Articles Tagged with ''airport construction''

The Kansas City International Airport terminal Is the largest project yet to deploy wearable IoT tags to warn workers when they're in violation of jobsite social distancing rules.

The $2.7-billion facility, New Jersey's largest-ever Port Authority NY and NJ project, is much-anticipated economic driver in virus-ravaged region, but COVID impacts could alter its scope and schedule.

The design team for Pittsburgh International Airport’s planned 650,000-sq-ft new terminal had nearly reached the 60% design mark in March, and the owner was preparing to release preparatory enabling contracts.

The contractor agreed to settle with the Justice Dept. by paying a $1 million settlement over claims it misrepresented its use of a disadvantaged business as a subcontractor on a terminal building project at Peoria International Airport project.

The virus impact on aviation, port, rail, bus and bridge traffic puts $20 billion of planned capital spend at risk, said Rick Cotton, regional Port Authority executive director at NJ airport briefing.

Trump has signed the $2-trillion measure passed by Congress, but in some cases, states and localities would determine how much to spend on operations or construction.

Working to keep his company’s projects moving amid an unprecedented viral pandemic, Webcor Builders President and CEO Jes Pedersen says the company is learning as it goes.

Projects continue for now even as COVID-19 drops ridership and the future is cloudy, but agencies prepare planned jobs to be ready for anticipated federal stimulus.