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Roadbuilding

ARTBA announces Transportation Development Hall of Fame inductees

The Vecellio family, Charles F. Potts, and Thomas N. Iovino were inducted into the ARTBA into its Transportation Development Hall of Fame on May 14, 2018.

May 23, 2018

Dealers

Business Roundup: Electric trucks will still require skilled mechanics; More manufacturers than dealers worry about metal tariffs; McCann Industries expands territory; 30-year veteran service manager retires

Skilled mechanics still needed for electric trucks and survey finds more manufacturers than dealers worry about metal tariffs. More in our Business roundup.

May 21, 2018

Roadbuilding

ARTBA honors Terracon Consultants of Kansas and HCSS of Texas for civic contributions

The ARTBA awards recognize extraordinary programs that benefit and improve the quality of life in the community. Click for details on these achievements.

May 18, 2018

Roadbuilding

Road and bridge jobs fall for first March in 5 years; construction adds 17k workers in April

March saw the first decline in road and bridge construction employment in five years, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Compared to March 2017, there were 2,100 fewer highway and bridge construction workers in March 2018, ARTBA says, citing recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The decline represents a […]

May 7, 2018

Roadbuilding

Trump administration, federal agencies sign MOU to limit infrastructure approval to 2 years

The Trump administration, along with heads from the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Interior departments, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, and eight other federal agencies, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would allow a lead agency to draw up an environmental impact statement (EIS) and complete National Environmental […]

April 16, 2018

Roadbuilding

ARTBA files to toss out 102-year-old federal rule for purchasing patented road products

A 102-year-old federal procurement rule is stifling the use of products by state and local governments that could make U.S. roads safer, and it’s time for it to be repealed, says the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). To that end, ARTBA filed a petition March 27 with the U.S. Department of Transportation to […]

March 30, 2018

Roadbuilding

Highway funding rises in new federal spending bill signed by Trump

The new $1.3 trillion federal spending package approved just before a government shutdown deadline boosts funding for highway programs by 8 percent and triples the funding to the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, program, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The appropriations were passed by the Senate after a late-night […]

March 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

Caltrans seeks 2,000 workers due to influx of road funding

The California Department of Transportation plans to hire 2,000 employees over the next five years due to the influx of projects that will be funded by the state’s gas tax approved last year, according to The Sacramento Bee. The state expects to see an infusion of $54 billion during the next decade to repair and […]

March 19, 2018

Roadbuilding

Calif. road law to rev up construction industry, state economy, ARTBA says

California’s $54 billion plan to repair and build roads and bridges will boost the state’s economy, including the construction sector, by $183 billion over the next decade, a new report says. Of that amount, the state’s construction industry would see an additional output of $34 billion and the creation or support of 160,000 jobs, according […]

March 1, 2018

Roadbuilding

ARTBA: More than 54,000 U.S. bridges structurally deficient, feds’ data show

A new report finds there’s the equivalent of one “structurally deficient”-rated bridge, on average, for every 27 miles of the nation’s major highway network, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Those 1,800 structurally deficient interstate bridges are crossed 60 million times daily, the association says. But the problem is even bigger, […]

January 30, 2018

Roadbuilding

ARTBA hails high court ruling in Clean Water Act turf dispute

In a decision hailed by the transportation construction industry, the U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled that disputes over the Clean Water Act must be heard by federal district courts instead of appellate courts. In their unanimous decision January 22, the justices agreed with the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and its litigation […]

January 25, 2018

Roadbuilding

Modest growth forecast for 2018 transportation construction market

The U.S. transportation infrastructure market is anticipated to rebound slightly in 2018 after a 2.8-percent drop in 2017, according to the latest forecast from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Total domestic transportation construction and related-market activity is forecast to reach $255 billion in 2018. That’s a year-on-year increase of 3.2 percent […]

January 8, 2018