TxDOT - Wed April 20, 2022
TxDOT Gives Green Light to Contractor for $641M Job
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has issued Lone Star Constructors (Lone Star), a joint venture between Fluor Heavy Civil LLC and Irving, Texas-based Austin Bridge & Road LP, a notice to proceed on a $641.7 million design-build contract for the expansion and reconstruction of approximately 6.3 mi....
TxDOT - Wed April 20, 2022
Jones Brothers Dirt & Paving Upgrades Midland, Texas Highway
A project to rehabilitate approximately 3 mi. of road in Midland has begun. Jones Brothers Dirt & Paving Contractors Inc. of Odessa won the project with a low bid of a little more than $6.7 million....
WHNT News 19 & Yellowhammer News - Wed April 20, 2022
Alabama Gov. Ivey Unveils $112M in Major Road Expansions for Huntsville Area
During a visit to Huntsville April 14, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that three major infrastructure projects are in store for north Alabama, totaling $112 million. Each one involves roadway expansion in Madison County....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed April 20, 2022
Ames Completes Critical $134M Arizona Project
If you like fresh produce, you are going to love this Arizona road-building story. Approximately 370,000 trucks crossed the U.S. border at Nogales in 2021, carrying some $30 billion in goods, including much of the winter produce consumed in the United States....
Business Wire - Tue April 19, 2022
Sand Ridge Constructors Will Build Portion of $16.5M Project
Granite recently announced that Sand Ridge Constructors, a joint venture of Granite and W.W. Clyde & Co., has been awarded the $16.5 million construction manager portion of the 5600 South Progressive Design Build (PDB) project by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT)....
TDOT & CEG - Tue April 19, 2022
VIDEO: New Buckner Road Connection to I-65 in Spring Hill, Tenn., Under Construction
Construction of the new Interstate 65 interchange at Buckner Road in Spring Hill, Tenn., has officially begun, with a goal of become fully operational by this time next year. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) awarded the design-build contract for the new interchange last year to BELL Construction in Nashville....
The State - Mon April 18, 2022
SCDOT to Begin Columbia's Five Points Road Safety Overhaul in Summer 2023
If all goes as planned, Columbia, S.C.-area drivers can expect to see construction begin on a major road safety overhaul project in the city's Five Points district during the summer of 2023. The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) announced in mid-April that it had received needed feedback from local partners to move forward on full design work for the $4.85 million project....
Washington Post - Mon April 18, 2022
Maryland's Purple Line Light Rail Can Finally Proceed After $2.3B Contract Signed
A $2.3 billion contract between the private consortium managing Maryland's Purple Line project and a new construction team to complete the long-awaited light-rail line has been signed, according to the consortium and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 14, 2022
Florida DOT, Orion Marine Begin Construction of $126M NASA Causeway Bridge
A critical infrastructure project that will provide a new gateway to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is under way in Florida. The $126 million undertaking involves building two high-level fixed bridges over the Indian River, which links Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island and Cape Canaveral to Titusville....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 14, 2022
Emergency Repair: C.W. Matthews Corrects Bridge Deck On I-85
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is one of the largest and most active DOTs in the country and it recently sprang into action when emergency I-85 northbound bridge deck repairs were required near Exit 137 in the city of Jefferson, between the municipalities of Braselton and Pendergrass....
