas Turnpike System (CTTS), first issued in 2002. The deal […]

February 9, 2015

Pickups

Toyota Breaks Ground On New Texas Headquarters

Toyota today formally broke ground on its new North American headquarters using a 2015 TRD Pro Series Tundra

January 20, 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

Workforce

Texas tops list of most U.S. traffic deaths in construction work zones

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 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Texas leads U.S. equipment purchases in Q3, sales down 19 percent from 2013

If you believe everything is bigger in Texas, than it should come as no surprise that the state also needs the most road construction equipment. At 68 buyers during the third quarter of 2014, Texas construction companies financed the most road construction equipment in the United States. The numbers are according to an analysis of Equipment […]

November 21, 2014

Roadbuilding

Rollover accident caused from surprise gravel road

Although the road in the picture looks like a gravel road, it’s definitely not supposed to be. According to reports, a belly dump truck littered a massive amount of sand and gravel on Frontage Road in San Angelo, Texas, which caused a rollover accident. The driver of a Chevrolet sedan was driving home at […]

November 20, 2014

Dealers

Construction equipment dealer in San Antonio admits to bribing county officials, faces up to 10 years in prison

A construction equipment dealer in San Antonio faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting to bribing Maverick County, Texas, officials. German Garcia Cano, 54, appeared in federal court Thursday afternoon and pleaded guilty to one count of paying a bribe to an agent of an organization receiving federal funds, according to an announcement […]

October 10, 2014

Roadbuilding

Taking control of congestion on Tomball Parkway

State Highway 249, also known as the Tomball Parkway, is one of the primary freeways serving the city of Tomball in Harris County, Texas. Running north and south, it is located in Commissioner R. Jack Cagle’s Precinct 4. The six-lane highway (three in each direction) is used by thousands of Texans to commute to work […]

October 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

Truck crashes into barrier and is ripped in half, all in the name of science and homeland security

The folks at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute have a fun job. But it’s also important work. According to the Texas Tribune and Houston Chronicle, TTI has a contract with the U.S. State Department to research the effectiveness of “perimeter security devices,” like road blocks and steel barriers, that would be installed around embassies and […]

October 2, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar, police bust theft ring operating inside Texas engine plant

A recent investigation at Caterpillar’s Seguin, Texas plant led to nine felony arrests after the company, with the help of local police and the Texas Rangers, discovered an organized crime ring operating inside the plant. According to a report from the Seguin Gazette-Enterprise, the investigation began in August after a Caterpillar investigator contacted the Seguin Police Department […]

September 29, 2014

Safety

Construction worker rescued from pit scaffolding after suffering cardiac arrest

Firefighters rescued a construction worker Monday afternoon after he suffered a heart attack on a downtown Houston jobsite. According to a report from KTRK TV, the worker was on scaffolding inside of a pit that is part of the excavation work for a new convention center hotel in the city. The man was about 20 […]

August 27, 2014

Roadbuilding

Ohio expands bridge partnership program

Ohio’s Local Bridge Partnership Program is adding 10 bridges to its plan that provides $120 million to local governments to make transportation safer. The program is already  fixing or replacing 220 bridges in local communities throughout Ohio. “This first-of-its-kind program is getting better because Gov. John Kasich and I value the state investments we are making in the […]

August 22, 2014