SC DOT - Mon November 05, 2018
SCDOT Commission OKs Rural Highway Widening
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) Commission voted Oct. 18 to expand the agency's interstate highway widening program to include rural areas critical to the movement of freight....
Lane Construction - Mon November 05, 2018
Lane Corporation Wins Contracts Worth $400M
The Lane Construction Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Salini Impregilo Group, has won two contracts in the road and water sectors for a combined total of nearly $400 million. The contracts contribute to the company's more than $1 billion worth of new orders in the United States for 2018....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 31, 2018
KDOT Places High Hopes on Viaduct Reconstruction
The Kansas Department of Transportation is spending $65 million to replace the aging and deteriorating westbound section of the Lewis and Clark Viaduct on Interstate 70, which links Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan....
Illinois Tollway - Wed October 31, 2018
Tollway Awards $42M in Contracts
The Illinois Tollway board of directors approved two construction contracts and one professional engineering services contract totaling more than $42 million at its Oct. 25 meeting. Nearly $555.2 million in construction contracts has been approved by the Tollway board in 2018, as part of the seventh year of the Tollway's 15-year, $14 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon October 29, 2018
Coordination Crucial for Accelerated Bridge Construction
Infrastructure and Industrial Constructors USA, which is branded as i+iconUSA, was awarded two new accelerated bridge contracts in Pennsylvania. These include the Pulaski-New Bedford Bridge in Lawrence County and Port Authority North Braddock Avenue Bridge Replacement in Allegheny County....
Associated Press - Mon October 29, 2018
Money Doubts Delay Work on Century-Old Jersey Rail Bridge
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Preliminary work continues on a key choke point on the rail corridor into New York as a funding dispute delays the start of full construction. Workers were scheduled to put up a 200-ft....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 25, 2018
Vermont's $60M North Hero-Grand Isle Bridge Project Under Way
Contractors are working to finish a temporary drawbridge linking two islands on Lake Champlain with a race through the winter to have the new bridge fully functioning in time for the first seasonal opening of the bridge May 15....
Chuck Harvey - Wed October 24, 2018
Crews Upgrade Aging Tunnel in Laguna Beach
Crews continue working on an $80 million project to enlarge and stabilize a 2-mi., 62-year-old tunnel containing a new 24-in. sewer pipeline in Laguna Beach, Calif. Workers are enlarging the tunnel that runs from Three Arch Bay to Aliso Beach from an average diameter of 6 ft....
ARTBA - Wed October 24, 2018
Reports Highlight SB 1 Transportation Investment Boost
A series of six new reports find that an April 2017 California law will generate between $9.7 billion and $34.5 billion in economic activity and user benefits in California's major regions over the next decade....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 23, 2018
Geofoam Plays Prominent Role in $115.9M SR 167 Project
The Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is saving time and money on a transportation safety project by using tons of Geofoam to build a ramp for direct connections from one freeway to another....
