ARTBA Takes Legal Action on Maryland Purple Line Transit Project
(WASHINGTON)—The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Aug. 23 told a federal appeals court that a lower court ruling blocking the Maryland Purple Line is an abuse of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and poses risks for the future of similar public-private partnerships (P3s) on transportation improvement projects. The 16-mile Purple Line light-rail project between Bethesda and New Carrolton, Maryland, is one of the nation’s largest P3 transit projects. Whil...
Acrow Supplies Permanent Pedestrian Bridge to Ohio’s Kalahari Resorts
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced that it designed and provided a bridge for pedestrian traffic at the Sandusky, Ohio location of Kalahari Resorts, the popular water park resort and meeting chain. With 890 guest rooms and suites, the resort’s hotel is the largest in Ohio. The facility also boasts 215,000 square feet of convention space as well as the second-largest indoor water park in the United States, at 173,0...
Department of Transportation Publishes August 2017 Significant Rulemaking Report
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the return of its monthly public Significant Rulemaking Report. The Report demonstrates a commitment to transparency in DOT’s rulemaking process. The Report can be found here. The publication of the monthly Reports was temporarily paused due to the change in Administrations and subsequent evaluations in DOT rulemaking priorities in accordance with Executive Orders 13771 and 13777. The Significant Rulemakings Report pro...
12 State Transportation Projects Competing to be Named Best in the America
WASHINGTON — State department of transportation projects that swiftly addressed a spike in wrong-way driving fatalities; used high-tech tools like Bluetooth sensors to make work zones safer; and improved pedestrian access to heavily traveled corridors are among the twelve finalist announced today in the 2017 America's Transportation Awards competition, sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The three highest s...
T.Y. Lin International Hires Paul T. Baca, P.E., as Senior Project Manager, Transportation
T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized full-service infrastructure consulting firm, announces that Paul T. Baca, P.E., has been hired as Senior Project Manager, Transportation. Operating from TYLI’s office in Tempe, Arizona, Baca will lead senior project management and business development efforts for Surface Transportation projects in the Phoenix market and oversee design-build projects across the Southwest Region. Baca comes to TYLI with more than 16 years of transportation an...
Special Post Tensioned Bridge Slabs Produced for Pine Basin Bridge Replacement
SWAN VALLEY, Idaho (AUGUST 2017) – Oldcastle Precast Idaho Falls teamed with Bonneville Power Administration, HK Contractors, and Bryant Greene Concrete to replace the bridge at the entrance to Pine Basin Camp in Swan Valley, Idaho. Condemned in the fall of 2016, this bridge serves as the only access to the popular boys and girls camp and a valuable access to many of the electrical systems running through the canyon serving Victor, Driggs and Swan Valley. As the best way to proceed, the B...
Jacobs Secures Engineering Role for the Kuala Lumpur to Singapore High Speed Rail Project
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has secured one of six coveted Reference Design Consultant (RDC) packages for the high profile Kuala Lumpur - Singapore High Speed Rail project (KL-SG HSR), which was announced earlier this year. Once completed, the 350-km high speed rail link will be the fastest city center to city center mode of travel between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, with a journey time of 90 minutes. Jacobs will deliver the RDC02 reference design package that include...
Amtrak, MBTA Complete Accord Setting Cost Shares, Other Terms for Attleboro Line
National passenger rail operator Amtrak said it and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail system reached a new agreement covering operation, maintenance and shared use of the MBTA's 37.9-mile Attleboro Line between Boston and the Rhode Island state line, formally ending a long-running dispute over sharing its costs. The line is part of the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor, a series of rail segments used by Amtrak, regional carriers and freight lines. Amtrak said abou...
Contractors Urge Congress, Trump to Focus on Infrastructure as Public Project Spending Falls
Citing a drop in public spending on new infrastructure projects and a slackening in demand for construction, the Associated General Contractors of America called for Congress and President Trump to "act on new measures to fund and finance needed improvements to the nation's aging infrastructure." New government data show that declines this summer in public-sector construction spending – a period when the building industry usually revs up – "come at a time when much of the nation's public infr...
Fluor Announces Agreement with Texas Central
IRVING, Texas (August 14, 2017) – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that an agreement was reached with Texas Central Rail Holdings, LLC (Texas Central), to advance the preliminary development of the 240-mile high-speed passenger rail line connecting Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. “Fluor’s global expertise in developing the world’s largest megaprojects, matched with its ability to provide integrated solutions to clients across the globe, position the company well with Texas Ce...
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Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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