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Materials Testing and Inspection Services Company Alaska Testlab Selects Agile Frameworks for Improved Operational Efficiency

June 6, 2018 - in News

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Agile Frameworks®, the leading provider of collaborative, cloud-based corporate, field, and lab information management enabling Profitable Engineeringâ„¢ for the construction and engineering services sector, today announced Alaska Testlab…

Study: San Francisco Rated Top City for E-Bikes

June 5, 2018 - in News

To celebrate "National Bike Month" this past May, Silicon Valley, California-based GenZe compiled a list of the top 10 U.S. cities where electrically-powered…

Over Half of Highway Contractors Experience Work Zone Crashes, AGC Survey Finds

June 5, 2018 - in Featured, News, Transportation

A national survey of 550 highway contractors conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America found that 54 percent of them said motor vehicles…

Report Outlines Transportation Project Possibilities and Pitfalls for Georgia

June 5, 2018 - in News, Transportation

A new report compiled by TRIP outlines the possible transportation projects Georgia could initiate based on the monies raised by the Transportation Funding Act passed three years ago, as well as the gaps such funding is not sufficient enough to cover. The…

FHWA Repeals GHG Highway Performance Measure

June 5, 2018 - in News

The Federal Highway Administration is formally repealing a final rule that added tailpipe carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions measurement requirements to highway performance assessments. Known as the "greenhouse gas" or "GHG" measure, the rule would have mandated…

Tariffs Threaten to Push Highway Project Costs Higher

June 5, 2018 - in Featured, Financial, News

The Trump administration's long-threatened imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union went into effect at midnight on May 31 – a move that is hiking construction costs for state departments of transportation…

DuPont Safety & Construction Invests Over $400 Million to Increase Tyvek® Capacity

June 4, 2018 - in Corporate, News

WILMINGTON, Del., June 4, 2018 – DuPont Safety & Construction, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, today announced plans to invest more than $400 million to expand capacity for the manufacture of Tyvek® nonwoven materials at its…

KAI Design & Build Completes Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being in St. Louis City’s Grand Center Arts District

June 4, 2018 - in News, Projects

(St. Louis, MO) KAI Design & Build has completed construction of St. Louis' new $8.5 million Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being -- a 21,272-square-foot facility providing meeting and office space for child advocates, civic leaders and community organizers…

BW Adds KVH Connectivity Services to 45 More Vessels, and Extends Airtime Agreement for Prior Vessels

June 4, 2018 - in News

MIDDLETOWN, R.I., June 04, 2018 - KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI) has announced that BW Group, a worldwide leader in maritime energy transportation, has chosen KVH’s connectivity services for 45 additional vessels in its fleet. The two companies will…

FTA Provides $277.5M in Hurricane Recovery Funds

June 4, 2018 - in Financial, News

The Federal Transit Administration allocated $277.5 million in emergency relief funding on May 31 for public transportation systems damaged by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria last year. The funds come from a Congressional appropriation of $330 million…