Project Experiences

Irwin Rapoport - Tue August 09, 2016

Dredging Keeps Philly Region Competitive

The Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company will complete the eighth of 10 projects to lower the riverbed of the Delaware River in late August, which will allow the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) to increase its cargo capacity and create new employment opportunities in the area....

Tue August 09, 2016

MaineDOT Receives $10.5M TIGER Grant for Beals Island Bridge Project

Sen. Susan Collins announced the Maine Department of Transportation has been awarded a $10.525 million federal TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant to help fund the replacement of the Beals Island Bridge in Jonesport....

Mon August 08, 2016

NDOT, EPA Take Unprecedented Steps to Protect Water

Gov. Brian Sandoval announced the Nevada Board of Examiners has approved a Consent Decree between the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)....

Anne Cantrell - Mon August 08, 2016

MSU Finalizes Asbjornson Hall Plans

Design plans for Montana State University's new Norm Asbjornson Hall have been finalized, and construction of the new facility is scheduled to begin this fall. The approximately 110,000 sq.-ft. building will house parts of the MSU College of Engineering and the MSU Honors College....

Chuck Harvey - Mon August 08, 2016

State Route 99 Realignment Will Make Way for High-Speed Rails

Caltrans, in partnership with the California High-Speed Rail Authority, has begun a $225.9 million project to realign State Route 99 in north Fresno to make way for new tracks for bullet trains. The project estimate also includes the cost of obtaining right of way....

Mon August 08, 2016

Colorado Project, Purdue President Receive P3 Awards

The U.S. 36 Express Lanes project in Colorado and Purdue University President Mitch Daniels have been recognized as models of excellence in innovative transportation financing by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....

Mon August 08, 2016

Bridge Beams Go Up in Phil Campbell, Alabama with 248s

Wright Brothers Construction Co., Inc. of Charleston, Tennessee was awarded a $15.8 million contract to build a set of north and southbound bridges 1,110 ft. (338.3 m) long for a by-pass running from U.S....

Mon August 08, 2016

Feds Schedule Cleanup From Manhattan Project

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) U.S. Department of Energy contractors are scheduled to start removing contaminated soil left over in northern New Mexico from the Manhattan Project and early atomic Cold War research....

Mon August 08, 2016

ADOT&PF Completes $59M One-Of-A-Kind Kodiak Airport Project

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) has completed the $59 million Kodiak Airport Runway Safety Area Extension. This unusual project presented a major challenge — there wasn't enough land for the extension....

Brenda Ruggiero - Fri August 05, 2016

Apple's Spaceship Campus on Track for Early 2017 Finish

Apple Campus 2 continues to emerge in Cupertino, Calif. The office, research, and development headquarters covers 175 acres on the former Hewlitt-Packard (HP) campus. The first phase of the project is expected to be complete by the end of this year, and it has been announced that employees will move into the new facility at the beginning of 2017....