Related Links: Industry Awaits Anticipated Award of P3 Contract for LaGuardia Terminal Public-Private Partnerships Will Be Key in Bridge, Airport Projects: Port Authority Chief The aging and outmoded Central Terminal Building at New York City's LaGuardia Airport moved a step closer to handling its final flights with the selection of LaGuardia Gateway Partners (LGP) as the preferred bidder for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's $3.6-billion terminal replacement project.The Queens, N.Y.-based LGP team is made up of Skanska USA Building Inc.; Skanska USA Civil Northeast Inc.; Walsh Construction; Parsons Brinckerhoff; Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum PC; and Vantage
Enlarge Click image to enlarge. Related Links: ARTBA Puts Gas Tax-Rebate Plan on the Table Construction Groups Fight Proposal to Slash Federal Gas Tax Nebraska is the latest state to raise its gas tax, with the state Legislature overriding Gov. Pete Ricketts' (R) veto of a bill that adds 6¢ per gallon over the next four years.Originally approved by Nebraska's unicameral Legislature by a 26-15 vote in early May, the measure increases Nebraska's current 25.6¢-per-gallon gas tax in yearly 1.5¢ increments, beginning on Jan. 1, 2016. Once fully implemented, the increase is expected to generate $76.2 million in additional revenue
The entrepreneurial "enterprise within an enterprise" approach that Cary, N.C.-based Kimley-Horn first implemented more than 40 years ago is proving to be a perfect fit for today's business environment. Built around the idea of "practice builders"—specialists in various design disciplines who are given greater freedom to cultivate their own niche markets and service areas—the concept is contributing to the firm's growing share of the current market's crop of increasingly complex projects. It is winning over owners who demand a higher level of engagement and innovation from their design consultants. Related Links: Southeast Top Design Firms Ranking Southeast Design Firms Making
NTSB Scrutiny of May 12 Amtrak train crash near Philadelphia has turned to positive-train-control systems, which can reduce speed on curves automatically. Prior to the crash, Amtrak had PTC equipment installed but not activated, pending tests. Amtrak President Joseph Boardman pledged to have a system in operation by year-end. Related Links: NTSB May 13 briefing on Amtrak accident Fact sheet on Senate commerce-committee rail bill As the investigation continues into the May 12 Amtrak crash that claimed at least eight lives and injured scores of others, increased scrutiny is falling on positive train control, or PTC, a system that can
Image courtesy of MultiVista MultiVista's photo-documentation captures interior and exterior progress and substantial construction details at predetermined intervals. Related Links: New Technology for Construction Jobsite Cams Become Common, Useful Tool With the proliferation of easy-to-use cameras in smartphones and other electronic devices, contractors can gather an almost unlimited number of project images.But more is not always better. If a problem arises during construction or after work is complete, how can a contractor be sure it has the right photographs to capture exactly what happened, and why? Photos can be lost or forgotten if not shared immediately or taken too late
Photo courtesy of JE Dunn JE Dunn Construction requires regular onsite safety briefings. The company says safety is ingrained in its culture. Related Links: Setting a Safety Precedent in a Frozen Environment Construction Managers Embrace 4D BIM for Safety What's the best way to achieve and maintain a low total recordable incident rate (TRIR)? The obvious answer is by preventing work-related injuries and illnesses from happening at all. But despite a contractor's best efforts to instill a heightened awareness among its workers, incidents still occur.The effect that an incident can have on a contractor's TRIR can loom large, particularly in
Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic Engineering News Record As he looks at the asymmetrical convergence of concrete beams and a column that helps support the Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of African-American History and Culture, now under construction in Washington, D.C.
If the construction industry is looking for its next generation of leaders, one of Dr. Mark Hasso's classes at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston would be a good place to begin the search.
When contractors complete the finishing touches on the Georgia Institute of Technology's $89-million Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB) this spring, the five-story, 218,880-sq-ft LEED Platinum laboratory will go above and beyond just joining the university's portfolio of high-performing, high-sustainability facilities.