Tag: Oklahoma: Page 4

Workforce

Oklahoma DOT offers free week-long construction training program for those looking to enter the industry

With the latest survey from the Associated General Contractors of America showing that 83 percent of contractors in the U.S. are having trouble finding enough skilled workers to meet demand, it’s become clear that the most straightforward answer to the problem is to begin training up a new workforce. To that end, we’ve seen states […]

November 13, 2014

Roadbuilding

Asphalt crew scamming elderly out of thousands

Law enforcement in Nebraska are warning residents of an asphalt crew that has already profited thousands from scamming elderly folks. According to reports, the crew quotes their customers a low price for brand new driveways. The crew then does a horrible job, but ends up charging customers much more than originally quoted. Norm Anderson, […]

November 4, 2014

Roadbuilding

Deadliest and safest places to drive in the United States

Road safety is always a concern, regardless of where you live. The good news is road fatalities across the United States are down 23 percent since 2005. The bad news: road fatalities still happen far too often. Michael Sivak, research professor at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, examined individual fatality rates per distance […]

September 5, 2014

Roadbuilding

GOP senators predict Highway Trust Fund solution

Senators John Boozman (R-Ark.) and James Inhofe (R-Okla.) have predicted a long-term solution to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). They predict lawmakers will come up with an idea to fund U.S. transportation projects beyond the gas tax. “Coming up between now and May, you’ll see a new funding mechanism that is going to change how […]

September 2, 2014

Roadbuilding

TRIP: Oklahoma significantly improves infrastructure, but HTF insolvency ‘threatens further progress’

Oklahoma has significantly improved its roads, bridges and highway safety since 2005, but “uncertainty about future federal funding threatens further progress,” according to a report released Thursday by national transportation research group TRIP. The report, “Modernizing Oklahoma’s Transportation System: Progress and Challenges in Providing Safe, Efficient and Well-Maintained Roads, Highways and Bridges,” notes that funding […]

June 26, 2014

Roadbuilding

Oklahoma Legislature cuts transportation budget by $28.5 million

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) will experience $28.5 million in cuts in its fiscal year 2015 budget, Tulsa World reports. The cuts amount to a 5.5-percent reduction — a loss of about $11 million in revenue from gas taxes. The total budget for 2015, which begins July 1, will be $1.8 billion. ODOT Executive […]

June 4, 2014

Roadbuilding

Oklahoma DOT looks to Caltrans for bridge assessment advice

Bridges across the nation are aging, with many now well past their projected life spans. Oklahoma’s bridges are among those aging structures. In the “Better Bridges 2013 Bridge Inventory,” Better Roads reported that 14 percent of the state’s 7,664 bridges were either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Add that recent seismic activity, which, according to a […]

April 22, 2014

Roadbuilding

Fun With Road Signs

While running the Emerald City Half Marathon in Dublin, Ohio, in late August, I managed to pass the miles by reading the amusing signs spectators made to cheer on friends and family – and the funny signs that some runners wore themselves. (I love wearing my shirt that bears the phrase, “In my dreams, I […]

September 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

BOMAG to end Kewanee operations, relocate to southern U.S.

BOMAG Americas will discontinue manufacturing operations at its Kewanee, Illinois, plant by the end of 2014 and relocate to somewhere in the southern United States, according to a report from our sister site, Equipment World. The new location has not yet been determined. BOMAG’s products produced in Kewanee — single drum rollers, asphalt rollers and […]

August 29, 2013

Roadbuilding

Cat dealers continue to aid in Oklahoma tornado recovery effort

Warren Cat, a Caterpillar dealer that helped first responders after a tornado flattened Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, has continued to help with recovery efforts in the area, according to a report from our sister site, Total Landscape Care. Immediately following the tornado, Warren Cat, along with dealers Foley and Holt Cat, offered power modules, […]

August 28, 2013

Roadbuilding

Do something for Moore

Our sister site, Equipment World, has shared some advice for helping Moore, Oklahoma, in its tornado recovery efforts: “Just do something.” Equipment World Executive Editor Tom Jackson pointed out that something as simple as handing out cold bottles of water, giving out food or donating money or supplies can help. Below are links to ways […]

May 28, 2013

Roadbuilding

Moore officials open additional roads, police remove check-in points

Moore officials stated on Twitter that several roads have been opened in addition to those that were opened on Wednesday. The city announced yesterday that Interstate 35 and Interstate 44 are “open but highly congested.” Moore street also opened yesterday, but officials requested no one use that road. Last night, the city also announced Broadway […]

May 24, 2013