Transportation construction

Long-Awaited MBTA Green Line Extension Stays on Track

The first station in the $2.3 billion project is expected to be finished in the fall

April 20, 2021

The $2.3 billion Green Line Extension is trundling towards completion, with the first station in the long-awaited project set to open this fall in Somerville.

Ferry Dock Construction Barges into Small Spaces

Christine Kilpatrick

January 30, 2018

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Historic buildings, ferry traffic and fish migration patterns impose strict limits by land and sea for San Francisco’s ferry terminal expansion

Israel Plans Big Infrastructure Boost in Next Decade

Neal Sandler

July 28, 2017

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Investment, particularly in transportation, is needed to close its global economic gap, analysts say.

Canada's New Budget Keeps Big Infrastructure Spend

But firms lament lack of projects moving to design

Scott Van Voorhis

March 29, 2017

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But firms lament lack of projects moving to design.

In Unpredictable Times, Transportation Needs Remain Constant

Aileen Cho

Jim Parsons

December 27, 2016

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Buoyed by the FAST Act, infrastructure projects move steadily forward in 2016.

Where Voters OK'd Spending Billions on New Public Works

Election 2016 also decided minimum-wage, right to work, marijuana and laws

Debra K. Rubin

Jim Parsons JT Long

Mary B. Powers Erin Richey

November 16, 2016

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See where states and cities passed new rules on taxes and right-to-work laws.

Highway/Bridge Best Project - Bay Bridge

Bruce Buckley

October 20, 2016

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A project that the team claims is the first of its kind in North America, aimed to dehumidify and rewrap the main cables and anchorages of Maryland’s William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridges—familiarly known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge—to halt corrosion and extend the dual-span structure’s working life.

Highway/Bridge Award of Merit - Hulton Bridge

Justin Rice

October 20, 2016

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As the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., looked ahead to hosting the 2016 U.S. Open, congestion on the century-old Hulton Bridge near Pittsburgh was so bad that the daily traffic count reached nearly 26,000 vehicles.

Specialty Construction Best Project - Transbay Transit Center Below Grade Concrete Package

September 28, 2016

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For the $2.26-billion Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco, Shimmick Construction coordinated construction up and around a temporary access trestle and four levels of shoring struts and wales.

Highway/Bridge Award of Merit - Highway 101/Route 116 Lakeville Interchange

September 27, 2016

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The $23.6-million Lakeville Interchange project widened the southbound overcrossing for Highway 101 and Route 116, replaced the northbound overcrossing and reconstructed ramps, retaining walls and soundwalls.