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Highway Project

$6B Maryland Beltway P3 Clears Last Hurdle for Design Start

August 12, 2021

Transurban-Macquarie will spend $54M over next year to develop preliminary designs for added toll lanes and major bridge upgrade; state also will weigh proposals in fall for design-build contractor to replace Fluor on its stalled Purple Line rail P3.

Infrastructure Funding

Senate Approves Biggest Infrastructure Spending Package in a Century

Spending boosted for roads, water, energy, transit and more

Tom Ichniowski

August 10, 2021

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Bill includes $550 billion above current funding levels.

Transportation

Colorado DOT Garners $14M Settlement for Repairs in 2019 Highway Collapse

Agreement does not assign blame or establish a cause for the incident

Mark Shaw

August 9, 2021

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The money will reimburse CDOT for most of the $17.6 million in emergency repairs to the highway.

Construction Workforce

Construction Industry Gains 11,000 Jobs in July as Jobless Rate Falls

Tom Ichniowski

August 6, 2021

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Despite the overall gain, some nonresidential construction segments still show job losses in July.

Project Financing

Infrastructure Bill Amendment Would Expand Surety Mandate to TIFIA

Tom Ichniowski

August 5, 2021

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Proposal would require surety bonds on DOT loan program, including its projects with private funding.

Obituary: Tony Illia, 52, Was Public Face of Nevada DOT and Prolific ENR Correspondent

August 3, 2021

Celebration of life service is Sunday, Aug. 29, 2-5PM, PST in Las Vegas for highway agency spokesman and much-recognized construction writer and editor who died suddenly there on July 30.

Courts

Pa. Contractor Pleads No Contest to Prevailing-Wage Charges, Pays Workers $20.7M

Tom Ichniowski

August 3, 2021

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Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. case, with restitution of $20.7 million, is largest of its type in US history, state AG says.

AECOM, EllisDon Push $7.2B Investor-Funded High Speed Rail Proposal

Scott Van Voorhis

August 2, 2021

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Line, set to link Calgary and Edmonton and be Canada's first HSR, has Alberta agreement but also faces estimated $19B hyperloop system proposal.

Infrastructure Legislation

Senate Begins Voting on Infrastructure Bill Amendments

Tom Ichniowski

August 2, 2021

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After detailed text of bipartisan group's 2,700-page bill is released, construction and engineering groups are eagerly delving through what is by far the most important infrastructure legislation in years.