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ARTBA foundation presents safety awards to Florida, Michigan and Virginia contractors

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has recognized three contractors for worker safety efforts across their programs as part of the group’s Transportation Development Foundation (TDF) Contractor Safety Awards. Presentations were made during ARTBA’s recent national convention in Philadelphia. The awards program is designed to “promote worker safety and health as core values […]

October 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA honors Heritage Construction and Materials chairman with Bartlett Award

The chairman of Heritage Construction and Materials in Indianapolis was recently honored for his contributions to highway progress with the George S. Bartlett Award The American Road and Transportation Builders Association announced that Charles F. Potts was the winner of the 84-year-old award September 30 at the organization’s annual convention in Philadelphia. The award is co-sponsored by ARTBA, the […]

October 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA names 2015 Transportation Development Hall of Fame honorees

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) named the latest members of its Transportation Development Hall of Fame during its recent national convention in Philadelphia, honoring three individuals. This hall of fame began in 2010 and recognizes those making “extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation development” throughout their careers. It honors individuals or families. In […]

October 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

David Zachry elected ARTBA chairman for 2015-2016 term

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has named David S. Zachry as the association’s next chairman for the 2015-2016 term. ARTBA announced the election during its recent annual national convention in Philadelphia. Zachry is the CEO of Zachry Corporation, a construction and materials company based in San Antonio. He has more than 30 […]

October 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA Transportation Development Foundation honors work zone ‘monsters’, other safety efforts

The Transportation Development Foundation for the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) presented awards to five work zone safety program during the Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards at the association’s national convention in Philadelphia. For 17 years ARTBA has been honoring such efforts, including programs, campaigns and technological solutions, designed to cut down […]

October 5, 2015

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ARTBA honors 5 members with division awards

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association gave division awards to five members at the its national convention on Wednesday. ARTBA announced in a press release that the awards honor members who have made significant contributions to the Contractors, Planning and Design, Materials and Services and Traffic Safety Industry divisions. The Nello L. Teer, Jr. award […]

October 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA receives grants to provide safety training to construction workers

The American Road and Transportation Builders Associations recently received a federal grant to train workers in the transportation construction industry about fall and work zone hazards. ARTBA said in a press release the organization received the Susan Harwood Training Grant through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to expand on ARTBA’s Transportation Development Program’s “Roadway Safety Program.” […]

September 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA releases 2015 Transportation Officials and Engineers Database

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has recently made available its 2015 Transportation Officials and Engineers Database, including contact information for more than 6,000 transportation officials at the local, state and federal levels. The database costs $395 for ARTBA members and $495 for non-members and is available as an Excel spreadsheet complete with […]

August 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA recognizes Virginia I-95 project, 2 public officials with P3 awards

The financing of a high occupancy toll lane project along a stretch of Interstate 95 in northern Virginia received the Project of the Year nod during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) recent 27th Annual Public Private Partnership (P3) in Transportation Conference. Ananth Prasad, former secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and […]

July 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

Transportation Construction Coalition evokes Reagan in ads calling for Congress to fix Highway Trust Fund

Members of the Transportation Construction Commission (TCC) continue their promotional efforts to urge Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund with their latest ad campaign evoking President Ronald Reagan’s philosophy on transportation infrastructure. The group, co-chaired by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association and the Associated General Contractors of America, is running a series […]

June 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA calls for Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Award nominations

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) seeks nominees for an award to “recognize outstanding public and private sector programs that are helping reduce accidents, injuries and fatalities” in road work zones. ARTBA’s Transportation Development Foundation is looking to recognize nominees in three categories for its 2015 Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards. The […]

June 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Report finds voting for, or against, gas tax increases has little impact on state legislator re-election

An analysis by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) shows members of neither the Republican or Democratic parties have been negatively impacted politically after voting for a gas tax increase used for funding transportation projects. ARTBA’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) reviewed voting patterns of legislators in seven states during the last election cycle […]

May 13, 2015