Transportation Record-Breaking Heavy Transport Gets Underway in Nevada Mark Shaw July 1, 2020 No Comments Crews have begun hauling a 2.4-million-lb decommissioned reactor pressure vessel across the state of Nevada using mostly two-lane roads.Read More
Newark Airport's Terminal 1 Starts Spreading Its Wings Aileen Cho Debra K. Rubin July 1, 2020 One Comment 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.Read More
Safety AGC Survey Says Crashes on Highway Sites Still Common Two-thirds of contractors report at least one work zone vehicle crash last year Jeff Yoders June 30, 2020 One Comment AGC-HCSS survey finds COVID-19 appears to have improved work zone safety, due to fewer vehicles on the road.Read More
Construction Failures After 11-Year Hiatus, Contractors Agree to Fund Completion of Ill-Fated German Project Peter Reina June 30, 2020 No Comments Companies also will pay $650 million in compensation to the city of Cologne for damage caused in 2009 by the collapse of underground work.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction COVID-19 Intensifies Infrastructure Funding Problem, ASCE Says Tom Ichniowski June 24, 2020 No Comments Report recommends that Congress pass legislation providing increased funding for a range of infrastructure sectors.Read More
Coalition of Mayors, Industry Players Release Infrastructure Playbook Aileen Cho June 24, 2020 No Comments WSP led report that group hopes will inform a federal stimulus bill.Read More
Politics House Democrats Unveil Specifics for Broad $1.5-Trillion Infrastructure Package Tom Ichniowski June 22, 2020 One Comment Mega-bill would join $494-billion highway-transit-rail measure with tens of billions for water, airports, schools and other sectors.Read More
Feds Advance $767M to Move Major NJ Rail Bridge Fix to Engineering Stage Debra K. Rubin June 21, 2020 One Comment DOT's June 19 action on Portal North Bridge follows Trump tweeted approval, but no commitment to $12B Hudson River tunnels.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure House Panel Clears $494B Highway-Transit-Rail Funding Bill Tom Ichniowski June 19, 2020 No Comments After lengthy markup, package, drafted by Democrats, heads toward a floor vote, maybe by July 1.Read More
$1B Port Terminal Project Readies S.C. for Global Trade Boost Jim Parsons June 17, 2020 No Comments Port expansion positions Charleston to lure a larger share of global shipping trafficRead More