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Roadbuilding

Florida bridge opens after 3 years of construction

After three years of construction and a weekend of being closed for re-striping, Florida’s new Flagler Memorial Bridge between Palm Beach and West Palm Beach opened one lane in each direction on Monday, CBS12.com reports. The project cost taxpayers approximately $105 million dollars. Some businesses were negatively impacted during the years of construction, and some eventually closed, but for […]

December 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT completes reconstruction, reopens Broad Street bridge

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced that reconstruction of the Broad Street (M-57) bridge over the Shiawassee River in Chesaning has been completed and all lanes are now open to two-way traffic. The $5.8 million project included culvert work at Bear Creek and the replacement of a culvert at the East Branch of Deer Creek. At 9 […]

December 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

Illinois DOT invests in drones to help with assortment of jobs

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) paid approximately $9,000 for a pair of new drones that it plans to use for an assortment of jobs, the Illinois News Network reports. “It could do (tasks) ranging from surveying work, maybe getting into some 3D imaging, to maybe looking at highway work zones,” IDOT spokesman Brian Williamsen told […]

December 20, 2016

Roadbuilding

Ohio high school engineering students get up-close look at bridge reconstruction project

Engineering students at Kings (Ohio) High School were provided with an opportunity visit the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge, which is undergoing reconstruction, the Journal-News reports. The students learned about the project team and about the steps involved in bridge construction — from installing various foundations to support the bridge to pouring individual bridge segments and using post-tension tendons to hold the bridge […]

December 16, 2016

Business

LafargeHolcim CEO confirmed as new Chairman of the Cement Sustainability Initiative

During the Cement Sustainability Initiative’s (CSI) annual CEO Meeting in Madrid on Dec. 13, LafargeHolcim CEO Eric Olsen was confirmed as the new Chairman of CSI for 2017. The organization supports the progress of the global cement sector toward sustainable development and helps to unite major cement producers with operations in more than 100 countries. LafargeHolcim is one of […]

December 15, 2016

Business

Trump to nominate fast food exec Puzder as Labor Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump continues to choose cabinet members for his administration and recently announced plans to nominate Andrew Puzder, 66, as Secretary of Labor, The New York Times reports. Puzder is the CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc., the company that owns the Hardees and Carl’s Jr. fast food franchises. He  has been an outspoken critic of the Obama […]

December 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana county receives federal grant, prepares to replace Eisenhower Bridge in Anderson

Madison County, Indiana, commissioners have signed agreements for the reconstruction of Eisenhower Bridge in downtown Anderson, The Herald Bulletin reports. The projected bridge replacement cost is expected to be $18.4 million, though the actual cost won’t be known until the contract is awarded. According to the news report, Madison County Engineer Chuck Leser said one […]

December 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

London awards contract to turn city’s bridges into “light sculptures”

On Dec. 7, London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced that a British-American team—light artist Leo Villareal of New York and British architecture group Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands—has been chosen from 105 teams worldwide to illuminate the 17 bridges that span the River Thames in central London, The New York Times reports. The 20 million pound ($25 million) project, which […]

December 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

California bill would provide $6B in annual infrastructure funding

On Dec. 5, California Assemblyman Jim Frazier (D – Oakley) introduced a new bill that offers a plan to repair the state’s crumbling transportation infrastructure, East County Today reports. AB1 would raise an additional $6 billion in annual funding to repair state and local roads, improve trade corridors and support public transit, and will also include measures […]

December 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse captures construction of towers at on-schedule Tappan Zee Bridge

Construction of the new $3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge is entering its fourth year. “There’s a lot of good progress,’’ Jamey Barbas, the New York State Thruway Authority’s project director, told the board during an update report on Dec. 5, the recordonline.com reports. According to the news agency, Barbas told the board that the eight, 419-foot signature towers of the superstructure […]

December 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

Man arrested for intentionally striking road construction worker with car in Calif.

A Novato, California, man was arrested after he intentionally struck a road construction worker with his vehicle at approximately 8:45 a.m. Dec. 2, the Novato Patch reports. The Novato Police Department responded to the incident and reported that the driver left the scene in his vehicle. The Police determined that, when the construction worker held up a stop […]

December 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Delayed completion of Wilmington (N.C.) bridge may mean penalty for contractor

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) says that, after being closed for more than a year for construction, Wilmington’s North 3rd Street bridge is now complete, with just a bit of landscaping yet to be finished, according to the StarNews Online. Work was originally scheduled to be completed April 1 to accommodate the North Carolina Azalea Festival, […]

December 7, 2016