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Georgia plans a Safety Stand-Down during National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced that in observance of National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week, April 3-7, 2017, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will partner with the state of Georgia, local government organizations and employers to sponsor one-hour Safety Stand-Down events to train road workers on the dangers […]

April 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

USDOT establishes advisory committee on transportation automation

The U.S. Department of Transportation has formed a new advisory committee tasked with focusing on automation issues across the transportation industry, including automated vehicles and research, policy and regulations. The first meeting will be held Jan. 16. “During my time at the department, we have fostered some of the most significant technological changes to ever […]

January 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

With aim of ending traffic deaths in next 30 years, USDOT and National Safety Council partner on Road to Zero initiative

Three U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) agencies and the National Safety Counil have teamed up to launch the Road to Zero coalition aimed at ending traffic fatalities on U.S. roads over the next 30 years. The department has committed $1 million per year for the next three years for grants to groups working on “lifesaving” […]

October 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

U.S. motor vehicle deaths up 8% in 2015; highest increase in 50 years

About 38,300 people died in U.S. motor vehicle accidents in 2015. That’s an 8 percent increase over 2014 and marks the largest rise in half a century. It was the deadliest driving year since 2008, according to the National Safety Council. The NSC attributes much of the rise in traffic fatalities to a better economy and lower […]

March 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

US traffic fatalities up 14% in first 6 months of 2015

New data from the National Safety Council reveals that the number of motor vehicles deaths in America are up 14 percent through the first six months of 2015. That’s a jump of 18,630 deaths compared to 2014. On top of that, injuries from traffic accidents are up by more than 30 percent compared to last year. “As […]

August 24, 2015

Roadbuilding

Stay safe this Memorial Day weekend

The National Safety Council has offered its traffic fatality estimate for Memorial Day weekend. NSC estimates 382 deaths and 40,900 medically consulted injuries may occur from motor vehicle collisions during the holiday weekend, which begins at 6 p.m. on Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Monday. “Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer celebrations, […]

May 22, 2014

Roadbuilding

Hersman leaves NTSB, joins National Safety Council as president and CEO

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Deborah Hersman is set to leave the agency in the coming weeks to join the National Safety Council as president and CEO, Politico reports. Hersman, who has been on the NTSB since 2004, will leave the agency on April 25, cutting short her third five-year term. Hersman is well-known for […]

March 12, 2014

Roadbuilding

Hello? [CRASH]

A new report argues that car crashes involving cell phones are significantly underreported. So what is the number? There’s no hard data to go on, but the correct number for cell phone involvement in all crashes, says the report, is about one in four. Common sense suggests that it’s right. And it also suggests that […]

May 13, 2013

Business

Contractor of the Year Finalist

G.C. Campbell and Greg Goodman Mooresville, North Carolina When two friends joined forces, they took a second- generation pipeline firm to the next level. By Tom Jackson G. Campbell Construction Year started: 1993 Number of employees: 50 + Annual volume: $5 to $7 million Markets served: Natural gas pipeline installation – distribution and transmission, horizontal […]

October 4, 2011