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Roadbuilding
DC’s Arlington Memorial Bridge needs millions to return to peak condition
Emergency repairs on Arlington Memorial Bridge are costing $3 million, but that’s nothing compared to what it would cost to restore the bridge back its glory days. The Washington, D.C., bridge is so plagued with rust and broken concrete among other problems that it would cost upwards of $250 million to permanently fix, CBS Washington […]
June 3, 2015
Technology
Face the Nation: How an artist, a construction company and GPS joined forces to sculpt a face atop the National Mall
The intrinsic power of GPS is its effectiveness in so many diverse applications. But while many tout the technology’s ability to pave a runway to millimeter specs, few would cite GPS as an artist’s tool. Yet that is precisely what transpired on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. There, a lot of behind-the-scenes work, an […]
October 16, 2014
Roadbuilding
Obama pushes for transportation funding during Key Bridge visit
During his visit to the Key Bridge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, President Barack Obama urged Congress to quickly pass a highway bill to prevent Highway Trust Fund (HTF) insolvency, The Hill reports. The HTF is a major source of funding for state and local highway projects. However, money in the fund is projected to […]
July 1, 2014
Roadbuilding
Transportation advocates push for highway funding this week
Transportation advocates are flying to Washington, D.C. from all over the country to meet with lawmakers and discuss highway funding at the Transportation Construction Coalition’s (TCC) 2014 Legislative Fly-In on Tuesday and Wednesday. This year’s theme, “The Time is Now: Fix the Highway Trust Fund,” urges legislators to find a solution before the Highway Trust Fund […]
June 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
ARTBA to host transportation advocate workshop
Transportation advocates will have the chance this summer to learn about how funding increases in several states were achieved. The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) will host the “National Workshop for State and Local Transportation Advocates” on July 16 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C. The workshop is designed for state […]
May 26, 2014
Construction Equipment
These 500-foot-tall cranes will usher in a new era of shipping in New Jersey
On Sunday, a trio of massive shipping cranes arrived in the Port of New York and New Jersey that will allow the world’s largest ships to unload cargo there once the ongoing expansion of the Panama Canal is complete. The cranes will be erected at the Port Newark Container Terminal on Newark Bay and will […]
May 22, 2014
Business
Lawmakers, experts discuss solutions, stress urgent need for stable, increased highway funding
Over half of the highway miles traveled in the United States are on roads in less than good condition, said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Environmental & Public Works Committee. She spoke at the Infrastructure for the Future conference Thursday in Washington, D.C., where experts tied the pressing need for road and […]
November 22, 2013
Workforce
Report: Washington D.C. excludes successful construction-trades academy from “priority” career initiative funding
Despite a 90-percent graduation rate and a more-than 60-percent college-going rate, a Washington D.C. construction-trades academy was excluded from funding in a new D.C.-area Career and Technical Education program, according to a report from Greater Greater Education. The Academy of Construction and Design is based within D.C.’s Cardozo Senior High School. It was established in […]
November 13, 2013
Roadbuilding
Trains are public places. Who knew?
A former National Security Agency (NSA) chief learned Thursday that trains are public places — really public places, with people who can overhear and disperse information from private phone conversations. Michael Hayden, who directed the NSA and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under President George W. Bush, disclosed off-the-record comments to reporters during several phone […]
October 25, 2013
Construction Equipment
Watch 220 years of Washington D.C. construction in 3 beautiful minutes
Earlier this week, we showed you a video that compressed 165 years of Manhattan construction into one minute. But today we’ve got an even cooler video that packs 220 years of Washington D.C. construction into 3 minutes. The video chronicles the construction of some of our nation’s most iconic and important buildings, beginning with the […]
July 19, 2013
Roadbuilding
Focus on the city center or the neighborhoods?
Here’s a question about Washington D.C. road and transportation planning that I’m thinking is the sort of macro question facing a lot of big cities. “Should the design of major roads and our big transit projects favor moving large numbers of people in and out of downtown? Or should DC focus on making streets feel […]
June 21, 2013
Roadbuilding
The pros and cons of transportation funding options
Following transportation funding discussions at this week’s Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In in Washington, D.C., Politico has reported the pros and cons of the four most popular money-raising options. Lawmakers at the Fly-In discussed four main options for funding infrastructure projects: implement a higher gas tax, enforce a vehicle-miles-traveled fee, expand oil and gas drilling […]
June 6, 2013
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