Mitigating impacts to day-trippers, commuters and truck drivers will challenge a Kiewit-Fann joint venture when it begins construction in 2022 on the high-volume 23-mile stretch of I-17 from Anthem Way to Sunset Point less than an hour north of Phoenix.
Close preconstruction collaboration between Caltrans and the project team yielded a host of cost-saving innovations that helped reduce the budget by nearly $40 million while also helping expedite the process of elevating SR 58 across U.S. Route 395 and an adjacent freight rail line.
British Columbia authorities say key expert witness death and changed testimonies related to rock scaler Sam Fitzpatrick's fatal accident made conviction of contractor and two ex-managers unlikely.
Improving construction data practices and finding new ways to use machine-learning and other advanced algorithms in projects has been a hot topic in the industry, but some firms are already seeing real benefits. That was the consensus of a panel of experts convened for ENR’s 2021 Top Young Professionals conference, held Feb. 24-26.
California and Oregon now are dam co-licensees for estimated $450M Klamath River project to resolve federal concerns, but major work by contractor Kiewit is pushed back one year.
