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Roadbuilding

7 Tips for Your First Week in Highway Construction

If you’re considering working in highway construction for the first time, you may be looking for some advice for your first few days on the job. You probably know it will be a lot of hard work and that hard hats are involved, but what else do you need to know? Our sister site, Equipment […]

February 13, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caltrans agrees to remove netting from bridge construction site to remove threat to swallows

The California Department of Transportation recently reached a settlement with conservationists to remove netting draped across a construction site near San Francisco consisting of two bridges. According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, Caltrans draped the netting over the Petaluma and Lakeville Overpass bridges on Highway 101 to keep cliff swallows from nesting beneath […]

February 13, 2014

Construction Equipment

Highway construction project halted in Iceland to avoid disturbing home and church of “hidden elves”

It’s not uncommon for construction and road projects to be halted due to environmental concerns. But elves? That’s a new one on us. In Iceland, environmentalists have forged a partnership with elf advocates to convince the Icelandic Road and Coastal Commission to abandon a highway construction project that would build a route from the Alftanes […]

December 23, 2013

Business

Forecast for U.S. construction value at year’s end dropped due to 3 political uncertainties

Citing three different political situations it expects to cause continued shifting in construction markets, FMI has again revised downward its forecast for overall construction value. FMI, a management consulting and investment banking provider for the engineering and construction industry, dropped its forecast for the U.S. value of construction-put-in-place to end at $909 billion this year. That’s […]

September 23, 2013

Business

Alabama Rep. Bachus introduces bill to expedite approval of large construction projects

Citing “protracted” construction permitting procedures in need of streamlining, U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., recently detailed the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act, which he co-sponsors. The bill would seek to eliminate duplicate state and federal reviews on construction projects along with establishing deadlines and a statute of limitations for environmental impact studies. The […]

July 15, 2013

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS: Japan’s road construction signs are cute cartoon animals

Here in the U.S., we’ve been seeing innovations that save time and money, increase driver safety, raise awareness about construction crews and make other improvements to highway construction. But in Japan, a different and adorable kind of innovation is showing up at highway construction sites. Road construction crews in Japan have begun using animal-shaped barricades […]

July 11, 2013

Business

U.S. infrastructure spending has plummeted in last 5 years

According to a report from our sister site Better Roads, infrastructure spending in the U.S. has plummeted in the last five years. Citing data that began in 2002, Better Roads reports that highway and road construction spending began a major decline in 2009. It should come to no surprise that the culprit is the country’s […]

May 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

The EPA and You

Don’t wait for environmental regulations to affect your your company’s or your agency’s work — strike first.

May 6, 2013

Gear

Wirtgen’s plug-and-play AutoPilot Field Rover eliminates stringlines

Last week, we told you about Wirtgen receiving an innovation award at the latest Bauma construction equipment show in Munich. We wrote in that post about why Bauma chose to give Wirtgen that award, but today we’ve got a bit more information about the product itself. Stringlines have been guiding paving machines for a long […]

April 25, 2013

Business

Two-thirds of Americans likely to say “no” to gas tax as transportation funding

According to a report from our sister site Better Roads citing a recent Gallup poll, two-thirds of Americans would oppose a 20-cent-per-gallon gas tax that would provide funding for transportation and infrastructure repairs. The poll was conducted April 9-10 shortly after Maryland passed its first gas tax increase in 20 years. The tax’s 13- to […]

April 24, 2013

Construction Equipment

Wirtgen wins a Bauma 2013 innovation award with “virtual stringlines” and the AutoPilot Field Rover

The Bauma construction equipment trade show, currently wrapping up in Munich, Germany has named its five innovations award winners for 2013. The show received 156 entries from  Germany and abroad” and narrowed the field to 15 before choosing six winners. Wirtgen was named as one of those award winners for its “AutoPilot Field Rover” entry for  succeeding […]

April 19, 2013

Business

Better Roads: 38% of highway construction sites saw car crashes in past year

John Latta, editor of our sister publication Better Roads, has written an impassioned blog post with a very important topic: road construction work zone safety. According to John’s post, 38 percent of highway contractors who responded to a survey by the Associated General Contractors of America saw motor vehicles crash into their construction work zones in […]

April 19, 2013