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Roadbuilding

I-5 bridge collapse highlights need for transportation funding

The Interstate 5 bridge collapse that occurred Thursday night in Washington State underscores a larger problem the state is facing: transportation funding. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has said the bridge collapse reveals that lawmakers need to find ways to fund state transportation projects soon, the New York Times reported. Washington lawmakers are considering transportation […]

May 28, 2013

Roadbuilding

Remember the Alamo Bridge in Washington

If a bridge falls in Washington State does anyone in Washington D.C. hear it? Yes, but for how long will its crash echo in their thoughts? There has been, historically, a relationship between a collapsed bridge span and a collapsed attention span. When a section of the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, […]

May 24, 2013

Business

Washington’s I-5 bridge collapse highlights need for infrastructure funding

Thursday night, a truck with an oversized load struck a portion of the I-5 bridge near Seattle, Washington, sending a section of the bridge and three drivers tumbling into the Skagit River below, according to our sister site Better Roads. Thankfully, no one was killed in the collapse, but rescue teams are searching the river […]

May 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

Seattle tests bikes as disaster relief

Seattle, Washington, next month will test bikes as a means of disaster relief, Road.cc reported. The city will hold Disaster Relief Trials (DRT) to gauge the cities preparedness for natural disasters such as earthquakes. Bicycles are a major part of the city’s DRT. Bicycles have been used for disaster relief in other cities. After Hurricane […]

May 22, 2013

Safety

Utah leads U.S. in decline of construction deaths, D.C. tops list of injury declines

Construction deaths declined at a faster rate in Utah between 2008 and 2011 than in any other state, according to new rankings from the Association of General Contractors of America. Derived from an analysis of federal safety data, the AGC’s ranking compared the number of construction deaths for each state with available data and Washington, D.C. in […]

May 21, 2013

Construction Equipment

Disagreement between neighbors escalates into $300k bulldozer rampage

Apparently that old Robert Frost quote “Good fences make good neighbors” doesn’t hold up in every situation. After arguing for months with a next-door neighbor over a fence that made it difficult for for him to move his logging equipment in and out of his yard, Barry Swegle took action. Part of the equipment in question […]

May 15, 2013

Roadbuilding

A Goldilocks Gadget: Calculate the “just right” number of parking spaces

How many parking spaces do you need in a given area? And what should it cost to use them? The answers were, apparently, largely the result of professional guestimates. Now comes a new gadget–that’s my strictly non-technical term–from King County, Washington, which may be a scientific alternative to the old assumption/experience dynamic when it comes […]

May 7, 2013

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PHOTO: Scaffolding to the sky as workers make repairs to Washington Monument

We love this photo from the Associated Press which shows workers atop an impressive stretch of scaffolding as they make repairs to the Washington Monument. The 555-foot monument was damaged in an August 2011 earthquake.

May 6, 2013

Roadbuilding

Washington ranked top bike friendly state for 6th consecutive year

Washington state is leading the nation with its ranking as the most bicycle friendly state in 2013. This is Washington’s sixth consecutive year in the No. 1 position. The Bicycle Friendly States ranking, presented by the League of American Bicyclists, numerically ranks each U.S. state according to the efforts the state have taken to make […]

May 2, 2013

Roadbuilding

Road funding: Your piggy bank or mine?

Motorist fees and gas taxes are sources for transportation funding in two state budgets. Pennsylvania and Washington State are trying to pay for essential projects and in doing so – along with a number of other states – may be showing us something of how MAP-21’s push to give states more authority and flexibility with […]

April 18, 2013

Construction Equipment

Big Bertha, world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, arrives in Seattle

The “Big” in Bertha’s name isn’t there for the catchiness. It’s there because it’s apt. With a 57-foot diameter and a length of a football field, Big Bertha is the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine. She’s quite hefty too. Bertha is assembled from 41 parts, the largest of which weighs in at 900 tons. And she […]

April 4, 2013

Business

D.C. airport metro station tops list of biggest U.S. infrastructure projects

According to Same Day Steel Deck these are the five highest-profile transportation infrastructure projects in the United States. 1. Dulles Transit Extension in Washington, D.C: This $6.2 billion project began in 2008 and has a target completion date of 2016. It’s purpose is to extend the Washington Metro line to Dulles International Airport and Tyson’s Corner. 2. […]

March 13, 2013