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Roadbuilding

NAPA Care Emergency Benevolent Fund grows to $590,000

This week, the NAPA Care auction has raised $54,645 between its silent auction and cash donations at the annual meeting of the National Asphalt Pavement Association in San Diego, California. That brings the total money available to endow the fund to about $590,000, says T. Carter Ross, vice president of communications for NAPA. The NAPA Care […]

February 16, 2018

Roadbuilding

ALDOT and McCartney Construction Co. win NAPA’s top award for paving quality

McCartney Construction Company and the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) have received a top honor from the National Asphalt Pavement Association –  the 2017 Sheldon G. Hayes Award. The award, bestowed annually since 1971, recognizes the country’s highest quality highway pavements. The work was for paving for the Anniston Eastern Bypass in Alabama, which involved […]

February 15, 2018

Roadbuilding

Trump will donate 4Q 2017 salary to Transportation Department

In a gesture that addresses the nation’s transportation infrastructure woes and helps push his recently released infrastructure plan, President Trump announced that he will donate his fourth-quarter 2017 salary of $100,000 to the U.S. Department of Transportation, CNBC reports. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao will accept the donation and plans to use it for a grant program that […]

February 15, 2018

Roadbuilding

Austin’s ‘speed cushions’ hit bump in the road with residents

An effort by the city of Austin, Texas, to slow traffic in residential areas by placing what it calls “speed cushions” – bumps in the road made of rubber – has irked residents throughout the city, according to the Austin Monitor newspaper. Their purpose is to slow traffic to increase safety. But along with the inconvenience, some […]

February 15, 2018

Roadbuilding

New NAPA chairman urges members to focus on safety, quality and following through

The Silver Star Construction crew from Moore, Oklahoma, was following all the safety rules on that spring morning as they paved. Distracted, the driver of a pickup truck bore down on the work zone at 50 miles per hour. The catastrophic accident that unfolded in the next few moments touched off a crusade for […]

February 14, 2018

Roadbuilding

San Diego construction exec Thomas L. Brown elected 2018 TRIP chairman

San Diego, Ca, construction executive Thomas L. Brown has been elected 2018 chairman of the board of directors of TRIP, a private, national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. Brown has been in the construction business since 1972. In 1989, he founded general engineering contractor firm Sierra Pacific West, Inc. Based in Vista, which is in […]

February 14, 2018

Roadbuilding

Finley Asphalt & Concrete taps Shapiro as COO

Finley Asphalt & Concrete appointed Glenn Shapiro to the position of chief operating officer. In his new position, Shapiro will ensure that the company has the proper operational controls in administrative, reporting procedures, and people systems. “By modifying our leadership structure, we are (now) able to better diversify, manage our productivity, cover more ground and […]

February 14, 2018

Roadbuilding

Pa. gears up for $41.5 million in transportation projects

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has announced $41.5 million worth of new transportation projects. The 45 projects include those for improving highways, bridges, and bike and walking paths spread among 22 counties. The projects are being funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Multimodal Transportation Fund. The next round of applications for the fund are due […]

February 13, 2018

Roadbuilding

S.C. outlines plans to improve from most highway deaths in U.S.

Noting that her state ranks the worst in highway fatalities, South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall plans to improve 100 miles of the state’s most dangerous roads each year. The project is part of her 2018 “State of SCDOT” report. She says the state’s top priorities will be rural road safety, resurfacing, bridges and […]

February 13, 2018

Roadbuilding

Environmental statement released for planned I-69 in Ind.

The Indiana Department of Transportation has released the environmental statement for the final section of Interstate 69 between Indianapolis and Martinsville. The future Section 6 will improve safety and travel times, as well as increase economic activity in the area, the INDOT says. The environmental statement recommends a path for the 26-mile highway section following […]

February 13, 2018

Roadbuilding

Trump’s newly released infrastructure plan draws mixed reviews, including concerns

Industry groups on Monday voiced mixed reviews of President Donald Trump’s newly released infrastructure plan. They expressed disappointment over the lack of a permanent solution for the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and new worries over the proposed elimination of transportation construction grants. Trump wants to use $200 billion in federal money to generate […]

February 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway’s massive I-90 project wins a top construction industry award

The Illinois Tollway has won Construction Industry Service Corporation’s 2017 Project of the Year Award for the $2.5 billion Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) Rebuilding and Widening Project. The four-year project involved more than 540 firms, including 415 construction companies and 125 professional engineering services firms. More than 200 of those firms were identified as […]

February 12, 2018