Tag: transportation construction industry

Roadbuilding

Don’t underestimate the transportation construction industry

The transportation construction industry was hit pretty tough with this latest recession. In a 2014-2018 Construction Outlook from the Portland Cement Association’s (PCA) Dave Zwicke, senior regional economist, at the Associated Equipment Dealers (AED)/Infor Executive Forum, he noted that this past recession was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. There was an 8.5 […]

October 9, 2014

Roadbuilding

Transportation Talk: Can We Stop a ‘Painful’ Transportation Situation?

As the nation continues in a slow economic recovery, we need to ensure the HTF remains solvent.

March 8, 2014

Roadbuilding

Transportation construction investments generate $354 billion in annual U.S. economic activity

The money invested in employment and purchases in the transportation construction industry generates $354 billion–or 2.25 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)–annually in United States economic activity, according to an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) report. The report, “The U.S. Transportation Construction Industry Profile,” reveals that the annual GDP transportation construction employment […]

April 24, 2013

Driver/operator coaching/training

ARTBA announces key staff promotions

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has announced the promotion of some of the association’s key staff, including the following: Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives: Rich Juliano Juliano manages the activities of ARTBA’s Contractors Division, which includes more than 3,000 construction companies, and serves as principal liaison to ARTBA’s 35 affiliated state and […]

January 19, 2012

Roadbuilding

Contractors from PA, N.C., Texas and CA receive national safety awards from ARTBA

Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif. Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.” ,Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif. Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.” ,Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif. Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.” ,Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif. Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.” ,Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif. Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.” ,Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif. Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.” ,Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif. Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.” ,Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif. Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.” ,Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif. Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.”

October 18, 2011

Business

Contractors from PA, N.C., Texas and CA receive national safety awards from ARTBA

Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized Oct. 3 for their outstanding worker safety programs during the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) National Convention held in Monterey, Calif.  Winning firms were the top honorees of the ARTBA Foundation/CNA “Contractor Safety Awards.” CNA, a national property and […]

October 17, 2011

Roadbuilding

ARTBA commends Mica for transportation plan leadership, cautions against decrease in revenue stream

Following House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee Chair John Mica’s (R-Fla.) proposal on the six-year reauthorization of the committee’s Surface Transportation Program, American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO Pete Ruane issued the following statement: “We commend House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica for his leadership in moving this long-overdue […]

July 13, 2011

Business

ARTBA commends Mica for transportation plan leadership, cautions against decrease in revenue stream

We commend House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica for his leadership in moving this long-overdue process forward. Despite strong political headwinds, he has produced a proposal with much needed reforms that would reduce red tape and bureaucratic hurdles that stand in the way of many important projects critical to our economic vitality. His goal of expediting product delivery and facilitating public-private partnerships is clearly a step in the right direction."

July 13, 2011

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Feds: More stimulus, please, if economy stays weak

There is no question that the transportation construction industry has benefited from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), a.ka. “the stimulus,” but whether the stimulus was a good idea in the first place has been hotly debated. However, Federal Reserve officials have said that we may need to pump ever more cash into the […]

October 5, 2010

Workforce

Reauthorization a ‘bright spot’ but recovery hinges on highway bill, contractor tells Congress

The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin […]

July 28, 2010

Roadbuilding

Stimulus a ‘bright spot’ but recovery hinges on highway bill, contractor tells Congress

The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).,The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for the transportation construction industry that has been hit hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work, continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery, Kevin Gannon, vice president of Appleton, Wis.-based Northeast Asphalt, Inc., told Congress at a July 27 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on implementation of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

July 28, 2010