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State and Municipal Agencies Expand Use of Cloud Construction Oversight

Virginia DOT and City of Sacramento use PlanGrid technology for inspections

January 27, 2021

Virginia DOT and City of Sacramento are using PlanGrid technology for field inspections, among others expanding cloud-based project management tools.

VDOT OKs Start of $3.8B Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion

Jim Parsons

September 22, 2020

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The Virginia Dept. of Transportation has given the go-ahead for work to begin on the $3.8-billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion project.

Clark Nexsen Named ENR MidAtlantic Design Firm of the Year

Justin Rice

April 15, 2020

ENR MidAtlantic names Clark Nexsen Design Firm of the Year.

Four-Alarm Blaze Torches Construction Site Outside Washington, D.C.

Owner declares mixed-use project in Alexandria, Va. “destroyed”

Bruce Buckley

February 8, 2020

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About 150 firefighters from Fairfax County Fire and Rescue responded to a four-alarm fire at a construction site outside Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8.

Highway Infrastructure

$509M TIFIA Loan Goes for Projects Already Under Construction

Tom Ichniowski

December 16, 2019

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Loan will help finance a group of six Hampton Roads highway projects.

Pipeline Projects Help West Virginia Lead Nation in Construction Job Growth

AGC workforce data placed the Mountain State last in job growth just three years ago

Justin Rice

March 26, 2018

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West Virginia had the largest job growth in the nation from January 2017 to January 2018, according to Associated General Contractor workforce data.

Virginia Tunnel Builders Deliver Latest Project Phase Early

October 11, 2017

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The design-build phase of the $2.1- billion Elizabeth River Tunnels project in Norfolk, Va., finished last month—one year ahead of schedule—in a P3 collaboration between a Skanska USA-Kiewit-Weeks Marine Inc. team and the Virginia Dept. of Transportation.

Virginia Six-Year Transportation Plan Calls for $18.2 Billion in Spending

Jim Parsons

June 26, 2017

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Virginia will spend $18.6 billion to study, develop, and build more than 3,600 transportation projects through 2023 under the latest Six-Year Improvement Program approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

Transportation

DC Metro's Safety Surge Report Card

Jim Parsons

July 20, 2016

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Early results are in on efforts to fast track rail system's voluminous maintenance needs.

Engineering Educators Elect First Black Woman President-Elect

Chicago Designer Alan Bombick Dies at 61

Debra K. Rubin

July 6, 2016

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Bevlee Watford, associate dean for academic affairs at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, has become the first black woman to be president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education.