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Roadbuilding

Big Bertha is set to start drilling again in November after extensive repairs, testing

The world’s largest tunnel-boring machine is now scheduled to get back to work on November 23, nearly two years after it overheated and stalled while digging beneath Seattle. The Seattle Times reported that the construction team handling the massive undertaking of drilling the 1.8-mile Highway 99 tunnel released the new timetable and a new completion date of […]

July 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

FHWA creates new National Tunnel Inspection program

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has created a new tunnel inspection program modeled after the decades old bridge inspection program. According to a release from the FHWA, the new National Tunnel Inspection Standards would create requirements such as routine inspections of tunnels on public roads, training and certificate programs for tunnel inspectors […]

July 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

SHRP2 Education Connection presents 10 universities with cooperative agreements worth $100,000

Ten universities are receiving roughly $100,000 worth of cooperative agreements from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Education Connection initiative. The program is designed for universities to incorporate SHRP2 Solutions programs into their current transportation curricula. “These cooperative agreements provide an opportunity to incorporate SHRP2 products into transportation coursework, bringing state-of-the-practice solutions into the […]

July 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

Transportation innovators: Nominees sought for White House, USDOT Champions of Change

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the White House Office of Public Engagement are looking for nominees for a Champions of Change event highlighting “Beyond Traffic: Innovators in Transportation for the Future.” The Champions of Change program is a weekly program that recognizes people throughout the country “who are leading projects and initiatives that move […]

July 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

Stolen van causes up to $1 million in damage after crashing through Kansas work zone

Construction workers in Kansas were surprised to find a wrecked van abandoned in their road work site July 2. But the havoc the van brought with it to the 1.5-mile work zone likely provided more of a shock. The van, which was reported stolen, caused anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million in damages to the construction site and the […]

July 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

National Work Zone Memorial travels through Pennsylvania, honoring lives lost in work zones

The National Work Zone Memorial, the traveling tribute to those who lost their lives in work zones, made three stops in Pennsylvania last week. The memorial was established by the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) Foundation in 2002 “Having the National Work Zone Memorial stop in Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh is a great honor, but also […]

July 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA recognizes Virginia I-95 project, 2 public officials with P3 awards

The financing of a high occupancy toll lane project along a stretch of Interstate 95 in northern Virginia received the Project of the Year nod during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) recent 27th Annual Public Private Partnership (P3) in Transportation Conference. Ananth Prasad, former secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and […]

July 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

House passes $8 billion HTF extension to fund road projects through December

The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor to extend transportation funding into December Wednesday afternoon, just two weeks before the Highway Trust Fund is set to expire. The $8.1 billion bill passed 312-119 and would mark the 34th straight short-term patch for road funding since 2008 if it is approved by the Senate and signed […]

July 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Washington governor signs bipartisan package of bills for 16-year, $16 billion transportation investment program

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a transportation investment package of bills that will fund transportation projects over a 16-year period at a cost of $16 billion. Dubbed “Connecting Washington”, the program is estimated to create 200,000 jobs. Most of the funding will come from a two-tier gas tax increase. The tax will rise 7 […]

July 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Minneapolis residents aren’t happy about all of the road work

When departments of transportation get complaints, it’s usually about some road or another needing work done. But the Minnesota Department of Transportation has been getting complaints that they are simply doing too much road work. KARE 11 reported that MnDOT has seen a spike in complaints from drivers in the Minneapolis area asking why the […]

July 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

PaveXpress 2.0 pavement design tool adds asphalt overlay module

PaveXpress, a free, online pavement design tool created with support from the National Asphalt Pavement Association and the State Asphalt Pavement Associations, has launched an update including an asphalt overlay design module. Version 2.0 of PaveXpress “makes it easy to design asphalt overlays that preserve a pavement’s structure while improving smoothness, safety, and drivability.” The […]

July 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Light-emitting concrete, RCC for highway use and more research that may fuel tomorrow’s road projects

Research influences how state and local transportation officials approach future road projects. A primary venue for transportation officials to get current research findings is the Transportation Research Board meeting, held each January in Washington, D.C. Topics discussed here may be reflected in tomorrow’s bid documents. Four of these papers – involving full-depth reclamation (FDR) for […]

July 16, 2015