Bridges and roads each received the poorest grades of “D-” from the Mississippi Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in its the 2020 Report Card for Mississippi’s Infrastructure out of the 12 graded categories. The report card, released April 14, gave Mississippi an overall grade of “D+” for its infrastructure systems.
Audrey Copeland, president and CEO of the National Asphalt Pavement Association, spoke with ENR’s transportation editor Aileen Cho at CONEXPO-CON/AGG earlier this month about sustainable pavements and encouraging more women to join the industry.
Orange County, Calif., is studying the feasibility of converting several existing freeway carpool lanes into tolled express lanes to help alleviate increasing congestion.
Communication skills and emotional intelligence are critical not only to successful design-build delivery projects but also to attraction and retention of new talent in the A/E/C industry.
The news of a fourth fatality on the I-4 Ultimate project in Orlando, Fla., is surely increasing the pressure on SGL Constructors, the Skanska-led joint venture contractor leading the $2.3-billion project.
Repeated delays with the I-35-U.S. Route 30 interchange project could cost Harmony, Minn.-based Minnowa Construction Inc. more than $800,000 in penalties, according to the Iowa Dept. of Transportation.