Tag: Better Roads: Page 36

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway Board approves $99 million in contracts

The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved 13 construction contracts and six professional engineering service contracts totaling nearly $99 million.

July 2, 2018

Safety

House bill would cut funding to OSHA and MSHA, increase NIOSH budget

As part of a draft funding bill proposed by the House Appropriations Committee’s Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) would receive modest budget cuts in fiscal year 2019, Safety + Health reports. The draft bill allocates $545.3 […]

June 29, 2018

Roadbuilding

Tempe Police: Autonomous Uber operator was watching “The Voice”, had time to avoid deadly collision

An Uber driver operating in autonomous mode was streaming “The Voice” when her Volvo fatally struck and killed a homeless woman pushing a bicycle across a dimly lit street in Tempe, Arizona, last March. That’s according to a newly released 318-page police report. It details subpoenas used to get information from Hulu, Google and other […]

June 29, 2018

Dealers

BlueLine Rental takes first steps toward launching IPO

The offering is expected to commence when market conditions allow, subject to, among other things, completion of the SEC review process. More details here.

June 28, 2018

Roadbuilding

Next Gen concrete pavement surface textures spur awards for Texas DOT

They were recognized for their efforts to advance the understanding and use of quiet concrete pavement surface textures using the NGCS in the state of Texas.

June 28, 2018

Home

Phillips named CEO of Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority

Bryce Phillips is expected to start his new job in mid-July by replacing interim CEO Andre Juneau, who took over after the exit of Michael Cautillo in 2017.

June 28, 2018

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway urges July 4th drivers take caution in work zones, opens “safe phone zones”

The heaviest travel for the 4th of July holiday is expected on Tuesday, July 3, when nearly 1.9 million vehicles are projected to use the 294-mile system.

June 27, 2018

Roadbuilding

How CEMEX supplied concrete to improve Grand Canyon roadways

CEMEX teamed up with Southwest Concrete Paving, U.S. Forest Service, and Grand Canyon National Park Service to supply concrete needed to complete improvements.

June 27, 2018

Roadbuilding

Drone footage details IDOT progress on I-74 Mississippi River bridge

Check out the drone video that provides a close-up look at the new Interstate 74 bridge project over the Mississippi River.

June 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

WSDOT performs maintenance on Seattle’s I-5 Ship Canal Bridge

The Ship Canal Bridge is one of more than 300 bridges in Washington state that the WSDOT says is in need of a complete deck overhaul within the next 10 years.

June 25, 2018

Roadbuilding

Rough, congested roads and bridges cost Ohio drivers $12 billion annually

Roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack some desirable safety features cost Ohio motorists a total of $12 billion statewide annually.

June 25, 2018

Roadbuilding

30-ton beams delivered to PennDOT bridge replacement project

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is in the middle of a $1.1 million bridge replacement project on Farrandsville Road over Lick Run near Lock Haven, Pa., WNEP reports. Recently, five 60,000-pound bridge beams were transported to the bridge site and set in place by two cranes. PennDOT says the 52-foot bridge was originally a railroad bridge […]

June 22, 2018