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Across modes, transportation officials wrangle with how financing will--and should--occur for projects.

A new test for crane testers emerges.

Measure introduced by energy committee  chairman Bingaman would toughen offshore oil safety and inspection requirements, restructure Interior Dept. operations.

 The U.S. Dept. of Transportation  has disbursed the first $80-million installment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's $8 billion for high-speed rail.  DOT divided the $80 million among five states.

At ENR, we're used to getting nastygrams from folks in the construction industry, especially when a reader finds something questionably unsafe in a photo that we ran.

How the company's trademark brand came to be is a legend in itself, but it shares a common link to another industry legend, Frank Lloyd Wright.

ARRA transportation dollars under contract continue to increase, according to the latest update from a House committee.

The Dept. of Energy has committed 99% of its more than $30 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds that are designated for grants and contracts, a senior DOE official says.

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has announced it is seeking proposals for a $600-million second round of "TIGER" grants for major projects. Also in the mix is an additional $40 million in Housing and Urban Development Dept. community-planning grants.

Not many of us made it this year to Bauma, the triennial trade show that is thought to be the largest construction event (also thought to be the largest trade show...period). But the lack of flights in and out of Munich didn't leave us stranded in terms of news.