Transportation

Section covers road, rail, air and nautical systems, including ports and terminals; materials and funding of various transportation components.

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Post-Pandemic Airport Construction

Ten Minutes with Jacobs' Airport Guru Roger Johnson

Aileen Cho

October 30, 2020

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Former Los Angeles World Airways executive discusses airport construction in a post-COVID world.

Salt Lake Airport Concourse B Tunnel Mural

Airports

Salt Lake City Airport Officially Transitions Into Its New Facility

Brian Fryer

October 29, 2020

Opening of Concourse B closes the city's 60-year-old airport building, marking completion of Phase 1 of its $4.1-billion terminal replacement program.

Investment Group Aims to Develop $3B Mexico-Canada Trade Corridor

Scott Van Voorhis

October 28, 2020

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Caxxor Group says it will unveil development players in January of a 4,300-mile-long rail trade route with a new port in Mazatlan, Mexico and a later facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Rail Construction

US DOT Awards $291M for Passenger-Rail Infrastructure Projects

Tom Ichniowski

October 28, 2020

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Two major Connecticut bridge replacements win nearly half of the total awarded.

Ohio Contractor, Former Exec Indicted For Alleged State DOT Bid Rigging

Contech Engineered Solutions and ex-VP Brent Brewbaker defend bids to NC agency

Jim Parsons

October 26, 2020

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Contech Engineered Solutions and ex-VP Brent Brewbaker face multiple federal fraud counts; both defend bids.

Transportation Infrastructure

US DOT Picks 18 Projects To Share $220M in Port Infrastructure Grants

Tom Ichniowski

October 16, 2020

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Largest grants go to ports in U.S. Virgin Islands; Norfolk, Va.; Seward, Alaska and Conneaut, Ohio.

Demolition begins on damaged Pensacola bridge

FDOT Steps Up Tear-Down of Damaged Pensacola Bridge

Jim Parsons

October 16, 2020

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As demolition work ramps up on storm-damaged span, Florida agency remains mum on the impact to the $430-million bridge replacement program's original completion schedule.

Underground Construction

Musk Team Files Plan To Extend Las Vegas Passenger Tunnel To Resort Corridor

Doug Puppel

October 15, 2020

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Elon Musk moves forward with a plan to expand his underground transportation system beyond the convention center area and into other Las Vegas corridors.

UK's HS2 Rail Costs Spike $1 Billion One Month After Start

Peter Reina

October 14, 2020

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Pandemic-related costs could push total higher

Atlanta Metro Is Testing Virtual Track Inspection Systems

Aileen Cho

October 14, 2020

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The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is well into its second phase of testing technologies for automated virtual track inspection on revenue trains on a daily basis—a first for U.S. transit agencies, say officials.

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Ten Minutes with Jacobs' Airport Guru Roger Johnson

Salt Lake City Airport Officially Transitions Into Its New Facility

Investment Group Aims to Develop $3B Mexico-Canada Trade Corridor

US DOT Awards $291M for Passenger-Rail Infrastructure Projects

Ohio Contractor, Former Exec Indicted For Alleged State DOT Bid Rigging

US DOT Picks 18 Projects To Share $220M in Port Infrastructure Grants

FDOT Steps Up Tear-Down of Damaged Pensacola Bridge

Musk Team Files Plan To Extend Las Vegas Passenger Tunnel To Resort Corridor

UK's HS2 Rail Costs Spike $1 Billion One Month After Start

Atlanta Metro Is Testing Virtual Track Inspection Systems

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