Tag: highway and bridge construction

Roadbuilding

ARTBA forecast calls for modest 2015 growth

The U.S. transportation construction market will see a 3.1 percent growth from $185.9 billion in 2014 to $191.7 billion in 2015, according to a forecast released by American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black. The projected growth is slightly above the anticipated growth in the overall economy. U.S. Gross […]

December 3, 2014

Roadbuilding

Kentucky finalizes 20-year transportation plan

The Kentucky Transportation Department has finalized a 20-year transportation plan that will guide highway and bridge construction projects throughout the state. The long-term plan will serve as an update to state’s 2006 plan which was designed to address the main transportation opportunities and challenges facing the state of Kentucky. Kentucky officials relied on input from a survey called […]

November 26, 2014

Roadbuilding

Highway and bridge construction starts climb 27 percent

The value of new construction starts dipped four percent in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $589.8 billion. According to Dodge Data & Analytics, the decline followed a 10 percent increase reported in September, which was the strongest month for total construction starts thus far this year. However, highway and bridge construction starts saw […]

November 25, 2014

Roadbuilding

Highway Contractor

Within a handful of bright, or at least not gloomy, spots there may be opportunities for transportation agencies and highway and bridge contractors to be pro-active in their fight against the agonizingly slow recession climb-out.

January 12, 2012

Roadbuilding

Lattatudes

Agencies and managers in charge of our bridges and roads are doing an extraordinary job of attacking the problem of dwindling funds, of having to do more with less.

August 2, 2011

Roadbuilding

Think Big

FHWA head sees a year of thinking big, dreaming big and change.

January 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

Greenroads: Version 1.0 of rating system for roadway design, construction released

The University of Washington and CH2M Hill have jointly released a sustainability performance metric, or “rating system,” for roadway design and construction. The Greenroads system was unveiled at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting last month in Washington, D.C.,and  on Jan. 19, the Version 1.0 Rating System (80-page synopsis) was made publicly available.  (For the […]

February 18, 2010