Utah Business - Mon November 19, 2018
State's First Net Zero Energy Summit Promotes Innovation in Construction
Leaders from multiple local governments; the building and design industry; community organizations; appraisers; realtors; and utilities came together to explore how to accelerate the proliferation of net zero energy buildings during Utah's first ever Net Zero Energy Summit....
GDOT - Fri November 16, 2018
Bridgework Benefits Drivers, State's Biggest Bat Roost
A busy northwest Georgia bridge and the massive colony of bats that call it home are both better off due to recent work that preserved the structure and its wildlife. The Interstate 75 bridge near Calhoun averages 72,000 vehicles a day....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
Organizations Protect Native Cactus Before U.S. 60 Project
To prepare for a project replacing the Pinto Creek Bridge on U.S. 60 east of the Valley, biologists from the Arizona Department of Transportation and partner organizations spent several days working to protect a native cactus, in some cases rappelling down the canyon walls to do so....
U.S. Department of Transportation - Fri November 02, 2018
DOT Announces Final Rule to Accelerate Project Delivery
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a final rule Oct. 31, to amend Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will accelerate project delivery....
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed October 31, 2018
Hawaii Supreme Court Upholds Permit for Giant Telescope
HONOLULU (AP) — After years of delay, including lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those willing to be arrested for blocking construction crews, builders of a giant telescope plan to move forward with constructing the $1.4 billion instrument on a Hawaii mountain that is considered sacred....
MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press - Tue October 30, 2018
Mexico Referendum Cancels Partly Built $13B Airport
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president-elect said Oct. 29, he will respect the result of a referendum that rejected a partly built new airport for Mexico City, effectively ending the $13 billion project....
AASHTO Journal - Mon October 29, 2018
DOT Streamlines Environmental Rules to Improve Transportation Project Delivery
A final rule to be issued in the Federal Register by USDOT on Oct. 29 aims to streamline National Environmental Policy Act or NEPA requirements along with other key environmental rules to speed up and ensure "greater consistency" in the permitting of surface transportation projects....
Emily Buenzle - Thu October 25, 2018
Nonprofit Sues State, FHWA Over Historic Bridge Replacement
The Delaware Riverkeeper Network, a nonprofit, is suing the state of Pennsylvania and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) over the replacement of a historic bridge that has spanned the Tinicum Creek since the War of 1812....
Governor of California - Wed October 24, 2018
Brown Signs Bills to Block Offshore Drilling Expansion
On Sept. 8 Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed legislation — SB 834 by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) and AB 1775 by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) — to block new federal offshore oil drilling along California's coast, and announced the state's opposition to the federal government's plan to expand oil drilling on public lands in California....
Link-Belt Cranes - Thu October 18, 2018
Link-Belt Continues Environmental Journey with Second SC&RA Award
The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) presented Link-Belt Cranes with its second Environmental Award during the 2018 Annual Conference at the Boca Raton Resort in Boca Raton, Fla. Link-Belt previously won the award in 2012 and is the only member organization to have won the award twice....
