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Roadbuilding

ARTBA launches “Transportation Investment Advocate Center” to help grow transportation infrastructure resources

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced Friday that it has launched a new program aimed at helping transportation advocates grow state and local transportation infrastructure resources. The program, “Transportation Investment Advocate Center” (TIAC), is designed to be a “dynamic education program and internet-based information resource” and is part of the association’s “Transportation […]

March 18, 2014

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TCC’s ‘Hardhats for Highways’ campaign urges Congress to fix Highway Trust Fund

A group of associations and labor unions is working to alert Congress to the looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) — the main source of highway infrastructure funding, which could run out as early as August. The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) — an alliance of 29 associations and labor unions focused on federal […]

March 13, 2014

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ARTBA President Pete Ruane urges ConExpo-Con/Agg attendees to tell Congress to fix Highway Trust Fund

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has been shedding light on the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and other transportation-related policy with its “Transportation Makes America Work” campaign. The campaign includes a grassroots-focused website, an advocacy app and more. Now ARTBA President and CEO Pete Ruane is urging ConExpo-Con/Agg attendees to tell Congress to […]

February 19, 2014

Roadbuilding

Transportation leaders speak up at Senate EPW hearing on MAP-21

Several transportation leaders offered testimony about highway funding on Wednesday morning at a Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) hearing on MAP-21. The hearing, entitled “MAP-21 Reauthorization: The Economic Importance of Maintaining Federal Investments in our Transportation Infrastructure,” kicked off the committee’s work on a new highway funding bill, Politico reports. The hearing […]

February 13, 2014

Roadbuilding

P3s win in Virginia Supreme Court case

The decision by the Virginia Supreme Court to uphold the state’s public-private partnership (P3s) in the case of Elizabeth River Crossings OPCO, LLC and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) v. Danny Meeks should be applauded. The state Supreme Court decision overruled a lower court’s decision to strike down Virginia’s Public Private Transportation Act. The American […]

November 4, 2013

Roadbuilding

FHWA Administrator Mendez tells ARTBA National Convention attendees to ‘dream big, build big’

Federal Highway (FHWA) Administrator Victor Mendez told attendees at the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 9 to “dream big and build big to create a system that will meet the needs of future generations,” according to a report from our sister site, Aggregates Manager. At the […]

September 13, 2013

Roadbuilding

This is what you do for your state, Mr. Road Building Contractor

To continue to have as much firepower as possible at your fingertips when talking to people who are unaware of the impact of your industry on your state, check out this interactive map. It’s built on 2012 American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) research and it shows you just how much of an impact […]

August 7, 2013

Roadbuilding

ARTBA launches grassroots-focused video, website

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has launched its latest educational video and website, with a goal of teaching transportation design and construction professionals about how to become involved in the political process and infrastructure policy debates. [youtube Lv3URWnqK9I nolink] The nine-minute grassroots training video, “Mobilize: A Grassroots Legislative Action Program,” presents information […]

June 26, 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

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