$1 Billion in Additional Construction Spending Creates 6,300+ Additional Construction Jobs
Construction Spending and Employment: History and Forecast Terms and Sources Construction Spending Source: Census Bureau Value of Construction Put in Place Survey (VIP) Annual Historical Data (Annual Total Table) Total Private Employment Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Current Population Survey (CPS), Table 42 Excludes the self-employed. Only annual data are available. Construction Spending Forecast Assumptions Starting with the annual construction spending data for 2017 (...
A First in Pavement Striping Assessment in USA
Striping Service and Supply, Inc. (SSS) is the first USA striping contractor certified by TxDOT to operate the RetroTek-MU road striping Retroreflectometer. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) stringent certification program provides a quantitative basis for evaluating the ability of a contractor to operate their retroreflectometer equipment to accurately measure the retroreflectivity (RL) of long-line pavement markings. The program was developed and administered by TTI through an...
QUIKRETE® Shotcrete Helps Give Historic Bridge New Life
Opened in 1913 with claims as the world’s largest concrete bridge, the Albertus L. Meyers Bridge in Allentown, Penn. underwent extensive rehabilitation highlighted by pier reconstruction using QUIKRETE® Shotcrete MS. Recommended and performed by Mar-Allen Concrete Products, Inc., the dry-process shotcrete application used to repair the piers improved the appearance, durability and overall structural integrity of the bridge while maintaining its status on the National Register of Historic Places....
APTA Study: Poor Transit Infrastructure Leads to Negative Economic Effects
A report crafted for the American Public Transportation Association claims that "modernization deficiencies" within U.S. public transit infrastructure results in a loss of $340 billion work of business revenue over a six-year period -- reducing the gross national product by $180 billion, a figure that includes a loss of $109 billion in household income, with a reduction in 162,000 jobs over the same time frame. The study – called The Economic Cost of Failing to Modernize Public Transp...
RIDOT Deploys Fleet of New Bridge Washing Trucks
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation showed off its new fleet of six custom-built tanker trucks May 19 and May 20; trucks outfitted with a series of high pressure water nozzles that allow a driver/operator to clean the sides and deck of a bridge in a moving operation, generally at 5 to 10 mph. On average, RIDOT said the trucks are capable of cleaning five to six bridges a day, depending on their size, and will help "significantly reduce" the time needed to close a travel lane for such m...
How Should Cities Manage Access to the Curb?
Paris/Leipzig: The curb is an increasingly contested piece of urban real estate in many cities. The rise of ride services and the growth in urban goods delivery are challenging the ways cities manage curb space. How should cities manage growing competition for access to the curb? A new study by the International Transport Forum (ITF) looks at the potential for a shift away from curb use focused on street parking. The parking of private vehicles at the curb in dense urban cores is becoming...
Hawaii DOT Continues to Deal with Volcano-Related Disruptions
The Hawaii Department of Transportation continues to battle highway cracking and other fallout from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea Volcano. Those efforts include placing steel plates fitted with insulated material and/or heat-resistant concrete pads over roadway cracks along the Keaau-Pahoa Road – also known as Highway 130 – caused by volcanic activity and related earthquakes, as well as investigating the installation of electronic monitors near several such fissures to monitor heat leve...
Wabtec And GE Transportation To Merge, Creating Global Leader For Rail Equipment, Services And Software
Strategic Combination Will Drive Shareholder Value Creation by Accelerating Innovation in Transportation and Logistics • Following the transaction, Wabtec will have approximately $8 billion in revenues, a more diversified business mix, higher margins, and approximately 15 percent cash EPS accretion in year one. • Both businesses are expected to benefit from the cyclical tailwinds they are experiencing as industry conditions improve. Complementary businesses and large global installed b...
Gannett Fleming Wins Three Awards for PennDOT Projects
Harrisburg, Pa.: The American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) and the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors (APC) recently presented awards to Gannett Fleming for three separate Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) projects.APC presented the 2018 Community Connection Award for the Interstate 70, Section T20 Reconstruction and Widening project. Gannett Fleming worked with PennDOT to design the first-of-its-kind diverging diamond interchange (DDI) for Pennsylvania. The purpose of...
RIDOT Buys Specialized Trucks to Increase Bridge Maintenance Capabilities
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today unveiled a new vehicle that will greatly increase the Department's ability to maintain its bridges with regular cleanings to remove road salts, sand and other debris. RIDOT purchased a fleet of six of these tanker trucks, which are outfitted with a series of high pressure water nozzles that allow the operator to clean the sides and deck of a bridge in a moving operation, generally at 5-10 mph. On average, the trucks are capable of cl...
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