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Roadbuilding

It’s a Forest/Trees Thing

Just like cable TV and cell phones, you’re paying for your highways and bridges, too, and there may be equally frustrating performance issues in the not too distant future.

June 5, 2013

Business

Believe it or not, most Americans think good roads are more important than their iPhone or TV

To say the findings of a recent study reported on by our sister site Better Roads are a bit shocking is an understatement. Maybe the understatement of the year. Be honest. If you had access to a swath of the American population and could ask them what they value more than their iPhone or cable […]

June 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

Market report: Weather factors into low highway market

Just how much of a factor was winter weather in highway construction work in the first three months of this year? Perhaps quite a significant factor. Comparing the value of work being done Q1 this year with the same quarter last year, and also comparing year-to-year rolling numbers, American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) […]

June 4, 2013

Roadbuilding

Market report: Bridges good, pavement not so good

American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chief Economist and Policy VP Alison Premo Black said the bridge market is “showing some surprising strength,” and new Q1 numbers suggest it will be an ongoing strength. Black was speaking at the ARTBA Federal Issues program in D.C. But, she said, tomorrow she’ll dig into pavement market […]

June 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

Over the Top: Funding some D.C. tunnel work

I’m always looking for interesting ways to fund transportation infrastructure and today I come across this one in Washington, D.C. While speaking to American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Federal Issues program in Washington D.C., District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Chief Engineer Nick Nicholson talked about a project that does a lot for the […]

June 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

Americans place high value on transportation

About 75 to 80 percent of Americans would prefer to have safe, efficient and well-maintained transportation infrastructure over cable, cell phone, internet, water, sewage and household electricity and natural gas services, according to a report from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The findings come from a poll conducted to find the value Americans […]

May 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

ARTBA Foundation awards 2013 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarships

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has named the 2013 recipients of its “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship,” The scholarship, established in 1999, is awarded annually to provide financial assistance for the higher education of children of highway workers killed or permanently disabled on the job. The following students […]

May 23, 2013

Roadbuilding

Transportation construction investments generate $354 billion in annual U.S. economic activity

The money invested in employment and purchases in the transportation construction industry generates $354 billion–or 2.25 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)–annually in United States economic activity, according to an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) report. The report, “The U.S. Transportation Construction Industry Profile,” reveals that the annual GDP transportation construction employment […]

April 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

ARTBA-organized resource sponsors National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week activities

The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse, managed by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation, is a sponsor of 2013 National Work Zone Awareness Week activities. National Work Zone Awareness Week lasts from April 15-19 and aims to raise awareness about the need to drive cautiously in work zones. This year’s theme, […]

April 17, 2013

Roadbuilding

ARTBA calls for Women Leaders nominations

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Women Leaders in Transportation Design and Construction (WLDTC) is accepting nominations for its annual awards program until July 12. The WLDTC Awards honor individuals, companies and public agencies for their innovative efforts in transportation construction and in promoting women leaders in the industry. The 2013 awards program […]

April 4, 2013

Business

Highway construction up 4.3% annually in January thanks to warmer weather

Highway construction was up 4.3 percent in January over January 2012, largely due to warmer weather, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Each month ARTBA analyzes U.S. Census Bureau data and reports the outcome. “With warmer-than-average temperatures across the country, many contractors were able to get more work done on transportation projects, […]

March 12, 2013

Roadbuilding

Hey Congressman, watch this ARTBA video

The American Roads and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has released a new video. The message is old. That’s kind of the point. The message has been the same for years now. Fix the Highway Trust Fund. So the message is also of vital importance to the transportation infrastructure community, both in terms of work and […]

March 12, 2013