A journalist who started his career at a weekly community newspaper, Irwin Rapoport has written about construction and architecture for more than 15 years, as well as a variety of other subjects, such as recycling, environmental issues, business supply chains, property development, pulp and paper, agriculture, solar power and energy, and education. Getting the story right and illustrating the hard work and professionalism that goes into completing road, bridge, and building projects is important to him. A key element of his construction articles is to provide readers with an opportunity to see how general contractors and departments of transportation complete their projects and address challenges so that lessons learned can be shared with a wider audience.
Rapoport has a BA in History and a Minor in Political Science from Concordia University. His hobbies include hiking, birding, cycling, reading, going to concerts and plays, hanging out with friends and family, and architecture. He is keen to one day write an MA thesis on military and economic planning by the Great Powers prior to the start of the First World War.
The Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) $301 million Irving Interchange Project, which began in late 2020, is months away from completion as crews from Webber LLC are racing to deliver the major highway upgrade to improve traffic flow and safety for motorists....
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The many powerful atmospheric river storms that have struck California since February have taken their toll on several highways and state roads. This has led to major landslides and a small section of an outer lane collapsed along the edge of a cliff in the Big Sur....
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Fortune-Johnson General Contractors began construction of the $53 million RENDER Covington apartment complex in 2022 in the city of Covington for Crescent Communities, which converted a 20-acre green field into a community consisting of seven three-story garden-style apartment buildings with 315 units in total....
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A severe blaze beneath a section of the I-10 in downtown Los Angeles late last year closed one of the city's busiest highways for several days, but herculean efforts by two general contractors and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) engineering and emergency teams allowed the road to reopen weeks in advance of a much longer anticipated delay....
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Over the past number of years, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has been constructing and renovating many state-owned-and-operated hospitals to provide more mental health services for its growing population....
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Interstate 35, with more than 588 mi. of highway, passes through seven Texas Department of Transportation districts from the Rio Grande in the south to Red River....
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Texas-based general contractor Larry Young Paving (LYP) is making steady progress and will deliver the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) SH 6 and FM 2 Intersection Project in Grimes County this upcoming winter....
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C.A. Rasmussen Inc. started work on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $59.5 million Topanga Canyon Boulevard Pavement Project, which covers more than 18 mi....
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A landslide on Highway 1 (The Pacific Coast Highway) led to an approximately 7-ft. section of the outer lane sliding down the hillside and the indefinite closure of the famed highway in Big Sur for 40 mi., which leaves only one functional lane open based on convoys overseen by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and law enforcement authorities to ensure a safe passage for motorists....
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A landslide that began in late February along a section of State Route 150 (SR 150) in Ventura County, Calif., has closed an entire section of the two-lane highway — approximately 150 ft....
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The Texas Transportation Commission's (TTC) latest report on the state's multi-billion dollar Statewide and Rural Connectivity Program (SRCP) illustrated the progress being made by contractors working for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to expand the highway network across the state....
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is one of the largest and most funded DOTs in the nation and with annual budgets that are increasing on a regular basis as the state continues to invest in its highway network....
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Phase 7 of the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) seven-phase, $259 million, I-610 West Loop/I-69 Southwest Freeway Interchange improvement project in Houston is on track for summer 2024 finish....
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More and more women are entering the ranks of the construction industry — including heavy civil construction — and in honor of International Women's Day that was celebrated on March 8, Janelle Clanton, a transportation engineer with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 11 that covers San Diego and Imperial Valley counties, sat down for a Q&A discussion....
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The California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $27.7 million I-8 Pavement and Bridge Rehabilitation Improvement Project in San Diego County — from El Cajon Boulevard to Marshall Avenue — began in November 2022 when crews from the Griffith Company broke ground at the 125/94 connector to execute the work....
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It's no secret that the state of Georgia is experiencing explosive growth in terms of its population and business investment, and as a consequence, the Georgia Department of Transportation is in the midst of a comprehensive, multi-billion dollar program to expand the road network to handle the increasing traffic....
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Zachry Corporation is months away from completing construction of the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) SH 71 East Corridor project in Greater Austin that is improving road safety and improving traffic flow....
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Construction for the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) $1.5 billion I-35 Northeast Expansion Central Project (NEX) is moving forward as crews from Alamo NEX Construction LLC — a joint venture between Ferrovial Construction and Webber LLC — continue to meet benchmarks....
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California was hit by two atmospheric river storms in early February that caused extensive flooding, intense winds and power outages to many regions of California, ranging from San Diego to San Francisco and the Bay Area, and as far inland as Death Valley....
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While Southern California contends with a historic atmospheric river, causing mudslides, crews from Granite Construction are engaged in road repairs and clearing operations caused by previous rock and mudslides in several areas to restore access through the Sequoia National Forest near Kings Canyon National Park (KCNP) in the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range....
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