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Roadbuilding

Komatsu, NCDOT team up to give students first-hand look at construction jobs at Extreme Sandbox

Thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Fund, 40 Warren County High School students from Warrenton (16 girls and 24 boys) took a 20-hour bus ride to the Extreme Sandbox in Hastings, Minn., to learn about construction industry jobs and learn to operate heavy equipment. The students were able to hop […]

May 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

Dare Co. (N.C) gives progress update on Bonner Bridge construction

Dare County, North Carolina recently released a video on its Government and Education Channel’s Facebook page that shows current progress on the Bonner Bridge. The Island Free Press reports that the video offers updates on the work done by crews to finish Bonner Bridge, as well as work on the Pea Island Interim Bridge, both of which are slated for […]

April 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Bridge worker falls to his death in North Carolina

Construction worker Anthony Ramos died after falling 30 feet from a bridge west of Asheboro, North Carolina, March 20, The Courier-Tribune reports. The contractor Ramos worked for, Wright Brothers Construction, reports that the accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. while Ramos was working on the bridge, which is part of a new U.S. 64 Bypass project. […]

March 29, 2017

Roadbuilding

N.C. ranks 8th in nation for bad bridges, infrastructure funding needed

North Carolina is ranked as the 8th worst state in the country for bad bridges, with 17 percent listed as functionally obsolete and another 12 percent considered structurally deficient, and many of them are in the Charlotte area. With thousands of bridges needing repair or replacement, lawmakers are trying to figure out how to pay for […]

February 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

NCDOT awards contract for N.C. 12 bridge in Outer Banks

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) recently awarded a $145.3 million design-build contract to Flatiron Constructors Incorporated, for construction of a 2.4-mile-long bridge that will span Pamlico Sound, connecting the southern end of the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge with Rodanthe, the Triad Business Journal reports. The bridge is being constructed as a part of the ongoing […]

January 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

Delayed completion of Wilmington (N.C.) bridge may mean penalty for contractor

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) says that, after being closed for more than a year for construction, Wilmington’s North 3rd Street bridge is now complete, with just a bit of landscaping yet to be finished, according to the StarNews Online. Work was originally scheduled to be completed April 1 to accommodate the North Carolina Azalea Festival, […]

December 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

NCDOT opens bridge spanning future Winston-Salem Northern Beltway

The Walkertown-Guthrie Road bridge over the future Winston-Salem Northern Beltway was completed last week, reopening an important secondary road connection in eastern Forsyth County that had been closed since January 2016, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. Pat Ivey, division engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation in Forsyth County, told the news agency that the bridge […]

September 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina construction worker falls into lake and drowns

Filigonio Bravo Perez, a 29-year-old construction worker, fell from a bridge he was painting into Lake Hickory in Catawba County, North Carolina, and drowned, JDNews.com reports. Perez, who worked for Astron General Contracting Co., was painting a bridge on N.C. 127 over Lake Hickory, when he fell into the lake. Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid told the news agency […]

September 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina DOT awards contract to replace 7 bridges in Bladen, Cumberland, Robeson counties

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced that it awarded a $5.4 million contract to Smith-Rowe LLC of Mount Airy to replace the following seven bridges in Bladen, Cumberland, and Robeson counties: N.C. 53 over Ellis Creek in Bladen County Mercer Mill Road over Hammonds Creek in Bladen County Hollow Bridge Road between Beaver Dam Road and Mink […]

August 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Crews install first piling for new Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet in N. Carolina

Construction crews installed the first piling for the the new Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet on May 9, according to a press release from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The bridge will have a total of 673 concrete pilings, ranging from 110 feet to 130 feet in length. The majority of the pilings will be 36 […]

May 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina DOT warns drivers to watch out for road construction projects

With temperatures and the number of road construction projects on the rise in North Carolina, the Highway Patrol and Department of Transportation issued a warning to drivers April 11, asking them to “Do your part and drive smart.” WNCN.com reports that state numbers indicate that more than 4,600 crashes occurred in work zones during 2015 with 2,500 people injured and […]

April 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

Worker killed after being struck by excavator in NC work zone

A construction worker died recently after he was struck by the counterweight of an excavator at a highway project in North Carolina. WFMY News reported that Dimino Foster was working for Tetra Tech Construction on U.S. 220 when he walked into the swing radius of an excavator at about 11 a.m. on March 8. Foster was hit […]

March 14, 2016