Design-Build Three Teams Qualify for New York City Rail Station Contract Joint ventures vie for key component of major infrastructure program Richard Korman February 14, 2020 No Comments Contract is another test for NY state and Metropolitan Transportation Authority new project delivery methods.Read More
Transit Projects Denver Transit Agency Threatens Default Notice to Rail Line Contractor Mark Shaw February 13, 2020 One Comment Agency says Balfour Beatty-Graham team managing the $510-million project missed another completion deadline to transfer it for testing.Read More
Water Resources Infrastructure Corps 2020 Plan Funds New Dredging Program on Gulf Coast Tom Ichniowski February 13, 2020 No Comments Pilot program includes $378 million for Mobile harbor, south Louisiana projects.Read More
Infrastructure Work Progresses 24/7 to Replace Collapsed Genoa Viaduct With 18 piers complete, crews are working round the clock on central spans Peter Reina February 13, 2020 No Comments Fincantieri-Salini joint venture expedites work on structure in place of span that collapsed in 2018, killing 43.Read More
Driverless Shuttles Make Headway in the U.S. Scott Lewis February 12, 2020 No Comments At several dozen college campuses, airports and residential communities, low-slung, driverless shuttle buses cruise around predefined routes.Read More
Feds Approve Eligibility of $1.6B for New NJ Bridge, But Nix $12B For Key Hudson River Tunnel Aileen Cho February 11, 2020 One Comment Planned Northeast Corridor underground rail link has been held up for years.Read More
Nation's Infrastructure Trump Floats $1-Trillion Infrastructure Plan, But FY21 Budget Has Some Cuts Tom Ichniowski February 10, 2020 One Comment Plan's centerpiece is $810-billion highway-transit reauthorization, not fully funded.Read More
Energy Use Causes 75% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Says Climate Watch Nadine M. Post February 7, 2020 No Comments Energy consumption is by far the biggest source of human-caused global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 73% of the total GHGs, according to the World Resources Institute.Read More
New York City Studies Feasibility of $1B Passenger Rail Line Eydie Cubarrubia February 5, 2020 No Comments AECOM and WSP awarded $1.3M contract to study 16-mile Brooklyn to Queens line.Read More
Infrastructure Policy Trump Urges Congress to Back Senate Committee's Highway Bill Tom Ichniowski February 4, 2020 No Comments In State of the Union Address, president calls on Congress to approve $287-billion, five-year highway legislation.Read More